Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth born November 8 1994 is an American singer and songwriter from Rossville Georgia She was the runnerup on the tenth season of American Idol Her debut studio album Wildflower was released on October 11 2011 Her second album Road Less Traveled was released January 27 2017 Alaina later achieved her first No 1 on the Country Airplay chart with the albums title track Her second No 1 came later that year when she simultaneously topped five Billboard charts with her friend and former classmate Kane Brown on their duet What Ifs She was on the twentyeighth season of Dancing with the Stars and placed fourth with her partner Gleb Savchenko Alainas third studio album Sitting Pretty on Top of the World was released on September 3 2021 In December 2021 Alaina was invited by Trisha Yearwood to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry She was inducted by Yearwood during the Opry performance on February 12 2022