Lainey Wilson Sells Out Club She Once Sold Merch At
Lainey Wilson continues to live her best life as she sold out a show at Billy Bob’s in Texas over the weekend and got the chance to cement her hands…
Lainey Wilson continues to live her best life as she sold out a show at Billy Bob's in Texas over the weekend and got the chance to cement her hands at Billy Bob's Walk Of Fame.
Lainey posted a video clip from the moment. She said in the video, "Tonight is a big night, ya'll. We sold out Billy Bob's, got my name on the wall, put my hands in concrete. It is a big, big night for us. I tell you what, we're so dang excited, let's party, come on."
Wilson captioned the Instagram post, "In 2013, I sold merch for an artist at @billybobstexas, hoping one day I'd be on the stage of the world's largest honky tonk. Ten years later, we did that and sold it out. Keep on dreamin', folks."
Many fans reacted to Lainey's post, including one who wrote, "I went to this show for my bachelorette trip and had an absolute BLAST!!!!! You're so amazing and have so much heart and soul!! LOVE YOU!! Keep on being you, @laineywilson." Another fan commented, "Superstar baby."
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Wilson topped the last week (9/7), scoring nine nods in total, including the top nomination of Entertainer of the Year. She is nominated in the latter category against Carrie Underwood, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and Chris Stapleton.
Wilson posted to her fans on Instagram. She wrote, "Holy moly, y'all. Someone pinch me. I can't believe my eyes. I'm so proud of everything we've done this year for my own music and these collabs with my brothers @hardy and @jellyroll615. Thank y'all for having me on these songs."
She continued, "Being nominated in each of these categories amongst my friends means the world to me. And the coveted Entertainer Of The Year category?! It's absolutely surreal. We bust our butts out there on the road every dang night to give y'all the best show possible, and I have the time of my life doing it."
Lainey closed with, "All I gotta say is thank y'all. I love country music."
As she celebrates her 31st birthday today (5/19), Lainey Wilson is the reigning Female Vocalist for the ACMs and the CMAs. She also won the ACM Album of the Year award for Bell Bottom Country, beating out albums by Miranda Lambert and Luke Combs.
There is no doubt that Lainey is well on her way to becoming a country music superstar. She currently opens stadium shows for Luke Combs and gets a performance slot at the 2023 CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium in June in front of 65,000 fans worldwide.
As she celebrates her big day today (5/19), we count down what we believe are her six very best songs to date, with many more to come in the future.
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6 - "Watermelon Moonshine" (2023)
BBRThe chorus of this fun song includes the lyrics, "Drinkin' watermelon moonshine / We cut the burn with a little lime / Parkin' back in them kudzu vines / I was his and every bit of that boy was mine / Too young to know what love was / But we were learnin' on a sweet buzz / There's never nothin' like the first time / And mine's always gonna taste like / Watermelon moonshine."
5 - "Never Say Never" (Cole Swindell with Lainey Wilson) (2021)
WBSwindell said, "I have been a fan of Lainey Wilson's for a while now, and what she brings to this song is everything it needed." The song hit number one on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.
4 - "Grease" - (2023)
BBRA fun song that Lainey performed at the 58th ACM Awards, where she won Album of the Year for "Bell Bottom Country." Wilson released a dancing video for the song, finding country breakdancers that she saw at one of her shows and tracked them down to appear in the video.
3 - "Things a Man Oughta Know" (2020)
BBRThe music video for this song was shot in Wilson's own home partially and filled with personal elements and close friends. She said of the video at the time, "For the music video, we wanted to create a piece of art where people could watch it and feel something all over again." The song won the ACM 2021 Song of the Year.
2 - "Heart Like a Truck" (2022)
BBRLainey said of the song when it came out, "It's a song about finding freedom and strength. Not being afraid of the scars and the bruises and the bumps along the way. That makes you who you are. It builds character." It recently became her third number-one song on the Billboard charts.
1 - "Wait in the Truck" (HARDY with Lainey Wilson) (2022)
BIG LOUDSo many things to say about this amazing song. It just recently won Visual Media (video) of the Year and Music Event of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards. The music video is epic of the song labeled as a "murder ballad" about a male protagonist killing an abuser. Lainey and HARDY performed the song at the 2022 CMA Awards.
