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Between 2005 and 2007, Jessica Harp and Michelle Branch comprised The
Wreckers, a duo that topped the country charts in 2006 with the
Grammy-nominated "Leave the Pieces". After The Wreckers disbanded, Harp
began a solo career on Warner Bros. Records, the same label to which The
Wreckers were signed. Her solo debut single "Boy Like Me" made its chart
debut in March 2009.
Jessica provided backing vocals for her long-time friend Michelle
Branch's album, Hotel Paper. After working
together, Harp joined up with Branch in 2005 to form a
country duo, known as The Wreckers, whose song "The Good
Kind" was featured on One Tree Hill and its
soundtrack. The group's debut country single, "Leave the
Pieces", was released in February 2006. It was followed
by their debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty,
which was released on May 23, 2006. "Leave the Pieces"
reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart in September 2006. The album
produced two additional singles in "My, Oh My" (a Top 10
hit) and "Tennessee" and was certified Gold by the RIAA
for reaching sales of over 500,000.
Harp appeared on the NFL Network on November 23, 2006, to sing the American
national anthem
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before the Thanksgiving Day game between her hometown Kansas City Chiefs
and the Denver Broncos. The Wreckers later performed the National Anthem
at the 55th Annual NHL All-Star Game on January 24, 2007.
Despite the success of their Number One debut single, album sales, and a
nomination for the 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a
Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "Leave the Pieces", both Harp and
Branch announced in August 2007 that they were putting The Wreckers on
hold, while both go forward with solo albums.
Jessica started recording her first solo country album for Warner Bros.
Nashville in July 2008 and announced in January 2009 that it will be
titled A Woman Needs. Songwriter, Jerry Flowers produced the
album and co-wrote several of the songs. The lead-off single, "Boy Like
Me," was released to country radio on March 9, 2009 and has since become
her first solo Top 40 country hit, while the album is scheduled for
release later in 2009. "Boy Like Me" peaked at #30 after spending 14
weeks on the chart. The second second "A Woman Needs" is currently
on country radio. |
