Chelly Wright Biography

Chely Wright is an American country singer and gay rights activist. She is one of the most talented country singers in the United States. She has sold over 1,500,000 copies of her albums as of 2010. Born Richell Rene ‘Chely’ Wright on October 25, 1970, in Kansa City, Missouri, Chely has been active in the entertainment world since 1994.

Early life and career

Chely claims that he wanted to become a country music performer since he was four years old and realized he was gay when he was eight years old, in his autobiography Like Me. She took piano lessons as a child and began performing on stage at the age of 11. She worked as a music performer at the Ozark Jubilee the summer before her senior year in high school. Shortly after graduating from high school, she landed a position in a musical production at Opryland USA.

In 1993, Chely signed her first singing contract with Mercury/Polygram, but having two unsuccessful albums, she decided to sign with MCA Nashville. Later, she began to have hit numbers and started touring promoting her albums. In 2003, Chely decided to link up with a new independent label, Vivaton. She released her sixth album, The Metropolitan on Dualtone in 2005 and her seventh on Vanguard Records in 2008. Her eighth studio album, I am the Rain, was released in 2016 through Red Distribution and Painted Red Music Group. He has scheduled a tour of the United States in the months of 2017.

Relationship

Chely Wright is openly lesbian. She came out as a lesbian in 2007 and shortly thereafter spent three years writing her biography. Ella Chely Wright she confessed that she had sexual relations with two women and she had the first experience of her with the same sex at the age of 19 years. She was in a committed relationship with a woman from 1993 until about 2004. However, her partner left her and she married a woman. men.

The couple had an on-off relationship even though they were together at this time. They briefly had heterosexual relationships. In the late 2000s, Chely Wright was in a relationship with country singer Brad Paisley. However, she Chely she confessed that she was not satisfied with her boyfriend Brad even though she loved him and treated him well.

Chely Wright is currently a married woman. She has been married to her partner Lauren Blitzer since August 20, 2011. Chely and Lauren met at the LGBT firm and both supported the LGBT community. The couple is blessed with twin boys named George Samuel and Everett Joseph, born on May 18, 2013. The couple tied the knot in a private ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a reverend. The twins were carried by Chely, the couple is very happy and there are no signs of divorce in the marital relationship.

Philanthropy

Chely Wright is the founder of Reading, Writing, and Rhythm (RW&R), a charitable organization dedicated to music education in America’s schools and helps supply musical instruments and equipment. She is also the founder of The Like me Organization, which supports the LGBT community.

Awards

In her professional career, Chely Wright has won several awards. She has won awards for her work in various areas. Some of the awards she has garnered are the Academy of Country Music Award for Best Female Vocalist in 1995, the Country Music Association Awards for Vocal Collaboration in 2000, the MENC Award of Fame in 2002, the Back Tie Award Dinner Media in 2010, Lambda Literary Awards for Best Biography- Like Me in 2011, New York LGBT Community Center Annual Women’s Event Woman of the Year in 2011, Council for Family Equality Outstanding Work as an LGBT Activist in 2014.

Net worth

Chely Wright is involved in various projects and earns a very good salary that has increased her net worth by the day. The current net worth of her is estimated at $8 million.