Mark Wills
Mark Wills
Daryl Mark Williams
Daryl Mark Williams (born August 8, 1973) is an American country singer from Blue Ridge, Georgia. He signed with Mercury Nashville Records in 1996 after working as a demo singer in Atlanta and Nashville. Wills is married with two children, spends his spare time in the outdoors and is a proud patriot and supporter of the United States military.
Wills has released seven albums to date, his latest offering being June 2011’s Looking For America. His best-selling album is May 1998’s Wish You Were Here which is certified Platinum by the RIAA. His best-selling single is September 2003 single “19 Somethin'” which spent 6 weeks atop of the Hot Country Songs chart.
In 1998, Wills won his only Academy of Country Music Awards award of his career for “Top New Male Vocalist.” In 2000, he voiced Huckleberry Finn in the animated movie Tom Sawyer. His contributions to the movie also spawned “Never Ever and Ever,” a duet with Lee Ann Womack. In January 2019, Wills became the 218th member of the Grand Ole Opry.