Grand Ole Opry Member, 19 Billboard-charting singles, 7 Studio Albums, 2 x ACM Nominee and 1 x ACM Winner, 2 x CMA Nominee, 8 Top 10 Hits

It was “19(90) Somethin’” when Grand Ole Opry member Mark Wills went from singing
at Atlanta’s infamous Buckboard to releasing his first of 19 Billboard-charting singles
across seven albums. While climbing his musical ‘ladder,’ he has recorded Gold and
Platinum albums and released some of the most enduring and recognizable Country
Music hits of the last 25 Years.

“Wish You Were Here,” “Jacob’s Ladder” and “I Do (Cherish You)” cemented his country
status in the late ’90s and at the ‘dawning of a new decade’ in the early ’00s. “Jacob’s
Ladder” was released via Mercury Nashville in May 1996 as Wills’ debut single, and it
became the singer’s first of eight Top 10 hits. His debut self-titled album followed “full of
rambunctious good-time songs teeming with sly wit and bittersweet ballads — all in a
baritone that throbs with emotion” per Entertainment Weekly. Released 20 years ago as
part of Wills’ Greatest Hits collection, the feel-good track stretched the singer both
musically and vocally. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart Top 5 hits “Places I’ve Never
Been,” “I Do (Cherish You),” “Don’t Laugh at Me,” and No. 1 single “Wish You Were
Here” hit the airwaves between 1997-1999. Fittingly, Wills’ early chart success earned
him an Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Male Vocalist in 1998. One of his
biggest hits to date is the RIAA Gold-certified “19 Somethin’” – a six-week No. 1 on the
Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
He also has taken more than a dozen trips to entertain U.S. troops in Iraq, Kuwait,
Afghanistan, Korea, and Italy. Wills continues to hit the road with his high-energy show
full of hits that were the soundtrack to so many people’s lives.

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