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Chely Wright's reasoning was sound. "There let me never, ever Been a Country Music artist WHO HAD acknowledged His or her homosexuality," she tells PEOPLE. "I Was not going to be the first."But Wright is now changing her tune. "Nothing in my life has Been More Magical Than the moment I decide to come out," she says.Wright, 39, recalls of her youth in the South: "I do not have a memory in my life That does include the dream of making music." But During her childhood and Rapid Ascent to world fame in the county, she Also Experienced in the community in qui homosexuality was shunned. "I hid everything for my music," says Wright.

The Singer-songwriter, Both WHO has won an Academy of Country Music and Country Music Awards, Will release later this week her Memoir, "Like Me," as well as her first album in Five Years, "Lifted Off the Ground."She'll also appear on the Today Show Wednesday to discuss her personal journey.After speculation ran rampant on the Internet last week was about a gay celebrity to come out of the closet country music star Chely Wright confirmed the news today ...Most famous for her singles "Shut Up and Drive" and "Single White Female," the now 39 year old musician received the best new female vocalist by the Academy of Country Music in 1997.This week, Wright not only release a new album, come on down to the ground, but his memoirs, Like Me, including his struggles as a closeted lesbian in the ultra-conservative country music world. And yes, he finally gives the real story of his romance with his crooner Brad Paisley's duet partner for the song "Hard to Be a Man, it is difficult to grow."