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Mila Mason

American musician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ6850355 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mila Mason (born August 22, 1963) is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 1996 with her debut album That's Enough of That, which produced three hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Country Airplay) charts, including its title track. It was followed by 1998's The Strong One, from which two more singles were released. Mason did not record another album until 2003's Stained Glass Window, on the independent Twinbeat label.

Biography

Mila Mason was born August 22, 1963, in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. Her mother, Diane, was a singer who performed in Las Vegas and toured Europe. When Mason was 17, she and her mother moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and it was there that Mason decided to pursue a career in songwriting. She took up a job as a demo singer before being discovered by record producer Blake Mevis in 1993. Mevis sent some of Mason's material to Bryan Switzer, then the vice president of Atlantic Records.

Music career

In 1996, Mason was signed to Atlantic Records, and her debut single "That's Enough of That" reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mila Mason” as american musician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mila, Mason and American.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963, 1996, 1998, 2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1963-08-22. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mila, Mason and American providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mila Mason”, the useful work is to connect “american musician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6850355. VIAF identifies the subject as 43662447. The Library of Congress control number is n2002076013. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 1996, 1998 and 2003.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mila Mason” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.