Only 14 years old, Rylie Brown is making huge waves in the music scene. You may remember her from worldwide Miley Cyrus’ “Are You a Super Star” contest where she placed 6th overall. This worldwide singing contest landed her a seat next to Miley in the concert video for Mileyworld.
Rylie found the love for singing and performing at 4 years old while traveling the state with her mother who was Mrs. Missouri America 2001. Mrs. Brown recalled, ”One day Rylie was intrigued by the microphone I would use to speak and asked if she could talk. I asked her to sing a song for everyone instead so Rylie chose to sing BINGO and was an instant hit. I watched her eyes light up after the audience started to applaud and something clicked inside her that day. From that day forward she sang at every one of my appearances.”
Being raised in Lee’s Summit, MO, there are very few outlets for performance opportunities. With love for the stage, she decided to follow in the footsteps of her mom and entered the Miss Missouri Coed pageant in 2005. She won People’s Choice as well as the Talent portion of the contest. It qualified her to go to Nationals where she placed 2nd in talent. She loved singing on stage in front of big audiences so much that she entered Jr. Miss Missouri Princess. Not only did she win the title, she also won Talent in her age group and Overall Talent with a perfect score. She caught the eye of emcee Doug Gabriel who invited Rylie to sing on his show at the Jim Stafford Theatre in Branson Missouri. Since then Rylie has gone on to win the title of Miss Kansas Preteen National Teenager 2008 and has also gone on to perform at The Mansion Theater and the Tri Lakes Theatre in Branson . Rylie says, “Pageants gave me a stage to perform and gave me a way to get my name out there. I am thankful for the opportunities it gave me and the people I met!”
Recently Rylie was asked to comment on her biggest success so far as a singer so far. Instead of bringing up all the contests she has won or that she sang The National Anthem in front of over 6000 people, she talked about the first time she saw people moved to tears when she sang as her biggest accomplishment.
Currently, Rylie is focussing all her energy into her solo album. She has teamed up with LA based, multi-award winning producer and writing team Jonathan George and Anthony Mazza of JG Entertainment. She is also under the creative direction of Jonathan George. He says, “Rylie has a such a special gift. When she sings, her voice has this rich and emotional tone that you feel deep inside your soul. She is way beyond her years!” He candidly laughs, ”I am a HUGE fan!” In the last year she has taught herself how to play piano as well as the ukulele.
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