Clare Dunn

This article is about the American country musician. For people with similar names, see Clare Dunne (disambiguation).

For the nun and Arizona state legislator, see Clare Dunn (nun).

Clare Dunn (born April 27, 1987) is an American country musician from southeast Colorado.^[2] After support from satellite radio as a "Highway Find" on The Highway (Sirius XM), she signed with Universal Music Group Nashville^[3] and BMG. She has opened for many notable country acts such as Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Bob Seger, Chris Young, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Hank Williams Jr., and Trace Adkins.^[4]

Clare Dunn
Dunn in performance for Y100's Bra Country Concert on October 14th at the new "Backstage At The Meyer" in downtown Green Bay to benefit the Breast Cancer Family Foundation in 2015
Background information
Born	(1987-04-27) April 27, 1987 (age 38)
Origin	Two Buttes, Colorado, U.S.[1]
Genres	Country
Instruments	Vocals Guitar
Years active	2013–present
Labels	MCA Nashville
Website	claredunn.com

Career

After moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Dunn sang backing vocals on Luke Bryan's "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)".^[5]

Dunn released her debut single, "Get Out," on December 17, 2013, and subsequently became the highest charting independent female artist on the Music Row Country Breakout chart in ten years.^[6] She released her second single, "Cowboy Side of You," on August 11, 2014.^[7] Dunn was also listed by Sounds Like Nashville as one of the artists to watch for 2017 in country music.^[8]

Two more singles from her self-titled EP — "Move On" and "Tuxedo" — were released in 2015 and 2016, respectively, and both charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. Dunn's fifth single to country radio, "More," was released on June 4, 2018. In March 2020 Dunn parted ways with MCA Nashville.^{[citation needed]} In May 2020, it was announced that Clare has joined Big Yellow Dog Music and released "Safe Haven" on May 1, 2020.^{[citation needed]} A new single called "Salt and Lime" was released on May 22, 2020. Honestly: A Personal Collection EP was released on June 12, 2020, as her first release with Big Yellow Dog Music.

Personal life

In June 2021, Dunn was assaulted by a Lyft driver in Nashville.^[9]

In November 2024, shortly after the United States presidential elections, Dunn expressed her endorsement and support of Donald Trump. She followed it up shortly afterwards with a video clarifying that she loved everyone irrespective of their political beliefs, and that in a true democracy everyone should have the right to disagree with each other.

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		US Country	US Heat
Clare Dunn[10]	Release date: September 18, 2015 Label: MCA Nashville	31	13	US: 8,600[11]

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Sales	Album
		US Country	US Country Airplay [12]
2013	"Get Out"	—	—		—
2014	"Cowboy Side of You"	—	—		Clare Dunn
2015	"Move On"	48	45
2016	"Tuxedo"	45	51	US: 93,000[13]
2018	"More"	—	60		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2015	"Move On"[14]	TK McKamy
2016	"Tuxedo"[15]	Kristin Barlowe