History Music / Sugarland

* AnswerSong: Two-fold. "Stay" is a PerspectiveFlip of Music/RebaMcEntire's "Whoever's in New England," which was, in turn, an AnswerSong to Music/BarryManilow's "Weekend in New England." Manilow's song is from the POV of the man cheating on his wife, [=McEntire's=] song is the wife's, and Sugarland's song is [[RuleOfThree the mistress's]].

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* NiceHat: Kristian usually wears a cowboy hat or fedora.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The reggae-rap bridge in "Stuck Like Glue".

After a stage collapse at a concert in Indiana in 2011 killed 7 fans and injured 45 more, the duo had 44 lawsuits filed against it. Since then, they have taken a hiatus from recording, but they continued to tour for a while afterward. Both Nettles and Bush have also continued to record independently during the hiatus.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: "Want To" is basically this trope in musical form.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "It Happens" intentionally sticks a "shh" before the title.

A CountryMusic group founded in 2002 by Jennifer Nettles (lead vocals), Kristian bush (vocals, mandolin, guitar), and Kristen Hall (vocals, guitar). Kristian was formerly one-half of the folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim, Jennifer fronted an Atlanta-based band called Soul Miners' Daughter, and Hall had two solo albums. Creator/MercuryRecords signed the group in 2004. Their debut album ''Twice the Speed of Life'' sold triple-platinum and produced four hit singles.

** Also, the original three-piece lineup had both Kristian and Kristen singing low harmonies underneath Jennifer, instead of the traditional three-part arrangement of one high harmony and one low harmony. Under the two-person lineup, the harmonies are more varied: sometimes Kristian sings a traditional lower harmony ("Want To"); sometimes Jennifer also [[SelfBackingVocalist sings over herself]] ("Already Gone", "Stuck Like Glue"); sometimes their bassist Annie Clements chimes in ("Everyday America"); and sometimes Kristian doesn't sing at all ("Stay").

A CountryMusic group founded in 2002 by Kristian Bush, Kristen Hall and Jennifer Nettles. All three members had plenty experience: Kristian was formerly one-half of the folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim, Jennifer fronted an Atlanta-based band called Soul Miners' Daughter, and Hall had two solo albums. Creator/MercuryRecords signed the group in 2004. Their debut album ''Twice the Speed of Life'' sold triple-platinum and produced four hit singles.

* [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Getting Shit Past the Radar]]: Invoked on "It Happens", which intentionally sticks a "shh" before the title.

* SoloSideProject: According to both members, their respective solo albums are meant to be this — despite both of them having a solo project going, both insist that Sugarland is merely on hiatus.

* TeenageDeathSongs: "Joey", in which the narrator laments the death of her boyfriend and asks what she could've done different.
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Tonight" for the most part.

In late 2017, the duo reunited on Big Machine Records for a new album, ''Bigger''. The album includes the single "Babe", co-written by and featuring backing vocals from Music/TaylorSwift.

* PayingTheirDues: "Baby Girl".

* PerspectiveFlip: "Stay" is one to [[Music/RebaMcEntire "Whoever's In New England"]], portraying the mistress as a sympathetic character desperate for affection and longing for a stable relationship, only to reject her paramour after realizing that he will never be fully committed to her.

* PayingTheirDues: "Baby Girl"

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Babe" sounds more like a mid-transition Music/TaylorSwift song (probably because it ''is''), whilst the video is basically the same as Music/SamSmith's "I'm Not the Only One".