She was just a kid when she fell in love with singing.
“The first time I ever sang out in public was my kindergarten graduation,” she toldBillboard.
I sang ‘Butterfly Kisses.’
I was dressed up like little butterfly.
The first time that I ever actually made money playing a show, I was 9."
It was a familyfriendwho gave Wilson her chance at something big.
“There was a guy from my hometown, Jerry Cupit.
““I impersonated ‘Hannah Montana’ for 5 years.
It was like my childhood, high school gig,” she revealed (perThe Country Daily).
“I did it from 8th grade to 12th grade.
I didbirthdayparties, fairs, festivals … the last place I played was St. Jude.
Every now and then Lainey Wilson might kick off the show for Hannah Montana.
Sometimes they’d be like ‘Who’s Lainey?’
and ‘Nah, we just asked for Hannah.'”
Wilson moved to Nashville fresh out of high school, determined to make it big.
“I was known as that crazy girl with the trailer back then,” she toldBillboard.
44 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.
Wilson is proud of where her work as taken her and optimistic about the future.
She’s just starting out and already has a net worth of approximately $300,000 (perPopular Networth).
There, Wilson will perform her biggest hit to date, “Things A Man Oughta Know.”
