Suzy Bogguss is an American country singer and songwriter from Aledo, United States. Born in 1956, she is associated with contemporary country, country, folk and singer-songwriter material. She is one of the better-known female country artists of the 1980s and 1990s.

Career

Bogguss has six top ten singles, one platinum album and three gold albums. Her awards include the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Female Vocalist award and the Country Music Association’s Horizon Award. Her work brings together country with swing and jazz elements, and later recordings move further into those styles while remaining rooted in country music.

Recording and performing

After a short recording break in the mid-1990s, she returns to recording and live work after starting a family with songwriter Doug Crider. She continues to record and tour, although her chart success fades after the 1990s and her last appearance on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart is in 1999.

Later releases

Her later recordings include an album of Merle Haggard songs titled Lucky, which appears in 2014 and leans strongly towards country and western. She also works with The Red Hots.