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| name = SHeDAISY | | name = SHeDAISY | ||
| image = SheDAISY 2007.JPEG | | image = SheDAISY 2007.JPEG | ||
| caption = SHeDAISY performing in 2004 (L-R: Kelsi, Kassidy, Kristyn) | |||
| caption = SHeDAISY performing in | | alt = Country music group SHeDAISY performing | ||
| origin = [[Magna, Utah]], U.S. | | origin = [[Magna, Utah]], U.S. | ||
| alias = The Osborn Sisters | | alias = The Osborn Sisters | ||
| genre = [[Country music|Country]] | | genre = [[Country music|Country]] | ||
| years_active = | | years_active = 1989{{Ndash}}2010 | ||
| label = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]<br />[[Lyric Street Records|Lyric Street]] | | label = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]<br />[[Lyric Street Records|Lyric Street]] | ||
| past_members = Kassidy Osborn<br />Kelsi Osborn<br />Kristyn Osborn | | past_members = Kassidy Osborn<br />Kelsi Osborn<br />Kristyn Osborn | ||
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'''SHeDAISY''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|d|eɪ|z|i}}) was an American [[country music]] vocal group from [[Magna, Utah]]. The group consisted of sisters | '''SHeDAISY''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|d|eɪ|z|i}}), originally '''the Osborn Sisters''', was an American [[country music]] vocal group from [[Magna, Utah]]. The group consisted of sisters Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kristyn Osborn. Kassidy was the lead vocalist, and Kristyn the lead songwriter. Their name was derived from a [[Navajo language|Navajo]] term meaning "my little sister". | ||
The | The sisters were involved in music since their childhood, and recorded an unreleased album for [[RCA Records Nashville]] in the early 1990s. At the end of the decade, after assuming the name SHeDAISY, they signed with the former [[Lyric Street Records]] and released their debut album ''[[The Whole SHeBANG]]'' in 1999. This was followed a year later by the Christmas project ''[[Brand New Year]]'', as well as the studio albums ''[[Knock on the Sky]]'' (2002), ''[[Sweet Right Here]]'' (2004), and ''[[Fortuneteller's Melody]]'' (2006). ''The Whole SHeBANG'' was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), and ''Sweet Right Here'' was certified gold. | ||
SHeDAISY has | SHeDAISY has fifteen entries on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] charts. Their top-ten hits on this chart are "[[Little Good-Byes]]," "[[This Woman Needs]]", "[[I Will... But]]" (their highest, with a peak of number two), and "[[Don't Worry 'bout a Thing (SHeDAISY song)|Don't Worry 'bout a Thing]]". Their sound is defined by Kristyn's songwriting, [[country pop]] influences, and vocal harmony, with mixed reception for the production style of their albums and the nature of their lyrics. Many critics compared the group's sound to the Dixie Chicks (now [[the Chicks]]). | ||
== History == | ==History== | ||
SHeDAISY was founded by three sisters with the last name Osborn: Kristyn (born August 24, 1970), Kelsi (born November 21, 1974), and Kassidy (born October 30, 1976), all born and raised in [[Magna, Utah]].<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2017|page=324|isbn=978-0-89820-229-8}}</ref> They are all the children of David and Robyn Osborn. All three sisters were involved in music since childhood.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shedaisy-mn0000009437#biography | title=SHeDAISY biography | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | accessdate=June 14, 2025 | author=Steve Huey}}</ref> In July 1987, Kelsi was booked to play the title role in a production of ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' at the [[Sundance Resort]] summer theater.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/602308713/ | title=WV girl to play 'Annie' | work=West Valley View | date=July 30, 1987 | accessdate=June 14, 2025 | pages=4B}}</ref> All three Osborn sisters also performed at a number of talent shows and other events, including the [[National Finals Rodeo]],<ref name="deseret"/> along with singing "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" at [[Utah Jazz]] basketball games and performing for residents of assisted-living facilities.<ref name="defend">{{cite web | url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/2002/06/30/shedaisy-sisters-defend-their-tunes/50294755007/ | title=SHeDAISY sisters defend their tunes | publisher=South Coast Today | work=[[Associated Press]] | date=June 30, 2002 | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Jim Patterson}}</ref><ref name="deseret">{{cite news | url=https://www.deseret.com/1989/4/21/18804045/w-v-teen-was-showtime-hostess-following-nationwide-competition/ | title=W.V. teen was Showtime hostess following nationwide competition | work=[[Deseret News]] | date=April 21, 1989 | accessdate=14 June 2025}}</ref> Kelsi attended a competition at [[Cottonwood Mall (Utah)|Cottonwood Mall]] in [[Holladay, Utah]], held by the television network [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], seeking youth hosts for their programming. The network declared her one of four top winners in March 1989.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/637754115/ | title=Kelsi Osborne to host Showtime Family Special Series segment | work=The Magna Times | date=March 9, 1989 | accessdate=June 14, 2025 | pages=5}}</ref> This competition required David to travel with Kelsi to [[New York City]]; Kristyn and Kassidy joined them on the trips, as David thought doing so would familiarize all of them with show business. According to him, the trip inspired Kristyn to begin performing full-time.<ref name="bloomin">{{cite news | url=https://www.deseret.com/2003/2/5/19781762/bloomin-crazy-over-magna-s-own-shedaisy/q | title=Bloomin' crazy over Magna's own SHeDAISY | work=Deseret News | date=February 5, 2003 | accessdate=June 14, 2025 | author=Doug Robinson}}</ref> Specifically, she wanted to perform [[country music]] as she had just bought an album by [[Restless Heart]].<ref name="lucky"/> Further inspiring the sisters was the family's perception that country music at the time did not have a significant number of female-led groups or teenagers.<ref name="lori"/> | |||
This led David to take Kristyn, Kelsi, and Kassidy to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], later in 1989 with the intent of beginning their careers in country music. The family would then commute regularly between Utah and Nashville.<ref name="bloomin"/><ref name="goble"/> He had them record [[demo (music)|demos]] with the intent of signing them to a [[record label]]. One such demo was sent to Country Joe Flint, then a disc jockey at [[KSOP-FM]] in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]]. Flint then sent the tape to Rob Galbraith, a [[record producer]] best known for his work with [[Ronnie Milsap]]. This led to the three sisters signing to [[RCA Records Nashville]] in 1991.<ref name="bloomin"/> At the time, the trio called themselves the Osborn Sisters.<ref name="goble">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/637650284/ | title=Nashville-bound Osborn Sisters to perform | work=The Magna Times | date=September 10, 1992 | accessdate=June 14, 2025 | author=W. Kent Goble | pages=4}}</ref> The three sisters began recording songs under Galbraith's production.<ref name="lori"/> In September 1992, they performed a concert at Cyprus High School in Magna, with Galbraith in attendance.<ref name="goble"/> Although the sisters completed an album for RCA, it was never released. The Osborn sisters later stated dissatisfaction with their material, as well as concerns that they were unpreprared to start a professional music career, as the reasons behind the RCA album's lack of release.<ref name="bloomin"/><ref name="gac"/> | |||
They | After leaving RCA, the three Osborn sisters continued to live in the same apartment in Nashville while performing at various local [[nightclub]]s.<ref name="bloomin"/> They supported themselves financially by working at department stores at the former [[Hickory Hollow Mall]] in the Nashville suburb of [[Antioch, Tennessee|Antioch]].<ref name="brad">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113462719/ | title=Brad About You | work=[[The Tennessean]] | date=December 15, 1998 | accessdate=June 14, 2025 | author=Brad Schmitt | pages=3A}}</ref><ref name="bloomin"/> Kristyn also attended [[Middle Tennessee State University]] to educate herself on music business management.<ref name="robinson"/> They briefly renamed themselves the Violets before choosing the name SHeDAISY ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|d|eɪ|z|i}}).<ref name="defend"/><ref name="sass">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/794225575/ | title=Girl groups sing with sass, sweet harmonies | work=The Herald-Sun | date=May 28, 1999 | agency=Fort Worth Star-Telegram | accessdate=June 16, 2025 | author=Dave Ferman | pages=9}}</ref> This name was inspired by their brother-in-law, who worked as a [[missionary]] among the [[Navajo]] and referred to the sisters by the [[Navajo language]] term ''shedaisa'', which means "my little sister".<ref name="bloomin"/> Kristyn had also begun writing songs with [[Jason Deere]], a Nashville-based songwriter the sisters had befriended. Deere then promoted the group's material to record label agents. One such agent was Shelby Kennedy, who worked in [[artists and repertoire]] for the former [[Lyric Street Records]], then a new country music division of [[Disney Music Group]].<ref name="big hello">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113560259/ | title=SHeDAISY says big hello to success | work=[[The Tennessean]] | date=June 27, 1999 | accessdate=June 16, 2025 | pages=10K}}</ref> SHeDAISY signed with Lyric Street in 1997.<ref name="gac"/> | ||
=== 1999{{ndash}}2001: ''The Whole SHeBANG'' === | ===1999{{ndash}}2001: ''The Whole SHeBANG'' and ''Brand New Year''=== | ||
Lyric Street released SHeDAISY's debut album ''[[The Whole SHeBANG]]'' on May 11, 1999. Kristyn co-wrote all eleven of its songs.<ref name="crazy">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/124400035/ | title=Crazy for SHeDAISY | work=The Arizona Republic | date=November 11, 1999 | accessdate=June 16, 2025 | author=Victor Barajas | pages=5, 6}}</ref> [[Dann Huff]] produced the album and also alternated with Shelby's brother [[Gordon Kennedy (musician)|Gordon]] on electric guitar. Other musicians on the project included bassist [[Mike Brignardello]] (with whom Huff previously recorded in the band [[Giant (band)|Giant]]), drummers [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] and [[Paul Leim]], [[steel guitar]] players [[Dan Dugmore]] and [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]], and [[mandolin]] player [[Jonathan Yudkin]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Whole SHeBANG |others=SHeDAISY |year=1999 |type=CD insert |publisher=Lyric Street Records|id=65002-2}}</ref> "[[Little Good-Byes]]", which Kristyn and Jason Deere co-wrote with [[Kenny Greenberg]], was the lead single.<ref name="big hello"/> By the middle of the year, this song peaked at number three on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart and 43 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="whitburn"/> Afterward, "[[This Woman Needs]]" also became a top-ten hit on Hot Country Songs. It was followed by "[[I Will... But]]", which accounted for their highest country music peak of number two. Like "Little Good-Byes", it also peaked at 43 on the Hot 100.<ref name="whitburn"/> Following this song was the number eleven Hot Country Songs peak of "[[Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)]]". Both "I Will... But" and "Lucky 4 You" were co-written by Deere, with [[Coley McCabe]] also assisting on the latter.<ref name="whitburn"/><ref name="lucky">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113563325 | title='Lucky 4 You' lucky for SHeDAISY | work=[[The Tennessean]] | date=March 3, 2001 | accessdate=June 14, 2025 | author=Walter Carter | pages=3D}}</ref> The last single off the album, the [[Richard Marx]] co-write "[[Still Holding Out for You]]", was a minor Hot Country Songs chart hit in 2001. Before being issued as a single, it was the [[B-side]] of "Little Good-Byes".<ref name="whitburn"/> | |||
[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] thought the album's sound was closer to pop than country, but praised the "well-crafted, melodic, memorable songs" as well as the sisters' vocal harmonies.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-whole-shebang-mw0000239685 | title=''The Whole SHeBANG'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=June 16, 2025 | author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> Paul Verna opined similarly in a review for ''Billboard''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Verna |first=Paul |date=May 29, 1999 |title=Reviews & Previews {{!}} Albums |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-05-29.pdf |access-date=May 15, 2024 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=21 |volume=111 |issue=22}}</ref> On March 28, 2000, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) awarded ''The Whole SHeBANG'' a platinum certification for shipments of one million copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=SHeDAISY&ti=The+Whole+SHeBANG&format=Album&type=#search_section | title=Search results for ''The Whole SHeBANG'' | publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] | accessdate=June 16, 2025}}</ref> In 2000, SHeDAISY was nominated for the Horizon Award (now Best New Artist) from the [[Country Music Association]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cmaawards.com/past-winners-and-nominees/ | title=CMA past winners and nominees | publisher=[[Country Music Association]] | accessdate=June 16, 2025}} Select "SHeDAISY" from the "Name" field, then click "Search".</ref> SHeDAISY were also nominated for Top New Vocal Duet or Group at the 1999 [[Academy of Country Music]] awards.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.acmcountry.com/winners?awardTitle=shedaisy&awardCategory=&awardYear=&actionButton=Submit | title=Search winners | publisher=ACM Country | accessdate=June 16, 2025}}</ref> At the [[42nd Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2000, "Little Good-Byes" was nominated in the category of [[Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/shedaisy/15919 | title=Artist page for SHeDAISY | publisher=Grammy.com | accessdate=June 16, 2025}}</ref> | |||
At the end of 2000, the trio released an album of [[Christmas music]] titled ''[[Brand New Year]]''.<ref name="allmusic"/> The album included a mix of traditional cover songs. One track, "Twist of the Magi", featured guest vocals from [[Rascal Flatts]], who were also signed to Lyric Street at the time.<ref name="new year">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/brand-new-year-mw0000098866 | title=''Brand New Year'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=June 16, 2025 | author=Maria Konicki Dinoia}}</ref> Renditions of "[[Deck the Halls]]" and "[[Jingle Bells]]" from this project both made the ''Billboard'' country charts due to seasonal airplay.<ref name="whitburn"/> AllMusic writer Maria Konicki Dinoia praised the originality of the group's covers on this project, and compared the harmonies on the original track "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag" to those of [[the Andrews Sisters]].<ref name="new year"/> This was followed in 2001 by a [[remix album|remix]] of ''The Whole SHeBANG'' titled ''The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up''. Dinoia panned the project's remixes as sounding too similar to the original album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up - SHeDAISY {{!}} Release Info |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/the-whole-shebang-all-mixed-up-mr0000288995 |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> | |||
===2002{{ndash}}2003: ''Knock on the Sky''=== | |||
[[File:SHeDAISY USS Ronald Reagan2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|SHeDAISY singing the National Anthem during opening ceremonies for the official homeporting of the {{USS|Ronald Reagan|CVN-76|6}} on July 23, 2004|alt=Country music group SHeDAISY performing]] | |||
In mid-2002, SHeDAISY released their second studio album, ''[[Knock on the Sky]]''.<ref name="allmusic"/> Kristyn noted that the group wanted to make a more "mature" album than the first one. Unlike ''The Whole SHeBANG'', they also worked with Huff in production.<ref name="billboard knock"/> Its lead single was "[[Get Over Yourself (SHeDAISY song)|Get Over Yourself]]", co-written by [[Marcus Hummon]]. Lyric Street Records withdrew the single due to a number of radio station programmers considering the song's lyrics [[misandry|misandristic]] and refusing to play it.<ref name="billboard knock"/><ref name="lounges">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/307295541/ | title='SHeDAISY' in full bloom | work=[[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] | date=October 18, 2002 | accessdate=June 16, 2025 | author=Tom Lounges | pages=D1, D13}}</ref> This withdrawal caused the song to peak at number 27 on the country charts after a 14-week run.<ref name="whitburn"/> "[[Mine All Mine (Tara Lyn Hart song)|Mine All Mine]]" was then chosen as a replacement.<ref name="lounges"/> To promote the change, Lyric Street's promotion department sent [[spatula]]s to radio stations to encourage them to "flip" the single.<ref name="billboard knock"/> Canadian country singer [[Tara Lyn Hart]] had previously cut "Mine All Mine" for her [[Tara Lyn Hart (album)|self-titled debut album]] in 1999,<ref>{{cite AV media notes |year=1999 |title=Tara Lyn Hart |others=Tara Lyn Hart |publisher=[[Epic Records]] |type=CD booklet |id=80297}}</ref> and SHeDAISY's rendition was also on the soundtrack of the [[Reese Witherspoon]] movie ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]''. "Mine All Mine" was also unsuccessful on Hot Country Songs.<ref name="whitburn"/> | |||
Critical reception to ''Knock on the Sky'' was mixed. Robert L. Doerschuk noted the "cinematic touches" of the production, such as the use of [[string section]]s on certain songs and the use of sound effects on songs such as "Repent".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/knock-on-the-sky-mw0000220983 | title=''Knock on the Sky'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Robert L. Doerschuk}}</ref> Jack Leaver of ''[[The Grand Rapids Press]]'' rated the project three-and-a-half stars out of four, praising the song lyrics and "gorgeous sonic landscape" of the production.<ref name="leaver">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1123203646/ | title=For Matthews, recycling is good; for Plant, remaking is great | work=[[The Grand Rapids Press]] | date=July 17, 2002 | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Jack Leaver | pages=B6}}</ref> ''[[Tucson Citizen]]'' writer A.J. Flick thought the album was well-produced but did not think its sound was country.<ref name="flick">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580290190/ | title=SHeDAISY: ''Knock on the Sky'' | work=Tucson Citizen | date=June 27, 2002 | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=A.J. Flick | pages=5}}</ref> Writing for ''Billboard'', Ray Waddell called most of the songs "well-written" but found much of the production distracting and lacking in influence from country music.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 29, 2002 |title=Reviews and Previews - Country |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2002/BB-2002-06-29.pdf |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=32}}</ref> Kristyn later called the album a "science experiment" due to its heavily layered production, an aspect which she thought led to the album's mixed reception.<ref name="gac"/> | |||
''Knock on the Sky'' | |||
===2004{{ndash}}2005: ''Sweet Right Here''=== | |||
SHeDAISY returned to Hot Country Songs in 2004 with "[[Passenger Seat (SHeDAISY song)|Passenger Seat]]", which reached number twelve.<ref name="whitburn"/> This was the lead single to their third Lyric Street album, ''[[Sweet Right Here]]''.<ref name="allmusic"/> After this was another top-20 country hit in "[[Come Home Soon]]". Kristyn wrote this song with [[John Shanks]], and said it was inspired by a story she had heard about a friend's husband who was declared [[missing in action]] during the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chris Willman|title=Rednecks & Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music|year=2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zseWSanOzyYC|publisher=The New Press|page=128|isbn=9781595580177}}</ref> Last was the number seven "[[Don't Worry 'bout a Thing (SHeDAISY song)|Don't Worry 'bout a Thing]]".<ref name="whitburn"/> Like the two albums before it, Huff produced and played guitar, and Kristyn co-wrote every song.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Sweet Right Here |type=album liner notes |others=[[SHeDAISY]] |publisher=[[Lyric Street Records]] |year=2004 |id=2061-65048-2}}</ref> Allmusic writer Johnny Loftus thought that the tracks co-written with Deere, such as "Don't Worry 'bout a Thing", were the strongest due to their lyrical details. His review praised the sisters' harmonies, although he also considered "Come Home Soon" to be "blah" and considered other tracks to be "filler".<ref name="loftus">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-right-here-mw0000696627 | title=''Sweet Right Here'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Johnny Loftus}}</ref> Waddell noted that the production was more country in nature than the previous two albums, particularly in its use of [[fiddle]] and [[banjo]]; he also thought "Passenger Seat" had influences of [[Celtic music]] due to its rhythms.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-06-19.pdf | title=Reviews | author=Ray Waddell | journal=Billboard | pages=35 | date=June 19, 2004}}</ref> ''Sweet Right Here'' was certified gold in the United States in October 2005, for shipments of 500,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=SHeDAISY&ti=Sweet+Right+Here&format=Album&type=#search_section | title=Search results for ''Sweet Right Here'' | publisher=Recording Industry Association of America | accessdate=June 23, 2025}}</ref> | |||
At the end of 2005, SHeDAISY recorded the original song "[[God Bless the American Housewife]]" for the compilation album ''[[Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives]]'', a [[soundtrack]] for the television series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. Canadian singer [[Jann Arden]] co-wrote the song.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/desperate-housewives-tv-soundtrack--mw0000388529 | title=''Desperate Housewives'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> A version with the title altered to "God Bless the Canadian Housewife" was also released in [[Canada]], and reached top 20 on ''[[Radio & Records]]'' [[Canada Country]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=November 18, 2005 |title=Canada Country Top 30 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-11-18.pdf |journal=[[Radio & Records]]}}</ref> | |||
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===2006{{ndash}}2008: ''Fortuneteller's Melody''=== | |||
After "God Bless the Canadian Housewife", the trio released "[[I'm Taking the Wheel]]", the lead single to their fourth studio album ''[[Fortuneteller's Melody]]''. "I'm Taking the Wheel" peaked at 21 on Hot Country Songs in the United States in early 2006. The project accounted for only one other single with "[[In Terms of Love]]".<ref name="whitburn"/> Unlike their previous efforts, John Shanks produced ''Fortuneteller's Melody''. Kristyn selected him as producer as she had been writing songs with him for several years prior. She also described his production style as more "rootsy" than Huff's.<ref name="home"/> The sisters noted that while their previous albums usually put more focus on planning the songs' arrangements, they felt their relationship with Shanks was more "improvisational". Kristyn stated that several of the songs she wrote with Shanks were recorded immediately after the two finished writing, and as a result, the other two sisters often did not know which song they would be recording on any given day.<ref name="gac">{{cite web | url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_shedaisy/article/0,,GAC_26150_4718317,00.html | title=SHeDAISY biography | publisher=[[Great American Country]] | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803143524/http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_shedaisy/article/0,,GAC_26150_4718317,00.html | archive-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref> Additionally, Kristyn described the album as "honest" and thought that all of its songs had a common theme of the "drama" experienced by a musician attempting to balance their career and personal life.<ref name="gac"/> Besides Shanks, another collaborative writer on the album was [[Sheryl Crow]], who contributed to two songs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fortunetellers-melody-mw0000355202 | title=''Fortuneteller's Melody'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]]}}</ref> "God Bless the American Housewife" was also included on United States presings of ''Fortuneteller's Melody'', and "God Bless the Canadian Housewife" on Canadian releases.<ref name="eric"/> Writing for the ''[[Times & Transcript]]'', Eric Lewis gave the album four out of five stars. His review praised the album's variety of up-tempo songs and ballads, and thought the lyrics of songs such as "Burn Down the House" would appeal to women listeners.<ref name="eric">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1082876006/ | title=SHeDAISY offers girl power on new CD | work=Times & Transcript | date=April 12, 2006 | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Eric Lewis | pages=D5}}</ref> | |||
Country | Kelsi announced in February 2006 that she had become pregnant,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=117 | title=SHeDAISY's Kelsi Osborn pregnant | publisher=Country Standard Time | accessdate=June 23, 2025}}</ref> requiring her to take maternity leave from the group's concert tours by mid-year. As a result, their youngest sister Karli filled in for her on a number of shows that year. At the time, Karli was attending [[Lipscomb University]], and she recalled that she had only one month to memorize the harmony vocals of 25 songs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2006/07/14/shedaisy-calls-in-lil-sis-to-continue-summer-tour/31489872007/ | title=SHeDAISY calls in lil' sis to continue summer tour | publisher=The Gainesville Sun | work=Associated Press | date=July 14, 2006 | accessdate=June 23, 2025}}</ref> Karli also filled in for Kelsi in the music video for "In Terms of Love".<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2006 |title=SHeDAISY's Kelsi Osborn Delivers Twins |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1536219/shedaisys-kelsi-osborn-delivers-twins.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509182429/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1536219/shedaisys-kelsi-osborn-delivers-twins.jhtml |archive-date=May 9, 2010 |website=[[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]]}}</ref> | ||
=== | ===2008{{ndash}}2010: ''The Best of SHeDAISY'' and breakup=== | ||
''[[ | Lyric Street released a compilation album, ''[[The Best of SHeDAISY]]'', in 2008.<ref name="best of"/> Country Universe writer Kevin John Coyne rated the album four out of five stars, as he thought it showcased the group's variety of sounds and strengths as performers, but also thought it would have been further improved by the inclusion of album cuts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/11/28/album-review-shedaisy-the-best-of-shedaisy/ | title=''The Best of SHeDAISY'' | publisher=Country Universe | date=November 28, 2008 | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Kevin John Coyne}}</ref> This was followed in March 2009 by a single titled "Bucket Full of Beautiful".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://musicrow.com/2009/03/disclaimer-22709/ | title=DISClaimer | publisher=[[MusicRow]] | date=March 4, 2009 | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=[[Robert K. Oermann]]}}</ref> In April 2010, Disney announced that it would be closing the Lyric Street label as a means of consolidating operations. At the time of closure, SHeDAISY was still one of several acts signed.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/452655376/ | title=Disney shuts music label of Rascal Flatts, SHeDAISY | work=The Daily Oklahoman | date=April 16, 2010 | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Dawn C. Chmielewski | pages=15D}}</ref> ''[[Longview News-Journal]]'' reporter Jo Lee Ferguson stated in November 2010 that the group had not had any concerts listed on their website since June of that year, and that that an e-mail to their manager had not been answered. Additionally, Ferguson stated that the trio had recorded another album for Lyric Street titled ''A Story to Tell'', which she determined not to have been released.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/310283231/ | title=New tax wouldn't apply to most people | work=Longview News-Journal | date=November 20, 2010 | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Jo Lee Ferguson | pages=A2}}</ref> | ||
SHeDAISY | Courtney Campbell of Wide Open Country observed in 2020 that SHeDAISY disbanded quietly after the closure of Lyric Street.<ref name="wide">{{cite web | url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/shedaisy-what-happened-to-country-trio/ | title=What happened to SHeDAISY? | publisher=Wide Open Country | date=November 29, 2020 | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Courtney Campbell}}</ref> Despite the breakup, Kristyn Osborn and Arden composed a jingle in 2013 for the [[Calgary Zoo]] in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]. This jingle was used to advertise a charity concert held at the zoo after it suffered damage in the [[2013 Alberta floods]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/477002254/ | title=A flood of concert charity | work=[[Edmonton Journal]] | date=August 14, 2013 | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | pages=D4}}</ref> According to Campbell, by 2020, SHeDAISY had shut down their website entirely, and their [[Facebook]] account was mostly limited to posts about the sisters' personal lives.<ref name="wide"/> | ||
==Musical styles== | ==Musical styles== | ||
SHeDAISY's music is defined by the three sisters' vocal harmonies, as well as unconventional production and Kristyn's lyrics. Stephen L. Betts of Country Standard Time said that the group's sound had "rich, intricate harmony, coupled with passionate, empowering lyrical content" which he compared to a mix of [[Wilson Phillips]] and [[Martina McBride]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=2544 | title=''The Whole SHeBANG'' | publisher=Country Standard Time | accessdate=June 23, 2025 | author=Stephen L. Betts}}</ref> Jim Patterson of the Associated Press described the trio's sound as having "girl-power lyrics, complex and busy arrangements with lots of studio sound effects, and non-stop vocal harmonies."<ref name="defend"/> Also writing for Country Standard Time, Rick Teverbaugh noted that the harmonies on the first two albums featured use of [[counterpoint]], a technique he found mostly absent from ''Sweet Right Here''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=2542 | title=''Sweet Right Here'' | publisher=Country Standard Time | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Rick Teverbaugh}}</ref> Kristyn attributed the sisters' harmonies to summertime road trips as children, where they would often sing along to albums by [[the Beach Boys]] and [[the Beatles]] with their parents.<ref name="praise">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/637723048/ | title=SHeDAISY receives big praise for 'Little Good-Byes' | work=The Magna Times | date=June 24, 1999 | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Anna Brunson | pages=8}}</ref> Among the sisters, Kassidy was the lead vocalist.<ref name="home">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1080784943 | title=SHeDAISY sisters find a home on the road | work=Telegraph-Journal |date=March 11, 2006 | publisher=Scripps Howard News Service | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Rona Rubin | pages=D8}}</ref> Leaver thought that ''Knock on the Sky'' had more emotional depth than its contemporaries due to her having written or co-written every song on it.<ref name="leaver"/> In a review of ''Sweet Right Here'', Loftus made note of unconventional lyrics, such as a name-drop of Appalachian folk dancer [[Jesco White]] in the track "Good Together (Bucket and Chicken)", or singing "blah blah blah" in the pre-chorus of "Don't Worry 'bout a Thing".<ref name="loftus"/> | |||
SHeDAISY was frequently compared to contemporary women in country music. A frequent point of comparison was the Dixie Chicks (now known as [[the Chicks]]), due to both acts consisting of three women and having debuted closely to each other on the charts.<ref name="robinson">{{cite web | url=https://www.deseret.com/2003/2/5/19781762/bloomin-crazy-over-magna-s-own-shedaisy/ | title=Bloomin' crazy over Magna's own SHeDAISY | publisher=Deseret News | date=February 5, 2003 | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Doug Robinson}}</ref><ref name="defend"/> Doug Robinson of ''[[Deseret News]]'' contrasted the two groups by noting that unlike the Chicks, the members of SHeDAISY were vocalists and not instrumentalists. He also noted that while all of SHeDAISY's songs were co-written by Kristyn, the Chicks recorded material by writers other than themselves. In the same article, music journalist [[Brian Mansfield]] thought the comparisons between SHeDAISY and the Chicks were furthered because no prior country music acts had consisted of three women. He also thought that Kristyn's songwriting was a factor in distinguishing SHeDAISY from the Chicks.<ref name="robinson"/> Patterson also observed that a number of industry executives in Nashville regularly criticized SHeDAISY for their heavy pop influence.<ref name="defend"/> ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]'' writer Lori Buttars thought that comparisons to the Chicks were furthered by "''[[Friends]]''-inspired hairdos and retro '70s style".<ref name="lori">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/612957202/ | title=The future looks up for SHeDAISY | work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] | date=May 28, 1999 | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Lori Buttars | pages=F1, F12}}</ref> A.J. Flick of the ''Tucson Citizen'' compared SHeDAISY's image to that of [[Shania Twain]], noting that both acts had names of Native American origin and both recorded "quasi-woman-empowering lyrics in poppy tunes that sometimes feature a misplaced fiddle."<ref name="flick"/> Leaver also contrasted SHeDAISY with Twain and [[Faith Hill]] due to a number of pop music influences, but thought that SHeDAISY's music would "challenge the listener" due to their heavier production style.<ref name="leaver"/> Jeff Lincoln, also of Country Standard Time, thought songs such as "Get Over Yourself" had feminist themes, but thought the trio's sound was negatively impacted by loud production and "bouncy, chipper melodies regardless of lyrical topic".<ref name="best of">{{cite web | url=https://countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=3830 | title=''The Best of SHeDAISY'' | publisher=Country Standard Time | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Jeff Lincoln}}</ref> | |||
Kassidy | ==Personal lives== | ||
Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kristyn have a younger sister named Karli, as well as brothers named Clayton and Cade. At the beginning of the 2010s, the latter three were all [[college basketball]] players: the former two at [[Lipscomb University]] and the latter at Mesa State College (now [[Colorado Mesa University]]). Cade also helped his father run a sewing business in West Valley City.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deseret.com/2011/5/9/20190410/about-utah-dad-still-makes-shedaisy-girls-do-the-dishes/ | title=About Utah: Dad still makes SHeDaisy girls do the dishes | publisher=Deseret News | date=May 8, 2011 | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Lee Benson}}</ref> | |||
Kristyn was married to Joel Stevenett for four years until their divorce in 2002. | Kassidy dated Rascal Flatts member [[Joe Don Rooney]] from 2001 to 2003,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2005/07/15/rascal-flatts-is-touring-in-harmony/31698365007/ | title=Rascal Flatts is touring in harmony | publisher=Gainesville.com | date=July 15, 2005 | accessdate=June 24, 2025 | author=Dixie Reid}}</ref> and married Derek Williamson on May 28, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theboot.com/shedaisys-kassidy-osborn-ties-the-knot/|title=SHeDAISY's Kassidy Osborn Ties the Knot|website=The Boot|date=June 30, 2009 }}</ref> Kristyn was married to Joel Stevenett for four years until their divorce in 2002. According to her, this led to a fan theory that "angrier" songs on ''Knock on the Sky'' were written about the divorce; she stated that while the divorce did influence the album's writing, she and Stevenett divorced amicably.<ref name="billboard knock">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2002/BB-2002-06-29.pdf | title=Lyric Street's SHeDAISY hopes critics won't 'Knock' on 'Sky' | magazine=Billboard | date=June 28, 2002 | accessdate=June 24, 2025}}</ref> Kristyn had a relationship with actor [[Aaron Eckhart]] during 2006 and 2007, and he appeared in the music video for "I'm Taking the Wheel".<ref name="people">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20213938,00.html |title=Aaron Eckhart Would Relocate for the Right Partner |last=Rubin |first=Courtney |date=July 22, 2008 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=September 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824105231/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20213938%2C00.html |archive-date=August 24, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
The Osborn family are members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. ''[[Deseret News]]'' reported in 2003 that the members of SHeDAISY performed for their grandfather when he was housed at [[LDS Hospital]], which led to them singing for other patients as well.<ref name="robinson"/> | |||
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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other SHeDAISY (Template:IPAc-en), originally the Osborn Sisters, was an American country music vocal group from Magna, Utah. The group consisted of sisters Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kristyn Osborn. Kassidy was the lead vocalist, and Kristyn the lead songwriter. Their name was derived from a Navajo term meaning "my little sister".
The sisters were involved in music since their childhood, and recorded an unreleased album for RCA Records Nashville in the early 1990s. At the end of the decade, after assuming the name SHeDAISY, they signed with the former Lyric Street Records and released their debut album The Whole SHeBANG in 1999. This was followed a year later by the Christmas project Brand New Year, as well as the studio albums Knock on the Sky (2002), Sweet Right Here (2004), and Fortuneteller's Melody (2006). The Whole SHeBANG was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and Sweet Right Here was certified gold.
SHeDAISY has fifteen entries on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Their top-ten hits on this chart are "Little Good-Byes," "This Woman Needs", "I Will... But" (their highest, with a peak of number two), and "Don't Worry 'bout a Thing". Their sound is defined by Kristyn's songwriting, country pop influences, and vocal harmony, with mixed reception for the production style of their albums and the nature of their lyrics. Many critics compared the group's sound to the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks).
History
SHeDAISY was founded by three sisters with the last name Osborn: Kristyn (born August 24, 1970), Kelsi (born November 21, 1974), and Kassidy (born October 30, 1976), all born and raised in Magna, Utah.[1] They are all the children of David and Robyn Osborn. All three sisters were involved in music since childhood.[2] In July 1987, Kelsi was booked to play the title role in a production of Annie at the Sundance Resort summer theater.[3] All three Osborn sisters also performed at a number of talent shows and other events, including the National Finals Rodeo,[4] along with singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Utah Jazz basketball games and performing for residents of assisted-living facilities.[5][4] Kelsi attended a competition at Cottonwood Mall in Holladay, Utah, held by the television network Showtime, seeking youth hosts for their programming. The network declared her one of four top winners in March 1989.[6] This competition required David to travel with Kelsi to New York City; Kristyn and Kassidy joined them on the trips, as David thought doing so would familiarize all of them with show business. According to him, the trip inspired Kristyn to begin performing full-time.[7] Specifically, she wanted to perform country music as she had just bought an album by Restless Heart.[8] Further inspiring the sisters was the family's perception that country music at the time did not have a significant number of female-led groups or teenagers.[9]
This led David to take Kristyn, Kelsi, and Kassidy to Nashville, Tennessee, later in 1989 with the intent of beginning their careers in country music. The family would then commute regularly between Utah and Nashville.[7][10] He had them record demos with the intent of signing them to a record label. One such demo was sent to Country Joe Flint, then a disc jockey at KSOP-FM in Salt Lake City. Flint then sent the tape to Rob Galbraith, a record producer best known for his work with Ronnie Milsap. This led to the three sisters signing to RCA Records Nashville in 1991.[7] At the time, the trio called themselves the Osborn Sisters.[10] The three sisters began recording songs under Galbraith's production.[9] In September 1992, they performed a concert at Cyprus High School in Magna, with Galbraith in attendance.[10] Although the sisters completed an album for RCA, it was never released. The Osborn sisters later stated dissatisfaction with their material, as well as concerns that they were unpreprared to start a professional music career, as the reasons behind the RCA album's lack of release.[7][11]
After leaving RCA, the three Osborn sisters continued to live in the same apartment in Nashville while performing at various local nightclubs.[7] They supported themselves financially by working at department stores at the former Hickory Hollow Mall in the Nashville suburb of Antioch.[12][7] Kristyn also attended Middle Tennessee State University to educate herself on music business management.[13] They briefly renamed themselves the Violets before choosing the name SHeDAISY (Template:IPAc-en).[5][14] This name was inspired by their brother-in-law, who worked as a missionary among the Navajo and referred to the sisters by the Navajo language term shedaisa, which means "my little sister".[7] Kristyn had also begun writing songs with Jason Deere, a Nashville-based songwriter the sisters had befriended. Deere then promoted the group's material to record label agents. One such agent was Shelby Kennedy, who worked in artists and repertoire for the former Lyric Street Records, then a new country music division of Disney Music Group.[15] SHeDAISY signed with Lyric Street in 1997.[11]
1999Template:Ndash2001: The Whole SHeBANG and Brand New Year
Lyric Street released SHeDAISY's debut album The Whole SHeBANG on May 11, 1999. Kristyn co-wrote all eleven of its songs.[16] Dann Huff produced the album and also alternated with Shelby's brother Gordon on electric guitar. Other musicians on the project included bassist Mike Brignardello (with whom Huff previously recorded in the band Giant), drummers Vinnie Colaiuta and Paul Leim, steel guitar players Dan Dugmore and Paul Franklin, and mandolin player Jonathan Yudkin.[17] "Little Good-Byes", which Kristyn and Jason Deere co-wrote with Kenny Greenberg, was the lead single.[15] By the middle of the year, this song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Afterward, "This Woman Needs" also became a top-ten hit on Hot Country Songs. It was followed by "I Will... But", which accounted for their highest country music peak of number two. Like "Little Good-Byes", it also peaked at 43 on the Hot 100.[1] Following this song was the number eleven Hot Country Songs peak of "Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)". Both "I Will... But" and "Lucky 4 You" were co-written by Deere, with Coley McCabe also assisting on the latter.[1][8] The last single off the album, the Richard Marx co-write "Still Holding Out for You", was a minor Hot Country Songs chart hit in 2001. Before being issued as a single, it was the B-side of "Little Good-Byes".[1]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic thought the album's sound was closer to pop than country, but praised the "well-crafted, melodic, memorable songs" as well as the sisters' vocal harmonies.[18] Paul Verna opined similarly in a review for Billboard.[19] On March 28, 2000, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded The Whole SHeBANG a platinum certification for shipments of one million copies in the United States.[20] In 2000, SHeDAISY was nominated for the Horizon Award (now Best New Artist) from the Country Music Association.[21] SHeDAISY were also nominated for Top New Vocal Duet or Group at the 1999 Academy of Country Music awards.[22] At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000, "Little Good-Byes" was nominated in the category of Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[23]
At the end of 2000, the trio released an album of Christmas music titled Brand New Year.[2] The album included a mix of traditional cover songs. One track, "Twist of the Magi", featured guest vocals from Rascal Flatts, who were also signed to Lyric Street at the time.[24] Renditions of "Deck the Halls" and "Jingle Bells" from this project both made the Billboard country charts due to seasonal airplay.[1] AllMusic writer Maria Konicki Dinoia praised the originality of the group's covers on this project, and compared the harmonies on the original track "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag" to those of the Andrews Sisters.[24] This was followed in 2001 by a remix of The Whole SHeBANG titled The Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up. Dinoia panned the project's remixes as sounding too similar to the original album.[25]
2002Template:Ndash2003: Knock on the Sky
In mid-2002, SHeDAISY released their second studio album, Knock on the Sky.[2] Kristyn noted that the group wanted to make a more "mature" album than the first one. Unlike The Whole SHeBANG, they also worked with Huff in production.[26] Its lead single was "Get Over Yourself", co-written by Marcus Hummon. Lyric Street Records withdrew the single due to a number of radio station programmers considering the song's lyrics misandristic and refusing to play it.[26][27] This withdrawal caused the song to peak at number 27 on the country charts after a 14-week run.[1] "Mine All Mine" was then chosen as a replacement.[27] To promote the change, Lyric Street's promotion department sent spatulas to radio stations to encourage them to "flip" the single.[26] Canadian country singer Tara Lyn Hart had previously cut "Mine All Mine" for her self-titled debut album in 1999,[28] and SHeDAISY's rendition was also on the soundtrack of the Reese Witherspoon movie Sweet Home Alabama. "Mine All Mine" was also unsuccessful on Hot Country Songs.[1]
Critical reception to Knock on the Sky was mixed. Robert L. Doerschuk noted the "cinematic touches" of the production, such as the use of string sections on certain songs and the use of sound effects on songs such as "Repent".[29] Jack Leaver of The Grand Rapids Press rated the project three-and-a-half stars out of four, praising the song lyrics and "gorgeous sonic landscape" of the production.[30] Tucson Citizen writer A.J. Flick thought the album was well-produced but did not think its sound was country.[31] Writing for Billboard, Ray Waddell called most of the songs "well-written" but found much of the production distracting and lacking in influence from country music.[32] Kristyn later called the album a "science experiment" due to its heavily layered production, an aspect which she thought led to the album's mixed reception.[11]
2004Template:Ndash2005: Sweet Right Here
SHeDAISY returned to Hot Country Songs in 2004 with "Passenger Seat", which reached number twelve.[1] This was the lead single to their third Lyric Street album, Sweet Right Here.[2] After this was another top-20 country hit in "Come Home Soon". Kristyn wrote this song with John Shanks, and said it was inspired by a story she had heard about a friend's husband who was declared missing in action during the Iraq War.[33] Last was the number seven "Don't Worry 'bout a Thing".[1] Like the two albums before it, Huff produced and played guitar, and Kristyn co-wrote every song.[34] Allmusic writer Johnny Loftus thought that the tracks co-written with Deere, such as "Don't Worry 'bout a Thing", were the strongest due to their lyrical details. His review praised the sisters' harmonies, although he also considered "Come Home Soon" to be "blah" and considered other tracks to be "filler".[35] Waddell noted that the production was more country in nature than the previous two albums, particularly in its use of fiddle and banjo; he also thought "Passenger Seat" had influences of Celtic music due to its rhythms.[36] Sweet Right Here was certified gold in the United States in October 2005, for shipments of 500,000 copies.[37]
At the end of 2005, SHeDAISY recorded the original song "God Bless the American Housewife" for the compilation album Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives, a soundtrack for the television series Desperate Housewives. Canadian singer Jann Arden co-wrote the song.[38] A version with the title altered to "God Bless the Canadian Housewife" was also released in Canada, and reached top 20 on Radio & Records Canada Country.[39]
2006Template:Ndash2008: Fortuneteller's Melody
After "God Bless the Canadian Housewife", the trio released "I'm Taking the Wheel", the lead single to their fourth studio album Fortuneteller's Melody. "I'm Taking the Wheel" peaked at 21 on Hot Country Songs in the United States in early 2006. The project accounted for only one other single with "In Terms of Love".[1] Unlike their previous efforts, John Shanks produced Fortuneteller's Melody. Kristyn selected him as producer as she had been writing songs with him for several years prior. She also described his production style as more "rootsy" than Huff's.[40] The sisters noted that while their previous albums usually put more focus on planning the songs' arrangements, they felt their relationship with Shanks was more "improvisational". Kristyn stated that several of the songs she wrote with Shanks were recorded immediately after the two finished writing, and as a result, the other two sisters often did not know which song they would be recording on any given day.[11] Additionally, Kristyn described the album as "honest" and thought that all of its songs had a common theme of the "drama" experienced by a musician attempting to balance their career and personal life.[11] Besides Shanks, another collaborative writer on the album was Sheryl Crow, who contributed to two songs.[41] "God Bless the American Housewife" was also included on United States presings of Fortuneteller's Melody, and "God Bless the Canadian Housewife" on Canadian releases.[42] Writing for the Times & Transcript, Eric Lewis gave the album four out of five stars. His review praised the album's variety of up-tempo songs and ballads, and thought the lyrics of songs such as "Burn Down the House" would appeal to women listeners.[42]
Kelsi announced in February 2006 that she had become pregnant,[43] requiring her to take maternity leave from the group's concert tours by mid-year. As a result, their youngest sister Karli filled in for her on a number of shows that year. At the time, Karli was attending Lipscomb University, and she recalled that she had only one month to memorize the harmony vocals of 25 songs.[44] Karli also filled in for Kelsi in the music video for "In Terms of Love".[45]
2008Template:Ndash2010: The Best of SHeDAISY and breakup
Lyric Street released a compilation album, The Best of SHeDAISY, in 2008.[46] Country Universe writer Kevin John Coyne rated the album four out of five stars, as he thought it showcased the group's variety of sounds and strengths as performers, but also thought it would have been further improved by the inclusion of album cuts.[47] This was followed in March 2009 by a single titled "Bucket Full of Beautiful".[48] In April 2010, Disney announced that it would be closing the Lyric Street label as a means of consolidating operations. At the time of closure, SHeDAISY was still one of several acts signed.[49] Longview News-Journal reporter Jo Lee Ferguson stated in November 2010 that the group had not had any concerts listed on their website since June of that year, and that that an e-mail to their manager had not been answered. Additionally, Ferguson stated that the trio had recorded another album for Lyric Street titled A Story to Tell, which she determined not to have been released.[50]
Courtney Campbell of Wide Open Country observed in 2020 that SHeDAISY disbanded quietly after the closure of Lyric Street.[51] Despite the breakup, Kristyn Osborn and Arden composed a jingle in 2013 for the Calgary Zoo in Calgary, Alberta. This jingle was used to advertise a charity concert held at the zoo after it suffered damage in the 2013 Alberta floods.[52] According to Campbell, by 2020, SHeDAISY had shut down their website entirely, and their Facebook account was mostly limited to posts about the sisters' personal lives.[51]
Musical styles
SHeDAISY's music is defined by the three sisters' vocal harmonies, as well as unconventional production and Kristyn's lyrics. Stephen L. Betts of Country Standard Time said that the group's sound had "rich, intricate harmony, coupled with passionate, empowering lyrical content" which he compared to a mix of Wilson Phillips and Martina McBride.[53] Jim Patterson of the Associated Press described the trio's sound as having "girl-power lyrics, complex and busy arrangements with lots of studio sound effects, and non-stop vocal harmonies."[5] Also writing for Country Standard Time, Rick Teverbaugh noted that the harmonies on the first two albums featured use of counterpoint, a technique he found mostly absent from Sweet Right Here.[54] Kristyn attributed the sisters' harmonies to summertime road trips as children, where they would often sing along to albums by the Beach Boys and the Beatles with their parents.[55] Among the sisters, Kassidy was the lead vocalist.[40] Leaver thought that Knock on the Sky had more emotional depth than its contemporaries due to her having written or co-written every song on it.[30] In a review of Sweet Right Here, Loftus made note of unconventional lyrics, such as a name-drop of Appalachian folk dancer Jesco White in the track "Good Together (Bucket and Chicken)", or singing "blah blah blah" in the pre-chorus of "Don't Worry 'bout a Thing".[35]
SHeDAISY was frequently compared to contemporary women in country music. A frequent point of comparison was the Dixie Chicks (now known as the Chicks), due to both acts consisting of three women and having debuted closely to each other on the charts.[13][5] Doug Robinson of Deseret News contrasted the two groups by noting that unlike the Chicks, the members of SHeDAISY were vocalists and not instrumentalists. He also noted that while all of SHeDAISY's songs were co-written by Kristyn, the Chicks recorded material by writers other than themselves. In the same article, music journalist Brian Mansfield thought the comparisons between SHeDAISY and the Chicks were furthered because no prior country music acts had consisted of three women. He also thought that Kristyn's songwriting was a factor in distinguishing SHeDAISY from the Chicks.[13] Patterson also observed that a number of industry executives in Nashville regularly criticized SHeDAISY for their heavy pop influence.[5] Salt Lake Tribune writer Lori Buttars thought that comparisons to the Chicks were furthered by "Friends-inspired hairdos and retro '70s style".[9] A.J. Flick of the Tucson Citizen compared SHeDAISY's image to that of Shania Twain, noting that both acts had names of Native American origin and both recorded "quasi-woman-empowering lyrics in poppy tunes that sometimes feature a misplaced fiddle."[31] Leaver also contrasted SHeDAISY with Twain and Faith Hill due to a number of pop music influences, but thought that SHeDAISY's music would "challenge the listener" due to their heavier production style.[30] Jeff Lincoln, also of Country Standard Time, thought songs such as "Get Over Yourself" had feminist themes, but thought the trio's sound was negatively impacted by loud production and "bouncy, chipper melodies regardless of lyrical topic".[46]
Personal lives
Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kristyn have a younger sister named Karli, as well as brothers named Clayton and Cade. At the beginning of the 2010s, the latter three were all college basketball players: the former two at Lipscomb University and the latter at Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University). Cade also helped his father run a sewing business in West Valley City.[56]
Kassidy dated Rascal Flatts member Joe Don Rooney from 2001 to 2003,[57] and married Derek Williamson on May 28, 2009.[58] Kristyn was married to Joel Stevenett for four years until their divorce in 2002. According to her, this led to a fan theory that "angrier" songs on Knock on the Sky were written about the divorce; she stated that while the divorce did influence the album's writing, she and Stevenett divorced amicably.[26] Kristyn had a relationship with actor Aaron Eckhart during 2006 and 2007, and he appeared in the music video for "I'm Taking the Wheel".[59]
The Osborn family are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Deseret News reported in 2003 that the members of SHeDAISY performed for their grandfather when he was housed at LDS Hospital, which led to them singing for other patients as well.[13]
Discography
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- Studio albums
- 1999: The Whole SHeBANG
- 2000: Brand New Year
- 2002: Knock on the Sky
- 2004: Sweet Right Here
- 2006: Fortuneteller's Melody
References
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