Meet Erica Sunshine Lee

“International touring country sweetheart, prolific songwriter with 10 original albums, over 55 original songs recorded by other country artists around the world, relentless Nashville Recording Artist with 10 albums and International Touring ‘Georgia Gypsy’ performing around 300 shows per year since 2007. Erica Sunshine Lee is hands down the hardest working woman in country music.”  - Barfrog Entertainment


Erica Sunshine Lee is "The hardest working woman in country music,” and 2020, 2021 & 2022 TRMA’s “Female artist of the year,” “Horizon Artist of the Year,” and 4 time 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 Music Video of the year! She is also the Winner of Radio Trop Rock’s 2020 “song of the year.” Sunshine is a prolific songwriter and Nashville Recording Artist and International touring 'Georgia Gypsy.' Sunshine just released her 10th original album titled “Same Ship Different Day,” bringing a feel good summertime country/rock vibe to a shore near you, featuring 2021’s TRMA music video of the year: “Single for the Summer.”

ESL’s 9th album Bulletproof features her new single and mission to “Be the girl that can Change the World.” Since 2007, Sunshine has been a full-time road warrior, performing around 250+ shows per year around Australia, Asia, New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, Europe, and across the US including the world's largest music festival SUMMERFEST in Milwaukee 3 years in a row.  She has scored 2 Top 80 U.S. Music Row Singles, 3 top 10 Europe country singles and 1 Australian Top 20 single.  A finalist for the 2015 Australian's People's Choice Award, Erica Sunshine Lee was 2014's "Georgia Country Female Artist of the Year," and has written songs for hundreds of US artists and Aussie artists Viper Creek Band, Whiskey Business, Mitchell Shadlow, Drēw McAlister, Lauren Wheatley, Ryan Morris and more.  Sunshine has opened for country superstars David Allan Coe, Randy Houser, Maren Morris, Canaan Smith, Granger Smith, Dylan Scott, Cam, Drake White, Brett Eldredge, David Nail, Darryl Worley, and shared the stage with legends Billy Gibbons, Tommy Tutone and John Michael Montgomery.  Sunshine has performed at Australia's Tamworth Country music festival for 5 years. 

With a unique gritty country-rock alto voice, Sunshine delivers unfiltered, raw stories from in your face drinking/party songs to rip your heart out sentimental ballads! She brings the warmth in her fun and upbeat escape island music and catchy addictive hooks that linger in your head. Erica Sunshine Lee's songwriting talent covers the spectrum from country to outlaw to pop and tropical rock, and keeps on impressing audiences worldwide with her authentic and prolific songwriting ability, magnetic personality and stage presence. Erica Sunshine Lee has penned over 55 songs recorded by other Nashville & International country acts and also recently wrote and produced East Tennessee’s rising star Reagan Willis’ debut EP “Like-Minded Strangers.” This Published Author has also written 2 children’s books that are available on Amazon.com


Awards:

2022, 2021 & 2020 TRMA “Female Artist of the Year” 

2022, 2021 2020 & 2019 TRMA “Music Video of the Year” Awards

2020 TRMA “Horizon Artist of the Year”

2014 “Georgia Country’s Female Artist of the Year”


Accolades:

  • Won 2014 Georgia Country’s Female Artist of the Year, finalist for People's Choice Award Best Vocal (Australia)

  • Penned all songs released 10 original albums (except Dreams cover)

  • Written over 1800 songs

  • Produced and wrote all songs on Raegan Willis’ EP “Like-Minded Strangers.”

  • Sold over 20,000 records as an independent artist

  • Published Author: Children’s Books "Butterfly" & “Billy the Bully” available for download or purchase @ www.EricaSunshineLee.com/store

  • Recent Music Video “One More Time” scored 1 Million Views!

  • Scored 2 top 80 singles on US Radio, 3 Top 10 singles in Europe and 1 Top 20 in Australia

  • Penned a top 40 US single(“I just need a drink” - Mark Bray)

  • Played 250-300 shows yearly since 2008

  • Performed across the US in 46 states, and in Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Samoa, Fiji, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, and Kenya


Written Songs Recorded By:

Mark Bray (Scored #32 on Music Row Charts)
Kirstie Kraus
Casper McWade
Pierce Avenue
Kirstie Lovelady
Preston Summerville
The Viper Creek Band
Half Blood
Whiskey Business
Ryan Morris
Lauren Wheatley

Isabella Stefania

Aubrey Wollett

Wayne Mills
Hailey Verhaalen

Brittney Beckton
Pierce Avenue
Madison Grace
Raegan Willis
Savannah Jane
Thomas Fountain
Mitchell Shadlow
Jessica Nixon
Kristy Mason
and more!!!


NOTABLE VENUES & FESTIVALS:

Cheyenne Frontier Days 2019, 2021, 2022
Meeting of the Minds (Key West, FL) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Founded & Performed at the Key West Chick Fest 2022 & 2023
Summer ChiIll (Chicago, IL) 2019
Phins to the West (Mesquite, NV) 2019
Key West Songwriters’ Fest 2014 - 2023
Island Hopper Songwriter’s Fest 2017, 2018
Chowchilla/Madera CA County Fair 2017
Walnut Creek, CA’s Art & Wine Festival 2017
SUMMERFEST:“World’s largest music festival”(Milwaukee, WI) 2014, 2015, 2016

Key West Theatre 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
The Georgia Theatre (Athens, GA) 2011, 2014, 2017
Tamworth Country Music Festival (Tamworth, Australia)2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
The Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA) 2012, 2014, 2015
Slim’s Music Hall (San Francisco, CA) 2012 & 2016
Duluth, Georgia’s Fall Festival 2013
New Zealand’s Country Music Festival 2012
Fiji Jazz and Blues Festival 2011 
Samoa’s Jazz and Blues Festival 2011
Millbrae, CA’s Art and Wine Festival 2010
San Mateo Italian Festival 2010

CASINOS:Red Hawk (CA) Graton (CA) Red Lion (NV) Turning Stone (NY) Choctaw (LA) HARRAHS (NV)
HOTELS: (Hilton, Hyatt, Opry Mills, Marriott, Renaissance)
WEDDINGS: (Hawaii, Georgia, California, Texas, South Carolina, Florida, Nevada, and Germany, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand)

LEGENDS ERICA SUNSHINE LEE HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH:

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top
Maren Morris 
Randy Houser
The late great Wayne Mills
John Michael Montgomery

Paul Overstreet

Thom Shepherd & Coley McCabe

Nadirah Shakoor (Coral Reefer Band)

Darryl Worley
David Nail
Cam
Jack Ingram
Canaan Smith
Ian Moss (Cold Chisel)
Tommy Tutone
Tiffany
Dave Gibson
Walker McGuire
Australia’s Viper Creek Band
David Allan Coe
Dylan Scott
William Michael Morgan
Ashley McBryde


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