# Shelly Fairchild

Shelly Fairchild (born August 23, 1977) is an American music recording artist. Signed to Columbia Records in 2004, she released her first album, Ride, in early 2005. It included the single "You Don't Lie Here Anymore", a No. 35 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.

## Biography

Fairchild was born in Clinton, Mississippi, to a musical family. She began performing at an early age in church and later in her high school's show choir. Fairchild studied communications, theater and music at Mississippi College and subsequently starred in local stage shows including Grease and Always Patsy Cline. She also traveled with the national touring company for Beehive: The 60's Musical.

## Career

In 2004, Fairchild signed to Columbia Records. Her first album, Ride, was issued in early 2005. Its lead-off single, "You Don't Lie Here Anymore", co-written with Clay Mills, peaked at No. 35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, although subsequent singles failed to chart. She toured in support of the album including an opening spot on Rascal Flatts' sold-out Here's to You tour which also featured Blake Shelton, but was dropped from Columbia by the end of the year.
In 2008, Fairchild signed a record deal with Stroudavarious Records which was founded by producer James Stroud. Her first release was the song "It's All Gonna Work Out", which she released for a charity album called We Are Enterprise.
On April 11, 2011, Fairchild's second album,, Ruby's Money, was released. Free from the confines of a major label, she set out to take control of her music and released "Ruby’s Money" on her own label, Revelation Nation Records. She took her unstoppable voice to another level, creating an album that reflected a "Memphis kind of feel" with horns. She co-wrote a song called "Love Everybody", which was an anchor for this record.
In 2014, Fairchild was one of three background singers for Martina McBride's "Everlasting Tour". Touring with McBride, Fairchild explained, was a huge highlight of her career. "If someone thinks I’m good enough to come and sing backgrounds for them, I’m like, ‘Yeah’ — especially if it's music I love. Martina is somebody I’ve looked up to as a singer my whole life."
In 2016, Fairchild did a PledgeMusic campaign and surpassed her goal by 41% in just two days to record her latest album Buffalo. Her third studio album, Buffalo, was released December 2016. This record entered the Top 100 Country albums on iTunes in the first week. Fairchild went on to release her first single, "Mississippi Turnpike" which she debuted in her first music video in ten years. It premiered exclusively on Taste Of Country and went on to play repeatedly on CMT making this her first independent play on the major network since her first album Ride.
In July 2017, Rolling Stone magazine listed Shelly has the Top 10 New Country Artists You Need To Know. Shelly is asked to sing regularly on the Grand Ole Opry and has her own designated artist page on the Opry website.
Shelly is also an active writer and artist for TV and Film. In January 2017 Shelly signed with Nashville-based Licensing Firm Resin8. Working with various songwriters and producers – Shelly is consistently writing and recording for new film and TV opportunities.
In July 2020, Fairchild was awarded the LGBTQ Rising Star Award at Ty Herndon "Love and Acceptance" show streamed on Country Music Television.
In August 2020, Fairchild was featured in Brandon Stansell's documentary Three Chords and A Lie which dos not sugarcoat the truth about coming out in many parts of America ─ depicting some truly heart-wrenching moments in his story. It streams on OutTV (Canadian TV channel).
In June 2021, Fairchild sang at the Ryman Auditorium participating as a featured artist in the Nashville and Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce Pride Event. Streaming on all of its social channels, Tina Cannon, executive director of Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement, "Working together with Nashville, we are combining the talent of two of the greatest musical communities in the world to produce an amazing live show that directly supports LGBTQ+ artists."
In July 2021, Fairchild began touring with Lennon Stella as one of her background singers for her festival dates including Wonderstruck, Bonnaroo, Roots N Blues and Moon Crush.

## Film and television placements

| Network/Show title | Song title | Songwriters | Air date |
| Valor | "Faster Than A Bullet" | Shelly Fairchild, Sam Tinnesz, Jeff Pardo | September 26, 2017 |
| ABC's Station 19 season finale | "Takin Over (Come On, Come On)" | Shelly Fairchild, Kurt Goebel, Ellen Tift-Goebel | May 8, 2018 |
| Grey's Anatomy "Help, I’m Alive" season 15 episode 10 trailer | "Get You Back" | Shelly Fairchild, Angelo Petraglia, Lincoln Parish | January 3, 2019 |
| ABC's Summer Fun game series | "Takin Over (Come On, Come On)" | Shelly Fairchild, Kurt Goebel, Ellen Tift-Goebel | June – August 2019 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset | "Faster Than A Bullet" | Shelly Fairchild, Sam Tinnesz, Jeff Pardo | March 28, 2019 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset | "Show Stopper" | Sam Tinnesz, Jason Eskridge, Jeff Pardo | March 30, 2019 |
| Riverdale episode 405 | "Drive" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Stephony Smith | November 15, 2019 |
| Roswell, New Mexico episode 207 | "Drive" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Stephony Smith | March 23, 2020 |
| Roswell, New Mexico episode 208 | "Worry No More" | Shelly Fairchild, Aaron Shafer-Haiss | April 24, 2020 |
| Roswell, New Mexico episode 210 | "Worry No More" | Shelly Fairchild, Aaron Shafer-Haiss | April 30, 2020 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset | "Boss Behavior" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato | May 6, 2020 |
| NBC The Titan Games | "I Am Ready" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Matthew Gerard | June 25, 2020 |
| CBS CBS News, CBS Evening News | "Nothing Better" | Shelly Fairchild, Nick Brophy, Moe Loughran | July 20, 2020 |
| NBC The Titan Games | "This Is What I Came For" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Matthew Gerard | July 20, 2020 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset | "On That Hustle" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato | July 28, 2020 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset | "Wild Out" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato | July 30, 2020 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset | "Out Alive" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato | August 1, 2020 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset | "Takin' On The World" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato | August 3, 2020 |
| NBC The Titan Games | "No Holding Back" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Matthew Gerard | August 6, 2020 |
| NBC The Titan Games | "Finish What I Started" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Matthew Gerard | August 8, 2020 |
| NBC The Titan Games | "Til It's Over" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Matthew Gerard | August 10, 2020 |
| NBC The Titan Games | "Last One Standing" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Matthew Gerard | August 12, 2020 |
| USA Network Love Island | "Boss Behavior" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato | October 1, 2020 |
| USA Network Love Island | "Final Hour" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato | October 12, 2020 |
| Showtime (TV network) Shameless | "Takin Over (Come On, Come On)" | Shelly Fairchild, Kurt Goebel, Ellen Tift-Goebel | January 6, 2021 |
| Microsoft "International Women's Day Commercial" | "Made To Shine" | Shelly Fairchild, Joshua Silverberg | March 9, 2021 |
| MTV Younger season 7, episode 4 | "Ready Right Now" | Shelly Fairchild, Nick Brophy, Jennifer Hanson | April 15, 2021 |
| MTV Siesta Key episode 404 | "Wild Child" | Shelly Fairchild, Sam Tinnesz, Jeff Pardo | June 2, 2021 |
| MTV The Hills: New Beginnings episode 205 | "Nothing Better" | Shelly Fairchild, Nick Brophy, Moe Loughran | June 16, 2021 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset episode 301 | "Made To Shine" | Shelly Fairchild, Joshua Silverberg | July 6, 2021 |
| MTV The Hills: New Beginnings episode 208 | "Here Comes Trouble" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Robbie Neville | July 7, 2021 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset episode 306 | "Here Comes Trouble" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato, Robbie Neville | July 18, 2021 |
| Netflix Selling Sunset episode 306 | "Nothing Better" | Shelly Fairchild, Nick Brophy, Moe Loughran | June 18, 2021 |
| MTV Siesta Key episode 412 | "Takin Over (Come On, Come On)" | Shelly Fairchild, Kurt Goebel, Ellen Tift-Goebel | August 4, 2021 |
| Roswell, New Mexico episode 303 | "One Mississippi" | Shelly Fairchild, Cade Doyle, Micheal Dale | August 9, 2021 |
| Fox Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer episode 113 | "Out Alive" | Shelly Fairchild, Peter Amato | August 18, 2022 |

## Songwriting credits

Little Big Town – "Looking for a Reason" Maggie Rose – "Put Yourself in My Blues" Lee DeWyze – "Stay Away" Mindy McCready – "I Want to Love You" Kassie DePaiva – "I Want to Love You" Shelly Fairchild – "You Don't Lie Here Anymore" Shelly Fairchild – "Tiny Town"

## Background vocals

Eric Church – Creepin' Jason Aldean – Burnin' It Down Randy Rogers Band – "Kiss Me in the Dark", "Just a Matter of Time", "You Could Change My Mind", "Just Don't Tell Me the Truth" Ty Herndon – "World I'm Living In" Trace Adkins – "Jesus and Jones", "Cowboy's Back in Town" Terri Clark – "Longer" Ray Scott – "Train Wreck", "Doing Me Wrong" Chicago (band) – "Why Can't We" (lead and background)

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | US Heat |
| Ride | Release date: May 3, 2005 Label: Columbia Nashville | 31 | 162 | 6 |
| Ruby's Money | Release date: April 26, 2011 Label: Revelation Nation | — | — | — |
| Buffalo | Release date: December 2, 2016 Label: Independent | — | — | — |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | Album |
| 2004 | "You Don't Lie Here Anymore" | 35 | Ride |
| 2005 | "Tiny Town" | — | Ride |
| 2005 | "Kiss Me" | — | Ride |
| 2008 | "It's All Gonna Work Out" | — | We Are Enterprise |
| 2017 | "Mississippi Turnpike" | — | Buffalo |
| 2017 | "Faster Than A Bullet" | — | Single |
| 2019 | "Takin Over" | — | Single |
| 2019 | "Get You Back" | — | Single |
| 2020 | "Worry No More" | — | Single |
| 2020 | "Drive" | — | Single |
| 2020 | "Nothin' Better" | — | Single |
| 2020 | "Blue Christmas" | — | Single |
| 2021 | "Made To Shine" | — | Single |
| 2021 | "Hurricane" | — | Single |

### Music videos

| Year | Video | Director |
| 2004 | "You Don't Lie Here Anymore" | Kristin Barlowe |
| 2005 | "Tiny Town" | Trey Fanjoy |
| 2017 | "Mississippi Turnpike" | Roger Pistole |