Avery and Anna are her first and middle names<\/h2>\n
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\n\tAvery Anna was born Avery Anna Rhoton. Several other artists are known by their first and middle names, including Thomas Rhett (who was born Thomas Rhett Akins, Jr.), Carter Faith (her full name is Carter Faith Jones) and Bella Kay (who was born Bella Kathleen Ann Williams).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
She loves country but has diverse tastes<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been singing and writing in a journal for as long as I can remember,\u201d the then-18-year-old told\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u2019s<\/a> Jessica Nicholson in 2022. \u201cSongwriting came from that. When I was younger, I would sing with my grandpa and he would play Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. That\u2019s where my love for\u00a0country\u00a0started, and I\u2019ve been raised on it. Of course, later on, I came to love Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini and so many more.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t[Editor\u2019s Note: All three of those women won the same ACM Award that Avery Anna just won, as did another singer she praised in that interview \u2013 Donna Fargo. In 2021, Avery Anna covered Fargo\u2019s most famous hit, \u201cThe Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.\u201d in a TikTok video.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI love that song,\u201d she told Nicholson, \u201cBut I also loved Cage the Elephant and Noah Kahan and YEBBA.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tIn October 2020, Anna posted a TikTok video <\/a>of herself in a bathtub, singing the Grammy-winning A Great Big World\/Christina Aguilera collab,\u00a0\u201cSay Something.\u201d\u00a0The clip landed 10 million views on TikTok. One of those viewers was Matt Thomas, lead vocalist and guitarist from the country group Parmalee, who shared the video with writer\/producer\/manager David Fanning. Fanning and his 33 Creative management company manager\/partner Tina Crawford reached out to Anna via Instagram, ultimately signing her to a management and production deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tIn May 2021, Anna graduated from high school, having completed her final year via Zoom. Just three months later, at 17, she moved to Nashville. In June 2022, she signed a recording contract with Warner Music Nashville. Three months after that, she made her Grand Ole Opry debut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tKelly Clarkson\u00a0covered\u00a0Avery Anna\u2019s song \u201cNarcissist\u201d for a \u201cKellyoke\u201d segment on\u00a0The Kelly Clarkson Show. <\/em>The young star cowrote the song with Andy Sheridan and Ben Williams.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI just remember being so in shock and so awestruck,\u201d she told Nicholson<\/a>. \u201cI used to watch Kelly Clarkson singing \u2018Piece by Piece\u2019 on\u00a0American Idol<\/em>\u00a0over and over again on YouTube. Just knowing that she connected with a song that I wrote is insane, because my whole life it\u2019s been me connecting with her songs. It was just crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \tIt all started for her in a bathtub (it\u2019s an acoustics thing)<\/h2>\n
She didn\u2019t waste time when she set about pursuing her dreams<\/h2>\n
She freaked out when Kelly Clarkson covered one of her songs on her talk show<\/h2>\n
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