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1	Jo Dee Marie Messina (born August 25, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter from Framingham, Massachusetts native who dominated the CountryMusic charts for a short time in the late 90s-early 2000s with brassy female empowerment anthems.
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3	After being discovered by RecordProducer Byron Gallimore, she signed to Curb Records in 1996. Her first disc for Curb was a modest success with the hits "Heads Carolina, Tails California" and "You're Not in Kansas Anymore", but label mismanagement blunted the album, causing its followup singles to falter and nearly leading to her filing for bankruptcy.
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5	It was in 1998 that a pair of tunes penned by then-future hitmaker Phil Vassar sent her into stardom: "I'm Alright" and "Bye, Bye", both #1 smashes and pop crossovers. Also coming from the album ''I'm Alright'' were "Stand Beside Me" and a cover of Dottie West's "Lesson in Leavin'". ''Burn'' produced further hits in "That's the Way" and the Music/TimMcGraw duet "Bring On the Rain", but afterward, her career began to falter. Curb delayed her next album to release a GreatestHitsAlbum and a Christmas CD, but she made one last return in 2005 with a cover of Music/JoeDiffie's "My Give a Damn's Busted". Further indecision over single choices resulted in her career tapering off again, although she put out a trilogy of [=EPs=] in 2010, and began releasing independently via Kickstarter.
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7	Messina's peak period was driven by anthemic uptempo songs with motivational messages, often evoking a FieryRedhead nature.
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9	In 2017, Messina announced that she was diagnosed with cancer.
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11	!!Discography:
12	* ''Jo Dee Messina'' (1996)
13	* ''I'm Alright'' (1998)
14	* ''Burn'' (2000)
15	* ''A Joyful Noise'' (2000)
16	* ''Greatest Hits'' (2003)
17	* ''Delicious Surprise'' (2005)
18	* ''Unmistakable: Love'', ''Unmistakable: Drive'', ''Unmistakable: Inspiration'' (set of three [=EPs=]) (2010)
19	* ''Me'' (2014)
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22	!!Tropes present:
23	* AdvertisedExtra: Music/TimMcGraw was credited for his barely-noticeable backing vocals on "Bring On the Rain" -- especially egregious since Tim was on the same label at the time, he co-produced the song, ''and'' he had his own single out at the time competing for airplay ("The Cowboy in Me", which was actually knocked out of the #1 position on the country music charts by "Rain").
24	* BreakUpSong: "Bye, Bye" has it right there in the title.
25	* FlippingTheBird: "Peace Sign" is about doing this to an ex, or "saying goodbye one finger shy of the peace sign".
26	* HeadsOrTails: "Heads Carolina, Tails California"
27	* LoudnessWar: "He's Messed Up" has a ton of clipping issues.
28	* NotInKansasAnymore: "You're Not in Kansas Anymore" has her reassuring a country boy who's transplanted to the city of his surroundings.
29	* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: In "I'm Alright":
30	-->We kept a lot of friends and skipped a lot of class\
31	Been on top of the world and knocked on our...
32	* WanderlustSong: "Heads Carolina, Tails California" is about a bored couple deciding where to go to satisfy their wanderlust.

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