Little Big Town
Little Big Town managed to make it to the top of the country crop while constantly pushing at its boundaries, allowing their own style to evolve all the while. They formed in Nashville, TN in 1998, when Alabama friends Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Roads moved to the country music hub and partnered with Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook. They developed their signature vocal style early on, based around rich, four-part harmonies, with all the members taking turns at the lead. Though they would explore a multitude of sounds over the years, a '70s AM pop vibe a la The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac would remain a key ingredient of the group's sonic recipe. The quartet's path to success was a rocky one-their first record deal, signed with Mercury Nashville in 1999, proved abortive, and it wasn't until 2002 that they finally released their self-titled debut album on Monument. The record didn't make much commercial headway, and it wasn't until 2005 that the follow-up, The Road to Here, was released on indie label Equity Music Group. That album, which introduced a bluegrass tinge to the group's mix of pop, country, and rock, broke through in a big way, earning Little Big Town two Top 10 country singles ("Boondocks" and "Bring It On Home"). From there on, the foursome's appeal only increased. Their fourth album, 2010's The Reason Why, went all the way to No. 1 on the country charts. 2012's Tornado, another No. 1 record, introduced a punchier sound that was simultaneously more stripped down and more pop-savvy, producing the Grammy-winning smash "Pontoon." For the follow-up, 2014's Pain Killer, the group continued to challenge itself, introduced a more eclectic approach. The chance they took on the lesbian overtones of the soul-tinged single "Girl Crush" paid off handsomely, going to No. 1 and earning the group another Grammy. Little Big Town took their biggest leap yet on 2016's Wanderlust, enlisting Pharrell Williams as co-writer and executive producer for their production team and making a decidedly non-country record, pushing more in the direction of dance-pop and modern R&B.
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Little Big Town
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Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry | Host | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah | Self | - | 2023 |
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A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys | Self | - | 2023 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 88% | Superfan | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Music Performer | 2014-2017 2019-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CMT Campfire Sessions | Music Performer | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 54% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Music Performer | 2017 2020 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Music Performer | 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk |
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2011 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CMT: Hot 20 Countdown | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Music Performer | 2012 2015 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest Hits | Music Performer | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 58% | The Voice |
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2014 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Front and Center | Music Performer | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances | Music Performer | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tonight Show With Jay Leno | Music Performer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 74% | The X Factor | Music Performer | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dancing With the Stars | Music Performer | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Music Performer | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Music Performer | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Music Performer | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Music Performer | 2008 |