The Wrights (country duo)
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The Wrights is an American
United States
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 country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 duo composed of husband and wife Adam Wright and Shannon Wright. Adam Wright is also the nephew of country music artist Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson
Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...

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Adam and Shannon Wright met in 1998 after he filled in for a musician in her band in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
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. The two started out writing songs together, eventually marrying and moving to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
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 in 2002. Two of the duo's songs can be found on Jackson's 2004 album What I Do
What I Do
What I Do is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 7, 2004, and produced four singles for Jackson on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" both reached #5, while "The Talkin' Song Repair...

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A year later, the Wrights' debut album, Down This Road, was released on Jackson's personal label, ACR (Alan's Country Records), in association with RCA Records
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. Adam and Shannon wrote all of the songs on their album. A self-titled, eight-song EP and a second album, In the Summertime, both followed in 2008.

Albums

Title Album details Peak positions
US Country
Down This Road
  • Release date: May 16, 2005
  • Label: ACR/RCA Records
    RCA Records
    RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

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The Wrights
  • Release date: January 29, 2008
  • Label: Mailboat Records
    Mailboat Records
    Mailboat Records is a record label established in 1999 by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The label's first release was Buffett's Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. In addition to Buffett, the label's roster includes Dan Fogelberg, Bret Michaels, Boz Scaggs, Def Leppard and...

  • In the Summertime
  • Release date: June 17, 2008
  • Label: TOUR
  • Red and Yellow, Blue and Green
  • Release date: August 10, 2010
  • Label: TOUR
  • "—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Singles

    Year Single Album
    2005 "Down This Road" Down This Road
    "On the Rocks"

    Music videos

    Year Video Director
    2005 "Down This Road" Steven Goldmann
    Steven Goldmann
    Steven Goldmann is a Canadian music video and film director. He has directed over 200 music videos. Goldmann also directed the movies Broken Bridges and Trailer Park of Terror, and has additionally directed several television programs.-1990-1999:...

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