Kaitlyn Baker
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| Birth name | Kaitlyn Baker |
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November 23, 1994 Pound, Virginia, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Independent |
| Website | kaitlynbaker |
Kaitlyn Baker (born November 23, 1994) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Kaitlyn Baker was born and raised in Wise County, Virginia. Her father, grandfather and other family members worked in coal mines. Virginia Living magazine referred to her as a new "coal miner's daughter." The pop culture website BuzzFeed listed her among eleven "Badass Alternatives to Bro Country."
Baker started singing in church and then professionally as a young girl, at events in her area. By the time she was 14, she had recorded three self-produced albums, which were sold at live performances. Though she is a country artist, her music shows influences of rock, blues, bluegrass and gospel.
Baker's debut single "Burn" reached #54 on the MusicRow Breakout Chart in 2015 and inspired the creation of Kaitlyn Baker's BURN Sauce, a hot sauce produced by Pepper Palace in Sevierville, Tennessee. Baker has said that the song, which is about a woman who gets revenge on her cheating husband, was loosely based on something that happened to her grandmother.
In March 2015, Baker's ballad "Coal Train" was included on the 2015 ACM Awards ZinePak, a 2-CD album released by the Academy of Country Music and distributed exclusively through Walmart. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
In November 2015, Baker released a cover of the classic Christmas song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" in association with The Mansion Entertainment, a Nashville-based record label.
In June 2016, Baker released "Heart of Appalachia," a song about her native Southwest Virginia. In a review, music critic Tom Netherland wrote, "Southwest Virginia glows in Baker's song." "Heart of Appalachia" was designated the official theme song of the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority, a nonprofit organization that promotes tourism in the region. An accompanying music video included cameo appearances by prominent bluegrass artists Ralph Stanley II and Larry Cordle. Cordle co-produced and sang background vocals on the record. Songwriter and musician Scott Arnold, who wrote the song with Baker, produced the music tracks.
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