Active as a singer and self-taught pianist since childhood, she first gained attention in her hometown before moving to Las Vegas and subsequently to Nashville, where she was signed to a recording contract with a division of Arista Nashville in 1997, releasing a studio album and charting three singles on the Billboard country music charts that year, including the No.
[1] In addition to winning several local talent competitions (some while she was nine years old), she demonstrated piano playing at a music store located in a Little Rock shopping mall.
[1] While still in her late teenage years, Graham found work at Caesars Palace, where she soon became a regular;[1][2] eventually, she was discovered by Danny Morrison, who served as a manager for country singer Joe Diffie at the time.
[2] Graham was signed to a recording contract with Career in 1996, with her debut single "Tell Me Again" being released that year; it peaked at No.
"Cool Water", the third and final single, reached its high point at number 59 on the country charts.