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Kenny Chesney Profile |
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Birth Date: March 26, 1968
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Birth Place: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Birth Name: Kenneth Arnold Chesney
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
Kenny Chesney
is an American country music artist. Since 1993, Chesney has
recorded thirteen albums, eleven of which have been
certified gold or higher by the RIAA. To date, he has also
produced more than thirty Top Ten singles on the U.S.
Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, fifteen of which reached
Number One. In addition, Chesney has received six ACM
(including four consecutive Entertainer of the Year Awards),
as well as five CMA awards. Chesney is also one of the most
popular touring acts in country music, regularly selling out
the venues at which he performs; his 2007 Flip-Flop Summer
Tour was the highest-grossing country road trip of 2007. He
was awarded his 4th consecutive ACM Entertainer of the Year
award on May 18, 2008.
Kenny was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His mother Karen
was, and still is, a hair stylist in the Knoxville area. He
was raised in Luttrell, Tennessee and attended Gibbs High
School, where he was a receiver on the football team.
Chesney studied at East Tennessee State University in
Johnson City, Tennessee, where he joined Lambda Chi Alpha
International Fraternity and was member of the ETSU
Bluegrass Program. Chesney played tunes at local places
around Johnson City like Chucky's Trading Post (a small
Mexican restaurant), Quarterbacks BBQ, and Rafters. He
recorded his first album in 1989 at Classic Recording Studio
in Bristol, Virginia. A thousand copies were produced and
Chesney sold them at his busking gigs, using the money from
album sales to help buy a new guitar.
In 1990, Chesney graduated from East Tennessee State
University with a degree in advertising. After graduation,
he headed to Nashville, where he performed at several local
clubs. After making the rounds of the music publishers in
Nashville, Chesney signed to contract in 1992 with BMI and
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Scored his first top 10 hit on Billboard magazine's country
singles chart with 1995's "Fall in Love." However, it wasn't
until 1996 when he made his breakthrough with the No. 2 hit
"Me and You."
His first No. 1 hit came in August 1997 with "She's Got it
All" (a three week No. 1 country smash), and the No. 1 hits
kept coming: "That's Why I'm Here" (1998); "How Forever
Feels" (a six-week No. 1) and "You Had Me From Hello" (both
1999); "Don't Happen Twice" (2001) and "The Good Stuff" (a
seven-week No. 1 from 2002). "How Forever Feels" was
Billboard's No. 2 country hit of 1999, while "The Good
Stuff" was the magazine's No. 1 country song of 2002. Other
major hits include "When I Close My Eyes" (1997); "A Chance"
and "I Will Stand" (1998); "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
(1999); "What I Need to Do" (2000); "The Tin Man" (2001);
and "Young" (2002). As 2003 dawned, he was on his way to
another major country smash -- the Bill Anderson-Dean
Dillon-penned "A Lot of Things Different."
Has a younger half-sister named Jennifer Chandler.
Brother of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity from East
Tennessee State University
2002 ACM Award-winner for Best Male Vocalist.
2004 CMA Award-winner for Entertainer of the Year and Album
of the Year.
Is a die hard fan of the Boston Red Sox and the Tennessee
Titans.
In April of 2005 his song "Anything but Mine" hit number 1
on the Country charts after spending 17 weeks on the charts.
Married actress Renée Zellweger on the resort island St.
John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Wrote "You Had Me From Hello" after Renée Zellweger's famous
line in Jerry Maguire (1996).
Won the Entertainer of the Year Award at the Academy of
Country Music Awards on May 17, 2005
His wedding ceremony lasted 15 minutes
Met his future wife Renée Zellweger at a tsunami relief
benefit in January 2005.
He was born to Dave Chesney and Karen Chandler (then Karen
Chesney).
Was raised in Luttrel, Tennessee, which is also the hometown
of country star Chet Atkins.
Favorite musicians are Conway Twitty, Keith Whitley, Ricky
Skaggs, George Jones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and James Taylor.
He won the 2004 CMA Album of the Year for his record When
the Sun Goes Down.
Two of his albums "All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good
Tan" and "Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair" both
went platinum without a radio single or promotion.
On the CMT Top 20 Videos of 2005, he held the #8 (Who You'd
Be Today) and #2 (Anything But Mine) slots.
In 1990, he graduated with a degree in marketing from East
Tennessee State University.
Attended Gibbs High School.
Favorite book is The Firm by John Grisham.
Favorite TV show is Friends. |
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since October 23, 2008