10 Female Country Singers From Alabama

Female Country Singers from Alabama include Shelly Colvin. Colvin is a singer-songwriter known for making music in a subgenre called Alternative Country.

Colvin has been making music since 1999, but much of her work has been spent touring and working behind the scenes with artists like Jackson Browne, Chris Hillman, and even Emmylou Harris.

The singer spent much of the 2000s moving from Alabama to California to Nashville, working on bits of music here and there, and even had some songs featured in movies like Larry the Cable Guy and The Lucky Ones.

However, Colvin’s big break came in the early 2010s when she released her debut album, Up the Hickory Down the Pine on March 13, 2012. The singer spent the next four years touring the album and released its follow-up, Longshot, on April 1, 2016.

Sara Evans is another Country music singer and songwriter hailing from Alabama. Aside from singing, she also acts, writes, and produces.

Though born and raised in Missouri, Evans has been based in Alabama for much of her musical career. This connection is primarily due to her marriage to her second husband, Jay Barker, who is a former Football player and radio personality. 

Evans has released over 10 studio albums throughout her career starting with 1997’s Three Chords and the Truth to her most recent album with 2020’s Copy That.

The singer’s career has also been filled with accolades as she has been nominated for the three major Country music awards 28 times and won twice.

Shelby Lynne is an American singer known for her unique blend of Country mixed with pop rock. Lynne is the older sister of Allison Moorer.

The singer started her career in 1988 and since then has released over 16 albums, most of which have charted on the Country charts, or even the Hot 100. Lynne’s most successful album was in 2008 when she released Just a Little Lovin’.

The album was a tribute to the late Dusty Springfield, a British singer who had a dash of Country to her. In a way, the album completely epitomizes Lynne’s career as her music has always been Country yearning for more.

Lynne’s crowning moment in the mainstream was first in 1990 when she won an ACM award for New Female Vocalist of the year in 1990, and then a decade later when she won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 2001.

Allison Moorer is the younger sister of Shelby Lynne and is also a Country singer. Moorer started her career 10 years after her sister.

Moorer started her career after she was introduced to the MCA Nashville president Tony Brown. In her decades-long career, the singer has released over 10 albums, and her ninth album, Not Dark Yet, was a joint project with her sister Shelby.

The singer’s career has been as successful as her sister’s, with the only difference being that Moorer has done more collaborations with more popular artists like Kid Rock and Fatboy Slim. 

Moorer is also an author and has written two memories called:

• Blood: A Memoir (2019)
• I Dream He Talks to Me: A Memoir of Learning How to Listen (2021)

Aimee Mayo is a Country singer, songwriter, and author best known for her songwriting. Mayo’s husband, Chris Lindsey, is also a successful musician.

Mayo comes from a family of successful songwriters as her father, Danny Mayo, was also a prominent songwriter who wrote big hits like Feed Jake and Keeper of the Stars. Mayo’s brother, Cory, wrote hit songs for singers like George Strait.

The singer has written songs for singers from many different genres like R&B, pop, rock, and of course, Country. As a songwriter, Mayo has received BMI’s Country Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year awards.

Those two accolades make her one of three female artists, alongside Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift, to win those awards.

Rachel Wammack is a young Country singer from Alabama. Wammack is signed to RCA Records.

Wammack first started writing songs when was only 12 years old and within five years, at age 17, won the attention of Sony. In fact, the singer set Sony aside so she could go to college at the University of North Alabama, and six months after finishing school signed with Sony and moved to Nashville, Tennessee.

The singer released her debut self-titled EP on April 6, 2018, and it received the attention of esteemed publications like Rolling Stone magazine. Since then, she has continued to release music.

Wammack’s most recent work is her sophomore EP, Enough, which came out on March 15, 2019. The singer has almost 90K monthly listeners on Spotify.

Ashton Shepherd is a Country singer from Alabama currently based in Nashville. Shepherd was once a signee of MCA Nashville.

Like Wammack, Shepherd is also a songwriting prodigy who started her writing career when she was only five years old. By age 8, she was already entering talent contests, where she wowed audiences by singing Patsy Cline songs.

Through one of these talent contests, Shepherd gained entry into the music business by becoming an opening act for singer Lorrie Morgan. Then, this led to the singer being signed by MCA Nashville.

So far, the singer has released four albums:

• Sounds So Good (2008)
• Where Country Grows (2011)
• This Is America (2013)
• Out of My Pocket (2016)

Shepherd’s last two albums have been through her own label.

Sandy Posey is a legendary Country, pop, and gospel singer from Alabama. Posey’s music has been described as countrypolitan by critics.

The singer initially started working as a session singer and even worked as a receptionist at a Memphis studio. During this time she worked under luminaries like Elvis Presley and Bobby Goldsboro, whom she sang backup for.

However, Posey’s skills would soon become recognized after she started singing her own records, and released nine albums throughout her career from 1966 to 1994.

Despite her many albums, Posey is best known for her singles, of which four have become Top 40 hits. Among them, the following three have peaked at number 12:

• Born a Woman
• Single Girl
• I Take It Back

Jeanne Pruett is a celebrated singer and songwriter from Alabama. Pruett is known for her decades-long career which lasted over 40 years.

The singer came from a musical family and would perform regularly with them, learning several instruments along the way. Pruett would also end up marrying a musician in the form of Jack Pruett at age 20.

All this music would lead to her writing and eventually releasing her own music as from 1972 up to 1985 the singer would release six very successful albums.

Pruette’s music would also see her take many accolades as the singer has won a Grand Ole Opry award and two Billboard Magazine Awards with over five other nominations to her name.

Emmylou Harris is perhaps the most famous female Country singer from Alabama. Harris is a multiple Grammy-winning artist.

A jack of all trades, the singer has worked not only on vocals for her own music, but provided vocals for others, and worked as a bandleader, songwriter, and even an interpreter for other composers’ works. 

Harris has released over 26 studio albums and 70 singles, among which 15 have reached number 1. Many of her albums have been certified Gold and her songs are a mainstay in Country music charts.