Biography

Howard began her musical career in 1997, writing album cuts by John Michael Montgomery, Jessica Andrews, Lila McCann and others. She was briefly signed to Rising Tide Records Nashville, recording only a cover of the hymn "Softly and Tenderly" for the soundtrack of the film The Apostle before the label closed in March 1998. Later, she signed with Decca Records, but that label closed as well.

She signed to MCA Nashville and released her self-titled debut album in 2000. It included the singles "When My Dreams Come True," "Out Here in the Water" and "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners," all of which charted on the Billboard country singles charts.

In 2001, Howard sang a duet with Jim Brickman titled "Simple Things."

Her second album, Forgive, was released late in 2002. It included the No. 12-peaking "Forgive," which was her only Top 40 single and the only release from the album. Two more singles followed in 2003: "What a Shame" and "I Need a Vacation," which respectively reached No. 43 and No. 49 on the country charts. Neither was included on an album. She exited MCA in 2004.

By 2005, Howard moved to Arista Nashville, where she released two more singles slated for an also-unreleased album, tentatively titled Alive and Well. These singles were "No One'll Ever Love Me," which reached No. 48, and "That's Why I Hate Pontiacs," which did not chart. She also recorded for Toby Keith's Show Dog Nashville label (now part of Show Dog-Universal Music) in 2006, releasing the single "Soon" but no album.

Her third album to be released was 2008's No Rules, on the Saguaro Road label.

In 2014 she joined Suzie McNeil, Marti Frederiksen, and Elisha Hoffman to form the country rock quartet Loving Mary.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US
Rebecca Lynn Howard	Release date: May 2, 2000 Label: MCA Nashville	54	—
Forgive	Release date: September 10, 2002 Label: MCA Nashville	5	29
No Rules	Release date: June 17, 2008 Label: Saguaro Road	69	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1999	"When My Dreams Come True"	65	—	84	Rebecca Lynn Howard
2000	"Out Here in the Water"	54	—	73
	"I Don't Paint Myself into Corners"	71	—	58
2002	"Forgive"	12	71	*	Forgive
2003	"What a Shame"	43	—	*	Laughter & Tears
	"I Need a Vacation"	49	—	*
2005	"No One'll Ever Love Me"	48	—	*	Alive and Well
	"That's Why I Hate Pontiacs"	—	—	*
2006	"Soon"	—	—	*	Non-album song
2008	"Sing 'Cause I Love To"	—	—	*	No Rules
"—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak Positions	Album
			US AC
2002	"Simple Things"	Jim Brickman	1	Simple Things

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1999	"When My Dreams Come True"	Deaton Flanigen
2000	"Out Here in the Water"	Guy Guillet
2002	"Forgive"	Morgan Lawley
2005	"No One'll Ever Love Me"	Peter Zavadil
	"That's Why I Hate Pontiacs"

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