Katie Armiger

Biography

Kaitlyn Michelle Armiger (born June 23, 1991) is a country artist from Sugar Land, Texas, U.S. She was first inspired to pursue country music after winning a Houston, Texas, citywide competition for young country singers. As of 2014, Armiger has released four albums for Cold River Records and has charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts.

Career

Katie Armiger's self-titled debut album was released on Cold River Records in the U.S. on August 21, 2007. It was produced by Mark Oliverius, the producer for other country acts such as Lorrie Morgan and Trick Pony. The first seven tracks of her album were co-written by Armiger with Oliverius and Ashlee Hewitt.
Armiger entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the first time in 2010 with "Kiss Me Now," which reached a peak of number 55. It served as the lead-off to her third album, Confessions of a Nice Girl×Confessions of a Nice Girl5 October 2010 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Best Song Ever2:312Kiss Me Now3:113That's Why3:594Nice Girl2:485Cry Cry Cry4:166Ain't Gonna Happen3:387I Will Be3:318Scream3:419Ain't So Sweet3:2210Can You Handle It3:3411Leaving Home3:2912Can't Keep Myself From Loving You3:2913Strong Enough3:42, which was released in October 2010, and became her first album to chart. It charted on both Billboard Top Country Albums and Billboard Heatseekers. This album was Armiger's first self-titled album and featured nine tracks that Armiger co-wrote with Nashville songwriters. "Leaving Home" and "Best Song Ever×Best Song Ever2010 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Best Song Ever2:31" followed as the album's second and third singles, the former failed to chart, while the latter peaked at number 42. Her third album was re-released on September 20, 2011 to include her fourth single, "I Do But Do I", which was released to radio on July 11, 2011. The re-release also included three more new songs, a dance mix of "Best Song Ever", and the music videos for "I Do But Do I" and "Best Song Ever." "Scream," which was released as the fifth and final single from the album in October 2011, peaked at number 47 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
"Better in a Black Dress" was released in mid-June 2012, debuting at number 54 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June 23, 2012. Since then, the song has become her highest charting single. The album that followed on January 22, 2013, Fall Into Me×Fall Into Me15 January 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1He’s Gonna Change3:182Man I Thought You Were3:403Playin’ With Fire3:194Better in a Black Dress3:375Okay Alone3:436Black & White3:257I’m Free3:068Merry Go Round3:269Baby You’re Everything3:4210Cardboard Boxes3:3011Stealing Hearts3:3712Not Too Late3:1513So Long3:0614Safe3:56, became her highest charting album to date. It marked Armiger's first entry on the Independent Albums chart (No. 6) and the all-genre Billboard 200 (No. 32). It also became her first top 10 country album, debuting at number 7. The album's second single, "Playin' with Fire", was released February 11, 2013.
Katie Armiger left the music business in 2015. She later said she had been blacklisted after complaining about sexual harassment by radio programmers. Lawsuits between Armiger and Cold River Records and its founder Peter Timothy O'Heeron were settled in 2019. Terms of the settlement are confidential.