RaeLynn

Biography

Racheal Lynn Woodward (born May 4, 1994), better known as RaeLynn, is an American singer and songwriter who was a contestant on The Voice in season two (2012). She was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Early life

RaeLynn was born and raised in Baytown, Texas, and at age 15 wanted a career in music. She graduated high school early, in 2010.

2012: The Voice

RaeLynn auditioned for the second season of The Voice after being encouraged by a contestant on Team Adam who wrote songs with her. Her audition song was "Hell on Heels" by Pistol Annies, Miranda Lambert's group. Both Adam Levine and Blake Shelton wanted her on their team, but she eventually chose Team Blake. She sang "Free Fallin'" against Adley Stump in the Battle Rounds and won. Her victory was, however, highly contested, and Blake publicly defended his choice in a Twitter war. She then went on to the live shows to perform "Wake Up Call" by Maroon 5 and "She's Country×She's Country16 April 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1She's Country3:13" by Jason Aldean and the latter later became her best selling cover on the show. For her last-chance performance, she sang "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry, but was not chosen over Erin Willett and thus eliminated.

2012–2018: After The Voice and WildHorse

As of 2012, she was signed to Republic Nashville. She has written songs with Natalie Hemby, Jon Randall, John Wiggins, and fellow Voice contestants Nicolle Galyon and Hailey Steele.
She has performed a song co-written with Miranda Lambert entitled "Lie", and returned with fellow finalists Chris Mann and Juliet Simms to perform at the semi-final results show on the third season of The Voice, performing her new single, "Boyfriend×Boyfriend11 December 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Boyfriend2:29". "Boyfriend" later charted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100, thus making her the first contestant to chart on one of Billboard's overall singles charts for post-Voice activity. The single sold 27,000 copies in its debut week.
She performed backing vocals for Blake Shelton's 2013 single, "Boys 'Round Here", which debuted at No. 67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and peaked at No. 16. The song is also featured on Shelton's album, Based on a True Story…. She was signed to Dr. Luke's publishing label Prescription Songs in April 2013.
RaeLynn's debut single to country radio, "God Made Girls×God Made Girls1 July 2014 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1God Made Girls3:34", was released on July 1, 2014. On December 2, 2014, she performed her single on season seven of The Voice. It went on to be a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Country Airplay charts, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. On January 13, 2015, RaeLynn released an EP through Valory Music Co. titled Me, which debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200, and No. 7 on the Top Country Albums chart, with 5,500 copies sold in its first week. "For a Boy×For a Boy9 March 2015 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1For a Boy3:02" was released on March 23, 2015 as RaeLynn's second single to country radio. It was less successful than its predecessor and a year later, in April 2016, it was announced that RaeLynn had parted ways with Valory Music Co., leaving her debut album delayed until 2017.
On June 7, 2016, it was announced that RaeLynn had signed a new record deal with Warner Bros. Nashville. "Love Triangle×Love Triangle11 July 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Love Triangle3:45" was released on July 11, 2016 as her first single for the label. It served as the lead-off to her debut album, WildHorse×WildHorse24 March 2017 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Your Heart3:272Wildhorse3:203Love Triangle3:464Lonely Call3:445Insecure3:196The Apple3:337Young3:498Diamonds3:249Trigger2:5610Graveyard2:5911Say2:5812Praying for Rain4:09, which was released on March 24, 2017. Sounds Like Nashville praised RaeLynn's "standout debut" and called its lead single, "Love Triangle", "country music storytelling at its finest and country radio is better because of it."
WildHorse landed within the Top 10 on Billboard's All-Genre Album Sales Chart and debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart, marking the first female country artist to do so since Maren Morris' debut HERO.

2019–2024: Label change

On November 8, 2019, she released the single "Bra Off×Bra Off8 November 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Bra Off2:46" and announced that she had signed to Florida Georgia Line's Round Here Records. "Keep Up×Keep Up21 February 2020 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Keep Up3:04" followed in February 2020, and was sent to country radio as her first single under the label in April 2020. Her second studio album, Baytown×Baytown24 September 2021 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Keep Up3:042Still Smokin'2:573Fake Girl Town3:234Judgin' to Jesus2:435Me About Me2:466Bra Off2:467Neon Cowgirl2:368Small Town Prayer2:359Get That All The Time2:5810Only In A Small Town3:1211She Chose Me3:3812Why I Got A Truck3:2113Rowdy3:0514Made For Me To Love (Demo)3:05, was released on September 21, 2021.
A third studio album, titled Funny Girl×funny girl15 March 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1funny girl3:19, was originally intended to be self-released in 2023, though it ultimately went unreleased.

2025–present: Return to Valory

On April 28, 2025, RaeLynn announced her return to Valory, her former record label that she began her career with. Her first single release under the label following her re-signing, "Heaven Is a Honky Tonk", will be released on May 9, 2025. RaeLynn co-wrote the song with Lauren Hungate and Caroline Watkins, and it was produced by Aaron Gillespie of the band Underoath.
RaeLynn will support Jason Aldean on his Full Throttle Tour 2025 that kicks off May 23, 2025.

Personal life

In October 2015, RaeLynn became engaged to then-financial advisor Joshua Davis. They were married on February 27, 2016. A year after their wedding, RaeLynn revealed that Davis had enlisted in the military. In May 2021, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child, a daughter, who was born later that year. In July 2026, she filed for divorce from Davis citing irreconcilable differences.
RaeLynn has type 1 diabetes.