In May 2004, Gretchen Wilson’s debut single, “Redneck Woman,” became the first by a solo female singer to top the Billboard country singles chart in over two years. It also reached number one faster than any single in the previous decade. At the same time, her debut album, Here for the Party, entered the charts at number one and the pop album chart at number two with sales of 227,000 copies. She coped with the instant celebrity, and continued to work as a musician, finding time to write a book, also called Redneck Woman, which hit shops in 2005, the same year her follow-up album, All Jacked Up, appeared. One of the Boys was released in 2007. She followed it with her first independently released single on her Redneck Records imprint, “Work Hard, Play Harder,” in late 2009, followed by the album I’ve Got Your Country Right Here in 2010. An album of original songs, Right on Time, was released in 2013, followed by a collection of rock covers titled Under the Covers. In 2017, she dropped Ready to Get Rowdy. Gretchen Wilson continues to rock all over the country.
