Mallary Hope

{{Short description|American country singer-songwriter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Mallary Hope | background = solo_singer | image = File:Mallary hope.jpg | caption = Hope in 2010 | birth_name = Mallary Hope Whitener | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|06|21}} | birth_place = Cohutta, Georgia, U.S. | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = Country, Christian country music | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2009–present | spouse = {{marriage|Ryan Dokke|2014}} | label = MCA Nashville, Curb | associated_acts = Darius Rucker | website = {{URL|mallaryhope.com/}} }}

'''Mallary Hope Whitener''' (born June 21, 1987 in Cohutta, Georgia<ref name="amgbio">{{cite web |last1=Deming |first1=Mark |title=Artist Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mallary-hope-mn0001549401/biography |website=Allmusic |access-date=August 11, 2021 }}</ref>) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She released her debut single, "Love Lives On", in July 2009, followed by an EP of the same name on August 4, 2009. Both this song and its follow-up, "Blossom in the Dust," have made the Hot Country Songs charts.

==Musical career== Mallary Hope released a digital EP, ''Love Lives On'', on August 4, 2009. This EP includes the title track, as well as "Times Like These" and "Wildflowers".<ref>{{cite web |title=Mallary Hope releases EP |url=http://www.mallaryhope.com/news_d.aspx?nid=4716 |date=August 3, 2009 |work=Mallary Hope |accessdate=August 10, 2009}}</ref> "Love Lives On" debuted at 57 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts dated for August 22, 2009. Jon Caramanica, from ''The New York Times,'' included Mallary as part of the new face of country music saying, "The next generation proposes a range of options. It includes...young women with a more traditional style, like Mallary Hope."<ref>{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |title=Country's New Face: It's Young and Blond |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/arts/music/02cara.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=November 9, 2009 | date=August 2, 2009}}</ref> ''CMT.com'' (Country Music Television) praised Hope, saying, "She has a beautifully soothing voice and uses it to its full effect on "Love Lives On," bringing all the sadness out of the song she wrote for her sister and anyone else who has a spouse in the military,"<ref>{{cite web |last=Parton |first=Chris |title=Mallary Hope Gets Emotional on 'Love Lives On' |url=http://blog.cmt.com/2009-08-20/mallary-hope-gets-emotional-on-love-lives-on/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202053956/http://blog.cmt.com/2009-08-20/mallary-hope-gets-emotional-on-love-lives-on/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2010 |work=CMT.com |accessdate=November 9, 2009}}</ref> and Matt Bjorke of Roughstock said that Hope sounded like a young Faith Hill and that the song "is nevertheless a song that can and should do well at radio."<ref>{{cite web |last=Bjorke |first=Matt |title=Mallary Hope — "Love Lives On" |url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/mallary-hope-love-lives-on- |date=August 4, 2009 |work=Roughstock |accessdate=August 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809114010/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/mallary-hope-love-lives-on- |archive-date=August 9, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hope's second single "Blossom in the Dust" was released to radio on February 22, 2010, and debuted at number 60 on the chart for the week of March 20, 2010, peaking at 48.

Hope co-wrote Lauren Alaina's late 2011 single "Georgia Peaches" along with "The Locket", another song on Lauren Alaina's debut album. She sang background vocals on "I Will Love You Still", a track from True Believers, a 2013 album by Darius Rucker and performed a duet with Rucker on the song "Baby, I'm Right", which is included on his fourth album called "Southern Style" which was released in 2015.

==Personal life== Hope married Ryan Dokke on April 13, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/mallary-hope-married/ |title=Singer Mallary Hope Gets Married |website=Tasteofcountry.com |date= April 20, 2014|accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref> Mallary and her husband Ryan welcomed daughter Scarlett Ruth Dokke on January 19, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/mallary-hope-and-husband-welcome-baby-girl/ |title=Mallary Hope and Husband Welcome Baby Girl |website=Tasteofcountry.com |date= January 21, 2015|accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref> On November 8, 2016, the couple welcomed their second daughter, Savannah Ryan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theboot.com/mallary-hope-ryan-dokke-baby-girl/ |title=Mallary Hope, Husband Ryan Dokke Welcome Baby No. 2 |website=Theboot.com |date= November 10, 2016|accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Album=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:10em;"| Title ! style="width:18em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Out of My Hands'' | * Release date: April 19, 2019 * Label: Curb Records |}

===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:10em;"| Title ! style="width:18em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Love Lives On'' | * Release date: August 4, 2009 * Label: MCA Nashville |- ! scope="row" | ''Mallary Hope'' | * Release date: February 2, 2018 * Label: Curb Records, Inc. |- ! scope="row"| ''Christmas Is All About You'' | * Release date: November 8, 2018 * Label: Curb Records, Inc. |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Single ! colspan="3"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:50px;"| US Country ! style="width:50px;"| US Christian ! style="width:50px;"| US<br />Christ.<br />Air. |- | 2009 ! scope="row"| "Love Lives On" | 42 | — | — | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Love Lives On'' |- | 2010 ! scope="row"| "Blossom in the Dust" | 48 | — | — |- | 2013 ! scope="row" | "Black Widow” | — | — | — | non-album single |- | 2017 ! scope="row"| "Now" | — | 34 | 23 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Mallary Hope'' |- |2018 ! scope="row" | "Me" | — | — | 42 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Out of My Hands'' |}

===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! style="width:12em;"| Title ! Director |- | 2009 ! scope="row"| "Love Lives On" | Stephen Shepherd |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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