Charles Elliott (Chuck) Wicks
(born June 20, 1979 in Smyrna, ) is an American country music artist. He was one of the participants on the American reality series Nashville
, which aired on Fox Networks for two episodes before its cancellation in mid-2007. In late 2007, he signed to RCA Records Nashville as a recording artist, with his debut single "Stealing Cinderella" being released in September of that year. It served as the lead-off to his debut album Starting Now
, which was released in January 2008. "All I Ever Wanted" and "Man of the House" were released as the album's second and third singles, respectively, and both have charted in the Top 40 as well. In addition to his musical career, Wicks has appeared alongside girlfriend Julianne Hough on Dancing with the Stars
.
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Personal Life
Chuck Wicks was raised on a potato farm in the community of
Smyrna, Delaware.
[1] In January 2009, his charity concert in his hometown of
Smyrna raised $25,000 for the Smyrna-Clayton
Boys and Girls Club.
[2]
In August 2008, Wicks began dating fellow country singer
Julianne Hough, who is also a professional dancer and two-time champion on
Dancing with the Stars
.
[3]
Music career
Wanting to pursue a career in country music, he moved to
Nashville, Tennessee after quitting college two classes short of graduation from
Florida Southern College.
He then began to hone his songwriting skills, penning more than one hundred songs per year at one point, and one of his songs, "Lead Me On", was recorded by
Steve Holy on his 2006 album
Brand New Girlfriend
. Eventually, Wicks caught the attention of
RCA Records executives, who signed him to a recording contract in late 2007. While he was working on his debut album, Wicks was also picked as a cast member for
Fox Networks' reality TV series
Nashville
.
[4] Due to poor ratings, however,
Nashville
was cancelled after its second episode.
RCA then released Wicks' debut single, "
Stealing Cinderella", which he co-wrote with George Teren and
Rivers Rutherford. He debuted the song at his first
Grand Ole Opry appearance in August 2007.
[5]Shortly after the song's release,
University of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer heard it. Fulmer said the song "hit [him] like a ton of bricks," so he contacted Wicks, arranging a private performance at his daughter Courtney's wedding.
The single produced the biggest debut for any new country artist in all of 2007, with fifty-two of the stations on ''
Billboards survey adding it in its first official week of airplay. [6] [7] It was also the fastest-climbing debut country single in 2007, [8] reaching a peak of #5 on the country charts in January, as well as #56 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included on Wicks' debut album
Starting Now'', which was released on January 22, 2008
[9] and peaked at #7 on the
Top Country Albums charts. Wicks co-wrote all but one of the album's tracks. "All I Ever Wanted" was released in April 2008 as the album's second single, and peaked at #14 by the end of the year. A third single, "Man of the House", followed in January 2009, entering Top 40 in February, and peaked at #27.
Dancing with the Stars
performances
Wicks and Hough competed as a couple on the eighth season of
Dancing with the Stars
. Their first performance took place on March 9, 2009, and he was eliminated from the show on April 28.
Week #
| Dance/Song
| Judges' scoring
| Result
|
Inaba
| Goodman
| Tonioli
|
1
| Waltz/"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
| 6
| 7
| 7
| No Elimination
|
2
| Salsa/"Say Hey (I Love You)"
| 7
| 6
| 7
| Safe
|
3
| Foxtrot/"All I Want To Do"
| 8
| 7
| 8
| Safe
|
4
| Lindy Hop/"Summertime Blues"
| 8
| 7
| 7
| Safe
|
5
| Viennese Waltz/"Feels Like Today"
| 8
| 7
| 8
| Safe
|
6
| Rumba/"She Will Be Loved"
| 8
| 7
| 8
| Safe
|
7
| Samba/"Baila, Baila"
| 9
| 9
| 9
| Safe
|
8
| Cha-Cha-Cha/ "I'm Outta Love"
| 9
| 9
| 8
| Eliminated
|
Discography
Studio albums
Year
| Album
| Chart Positions
|
US Country
| US
|
2008
| Starting Now
- Released: January 22, 2008
- Label: RCA Nashville
| 7
| 24
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Singles
Year
| Single
| Peak chart positions
| Album
|
US Country
| US
| CAN Country
| CAN
|
2007
| "Stealing Cinderella"A
| 5
| 56
| 11
| 81
| Starting Now
|
2008
| "All I Ever Wanted"
| 14
| 86
| 41
| —
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2009
| "Man of the House"
| 27
| —
| —
| —
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"—" denotes the single failed to chart or not released
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- A "Stealing Cinderella" also peaked at #99 on the U.S. Billboard
Pop 100.
Music videos
Year
| Video
| Director
|
2007
| "Stealing Cinderella"
| Kristin Barlowe
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2008
| "All I Ever Wanted"
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References
- Chuck Wicks
- Chuck Wicks Helps Raise $25,000 People, January 26, 2009
- Julianne Hough: I'm Dating an 'Awesome' Guy
- Chuck Wicks
- Chuck Wicks Kicks Off Whirlwind Weekend with Grand Ole Opry Debut
- Chuck Wicks performs "Stealing Cinderella" at wedding of UT coach's daughter
- Chuck Wicks debut single
- Chuck Wicks achieves fastest rising single from debut artist
- Chuck Wicks biography