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Performer description
Kathleen Alice Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass singer. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reached No. 1: "Goin' Gone", "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", "Come from the Heart", and "Burnin' Old Memories", plus 12 more that charted within the top ten. She has released 15 studio albums, two Christmas albums, and one greatest hits album. Most of her material was recorded for Universal Music Group Nashville's Mercury Records Nashville division between 1984 and 2000, with later albums being issued on Narada Productions, her own Captain Potato label, and Sugar Hill Records. Among her albums, she has received five gold certifications and one platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She has collaborated with Dolly Parton, Michael McDonald, Tim O'Brien, and her husband, Jon Vezner. Mattea is also a two-time Grammy Award winner: in 1990 for "Where've You Been", and in 1993 for her Christmas album Good News. Her style is defined by traditional country, bluegrass, folk, and Celtic music influences. She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2025.
Discography
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Kathy Mattea
Year: 1984
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From My Heart
Year: 1985
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Walk the Way the Wind Blows
Year: 1986
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Untasted Honey
Year: 1987
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Willow in the Wind
Year: 1989
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Ain't Gonna Worry
Year: 1990
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Time Passes By
Year: 1991
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Lonesome Standard Time
Year: 1992
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Good News
Year: 1993
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Walking Away a Winner
Year: 1994
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Outside the Frame
Year: 1997
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Love Travels
Year: 1997
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Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt
Year: 1998
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The Innocent Years
Year: 2000
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Roses
Year: 2002
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Joy for Christmas Day
Year: 2003
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Right Out of Nowhere
Year: 2005
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Coal
Year: 2008
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Calling Me Home
Year: 2012
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Pretty Bird
Year: 2018