Biography

Lila Elaine McCann (born December 4, 1981)is an American country music singer who made her debut at age sixteen with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of No. 28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in all of 1997 and was certified platinum in the United States. McCann played Kelly Wyman, an aspiring country singer in Walker, Texas Ranger, "Eyes of a Ranger" 1998 episode. McCann followed Lila with two more albums: 1999's gold-certified Something in the Air and 2001's Complete. Overall, Lila has charted twelve singles on the Billboard country charts, with the highest-peaking being 1998's "I Wanna Fall in Love" at No. 3. Her second-highest peaking single, 1999's "With You", which reached No. 9 on the country charts and No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. At the end of 2016, McCann started working on a new EP through Pledgemusic campaign. She released the new EP "Paint This Town" on March 3, 2017. the campaign as a download and physical copy for those who ordered it through the campaign. Then on August 18, 2017, she released it through iTunes. On June 17, 2019, Lila posted on her official Instagram and Facebook pages that she has happily re-married a woman and is openly gay. Lila, her wife and children live in Nashville with their 2 dogs. McCann is actively involved in the LGBTQ+ community.