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Kenny Chesney
Background information
Birth name Kenneth Arnold Chesney
Born March 26, 1968 (1968-03-26) (age 39)
Origin Flag of United States Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Genre(s) Country music
Occupation(s) singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) vocals, guitar
Years active 1993 - Present
Label(s) Capricorn Records (1993)
BNA Records/Sony BMG (1994-present)
Website www.kennychesney.com
Kenny Chesney (born Kenneth Arnold Chesney, March 26, 1968) is an American
country music singer.
Early life
Kenny Chesney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, raised in Luttrell,
Tennessee, attended Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tennessee, and in 1990,
graduated with a degree in advertising at East Tennessee State University in
Johnson City, Tennessee.[1] While at ETSU, he joined the Lambda Chi Alpha
International Fraternity.
His music career started by playing tunes at local places around Johnson
City like Chucky's Trading Post, a small Mexican restaurant, and
Quarterbacks BBQ. He recorded his first album in 1989 at Classic Recording
Studio in Bristol, Virginia. A thousand copies were made and Chesney sold
them at his busking gigs.[1], using the money from album sales to help buy a
new Martin guitar. After he graduated from college, he headed to Nashville,
where he performed everywhere he could, including a place called HounDogs.
He also did regular gigs at a southern club called Turf. After making the
rounds of the music publishers in Nashville, Chesney got a contract in 1992
with BMI and Opryland Music Group.
Career
Kenny's first album, In My Wildest Dreams, was released on the independent
Capricorn Records label in 1994. The album's lead-off singles, "The Tin Man"
and "In My Wildest Dreams" (the latter co-written by Aaron Tippin), reached
the lowest regions of the charts. The album sold about 10,000 copies before
the label folded. "The Tin Man" was reprised on Kenny's All I Need To Know
album, his first major label album; the song was re-recorded on his 2001
Greatest Hits collection, and re-released as a single that year.
His first major hit was "Fall in Love," which reached the Country Top 10 in
1995. The follow-up, "All I Need to Know," also reached the Top 10, but
ensuing follow-ups were not so successful. In 1996, he scored the Top 5 hit,
"Me and You", and returned again with "When I Close My Eyes" in early 1997.
(The latter song gave Kenny his first #1 on Radio & Records, although the
song peaked at #2 on Billboard.) He hit No. 1 on Billboard for the first
time with "She's Got It All" in August 1997; the song spent three weeks at
#1.
Other No. 1 hits included "How Forever Feels" (six weeks in 1999); "The Good
Stuff" (seven weeks in 2002); "There Goes My Life" (seven weeks in 2003);
and "When the Sun Goes Down" (a duet with Uncle Kracker; three weeks in
2004). Notable No. 2 hits include "That's Why I'm Here" (1998); "Young"
(2002); "Big Star" (2003); "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" (2003); "The
Woman With You" (2004) and "Who You'd be Today (2005)".
He has won the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year honor in
2004 and 2006.
In January 2005, Chesney released the album Be As You Are: Songs from an Old
Blue Chair, supporting the album with his Somewhere in the Sun Tour and in
November 2005. The album was a lower key affair sonically than most of
Chesney's recent albums. Chesney released his second album of that year, The
Road and The Radio, with the song "Living in Fast Forward" being one of the
hits from the album.
In February 2006, Chesney was presented with a plaque commemorating his
sales of 25 million albums. On May 23, 2006, Chesney was honored at the
Academy of Country Music Awards as Entertainer of the Year.[2]
Chesney, along with Tim McGraw, contributed to a version of Tracy Lawrence's
song "Find Out Who Your Friends Are", which can be found on Lawrence's album
For the Love. Although the official single version features only Lawrence's
vocals, many stations played the version with McGraw and Chesney instead.
In the summer of 2007, Chesney will play as part of the Flip Flop Summer
Tour. Great American Country network (GAC) has scheduled a two-part
behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 2007 tour to air on GAC April 21
and 28 at 9 p.m. ET.
Chesney also co-wrote Rascal Flatts' 2007 single, "Take Me There", which is
the lead-off to their upcoming album Still Feels Good.[3]
Personal life
On May 9, 2005, Chesney married actress Renée Zellweger in Saint John, U.S.
Virgin Islands. On September 15, after only four months of marriage,
Zellweger filed for an annulment. "Fraud" was cited as the reason for the
annulment. In an interview taped for the February 18, 2007 episode of 60
Minutes, Chesney told Anderson Cooper:
“ The only fraud that was committed was me thinking that I knew what it was
like... that I really understood what it was like to be married, and I
really didn't.[4] ”
Chesney and Zellweger believed "fraud" was the broadest of the available
legal reasons for which annulments could be filed in California. This has
led to rumors that he is gay, which he denies.
Albums
Year Album US albums US country albums Certification
1994 In My Wildest Dreams - -
1995 All I Need To Know - 39 Gold
1996 Me And You 78 9 Gold
1997 I Will Stand 95 10 Platinum
1999 Everywhere We Go 51 5 2xPlatinum
2000 Greatest Hits 13 1 4xPlatinum
2002 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems 1 1 4xPlatinum
2003 All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan 42 4 Platinum
2004 When the Sun Goes Down 1 1 4xPlatinum
2005 Be As You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair) 1 1 Platinum
The Road and the Radio 1 1 3xPlatinum
2006 Live: Live Those Songs Again 4 1 Platinum
2007 Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates To be released
Chart singles
Year Song US Hot 100 US Country US Pop 100 US Digital Album
1994 "The Tin Man"A 75 In My Wildest Dreams
"Whatever It Takes" 59 In My Wildest Dreams
1995 "Fall In Love" 6 All I Need To Know
"All I Need To Know" 8 All I Need To Know
1996 "Grandpa Told Me So" 23 All I Need To Know
"Back In My Arms Again" 41 Me and You
"Me and You" 2 Me and You
1997 "When I Close My Eyes"B 2 Me and You
"She's Got It All" 1 I Will Stand
1998 "A Chance" 11 I Will Stand
"That's Why I'm Here"B 79 2 I Will Stand
"I Will Stand" 27 I Will Stand
"Touchdown Tennessee"C 64 limited-edition single
1999 "Team Of Destiny"C 72 original A-side of "How Forever Feels"
"How Forever Feels" 27 1 Everywhere We Go
"You Had Me From Hello" 34 1 Everywhere We Go
"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" 66 11 Everywhere We Go
2000 "What I Need To Do" 56 8 Everywhere We Go
"I Lost It" 34 3 Greatest Hits
"Baptism" (w/ Randy Travis)C 75 Greatest Hits
2001 "Don't Happen Twice" 26 1 Greatest Hits
"The Tin Man" (re-release)A 19 Greatest Hits
2002 "Young" 35 2 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
"Live Those Songs"C 60 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
"The Good Stuff" 22 1 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
2003 "A Lot Of Things Different" 55 6 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
"Big Star" 28 2 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" 28 2 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
"There Goes My Life" 29 1 When the Sun Goes Down
"Silent Night" (w/ the Grisgby Twins)C 57 All I Want For Christmas Is a Real
Good Tan
"Thank God For Kids"C 60 All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
"Silver Bells"C 54 All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
"Jingle Bells"C 49 All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
"All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan"C 30 All I Want For Christmas
Is a Real Good Tan
2004 "When the Sun Goes Down" (w/Uncle Kracker) 26 1 When the Sun Goes Down
"Hey Good Lookin'" (Jimmy Buffett w/Clint Black, Kenny Chesney,
Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) 63 8 Licence To Chill (Jimmy
Buffett album)
"I Go Back" 32 2 When the Sun Goes Down
"The Woman With You" 33 2 When the Sun Goes Down
2005 "Guitars and Tiki Bars"C 53 Be as You Are: Songs From an Old Blue Chair
"Anything But Mine" 48 1 When the Sun Goes Down
"Keg in the Closet" 64 6 When the Sun Goes Down
"Who You'd Be Today" 37 2 61 The Road and the Radio
"Living In Fast Forward" 48 1 The Road and the Radio
"The Road and the Radio"C 59 The Road and the Radio
2006 "Summertime" 34 1 51 36 The Road and the Radio
"You Save Me" 47 3 75 59 The Road and the Radio
2007 "Beer In Mexico" 61 1 The Road and the Radio
"Flip Flop Summer"C, D 53 The Road and The Radio
"Never Wanted Nothing More"E 22 2 34 Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
Notes
* A"The Tin Man" was originally released in 1994 from In My Wildest Dreams.
The original recording was later found on his All I Need To Know album; the
song was later re-recorded in 2001 for Kenny's Greatest Hits compilation.
This second version was released in 2001.
* BReached #1 on Radio & Records.
* CAlbum cut.
* D"Flip Flop Summer" is a bonus track, available only on editions of the
album sold at Target stores.
* ECurrent single.
Awards
* 1997 ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year
* 2002 ACM Top Male Vocalist of the Year
* 2004 ACM Entertainer of the Year
* 2004 CMA Album of the Year: When The Sun Goes Down
* 2004 CMT Hottest Video of the Year: "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
* 2005 ACM Triple Crown Winner
* 2005 CMT Male Video of the Year
* 2006 CMA Entertainer of the Year
* 2006 ACM Entertainer of the Year
* 2006 CMT Male Video of the Year
* 2007 CMT Male Video of the Year
* 2007 People's Choice Male Vocalist Of The Year
* 2007 ACM Entertainer of the Year
References
1. ^ a b Kenny Chesney: 1998 Distinguished Alumnus in the Arts. ETSU Alumni
Association. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
2. ^ Associated Press (2006-05-24). Kenny Chesney wins entertainer of the
year. MSNBC. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
3. ^ Rascal Flatts' New Single Co-Written by Kenny Chesney (html). cmt.com.
Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
4. ^ Hall, Sarah (2007-02-15). Kenny Chesney: Fraud, Yes; Gay, No. E!
Online. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
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