Jewel photo courtesy of the Valory Music Co.
May 9, 2008 — Jewel is 25 days from the release of her first country album, and she'll stop by to talk about the project tonight with guest host Suzanne Alexander on GAC's "Top 20 Country Countdown."
A number of artists got their starts in pop music, only to find greater success in country, including Conway Twitty and Dan Seals, but the list of people who tried to make the transition and failed is even larger. Jewel, who earned several pop hits during the 1990s, has gotten off to an impressive start with her first country single, "Stronger Woman," which stands at No. 11 on the countdown, and you can bet she'll push hard to succeed in the genre.
"I'm really tenacious," she told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville. "I've been down and out a lot. But I've always been a real fighter. I'm a scrapper, sort of. I'm pretty resilient, and I always try to have a good, positive effect on a situation I'm in. I've never believed in being a victim, even when I was homeless. I was homeless for a year, and I always thought it was up to me. The world doesn't owe me; it's up to me to figure out how to make myself happy and get what I need for myself. I think that's probably a good quality."
Jewel takes off this summer on Brad Paisley's tour, kicking off with a June 11 show in Albuquerque, N.M.
Top 20 Country Countdown counts down the week's top country videos from No. 20 to No. 1 as voted by viewers on each week on GACTV.com. A new countdown premieres every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on GAC and airs again Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET; Sundays at 1 p.m. ET; and Mondays at 10 a.m. ET. Viewers can vote for their favorite videos, as well as purchase Top 20 artists' albums and ringtones at GACTV.com.
THIS WEEK'S CHART:
1. Trace Adkins "You're Gonna Miss This"
2. Blake Shelton "Home"
3. Carrie Underwood "All-American Girl"
4. Josh Turner "Another Try"
5. Miranda Lambert "Gunpowder And Lead"
6. Trisha Yearwood "This Is Me You're Talking To"
7. Taylor Swift "Picture To Burn"
8. Alan Jackson "Small Town Southern Man"
9. James Otto "Just Got Started Lovin' You"
10. Julianne Hough "That Song In My Head"
11. Jewel "Stronger Woman"
12. Lady Antebellum "Love Don't Live Here"
13. Jeff Bates "Don't Hate me For Loving You"
14. Taylor Swift "I'm Only Me When I'm With You"
15. Gary Allan "Watching Airplanes"
16. Dierks Bentley "Trying To Stop Your Leaving"
17. Rascal Flatts "Every Day"
18. Chuck Wicks "Stealing Cinderella"
19. Phil Stacey "If You Didn't Love Me"
20. Phil Vassar "Love Is A Beautiful Thing"
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