Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26, 1973, in Pocahontas, Illinois) is an American country music singer and songwriter.

She made her debut in March 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman", a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts.

Wilson followed this album one year later with All Jacked Up, the title track of which became the highest-debuting single for a female country artist upon its 2005 release.

Her first single, "Redneck Woman", was released in early 2004 and reached the top of the Hot Country Songs charts and No.

21 on the Hot Country Songs charts, setting a record for the highest debut ever made by a female artist.

Three more singles were released from All Jacked Up: "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today", "Politically Uncorrect" (a duet with Merle Haggard) and "California Girls", none of which reached Top 20 on the country charts.

Her former label, Columbia Nashville, released her first Greatest Hits album on January 19, 2010, to finish off her recording contract.

Also included in the suit were her label Sony BMG, her publishing company, and the cable network TNT, which had been using the song in commercials.

[3] The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed sum[4] and Black Crowes members Chris and Rich Robinson were given songwriting credits.

[6] While a country singer first and foremost, Gretchen Wilson has also attracted favorable attention[7] for her rendition of classic rock songs by Heart – a group which she sees as "one of the biggest influences on my musical career".

[9] She has sung "Straight On",[8] "Crazy on You", and – most notably – "Barracuda",[10] which she performed with Alice in Chains and Nancy Wilson on guitar at the 2007 VH1 Rock Honors.

[15] In September 2024 she appeared at a Wisconsin rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump, where she sang "Redneck Woman" and then addressed the crowd from the podium.

However, the Red Sox winning the game and sweeping the series made her the anthem singer when the Curse of the Bambino died.

[18] In April 2010, Wilson released a customized version of "Work Hard, Play Harder" in honor of the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators, with reworked lyrics mentioning the team and its fans.

Also included in the suit were her label Sony BMG, her publishing company, and the cable network TNT, which had been using the song in commercials.

[20] The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed sum[21] and Black Crowes members Chris and Rich Robinson were given songwriting credits.