Jennifer Hanson photo by Juan Pont Lezica, courtesy of Universal South.
May 13, 2008 — When she released her first album in 2002, Jennifer Hanson notched a hit with "Beautiful Goodbye" and picked up a nomination for Top New Female Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music.
It’s been a long wait, but her sophomore album will finally hit the streets June 3, when the album Thankful is released digitally. It includes her current single, "‘73," and has Vince Gill singing the backing vocals on the title track. The album was a real act of commitment: When she recorded it, she had no record label and financed the entire project on her own.
"I knew I had to make the record and just go on faith that I would somehow be able to get it out there to the music fans," Jennifer says. "That’s just what happened when I played what I had done for Mark Wright and Fletcher Foster [at Universal South]. They heard what I was trying to do with this album and jumped on board. And for that, I am thankful."
Jennifer’s also thankful that a couple of other acts showed an interest in her material. While she was putting the album together, she earned hits as a songwriter of the Wreckers’ "Leave The Pieces" and Bucky Covington’s "A Different World."
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