{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

{{Infobox musical artist | image = | name = Ashley Gearing | image_size = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|05|15}} | birth_place = <ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=157|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> | origin = Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | instrument = Vocals | genre = Country | occupation = Singer | years_active = 2003-present | label = Lyric Street<br />Curb | website = https://ashley-gearing.com/ }}

'''Ashley Gearing''' is an American country music artist. She has charted four singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts.

==Biography== Ashley Gearing was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref name="whitburn"/>

Ashley Gearing made her chart debut in 2003 with the song "Can You Hear Me When I Talk to You?", which peaked at No.&nbsp;36 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.<ref name="whitburn"/> At the time of its release, the song made Gearing the youngest female artist to enter that chart, at twelve years and one month. This beat a record set by Brenda Lee in 1957.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8A0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22ashley+gearing%22+%22can+you+hear+me+when+i+talk+to+you%22&pg=RA1-PA72 | title=Chart beat | author=Fred Bronson | magazine=Billboard | pages=72 | date=June 21, 2003}}</ref> The song was issued as a single on Lyric Street Records.<ref name="whitburn"/> The song is about a child who loses her father at an early age.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/90711460/ | title=Country singer, 12, cracks airwaves on own | work=Pittsburgh Post Gazette | date=May 31, 2003 | accessdate=April 5, 2022 | pages=C8}}</ref>

At the age of twelve, Gearing sang "When You Wish Upon a Star" on ''Disneymania 2'' and "If You Can Dream" which was certified gold by the RIAA on ''Disney Princess: The Ultimate Song Collection''.

Her first full-length album, ''Maybe It's Time'', was released on the independent label in 2006. This album included the single "I Found It in You". In 2007, she signed with major label Curb Records, charting again with the single "Out the Window" in mid-2008.<ref name="whitburn"/> A second Curb single, "What You Think About Us," was given a release of July 2010.<ref name="whitburn"/>

==Discography==

===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:12em;"| Title ! style="width:16em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Maybe It's Time'' | * Release date: 2006 * Label: Indie/Squeeze Records |}

===EPs=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:12em;"| Title ! style="width:16em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Ashley Gearing'' | * Release date: 2015 * Label: Curb |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="60"| US Country |- | rowspan="2"| 2003 ! scope="row"| "Can You Hear Me When I Talk to You?" | 36 | rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |- ! scope="row"| "Ribbons of Love" | — |- | 2005 ! scope="row"| "I Found It in You" | — | align="left"| ''Maybe It's Time'' |- | 2008 ! scope="row"| "Out the Window" | 55 | rowspan="5" {{n/a}} |- | 2010 ! scope="row"| "What You Think About Us" | 58 |- | rowspan="2"| 2011 ! scope="row"| "Five More Minutes" | 57 |- ! scope="row"| "Me, My Heart and I" | — |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| "Boomerang" | — |- | 2015 ! scope="row"| "Train Track" | — | align="left" rowspan="2"| ''Ashley Gearing'' — EP |- | 2016 ! scope="row"| "Love Can Go to Hell" | — |- | colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}

===Guest singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! style="width:20em;"| Single ! Artist |- | 2013 ! scope="row"| "I Wanna Wake Up with You" | Tyler Dean |- |}

===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! style="width:20em;"| Video ! Director |- | rowspan="2"| 2003 ! scope="row"| "Can You Hear Me When I Talk to You?" | |- ! scope="row"| "Ribbons of Love" | |- | |- | 2010 ! scope="row"| "What You Think About Us" | Eric Welch |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[https://ashley-gearing.com/ Official Website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040222183929/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/gearing_ashley/artist.jhtml CMT Artist Profile] &mdash; Country Music Television * [https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/10/24/springfield-ashley-gearing-youngest-female-artist-hit-country-charts/1P3UzHxOb8mikpSrTjEygO/story.html?outputType=amp Boston Globe article]

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