Kenny Chesney

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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music

Born

Kenneth Arnold Chesney on March 26, 1968 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Career Milestones

2012

Released 13th studio album Welcome to the Fishbowl, which included the Tim McGraw duet "Feel Like a Rock Star"

2010

Wrote and produced the football documentary "Boys of Fall" (ESPN)

2010

Yielded multiple No. 1s including "The Boys of Fall," "Somewhere With You," "Live a Little," and "Reality" from Hemingway's Whiskey

2007

Switched to "gulf and Western" musical style with Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates

2006

Released first live album of career Live: Live Those Songs Again

2004

Won CMA award for Album of the Year and named Entertainer of the Year for When the Sun Goes Down

2002

Began mainstream crossover with seventh studio album No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

2000

Released first Greatest Hits compilation

1999

Earned double platinum-selling status with Everywhere We Go

1997

Released first No. 1 hit "She's Got It All," from the album I Will Stand

1997

Named Academy of Country Music's New Male Vocalist of the Year

1995

Sophomore album All I Need to Know spawned the hits "Fall in Love," the title track, and "Grandpa Told Me So"

1994

Released debut album In My Wildest Dreams with the independent label Capricorn Records

1992

Auditioned with Opryland Music Group and received a songwriting contract

1991

Moved to Nashville, TN after graduating college

1989

Recorded a self-released demo at Classic Recording Studio in Bristol, VA

Raised in Luttrell, TN