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Malinda Gayle "Mindy" McCready (born November 30,
1975 in Fort Myers, Florida) is an American
country music artist.

==Biography==
McCready was born and raised in southern Florida.
She began singing in church at age 3, and began
seven years of formal opera training at age 9. She
graduated from high school with honors in 1992 at
the age of 16, with the intention of beginning an
early musical career. 

When she was 18, she moved to Nashville, where she
was signed by BNA Records (a label of Sony BMG
Music Entertainment).  Her debut album, Ten
Thousand Angels, was released on April 30, 1996,
and was certified gold six months later. The album
produced her two biggest hits, “Ten Thousand
Angels” and “Guys Do It All The Time”. 
McCready also appears with Lorrie Morgan, Sara
Evans, and Martina McBride on BNA’s Girl’s
Night Out. McCready’s following two solo albums,
If I Don’t Stay The Night and I’m Not So
Tough, sold poorly and she was dropped by BNA. 

In April of 2000, she was signed by Capitol
Records. She released a self-titled album with
Capitol in 2002 to disappointing sales, and was
dropped by Capitol later that year. 

On November 29, 2004, McCready pleaded guilty to
purchasing OxyContin with a false prescription.
She was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years
probation, and ordered to perform 200 hours of
community service. On May 6, 2005, McCready was
stopped by police for speeding and then arrested
and charged with driving under the influence and
driving with a suspended license. She was later
released on $3500 bail. 

Two days later, on May 8, McCready’s
ex-boyfriend, William Patrick McKnight, broke into
her house and beat and choked her. He was charged
with attempted murder and aggravated burglary. 

In July, of the same year, McCready was charged in
Arizona with identity theft. Later in the month,
on July 22, she was found unconscious in a hotel
lobby in Pinellas County, Florida. She was
hospitalised due to a drug overdose.

On August 10, 2005, an arrest warrant was issued
for McCready, for violation of her probation when
she left the state of Tennessee without permission
from her probation officer. McCready is also
charged with not reporting to her probation
officer during July.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050810/ap_en_mu/peopl
e_mccready_warrant

McCready was once engaged to actor Dean Cain.

==External Links==
*http://www.mindy-mccready.com/ Mindy-McCready.com

==References==

*
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADF
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Allmusic.com article on McCready
*
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/wire/sn
s-ap-mccready-hospital,0,2600152.story?coll=sns-ap
-music-headlines Associated Press story published
by Newsday 25 July 2005