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Sonya Isaacs
Background information
Birth name	Sonya Melissa Isaacs
Born	(1974-07-22) July 22, 1974 (age 50)
Origin	LaFollette, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Bluegrass, and Southern Gospel
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, mandolin
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Lyric Street
Member of	The Isaacs
Spouse	Jimmy Yeary ​(m. 2009)​

Sonya Melissa Isaacs (born July 22, 1974) is an American country, bluegrass gospel and Christian music singer. Isaacs grew up near Morrow, Ohio, and graduated from Little Miami High School in 1992. Her maternal grandparents are Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors and were liberated from a concentration camp in Germany in 1945.

She has released one album on Lyric Street Records, and has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Three were included on her self-titled debut album, released in 2000. A fourth was a Christmas single included on the label's multi-artist collection No Wrapping Required: A Christmas Album. Her highest-charting single, "No Regrets Yet", peaked at number 36 on the country charts but did not appear on an album.

She parted ways with Lyric Street in 2004. Isaacs, along with several of her family members, also comprise a gospel music band called The Isaacs. Sonya recorded the song "The Battlefield" for the soundtrack to the 2006 film Broken Bridges. She and Vince Gill contributed guest vocals to a cover of "Misty" on Cledus T. Judd's 2007 tribute album Boogity, Boogity – A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens.

She also sang a duet with Dolly Parton to "The Angels Rejoiced".

Isaacs married singer-songwriter Jimmy Yeary on December 20, 2009, with whom she co-wrote Martina McBride's 2011 single "I'm Gonna Love You Through It".

Isaacs and Yeary have two sons born in 2011 and 2015, and a daughter born in 2017.

As a member of The Isaacs, Isaacs became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2021.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Music videos

References

1. "Search results for Isaacs, Sonya Melissa". Broadcast Music Incorporated. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
2. "Birthdays". Country Weekly. 15 (15): 62. July 28, 2008.
3. BARCLAY, BRITTANY. "The Isaacs to bring bluegrass gospel to The Pines". The Lufkin Daily News. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
4. Etienne, Vanessa. "The Isaacs Premiere 'The American Face' Music Video: 'United We Stand'". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
5. Stark, Phyllis (March 12, 2004). "On the Row: Compadre Records Signs Three Artists". Airplay Monitors. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
6. "The Isaacs biography". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on February 25, 2005. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
7. Brad Schmitt. "Sonya Isaacs healing from stillborn birth". Tennessean.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
8. "Ricky Skaggs invites family bluegrass group The Isaacs to become Grand Ole Opry members". The Tennessean. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
9. "Opry in the News: The Isaacs Inducted as Newest Members". Grand Ole Opry. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
10. ^ "Sonya Isaacs - Hot Country Singles". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
11. "Sonya Isaacs - Country Singles". RPM. July 17, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
12. "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. July 5, 2002.
13. "CMT : Videos : Sonya Isaacs : On My Way To You". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
14. "CMT : Videos : Sonya Isaacs : How Can I Forget". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2011.

External links

• Official website of the Isaacs
• The Fishman Isaacs Israel Initiative

• 1974 births
• American women country singers
• American country singer-songwriters
• Living people
• Lyric Street Records artists
• Singer-songwriters from Tennessee
• Southern gospel performers
• People from LaFollette, Tennessee
• 21st-century American singer-songwriters
• 21st-century American women singers
• Country musicians from Tennessee