Jo Dee Messina (born August 25, 1970 in Holliston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American Country Music Singer-songwriter. To date, she has charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts, has been honored by The Country Music Association, The Academy of Country Music and The Grammy Awards and was the first female country artist to score three multiple-week #1 songs from the same album. [LINK: http://www.jodeemessina.com/bio/index.html] Jo Dee Messina biography at her official website Biography & career Early years & rise to fame Jo-Dee Marie Messina was born August 25, 1970 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and grew up in nearby Holliston. When she was eight, she began singing and taking tap dancing lessons. She appeared in local plays and musicals like The Sound Of Music and Fiddler On The Roof. From an early age, she knew that she wanted to be a singer, a