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Charles Elliott (Chuck) Wicks (born June 20, 1979 in Smyrna, Delaware) is an American country music artist. He was one of the participants on the American reality series Nashville, which aired on Fox Networks for two episodes before its cancellation in mid-2007. In late 2007, he signed to RCA Nashville Records as a recording artist, with his debut single "Stealing Cinderella" being released in September of that year. It served as the lead-off to his debut album Starting Now, which was released in January 2008. "All I Ever Wanted" and "Man of the House" were released as the album's second and third singles, respectively. Contents [hide] 1 Personal Life 2 Music Career 3 Discography 3.1 Studio albums 3.2 Singles 3.3 Music videos 4 References 5 External links //

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Chuck Wicks was raised on a potato farm in the community of Smyrna, Delaware.[5]

In August 2008, Wicks began dating fellow country singer Julianne Hough, who is also a professional dancer and two-time champion on Dancing with the Stars.[6]

In January 2009, his charity concert in his hometown of Smyrna raised $25,000 for the Smyrna-Clayton Boys and Girls Club.[7]

It was revealed on February 8, 2009 that he will participating on Season 8 of Dancing with the Stars. He will be partnered with Hough.

Music Career

Wanting to pursue a career in country music, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee after quitting college two classes short of graduation.[4] He then began to hone his songwriting skills, penning more than one hundred songs per year at one point, and one of his songs, "Lead Me On", was cut by Steve Holy on his 2006 album Brand New Girlfriend. Eventually, Wicks caught the attention of RCA Records executives, who signed him to a recording contract in 2007.

While he was working on his debut album, Wicks was also picked as a cast member for Fox Networks' short-lived reality TV series Nashville.[8] Due to poor ratings, however, Nashville was cancelled after its second episode. RCA then released Wicks' debut single, a ballad entitled "Stealing Cinderella". He debuted the song at his first Grand Ole Opry appearance in August 2007.[3][9] The single produced the biggest debut for any new country artist in all of 2007, with fifty-two of the stations on Billboard's survey adding it in its first official week of airplay.[10][11] Shortly after the song's release, University of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer heard it; Fulmer said the song "hit (him) like a ton of bricks," so he contacted Wicks, arranging