Danni Leigh

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title: "Danni Leigh" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1970-births", "american-women-country-singers", "american-country-singer-songwriters", "american-businesswomen", "businesspeople-from-virginia", "country-musicians-from-virginia", "decca-records-artists", "mnrk-music-group-artists", "living-people", "monument-records-artists", "people-from-strasburg,-virginia", "singer-songwriters-from-virginia", "21st-century-american-singer-songwriters", "21st-century-american-women-singers"] description: "American country singer and businesswoman (born 1970)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danni_Leigh" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American country singer and businesswoman (born 1970) ::

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Field	Value
birth_name	Michelle Sheetz
birth_date
birth_place	Strasburg, Virginia, US
occupation
years_active	1998–present
spouse	Mike McKenzie
children	1
module	{{Infobox musical artist
origin	Nashville, Tennessee, US
instrument	Vocals
genre	Country
label
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| image = | caption = | birth_name = Michelle Sheetz | birth_date = | birth_place = Strasburg, Virginia, US | occupation = | years_active = 1998–present | spouse = Mike McKenzie | children = 1 | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | origin = Nashville, Tennessee, US | instrument = Vocals | genre = Country | label = | associated_acts = Michelle Sheetz (born February 9, 1970), better known as Danni Leigh, is an American country music singer. At age 19, she relocated to Orlando, Florida, intending to audition as a singer at Disney World, but ended up moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1994.

She was signed with Audium Records, after changing labels several times, following Decca's closure, and her by Sony's Monument label. Although she has limited success in the US, she has had more success in Europe due to the different methods consumers learn about new music. Over time, she has also developed a following in Korea, Brazil, and Japan. In 1999, she was nominated for the Rising Star Trophy, a British Country Music Award. In 2001, she released A Shot of Whiskey and a Prayer.

Leigh has also performed a number of small gigs in the Austin, Texas, area, where she moved in 2002.

As her career declined in the US, Leigh later moved again, this time to Spain, many years later and performed elsewhere in Europe and Asia. She even reached the rest of South America. During the tours, she met and eventually married her bandmate Mike McKenzie. The couple returned to Nashville in order to restart her career, but the birth of her only child, a son, in 2010 led her to emphasize both motherhood and becoming a businessperson. Leigh then moved with her husband back to Strasburg, Virginia, her birthplace, where she started her boutique-cum-fitness studio in 2018 and opened another in Winchester.

Discography

Albums

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Title	Album details	Peak positions	US Country	29 Nights	A Shot of Whiskey and a Prayer	Divide and Conquer	Masquerade of a Fool	Walkin' On A Wire
	75
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | US Country | CAN Country | "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" | "29 Nights" | "Honey I Do" | "I Don't Feel That Way Anymore" | "Sometimes" | "House of Pain" | "Last Train to San Antone" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1998 | 57 | 58 | 29 Nights | | | | | | | | | | | 1999 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2000 | 59 | 83 | A Shot of Whiskey and a Prayer | | | | | | | | | | | 56 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2001 | — | — | Divide and Conquer | | | | | | | | | | | 2002 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Music videos

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Year	Video	Director	"If the Jukebox Took Teardrops"	"29 Nights"	"Honey I Do"	"Sometimes"
1998	Guy Guillet
1999
2000
2002	Roger Pistole
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As guest musician

• 2000: Billy Ray Cyrus - Southern Rain (Monument)
• 2001: Dale Watson - Christmas in Texas (Audium)

References

References

1. (August 23, 2018). "Country musician singing a new tune, opens downtown business". The Winchester Star.
2. "Danni Leigh".
3. "Danni Leigh: Biography". CMT.
4. Jerry Renshaw. (July 21, 2001). "One More For Her". The Austin Chronicle.
5. Edward Morris. (April 4, 2000). "Danni Leigh Is Off to a Second Start". CMT}}{{dead link.
6. (February 24, 1999). "British Country Music Awards". CMT}}{{dead link.
7. (July 2, 2000). "Danni Leigh Takes ''Shot'' At Country Big Time". MTV News.
8. Christopher Gray. (August 27, 2004). "Bombs Over Baghdad". The Austin Chronicle.
9. John T. Davis. (October 4, 2002). "Immigrant Song". The Austin Chronicle.
10. "Danni Leigh - Chart history".
11. "Danni Leigh - Chart history".

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