Lila McCann

{{Infobox musical artist

| image =

| name = Lila McCann

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Lila Elaine McCann

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|04}}

| birth_place = Puyallup, Washington, U.S.

| origin = Steilacoom, Washington

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Country

| years_active = 1997–present

| label = Asylum, Warner Bros., Broken Bow

| website = {{URL|lilamccannmusic.com}}

}}

Lila Elaine McCann (born December 4, 1981{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p210590|pure_url=yes}} |title=Lila McCann biography |accessdate=2007-12-10 |last=Bush |first=John |work=Allmusic}}) is an American country music singer who made her debut at age 16 with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of No. 28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in 1997 and was certified platinum in the United States.

In 1998, McCann played Kelly Wyman, an aspiring country singer in the Walker, Texas Ranger episode "Eyes of a Ranger" on CBS.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0743480/soundtrack|title="Walker, Texas Ranger" Eyes of a Ranger (TV Episode 1998) |website=IMDb.com|accessdate=January 22, 2020}}

McCann followed Lila with two more albums: 1999's gold-certified Something in the Air and 2001's Complete, before being dropped by her label in 2001. She signed to the independent Broken Bow Records label in 2005, releasing five singles for the label before being dropped in 2008. Overall, she has charted twelve singles on the Billboard country charts, with the highest-peaking being 1998's "I Wanna Fall in Love" at No. 3. Her second-highest peaking single, 1999's "With You", which reached No. 9 on the country charts and No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, her only entry on the latter chart.

Biography

Lila Elaine McCann was born in Puyallup, Washington. She gave her first public performance at age four, when she sang "You Are My Sunshine" in her father's country music band. Later on, she became a local performer in her own right, singing in small venues around her hometown. By the time she was in her early teens, McCann recorded "Down Came a Blackbird", a song which was given to her by her manager, Kasey Walker. McCann's version of the song was sent to Seymour Stein, president of the Asylum Records label, who signed her to a recording contract in 1997.

Career

=1997-1998: ''Lila''=

"Down Came a Blackbird" was issued in mid-1997 as the first single from her debut album, Lila; the song went on to peak at No. 28 on the Billboard country charts. Released in June 1997, Lila drew critical acclaim and comparisons to LeAnn Rimes. These comparisons stemmed from the fact that both singers, who were teenagers at the time, were recording material that was considered mature for their age.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1444821/20010627/lila_mccann.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116054206/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1444821/20010627/lila_mccann.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |title=Lila McCann "Comes a Little Closer" to Adulthood |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=2001-06-28 |work=CMT.com}} Lila was also the highest-selling album for a new country music act that year,{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1474080/20030717/lila_mccann.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116053623/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1474080/20030717/lila_mccann.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |title= Lila Big Seller For '97 |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=1998-01-04 |work=CMT.com}} earning platinum certification in the United States for shipments of one million copies. "I Wanna Fall in Love", the album's second single, became McCann's highest-charting single at No. 3 on the US country charts and No. 1 on the Canadian country charts. However, the third and fourth singles (a cover of Sheena Easton's "Almost Over You" and the Mark Spiro-Andrew Gold collaboration "Yippy Ky Yay", respectively) failed to make Top 40 in the US, although the former was a No. 38 in Canada. Later in 1998, McCann recorded a song titled "To Get Me to You" for the soundtrack to the movie Hope Floats.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1475332/20030804/lila_mccann.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116054209/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1475332/20030804/lila_mccann.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |title=Lila Floats On |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=1998-08-11 |work=CMT.com}} This song was released to radio, although it did not chart.

=1999-2000: ''Something in the Air'' and ''Complete''=

McCann's second album, Something in the Air, was issued in 1999. Originally slated as its lead-off single was "You're Gone", which featured harmony vocals from Vince Gill, Steve Wariner and Bryan White (of whom the latter two also co-wrote the song).{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1474457/20030722/lila_mccann.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116053625/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1474457/20030722/lila_mccann.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |title=Bring On No. 2 For McCann |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=1999-02-11 |work=CMT.com}} This song was withdrawn before it could chart, however, and "With You" was its replacement. This song entered Top Ten on the country music charts, and peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving McCann her only entry on the latter chart. Something in the Air was certified gold in the United States; although three additional singles were released from it, none reached higher than No. 41 on the country music charts.

McCann's third album, 2001's Complete, was issued on Warner Bros. Records, due to the closure of Asylum Records's Nashville division which resulted in the transfer of Asylum's roster to the Warner Bros. label. Nineteen years old at the time of its release, McCann felt that the album marked an increased level of maturity in her work. The first single from Complete, "Come a Little Closer", reached a peak of No. 43 on the country music charts. After it came "Because of You", which failed to chart. McCann was dropped from Warner Bros.' roster in 2002, following the release of a Super Hits compilation which was composed of material from her previous albums.

=2005-2008: Switch to Broken Bow=

On November 20, 2005, McCann married her boyfriend Mike Wolofsky in Nashville.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1517563/20051206/lila_mccann.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116054214/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1517563/20051206/lila_mccann.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |title=Lila McCann Marries |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=2005-12-06 |work=CMT.com}} Later that same year McCann signed to a new recording contract with Broken Bow Records, an independent record label. Although four singles were issued on the label between 2005 and early 2006, no album was released on Broken Bow during that timespan. A fifth single for Broken Bow, titled "That's What Angels Do", was shipped to radio in December 2007, and entered the country music charts at No. 60. McCann left Broken Bow Records in early 2008 and announced in October of the same year that she was expecting her and her husband's first child, Abraham Elliot (born December 15, 2008). In 2011, Lila and Mike had their second son Benjamin (born December 6, 2011), while she worked as a successful photographer, operating a photography business in the Nashville area.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lilamccannphotography.com/ |title=Lila Mccann Photography |access-date=2014-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020002737/http://www.lilamccannphotography.com/ |archive-date=2014-10-20 |url-status=dead }}

=2016-present: ''Paint This Town''=

At the end of 2016, she started working on a new album through a PledgeMusic campaign. She released the new album Paint This Town on March 3, 2017, through the campaign as a download and physical copy for those who ordered it through the campaign. Then on August 18, 2017 she released it through iTunes.

On June 17, 2019, McCann posted on her official Instagram and Facebook pages that she has happily remarried a woman and is openly gay.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/By0M5TPh63J/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/By0M5TPh63J |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=registration|title=Lila McCann Instagram post|date=2019-06-17|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17}}{{cbignore}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"\| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"\| Album details ! colspan="4"\| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"\| Certifications (sales threshold)
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"\| US Country {{cite magazine\|url={{BillboardURLbyName\|artist=lila mccann\|chart=Country Albums C}} \|title=Lila McCann Album & Song Chart History: Country Albums \|magazine=Billboard \|accessdate=August 27, 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128175234/http://www.billboard.com/artist/302879/girlicious/chart?f=344 \|archivedate=November 28, 2015 }} ! width="40"\| US {{cite magazine\|url={{BillboardURLbyName\|artist=lila mccann\|chart=Billboard 200}}\|title=Lila McCann Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=August 27, 2010}} ! width="40"\| US Heat {{cite web\|url={{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p210590\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=allmusic ((( Lila McCann > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))\|publisher=Allmusic\|accessdate=August 27, 2010}} ! width="40"\| CAN Country {{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=18bl6ducbjflidm6dcv98irml2&q1=Lila+McCann&q2=Country+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20\|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Country Albums/CDs\|publisher=RPM\|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}
scope="row"\| Lila \| Release date: June 17, 1997 Label: Asylum Records Formats: CD, cassette, music download \| 8 \| 86 \| 1 \| 10 \| align="left"\| US: Platinum{{cite web\|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Lila%20McCann&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50\|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 27, 2010: Lila McCann certified albums\|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America\|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}
scope="row"\| Something in the Air \| Release date: March 23, 1999 Label: Asylum Records Formats: CD, cassette, music download \| 5 \| 85 \| — \| 10 \| align="left"\| US: Gold
scope="row"\| Complete \| Release date: June 26, 2001 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: CD, music download \| 18 \| 152 \| — \| — \|
scope="row"\| Paint This Town \| Release date: March 3, 2017 Label: Lila McCann Music Formats: CD, music download \| — \| — \| — \| — \|
colspan="7" style="font-size:8pt"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details

! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Certifications
(sales threshold)

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="40"| US Country
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lila mccann|chart=Country Albums C}} |title=Lila McCann Album & Song Chart History: Country Albums |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=August 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128175234/http://www.billboard.com/artist/302879/girlicious/chart?f=344 |archivedate=November 28, 2015 }}

! width="40"| US
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lila mccann|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Lila McCann Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}

! width="40"| US
Heat
{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p210590|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Lila McCann > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}

! width="40"| CAN Country
{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=18bl6ducbjflidm6dcv98irml2&q1=Lila+McCann&q2=Country+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Country Albums/CDs|publisher=RPM|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}

scope="row"| Lila

Release date: June 17, 1997
Label: Asylum Records
Formats: CD, cassette, music download

| 8

| 86

| 1

| 10

| align="left"|

US: Platinum{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Lila%20McCann&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 27, 2010: Lila McCann certified albums|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}

scope="row"| Something in the Air

Release date: March 23, 1999
Label: Asylum Records
Formats: CD, cassette, music download

| 5

| 85

| —

| 10

| align="left"|

US: Gold

scope="row"| Complete

Release date: June 26, 2001
Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
Formats: CD, music download

| 18

| 152

| —

scope="row"| Paint This Town

Release date: March 3, 2017
Label: Lila McCann Music
Formats: CD, music download

| —

colspan="7" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Compilation albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:12em;"\| Title ! style="width:16em;"\| Album details
scope="row"\| Super Hits \| Release date: June 4, 2002 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: CD, music download

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

style="width:12em;"| Title

! style="width:16em;"| Album details

scope="row"| Super Hits

Release date: June 4, 2002
Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
Formats: CD, music download

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"\| Single ! colspan="3"\| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"\| Album
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"\| US Country {{cite web\|url={{BillboardURLbyName\|artist=lila mccann\|chart=Country Songs}}\|title=Lila McCann Album & Song Chart History: Country Songs\|publisher=Billboard\|accessdate=August 27, 2010}} ! width="45"\| US {{cite web\|url={{BillboardURLbyName\|artist=lila mccann\|chart=Hot 100}}\|title=Lila McCann Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100\|publisher=Billboard\|accessdate=August 27, 2010}} ! width="45"\| CAN Country {{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=aea0rn5ciqq1p57gtjp43o5bo0&q1=Lila+McCann&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20\|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Country Singles\|publisher=RPM\|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}
rowspan="2"\| 1997 ! scope="row"\| "Down Came a Blackbird" \| 28 \| — \| 40 \| align="left" rowspan="4"\| Lila
scope="row"\| "I Wanna Fall in Love" \| 3 \| — \| 1
rowspan="3"\| 1998 ! scope="row"\| "Almost Over You" \| 42 \| — \| 38
scope="row"\| "Yippy Ky Yay" \| 63 \| — \| 70
scope="row"\| "To Get Me to You"{{cite magazine\|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-08-22.pdf\|title=Country Corner\|magazine=Billboard\|date=August 22, 1998}} \| — \| — \| — \| align="left"\| Hope Floats {{small\|(soundtrack)}}
rowspan="2"\| 1999 ! scope="row"\| "With You" \| 9 \| 41 \| 7 \| align="left" rowspan="4"\| Something in the Air
scope="row"\| "Crush" \| 41 \| — \| 42
rowspan="2"\| 2000 ! scope="row"\| "I Will Be" \| 47 \| — \| 76
scope="row"\| "Kiss Me Now" \| 60 \| — \| 76
rowspan="2"\| 2001 ! scope="row"\| "Come a Little Closer" \| 43 \| — \| — \| align="left" rowspan="2"\| Complete
scope="row"\| "Because of You"{{cite magazine\|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-07-28.pdf\|title=Reviews & Previews\|magazine=Billboard\|date=July 28, 2001}} \| — \| — \| —
rowspan="3"\| 2005 ! scope="row"\| "Go Easy on Me" \| 53 \| — \| — \| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
scope="row"\| "I Can Do This"{{cite web\|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-06-24.pdf\|title=Country - Going for Adds\|work=Radio & Records\|date=June 24, 2005}} \| — \| — \| —
scope="row"\| "I'm Amazed" (featuring Jim Brickman) \| 59 \| — \| — \| align="left"\| The Disney Songbook
rowspan=2\|2006 ! scope="row"\| "Peace on Earth" \| — \| — \| — \| {{n/a}}
scope="row"\|"God Bless the Children" {{small\|(with Wayne Warner and the Nashville All-Star Choir)}}{{cite web \| url=http://www.waynewarner.com/photos/gbtc/choir.html \| title=Nashville All Star Choir \| work=Wayne Warner \| accessdate=November 28, 2019}} \| — \| — \| — \| Turbo Twang'n
2008 ! scope="row"\| "That's What Angels Do" \| 60 \| — \| — \| {{n/a}}
colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Single

! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country
{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lila mccann|chart=Country Songs}}|title=Lila McCann Album & Song Chart History: Country Songs|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}

! width="45"| US
{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lila mccann|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Lila McCann Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}

! width="45"| CAN Country
{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=aea0rn5ciqq1p57gtjp43o5bo0&q1=Lila+McCann&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Country Singles|publisher=RPM|accessdate=August 27, 2010}}

rowspan="2"| 1997

! scope="row"| "Down Came a Blackbird"

| 28

| —

| 40

| align="left" rowspan="4"| Lila

scope="row"| "I Wanna Fall in Love"

| 3

| —

| 1

rowspan="3"| 1998

! scope="row"| "Almost Over You"

| 42

| —

| 38

scope="row"| "Yippy Ky Yay"

| 63

| —

| 70

scope="row"| "To Get Me to You"{{cite magazine|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-08-22.pdf|title=Country Corner|magazine=Billboard|date=August 22, 1998}}

| —

| align="left"| Hope Floats {{small|(soundtrack)}}

rowspan="2"| 1999

! scope="row"| "With You"

| 9

| 41

| 7

| align="left" rowspan="4"| Something in the Air

scope="row"| "Crush"

| 41

| —

| 42

rowspan="2"| 2000

! scope="row"| "I Will Be"

| 47

| —

| 76

scope="row"| "Kiss Me Now"

| 60

| —

| 76

rowspan="2"| 2001

! scope="row"| "Come a Little Closer"

| 43

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Complete

scope="row"| "Because of You"{{cite magazine|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-07-28.pdf|title=Reviews & Previews|magazine=Billboard|date=July 28, 2001}}

| —

rowspan="3"| 2005

! scope="row"| "Go Easy on Me"

| 53

| —

| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}

scope="row"| "I Can Do This"{{cite web|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-06-24.pdf|title=Country - Going for Adds|work=Radio & Records|date=June 24, 2005}}

| —

scope="row"| "I'm Amazed" (featuring Jim Brickman)

| 59

| —

| align="left"| The Disney Songbook

rowspan=2|2006

! scope="row"| "Peace on Earth"

| —

| {{n/a}}

scope="row"|"God Bless the Children" {{small|(with Wayne Warner and the Nashville All-Star Choir)}}{{cite web | url=http://www.waynewarner.com/photos/gbtc/choir.html | title=Nashville All Star Choir | work=Wayne Warner | accessdate=November 28, 2019}}

| —

| Turbo Twang'n

2008

! scope="row"| "That's What Angels Do"

| 60

| —

| {{n/a}}

colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Music videos=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! style="width:16em;"\| Video ! Director
rowspan="2"\| 1997 ! scope="row"\| "Down Came a Blackbird" \| Norman Seeff
scope="row"\| "I Wanna Fall in Love" \| Susan Johnson
rowspan="4"\| 1998 ! scope="row"\| "Almost Over You" \| Kevin McVey
scope="row"\| "Yippy Ky Yay" \| Kasey Walker
scope="row"\| "To Get Me to You" \| Eric Barrett
scope="row"\| "With You" \| rowspan="2"\| Steven Goldmann
1999 ! scope="row"\| "Crush"
2001 ! scope="row"\| "Come a Little Closer"{{cite web\|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/lila-mccann/387539/come-a-little-closer.jhtml\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024093509/http://www.cmt.com/videos/lila-mccann/387539/come-a-little-closer.jhtml\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=October 24, 2012\|title=CMT : Videos : Lila McCann : Come A Little Closer\|publisher=Country Music Television\|accessdate=September 19, 2011}} \| Gerry Wenner

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! Year

! style="width:16em;"| Video

! Director

rowspan="2"| 1997

! scope="row"| "Down Came a Blackbird"

| Norman Seeff

scope="row"| "I Wanna Fall in Love"

| Susan Johnson

rowspan="4"| 1998

! scope="row"| "Almost Over You"

| Kevin McVey

scope="row"| "Yippy Ky Yay"

| Kasey Walker

scope="row"| "To Get Me to You"

| Eric Barrett

scope="row"| "With You"

| rowspan="2"| Steven Goldmann

1999

! scope="row"| "Crush"

2001

! scope="row"| "Come a Little Closer"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/lila-mccann/387539/come-a-little-closer.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024093509/http://www.cmt.com/videos/lila-mccann/387539/come-a-little-closer.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2012|title=CMT : Videos : Lila McCann : Come A Little Closer|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=September 19, 2011}}

| Gerry Wenner

Filmography

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1998 \| Walker, Texas Ranger \| Kelly Wyman \| Episode: "Eyes of a Ranger"
2002 \| Weakest Link \| Herself \| Episode: "Music Makers"
2003 \| Pyramid \| Herself \| Episode: "24 April 2003"

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1998

| Walker, Texas Ranger

| Kelly Wyman

| Episode: "Eyes of a Ranger"

2002

| Weakest Link

| Herself