Caylee Hammack

About Caylee Hammack

Caylee Hammack is an American country music singer-songwriter. Hammack started playing music at age 13. While not getting much of a music education or vocal lessons at a young age, she self-taught by listening and singing songs on the country radio. The first time she had to turn down potential tennis scholarships was at age 15, after a surgery to remove a tumor. She wrote her first song, "Addictive", about the pain pills she had to take after the surgery.

In 2018, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Nashville. Her debut song "Family Tree" was released on January 18, 2019, and was the most-added debut song by a female artist at country radio in the previous three years. On May 29, 2019 she performed the song on the Today show in her national television debut. In 2019, she was the opening act for Lanco, Dierks Bentley, Trisha Yearwood, and Miranda Lambert.

Hammack wrote "Small Town Hypocrite" while still being a staff writer, together with Jared Scott, about the breakup with her boyfriend who cheated on her, which eventually brought her to Nashville. Later she found out that he lived in a double-wide trailer, which made its way into the song's final verse. The song was released on February 21, 2020 and received praise from Billy Dukes of Taste of Country calling it "a product of courageous songwriting". She sent a recording to Chris Stapleton, who agreed to sing vocals on the song for a re-release in 2021.

In February 2020, Hammack learned about her first ACM nomination for New Female Artist of the Year for the 2020 ACM Awards while waiting for a plane at the airport.