Connie Smith

• Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1965
• "Once a Day" became the first-ever debut single by a female country act to reach No. 1.
• Nominated for 11 GRAMMY Awards, 1 Academy of Country Music award, and 3 Country Music Association awards

The deeply emotive vocal style of Connie Smith has never wavered since her national debut in 1964 with the smash C&W hit, "Once a Day" – a chart-topper for eight weeks. The RCA single, recently selected by the Library of Congress for its National Song Registry, set the template for Smith's aching contralto that still sends chills down the spine. But Smith takes her time and makes her public wait: First, after a decade of stardom, she stepped back to raise her five children, before returning to the studio in the late 1990s with master musician, recording artist, and producer Marty Stuart. They not only made a great album, but they also fell in love and married; another well-received Stuart-produced Smith LP followed in 2011. Smith's latest 2021 release on the alternative rock label, Fat Possum Records, the powerful new "Cry of the Heart," marks the couple's third classic-country collaboration, and Smith's first album in a decade. It is also her 54th album. She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1965 and was later dubbed by Roy Acuff as the "Sweetheart of the Grand Ole Opry." Her "Once a Day" became the first-ever debut single by a female country act to reach No. 1. She has been nominated for 11 GRAMMY Awards, one Academy of Country Music award and three Country Music Association awards. She is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Inducted to the Music City Walk of Fame on April 5, 2022.