Shane Minor (singer)

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| Name = Shane Minor
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| Background = solo_singer
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| Born = {{birth date and age|1968|5|3}}
| Origin = [[Modesto, California]], {{flag|USA}}
| Instrument = vocals
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| Genre = [[country music]]
| Occupation = [[singer-songwriter]]
| Years_active = 1999-present
| Label = [[Mercury Nashville Records]]
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'''Shane Minor''' (born [[May 3]], [[1968]] in [[Modesto, California]]<ref name="allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:avfwxqtjldke~T1 allmusic ((( Shane Minor > Biography )))]</ref>) is an [[United States|American]] [[country music]] [[singer-songwriter]]. Signed to [[Mercury Nashville Records]] in 1999, Minor recorded an album for that label, producing three hit singles on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] charts. Although he was dropped from Mercury's roster in 2000, he continues to write songs for other artists, including two Number One singles in [[Diamond Rio]]'s "Beautiful Mess" (2002) and [[Steve Holy]]'s "[[Brand New Girlfriend (song)|Brand New Girlfriend]]" (2006).

==Career==
Before his recording career began, Minor was a [[police officer]] in the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], as well as a [[rodeo]] [[bull riding|bull rider]].<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="cmt">[http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1476871/20030813/minor_shane.jhtml CMT.com : Shane Minor : Shane Minor, Mercury Split]</ref> After leaving the police force, Minor became a singer, working small gigs throughout California, eventually recording a demo tape which was sent to producer [[Dann Huff]].<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="emi">[http://www.eminashville.com/bios/sminor.html EMI Music Publishing | The World's Leading Music Publisher]</ref>

Shane was signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 1999. His debut single, "Slave to the Habit", reached #20 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' U.S. [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] charts that same year; in addition, he was signed as an opening act for country pop singer [[Shania Twain]].<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-09-1999/0000929215&EDATE= Shane Minor Joins Shania Twain Tour]</ref><ref>[http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1475423/20030805/minor_shane.jhtml CMT.com : Shane Minor : Minor Scores Twain's Opening Act Slot]</ref>

Minor left Mercury Nashville in 2000,<ref name="cmt"/> and has not recorded any albums since. However, he has found success as a songwriter, having co-written two Number One country music singles: "Beautiful Mess" by [[Diamond Rio]] and "[[Brand New Girlfriend (song)|Brand New Girlfriend]]" by [[Steve Holy]].<ref name="emi"/> Two singles co-written by Minor also charted in 2007: [[Clay Walker (musician)|Clay Walker]]'s "[[Fall (Clay Walker song)|Fall]]" and [[Craig Morgan (singer)|Craig Morgan]]'s "[[International Harvester (song)|International Harvester]]".

==Discography==
===Albums===
*''Shane Minor'' (1999)
===Singles===
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!<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small>
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|rowspan=2|[[1999 in country music|1999]]
|"Slave to the Habit"
|20
|82
|rowspan="3"|''Shane Minor''
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|"Ordinary Love"
|24
|111
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|[[2000 in country music|2000]]
|"I Think You're Beautiful"
|44
|
|}

==References==
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[[Category:American country singers]]
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[[Category:California musicians]]