Katie Armiger

Kaitlyn Michelle Armiger (born June 23, 1991) is a country artist from Sugar Land, Texas, U.S. She was first inspired to pursue country music after winning a Houston, Texas, citywide competition for young country singers. As of 2014, Armiger has released four albums for Cold River Records and has charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts.

Career Katie Armiger's self-titled debut album was released on Cold River Records in the U.S. on August 21, 2007. It was produced by Mark Oliverius, the producer for other country acts such as Lorrie Morgan and Trick Pony. The first seven tracks of her album were co-written by Armiger with Oliverius and Ashlee Hewitt.

Armiger entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the first time in 2010 with "Kiss Me Now," which reached a peak of number 55. It served as the lead-off to her third album, Confessions of a Nice Girl, which was released in October 2010, and became her first album to chart. It charted on both Billboard Top Country Albums and Billboard Heatseekers. This album was Armiger's first self-titled album and featured nine tracks that Armiger co-wrote with Nashville songwriters. "Leaving Home" and "Best Song Ever" followed as the album's second and third singles, the former failed to chart, while the latter peaked at number 42. Her third album was re-released on September 20, 2011 to include her fourth single, "I Do But Do I", which was released to radio on July 11, 2011. The re-release also included three more new songs, a dance mix of "Best Song Ever", and the music videos for "I Do But Do I" and "Best Song Ever." Since then, the song has become her highest charting single. The album that followed on January 22, 2013, Fall Into Me, became her highest charting album to date. It marked Armiger's first entry on the Independent Albums chart (No. 6) and the all-genre Billboard 200 (No. 32). It also became her first top 10 country album, debuting at number 7. The album's second single, "Playin' with Fire", was released February 11, 2013.

Katie Armiger left the music business in 2015. She later said she had been blacklisted after complaining about sexual harassment by radio programmers. Lawsuits between Armiger and Cold River Records and its founder Peter Timothy O'Heeron were settled in 2019. Terms of the settlement are confidential.

Discography

Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country US USIndie USHeat Katie Armiger Release date: August 14, 2007 Label: Cold River Records Format: CD, music download — — — — Believe Release date: July 1, 2008 Label: Cold River Records Format: CD, Music Download — — — — Confessions of a Nice Girl Release date: October 5, 2010 Label: Cold River Records Format: CD, Music Download 58 — — 36 Fall Into Me Release date: January 15, 2013 Label: Cold River Records Format: CD, Music Download 7 32 6 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country US Country Airplay 2007 "17 in Abilene" — — Katie Armiger 2008 "Make Me Believe" — — "Unseen" — — Believe 2009 "Trail of Lies" — — "Gone" — — 2010 "Kiss Me Now" 55 — Confessions of a Nice Girl "Leaving Home" — — "Best Song Ever" 42 — 2011 "I Do But Do I" — — "Scream" 47 — 2012 "Better in a Black Dress" 45 42 Fall Into Me 2013 "Playin' with Fire" — 50 2014 "Safe" — 57 "One Night Between Friends" — 60 "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Featured singles Year Title Artist Album 2014 "Glitter" Coco Jones

Music videos Year Title Director 2007 "17 in Abilene"Kristin Barlowe2008 "Make Me Believe" "Unseen" Stephen Shepherd "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Glenn Switzer "I Just Want to Be with You This Christmas"2009 "Trail of Lies" Stephen Shepherd "Gone" Traci Goudie 2010 "Kiss Me Now" Evan Kaufmann "Leaving Home"Stephen Shepherd "Best Song Ever" 2011 "I Do but Do I" "Scream" Ryan Hamblin 2012 "Better in a Black Dress" Stephen Shepherd 2013 "Playin' with Fire" 2014 "Safe" Justin Baldoni "One Night Between Friends"