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| Birth name | Erika Jo Heriges |
| Born | November 2, 1986 |
| Origin | Angleton, Texas, USA |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Label(s) | Universal South |
| Associated acts | Jessi Colter |
Erika Jo Heriges (born November 2, 1986 in Angleton, Texas) is an American country music recording artist who was declared winner of the 2005 season of the Nashville Star television program. Eighteen years old at the time, Erika Jo is both the youngest person to win the competition and the first female winner. She was signed to Universal South Records in 2005 and released her self-titled debut album, which produced a chart single in "I Break Things", a #53 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. A second single from the album, a cover of the Jessi Colter hit, "I'm Not Lisa", failed to chart, and she was dropped from Universal South in 2006.
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Biography
Early life
Erika Jo is the daughter of Bo and Paige Heriges; she has two sisters, Brittany Layne, who is two years younger than her & Shelby Lynn, who is three years younger than her. Erika Jo grew up in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, 15 miles east of Nashville and is a 2005 graduate of Wilson Central High School in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Career
Heriges was also a national finalist in the 1999 True Value Country Showdown (now called the Colgate Country Showdown), a talent competition consisting of regional winners from across the United States. She also holds the distinction of being the youngest person ever to perform the National Anthem at University of Kentucky's famed Rupp Arena.
Her first single, "I Break Things", was released immediately upon her Nashville Star victory. The music video received heavy rotation on CMT and GAC, but the song peaked at #53. One subsequent single ("I'm Not Lisa") was released; it failed to reach the charts. Her first album, Erika Jo, was released by Universal South Records on June 14, 2005 and debuted at #5 on Billboard's country album chart, but the album, like its first single, enjoyed very limited success after its initial launch, selling just 118,829 copies through its first 11 months in release.1 She was later dropped from Universal South.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| 2005 | Erika Jo
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5 | 27 | 20 |
Singles
| Year | Album | US Country | Album |
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| 2005 | "I Break Things" | 53 | Erika Jo |
| "I'm Not Lisa" | — |
References
- ^ http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060503/ENTERTAINMENT12/605030432 Tennessean.com Retrieved on 06-07-07
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