After being voted No. 1 hottest bachelorette last year by Country Weekly readers, Katie Armiger has been fielding lots of questions from fans. The 20-year-old answers most of those with her new single, “Better in a Black Dress.”

“As you release songs, as you travel, people ask, ‘Do you have a boyfriend?’ ‘When do you think you’ll settle down?’ ‘When do you think you’ll have kids?’ And I wrote that song because, oh my gosh, I’m not anywhere close to being ready to settle down or get married. I don’t need a wedding dress — it’s better in a black dress,” Armiger said.

Katie Armiger by Stephen Shepherd

Known as the “good girl of country music,” Armiger is turning heads thanks to her powerful voice and third disc, “Confessions of a Nice Girl,” which came out in 2010. She wrote or co-wrote nine of the 13 tracks. Hits from that CD include the fun “Kiss Me Now,” the quintessential kiss-off “Best Song Ever” and the touching “Leaving Home.”

“I wrote [‘Leaving Home’] with Sarah Buxton and Blair Daly, and at the time I was just moving from Houston to Nashville, and I was excited but also sad, and I went into that session and I tried to make sense about it.”

What did she do after the big move to Music City, USA?

“Oh, I bundled up in my house because it was winter with snow, a really cold winter and a ton of snow,” she said during a call from a New Orleans restaurant. “I didn’t really leave my house for a bit; I just stayed there because I’m a girl from Texas.”

Growing up in Sugar Land, Texas, Armiger said she listened to Patsy Cline, Martina McBride and Linda Ronstadt.

“I started singing when I was 9 years old, and I would travel around Texas with my mom, and she would naturally bring me in her minivan, and I would just sing at little festivals and fairs,” Armiger said.

She released her self-titled debut at age 15 in 2007 and the follow-up “Believe” in 2008. Last year she performed at the Grand Ole Opry.

Armiger will open for Josh Turner at 8 p.m. June 29 at Centennial Terrace in Sylvania. Tickets are $35 and $55 on ticketmaster.com.

“When you’re singing and you see somebody singing along or coming up to the front of the stage and dancing and getting into it, that’s the most fun part — just having fun,” she said.

Tags: Centennial Terrace, Grand Ole Opry, Josh Turner, Katie Armiger

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