Mickey Guyton
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{{short description|American country music singer (born 1983)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mickey Guyton
| image = Musician Mickey Guyton performs during the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative Launch (cropped).jpg
| alt = Country music singer Mickey Guyton
| caption = Guyton performing during the launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative in 2023
| birth_name = Candace Mycale Guyton
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|6|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Arlington, Texas, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| spouse = Grant Savoy (m. 2017)
| children = 1
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
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| genre = {{hlist|Country}}
| instrument = Vocals
| label = Capitol Nashville
| website = {{URL|mickeyguyton.com}}
}}
}}
Candace Mycale "Mickey" Guyton{{cite news |last1=Varga |first1=George |title=Grammy-nominee Mickey Guyton on finding her way in 'predominantly White, male world of country music' |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2021-03-05/grammy-nominee-mickey-guyton-on-finding-her-her-way-in-predominantly-white-male-world-of-country-music |access-date=September 14, 2021 |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=March 5, 2021}} ({{IPAc-en|'|g|aɪ|t|ən}}; born June 17, 1983){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/mickey-guyton-takes-on-the-overwhelming-whiteness-of-country-music|title=Mickey Guyton Takes On the Overwhelming Whiteness of Country Music|date=June 7, 2021|first=Amanda|last=Petrusich|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=June 9, 2021}} is an American country music artist. Raised in Texas, Guyton was exposed to various types of music at a young age, and her material incorporates elements of contemporary country, pop, and R&B music. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2011 and signed a recording contract with Capitol Records Nashville. In 2015, the label released Guyton's debut extended play (EP), Unbreakable.
In 2015, Capitol released her debut single, titled "Better Than You Left Me". The song reached number 34 on the US Country Airplay chart and earned her a nomination from the Academy of Country Music Awards. The same year, her second self-titled EP was released. In 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, Guyton released the single "Black Like Me", which speaks to her experiences as a Black woman in country music. The song helped further elevate Guyton's career and resulted in her first ever nomination at the Grammy Awards, becoming the first Black woman to ever be nominated in the Best Country Solo Performance category. Later that year, her third extended play Bridges was released. She then collaborated with Dean Brody on the song "Boys" which made her the first Black woman to achieve a number one hit on the Canada Country chart. Her debut album Remember Her Name followed in 2021.
Early life
Guyton was born in Arlington, Texas, the second oldest of four children born to Phyllis Ann Roddy and Michael Eugene Guyton.{{cite web|title=Songwriter/Composer: GUYTON CANDACE MYCALE|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=1522832&keyname=GUYTON+CANDACE+MYCALE&CAE=733198238&Affiliation=BMI|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150429075234/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=1522832&keyname=GUYTON+CANDACE+MYCALE&CAE=733198238&Affiliation=BMI|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 29, 2015|author=Broadcast Music, Inc.|author-link=Broadcast Music, Inc.|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc.|access-date=April 29, 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/guyton-to-release-debut-single-monday-1421026617|title=Mickey Guyton to Release Debut Single Monday|last=Farley|first=Christopher John|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=January 12, 2015|access-date=January 26, 2015}}{{cite web |title=U.S. Public Records Index |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDYL-8JD |author=Texas Birth Index |year=2002 |publisher=Family Search |access-date=July 25, 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Panicker |first1=Jobin |title=Arlington native Mickey Guyton says her songs finally tell her story |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/features/originals/mickey-guyton-arlington-native-country-singer-black-like-me/287-5504afee-16de-49f6-89c6-ca55e78e2dd1 |website=KGW |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222110729/https://www.kgw.com/article/features/originals/mickey-guyton-arlington-native-country-singer-black-like-me/287-5504afee-16de-49f6-89c6-ca55e78e2dd1 |url-status=dead }} Her family moved throughout the state during her childhood, due to her father's job as an engineer.{{cite web |last1=Collar |first1=Matt |title=Mickey Guyton: Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mickey-guyton-mn0003237096/biography |website=Allmusic |access-date=February 11, 2021}} She was initially enrolled in a local public school, but faced racial discrimination from other families in the neighborhood and was subsequently moved to a private school. Despite this change, Guyton continued to experience racism, stating in a 2020 interview with NPR that her best friends' parents would often refer to her with racial slurs.{{cite news |last1=Hight |first1=Jewly |title=Country Star Mickey Guyton: Why Being 'Black Like Me' Shouldn't Be Twice As Hard |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/06/869978720/country-star-mickey-guyton-why-being-black-like-me-shouldn-t-be-twice-as-hard |website=NPR |date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2021}}
Guyton also began singing as a child and developed an interest in music around five years old. She often performed in church choirs, notably at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Arlington. She was inspired to begin a singing career after she saw LeAnn Rimes sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the start of a Texas Rangers game. She moved to Los Angeles, California after graduating high school to pursue country music professionally while attending Santa Monica College. She studied business and also worked several minimum wage jobs to support herself. Several of the jobs included work as a background vocalist, including an appearance singing in Nick Cannon's film Underclassman.{{cite web |last1=Hight |first1=Jewly |title=Is country music finally ready for Mickey Guyton? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-04-09/mickey-guyton-country-singer |website=Los Angeles Times |date=April 9, 2020 |access-date=June 30, 2021}} Additionally, she sang on demonstration records and auditioned for the seventh season of American Idol.{{cite web |last1=Aviles |first1=Gwen |title=Country music is typically a white space. Mickey Guyton is ready to change it. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/country-music-typically-white-space-mickey-guyton-ready-change-it-n1234821 |website=NBC |date=July 25, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2021}} Guyton's American Idol run ended just before the live shows for the top 24,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/11-famous-singers-rejected-by-american-idol-20150223|title=11 Famous Singers Rejected by 'American Idol'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 23, 2015|access-date=April 4, 2016}} and she appeared only briefly on television during her final singing performance of the audition rounds.
Career
=2011–2015: Early career and "Better Than You Left Me"=
After moving to Los Angeles, Guyton met record producer Julian Raymond. Impressed by her singing voice, he introduced her to country music industry professionals Gary Borman and Steve Moir. Both men helped launch the music careers of country artists such as Faith Hill and Keith Urban. The initial meetings with Borman and Moir prompted her to move to Nashville, Tennessee in 2011. Guyton soon became part of the city's country music songwriting community.{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Andrew |title=Introducing...Mickey Guyton |url=https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/introducing-mickey-guyton/ |access-date=September 14, 2021 |work=Sounds Like Nashville}} The same year, Guyton had the opportunity to audition for UMG Nashville's chairman, Mike Dungan. Singing a song by Patty Loveless, she was then signed to UMG's Capitol Records Nashville division.{{cite web |last1=Gleason |first1=Holly |title=Mickey Guyton Is Writing Beyond the Obvious |url=https://americansongwriter.com/mickey-guyton-beyond-the-obvious/ |website=American Songwriter |date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2021}} With her signing, she became the genre's only black female artist signed to a major label. Among her first events following her label signing was an all-star performance at the White House, where she performed alongside Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker and James Taylor.
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As she developed her artistry, Guyton was warned by industry professionals that she would be unsuccessful if she went outside traditional country music boundaries: "Make sure your songs sound really country because listeners might think you're being disingenuous. Don't make your songs sound too R&B," she recalled to CNN.{{cite web |last1=Blake |first1=John |title=This Black country singer wrote the most powerful song about race in 2020 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/entertainment/mickey-guyton-country-singer/index.html |website=CNN |date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2021}} She was asked by a country radio DJ to write songs that reflected "fluffy" and "happy" topics. The stress and anxiety of these instances caused Guyton to develop insomnia and a drinking problem. These conflicts, along with the difficulties of establishing an identity at Capitol Records, caused her music releases to be delayed by several years.{{cite web |last1=Lyle |first1=Ashley |title=MICKEY GUYTON'S HARD-EARNED BREAKTHROUGH |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=322611&title+MICKEY-GUYTON%E2%80%99S-HARD-EARNED-BREAKTHROUGH |website=Hits Daily Double |access-date=February 10, 2021}} In 2014, Capitol Nashville released Guyton's first extended play (EP), an acoustic album titled Unbreakable. The EP charted on the Billboard Top Heatseekers list after its release, reaching number 14.{{cite magazine |title=Unbreakable Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mickey-guyton |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 12, 2021}}
In 2015, Capitol released Guyton's debut single, "Better Than You Left Me". Guyton co-wrote the song with Jennifer Hanson, Jen Schott, and Nathan Chapman, the last of whom co-produced it with Dann Huff.{{cite web |title="Better Than You Left Me": Mickey Guyton: Song Info |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/better-than-you-left-me-mt0052105570 |website=Allmusic |access-date=February 13, 2021}} The song received 79 ads to radio playlists in its first week of release, which had not been previously done.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/mickey-guytons-quarter-life-crisis-leads-to-promising-debut-20150324|title=Mickey Guyton's 'Quarter Life Crisis' Leads to Debut LP|last=Dunkerley|first=Beville|date=March 24, 2015|newspaper=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 17, 2016}} The Guardian made note of the song's early success on the charts, particularly in relation to Guyton's being a Black female in a genre dominated by white men.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/27/mickey-guyton-black-country-music-better-than-you-left-me|title=Mickey Guyton and the trailblazing black women of country music|last=Smith|first=Grady|date=January 27, 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=January 29, 2015}} By July 2015, the song had reached number 34 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.{{cite magazine |title="Better Than You Left Me" chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mickey-guyton/chart-history/csa/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 13, 2021}} It reached a similar peak position on Canada's Billboard country chart.{{cite magazine |title="Better Than You Left Me" chart history (Canada Country) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mickey-guyton/chart-history/ccw/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 12, 2021}} According to Guyton, the song's minimal chart success was due to radio programmers stating "they didn't want two slow songs by women on the radio at the same time."{{cite news |last1=Yahr |first1=Emily |title=Mickey Guyton has been ready for this moment. Country music kept her waiting. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mickey-guyton-what-are-you-gonna-tell-her-black-like-me/2020/09/07/9dd5ee20-f11d-11ea-999c-67ff7bf6a9d2_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=February 13, 2021}} In May 2015, Guyton's self-titled second EP was released on Capitol and contained the minor hit.{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Gayle |title=Mickey Guyton Announces Debut EP |url=https://theboot.com/mickey-guyton-debut-ep/ |website=The Boot |date=May 13, 2015 |access-date=February 12, 2021}} The EP reached number 17 on the Billboard Heatseekers list by August.{{cite magazine |title=Mickey Guyton (EP) chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mickey-guyton/chart-history/tln/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 13, 2021}} The project received a four star rating from Queens of Country, who praised Guyton's vocals and mix of different musical stylings.{{cite web |title=EP review: Mickey Guyton — Mickey Guyton |url=https://www.queensofcountry.net/home/ep-review-mickey-guyton-mickey-guyton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928222323/https://www.queensofcountry.net/home/ep-review-mickey-guyton-mickey-guyton |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |website=Queens of Country |access-date=February 12, 2021}} Guyton also joined Brad Paisley's Crushin' It World Tour in summer 2015.{{cite web |last1=Bjorke |first1=Matt |title=Mickey Guyton Joins Brad Paisley's Tour |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/02/32729-mickey-guyton-joins-brad-paisleys-tour |website=Roughstock |date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=February 11, 2021}}
=2016{{ndash}}2020: Musical shifts and "Black Like Me"=
In 2016, Guyton was nominated for New Female Vocalist of the Year at the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards.{{cite web |title=Everything You Need To Know About The Best New Artist ACM Nominees |url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/academy_of_country_music/photos/1006032/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-best-new-artist-acm-nominees |website=CBS |access-date=February 14, 2021}} That year she also released her next single, "Heartbreak Song". The song reached number 45 on the Country Airplay chart. She continued releasing singles on Capitol such as "Hold On", "Sister", and a cover of Patsy Cline's "Crazy". Entertainment writer Emily Yahr described Guyton's 2016–19 releases as having "heavily-produced" arrangements that seemed to lack a musical direction. These singles also had little commercial success. Guyton later told The Washington Post that she was focusing more on what radio wanted rather than going by her own musical instincts. Instead, she began reworking her musical direction.{{cite web |last1=Stefano |first1=Angela |title=Mickey Guyton's 'Black Like Me' Puts Into Words Her Struggles in Nashville, Too Read More: Mickey Guyton's 'Black Like Me' About Struggles in Nashville, Too |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/mickey-guyton-black-like-me-lyrics/ |website=Taste of Country |date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=February 13, 2021}}
Guyton chose to write music that reflected more of her struggles as a black woman. In early 2020, she released a single that came from those songwriting sessions titled "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?". It was followed by the single "Black Like Me". Based on the book of the same name, the song described Guyton's experiences with racial discrimination. It was largely ignored by commercial country radio, but received significant attention on social media platforms and streaming services,{{cite magazine |last1=Roland |first1=Tom |title=Makin' Tracks: Mickey Guyton Pours Her Soul Into a Daring, Timely Ballad, 'Black Like Me |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9414623/mickey-guyton-black-like-me/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 14, 2021}} with Spotify including "Black Like Me" on their "Hot Country Playlist". Critics also took notice of the track. John Blake of CNN called it "a three-and-a-half-minute song that flipped the good ol' boy patriotism of country music on its side and forced listeners to consider a different perspective." Jewly Hight of NPR praised Guyton's blend of country, gospel and pop vocal styles. The song was later nominated for Best Country Solo Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. The Grammy nomination made Guyton the first black female artist to be nominated in the country category.{{cite web |last1=Saad |first1=Nardine |title=Mickey Guyton makes Grammys history as solo Black woman in country music field |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-11-24/mickey-guyton-grammys-history-black-woman-country-solo-performance |website=Los Angeles Times |date=November 24, 2020 |access-date=February 14, 2021}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammys-2021-beyonce-taylor-swift-dua-lipa-roddy-ricch-top-nominations-1094325/|title=Grammys 2021: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch Top Nominations|first1=Jon|last1=Blistein|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 24, 2020}}
In 2020, Guyton became the first black female artist to perform at the Academy of Country Music awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/acms-awards-2020-mickey-guyton-performance.html|title=Mickey Guyton Becomes First Black Woman to Perform Solo at ACMs|first=Justin|last=Curto|date=September 17, 2020|website=Vulture}} Capitol then released her third EP titled Bridges (2020). The project featured her two previous singles and her third 2020 single, "Heaven Down Here". Four of its six tracks were "sobering personal testimonies", according to Taste of Country.{{cite web |title=Mickey Guyton Announces 'Bridges' EP: 'This Is My Truth' |url=https://theboot.com/mickey-guyton-bridges-ep-details/ |website=The Boot |date=August 17, 2020 |access-date=February 14, 2021}} Bridges peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart in September 2020.{{cite magazine |title=Bridges chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mickey-guyton/chart-history/tln/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 14, 2021}} In November 2020, she collaborated with Canadian country singer Dean Brody on the duet "Boys".{{Cite web|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2020/11/22/dean-brody-boys|title=Dean Brody: Boys|first=Kerry|last=Doole|date=November 22, 2020|website=FYI Music News}} The single reached number one on the Canada Country singles chart, giving Guyton her first career chart-topper,{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Mickey Guyton|chart=Canada Country}}|title=Mickey Guyton Chart History: Canada Country|magazine=Billboard}} and making her the first black woman to top the Canada Country chart.{{cite web|first=Katie|last=Colley|title=Dean Brody And Mickey Guyton Earn No. 1 On Canadian Country Radio With 'Boys'|url=https://etcanada.com/news/762858/dean-brody-and-mickey-guyton-earn-no-1-on-canadian-country-radio-with-boys/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329195701/https://etcanada.com/news/762858/dean-brody-and-mickey-guyton-earn-no-1-on-canadian-country-radio-with-boys/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2021|work=ET Canada|date=March 29, 2021|access-date=March 29, 2021}}
=2021{{ndash}}2024: Subsequent work=
In 2021, Guyton became the first black woman to co-host the Academy of Country Music Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/culture/music/article/Mickey-Guyton-country-music-first-Black-host-ACMA-16111396.php|title=Mickey Guyton makes history as first Black woman to host ACM Awards|access-date=April 19, 2021|website=Houston Chronicle|date=April 19, 2021}}{{cite web|last1=Yoo|first1=Noah|date=May 21, 2018|title=Goldfrapp Share New Song With Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan: Listen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/goldfrapp-share-new-song-with-depeche-modes-dave-gahan-listen/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527070436/https://pitchfork.com/news/goldfrapp-share-new-song-with-depeche-modes-dave-gahan-listen/|archive-date=May 27, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2018|website=Pitchfork}}
In an interview with The New Yorker, Guyton revealed the release of her debut studio album called Remember Her Name.{{cite web |last1=Chua |first1=Jeremy |title=Mickey Guyton Plots Debut Album, 'Remember Her Name' |url=https://www.soundslikenashville.com/music/mickey-guyton-plots-debut-album-remember-her-name/ |website=Sounds Like Nashville |date=June 7, 2021 |access-date=June 10, 2021}} She described the album as a look into her ten years living in Nashville, with songs directly addressing experiences of sexism and racism. The album was released in September 2020 and included "Black Like Me", a re-recording of "Better Than You Left Me", and a cover of Beyoncé's "If I Were a Boy".{{cite magazine |last1=Freeman |first1=Jon |title=Mickey Guyton Details Debut Album 'Remember Her Name' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/mickey-guyton-new-album-remember-her-name-1195874/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 12, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2021}} Rating it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote, "If the bombast and ballads flatten the production of Remember Her Name somewhat, it nevertheless feels genuine, not calculated. Guyton is broadening and expanding the genre-bending sounds of 1990s country-pop".{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/remember-her-name-mw0003557451 | title=Remember Her Name | publisher=AllMusic | access-date=October 6, 2021}}
In February 2022, Guyton performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVI.{{cite web |title=Mickey Guyton, Jhené Aiko, Mary Mary to sing at Super Bowl |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-california-music-2a9d566f6176eee4af772cf0a71bbb5a |website=APNews.com|date=February 2022 }} In 2023, Guyton was a coach and judge on My Kind of Country.{{Cite web |title='My Kind of Country': Mickey Guyton, Jimmie Allen, Orville Peck scout for diverse voices |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/23/my-kind-of-country-apple-tv-plus/11528214002/ |access-date=July 15, 2023 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} In Guyton announced that she was working on new music with Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard. The first Hubbard-produced single was 2022's "Somethin' Bout You".{{cite magazine |last1=Hudak |first1=Joseph |title=Mickey Guyton Excels at Breezy Pop in New 'Somethin' Bout You' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 26, 2022 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/mickey-guyton-somethin-bout-you-new-song-1234582658/ |access-date=August 28, 2022}} In 2023, Guyton announced via the social media the release of her next radio single "Nothing Compares to You". The song was composed by Hubbard and featured vocals from Kane Brown.{{cite web |last1=Whitaker |first1=Sterling |title=Mickey Guyton Enlists Kane Brown for Killer New Single |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/mickey-guyton-kane-brown-nothing-compares-to-you/ |website=Taste of Country |date=July 14, 2023 |access-date=July 15, 2023}}
Guyton performed her song "All American" at the 2024 Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024.{{cite news | url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/19/jason-isbell-mickey-guyton-set-to-perform-at-2024-dnc-what-to-know/74865857007/ | title=Mickey Guyton, Jason Isbell set to perform at the DNC Monday. Here's what to know | website=The Tennessean }}
Capitol Records released Guyton's second studio album, House on Fire, in September 2024. The album includes twelve songs all co-written by Guyton, along with a duet with Kane Brown.{{cite news | url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2024/08/28/country-singer-mickey-guyton-looks-to-score-big-with-house-on-fire/ | title=Country singer Mickey Guyton looks to score big with 'House on Fire' | work=The Dallas Morning News | date=August 28, 2024 | accessdate=September 27, 2024 | author=Thor Christensen}} Prior to the album's release, she issued the title track and "My Side of the Country" as preview singles.{{cite web | url=https://musicrow.com/2024/08/mickey-guyton-readies-sophomore-album-house-on-fire/ | title=Mickey Guyton Readies Sophomore Album 'House On Fire' | publisher=MusicRow | date=August 23, 2024 | accessdate=September 27, 2024 | author=LB Cantrell}}
Musical styles and influences
Guyton's musical style has been described as being rooted in country music, but also in its sub-genres and other musical sectors. In describing her 2020 musical efforts, NPR's Jewly Hight observed a mixture of country, pop, gospel, R&B and hip hop. Mike Collar of Allmusic found that Guyton has "a warm, textured voice, whose sound walks the line between classic country and contemporary pop." Guyton explained that her musical style contains elements of pop, but is mostly rooted in country. Her musical approach was taken from early influences such as Dolly Parton, who she got to meet in 2017. "She came up in a time that was extremely conservative but she had such progressive views. She taught people to love for who they are no matter what and I think that's amazing," she told Country Music Television.{{cite web |last1=Tingle |first1=Lauren |title=Mickey Guyton: An Artist That's Beyond Reproach |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1786327/mickey-guyton-an-artist-thats-beyond-reproach/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912214812/http://www.cmt.com/news/1786327/mickey-guyton-an-artist-thats-beyond-reproach/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |website=Country Music Television |access-date=February 15, 2021}} Guyton was also heavily influenced by LeAnn Rimes and her 1996 album Blue. Rimes' music helped Guyton discover other female country performers, including Patsy Cline, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, and Martina McBride. "I was just mesmerized by big-voiced women," she recalled.{{cite web |last1=Allers |first1=Hannahlee |title=Mickey Guyton Explains How LeAnn Rimes Influenced Her Career |url=https://theboot.com/mickey-guyton-inspired-by-leann-rimes/ |website=The Boot |date=June 2015 |access-date=February 15, 2021}} Guyton also credits BeBe & CeCe Winans and Whitney Houston as musical influences.
Personal life
Guyton began a relationship with lawyer Grant Savoy in 2010. In November 2016, the couple announced their engagement.{{cite web |title=Yes, Mickey Guyton Really Did Get Married in June |url=https://theboot.com/mickey-guyton-married/ |website=Taste of Country |date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=February 14, 2021}} In June 2017, the couple wed in Kauai, Hawaii alongside 23 friends and family members.{{cite web |last1=Michaud |first1=Sarah |title=Mickey Guyton Marries Grant Savoy: 'The Entire Day Was So Beautiful' |url=https://people.com/country/mickey-guyton-marries-grant-savoy-wedding-photos/ |website=People |access-date=February 14, 2021}} In August 2020, Guyton announced that she was pregnant with the couple's first child.{{cite web |last1=Laffer |first1=Lauren |title=Baby On The Way! Mickey Guyton Announces Pregnancy |url=https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/mickey-guyton-pregnant-baby-2021/ |website=Sounds Like Nashville |date=August 25, 2020 |access-date=February 14, 2021}} In February 2021, she gave birth to a son whom the couple named Grayson.{{cite web |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |title=Mickey Guyton Welcomes Son Grayson: 'The Hardest and Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Done' |url=https://people.com/parents/mickey-guyton-welcomes-son-grayson/ |website=People |access-date=February 14, 2021}}
Discography
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- Remember Her Name (2021)
- House on Fire (2024)
Filmography
Awards and nominations
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| 2015
| 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
| New Female Vocalist of the Year
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| 2020
| Best Country Solo Performance – "Black Like Me"
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| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Mickey Guyton: Artist |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/mickey-guyton/287274 |website=Grammy Awards |access-date=February 13, 2021}}
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| rowspan=2| 2021
| 56th Academy of Country Music Awards
| New Female Artist of the Year
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite web |title=2021 Nominees |url=https://www.acmcountry.com/noms |website=Academy of Country Music Awards |access-date=February 27, 2021}}
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| 55th Annual Country Music Association Awards
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| rowspan=6| 2022
| rowspan=3| 64th Annual Grammy Awards
| Best Country Album – Remember Her Name
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| Best Country Song – "Remember Her Name"
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| Best Country Solo Performance – "Remember Her Name"
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| rowspan=3| CMT Music Awards
| Video of the Year – "Remember Her Name"
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| Female Video of the Year – "Remember Her Name"
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| CMT Performance of the Year – "Friendship Train" (with Gladys Knight and Breland)
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://mickeyguyton.com/}}
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