biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2007) Mark Wills Background information Birth name Daryl Mark Williams Born August 8, 1973 (1973-08-08) (age 37) Cleveland, Tennessee, USA Origin Blue Ridge, Georgia, USA Genres Country Occupations Singer Instruments Vocals Guitar Years active 1996–present Labels Mercury Nashville Equity Music Group Tenacity Big Red Associated acts Brian McKnight Jamie O'Neal Keith Stegall Website Official website Daryl Mark Williams (born August 8, 1973, in Cleveland, Tennessee) is an American country music artist, known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well as a greatest hits package. In that same timespan, he charted sixteen singles on the Billboard country charts, all of which made the top 40. After leaving Mercury in 2003, he signed to Equity Music Group and charted three more singles. Two of these were later included on his sixth studio album, Familiar Stranger, which was released on the Tenacity label in 2008..