Chely Wright

Chely Wright held a 9-millimeter gun in her mouth and was close to pulling the trigger when she had second thoughts that led her to put the gun down, the singer tells NBC's 'Today' show. The reason for the near suicide was Chely's fear of losing her country music career if her homosexuality became public...

Chely Wright, who soared to the top of the country charts in 1999 with 'Single White Female,' and scored other country hits including 'Jezebel' and 'Shut Up and Drive,' has been absent from the country charts since 2005's 'The Bumper of My SUV...

Chely Wright is busy planning the 10th annual event for her Reading, Writing and Rhythm Foundation, and she'll be joined by several fellow musicians supporting the cause. Held each year at the same time as the annual CMA Music Festival, Chely and friends help raise money to improve music education in public schools...

Chely Wright has revealed the first round of performers for her annual Reading, Writing and Rhythm benefit event, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Rodney Crowell, Justin Moore, Bucky Covington, Sarah Buxton and Canadian pop star Jann Arden will join Chely on June 8 in the Polk Theater at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville for the concert, live auction and silent auction w

Fans of Brittany Murphy are reeling from the news of the young star's shocking death. The actress was pronounced dead on arrival at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 32 years old. One fan, singer-songwriter Chely Wright, fondly recalls meeting the bubbly star of such films as 'Clueless' and '8 Mile' six years ago, during a shared trip to

'Bumper of My S.U.V.,'Chely Wright (2004) Proudest Lines: "Yes, I do have questions/I get to ask them because I'm free/That's why I've got a sticker for the U.S. Marines/On the bumper of my S.U.V." Wright was inspired to write this song after she said a woman flipped her off in traffic, cursing the singer for her U...