Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney (2007)

Kenny Chesney, 2007

Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney (* 26. March 1968 in Knoxville , Tennessee ) is an American country - singer and songwriter , who more than 30 top ten singles on the Billboard country charts had.

Career

Chesney grew up in Tennessee. It wasn't until college that he got into music, learned to play the guitar and played in his school's bluegrass band. Eventually he began to write his own songs and performed in clubs and pubs on every free evening. After graduating from East Tennessee State University with a degree in marketing , he moved to the country capital Nashville in 1991 .

After he had been engaged in a honky tonk there for some time , he signed his contract with a label as a songwriter and shortly afterwards he got his own record deal. In late 1993 his debut album In My Wildest Dreams was released . Even if his label dropped out of country music shortly afterwards, it got him enough attention to find a place with a major label. The following album All I Need to Know already brought him into the country scene.

Chesney's first big hit was Fall in Love , which reached the top 10 in the spring of 1995. The album's title song also made it into the top 10, but the subsequent singles no longer made it to the top 20.

In the fall of 1996 he landed his biggest hit to date, Me and You , with which he moved into the top 5, and he returned in early 1997 with When I Close My Eyes . In August 1997, he stormed the charts with She's Got it All and stayed at the top of Billboard Hot Country Songs for three weeks .

Other of his subsequent number 1 hits were: How Forever Feels (six weeks at number 1 in spring 1999), The Good Stuff (seven weeks at number 1 in summer 2002), There Goes My Life (also seven weeks at the beginning of 2004 Top) and When the Sun Goes Down (a duet with Uncle Kracker , first place for five weeks in spring 2004).

In addition to the first places, Chesney achieved a few second placements with That's Why I'm Here (summer 1998), Young (spring 2002), Big Star (spring 2003), No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem (late summer 2003) and The Woman with You (Fall 2004).

In 2004, Chesney received the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award for the first time . In January 2005, Chesney released the album Be as You Are: Songs From an Old Blue Chair.

In September 2007, Chesney's album Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates was released . The resulting pre-released single Don't Blink was the 13th number 1 hit in the US country charts for Chesney.

In May 2008, Chesney was awarded the Audience Award “Entertainer of the Year” for the fourth time in a row by the Academy of Country Music Awards . In November of the same year he received the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award for the third time in a row.

In 2009 his second greatest hits album was released, which was his ninth number 1 album in the country charts. With the single Out Last Night he reached his best place in the Hot 100 with number 16. At the same time it was his tenth gold single. With the advance release of The Boys of Fall for his next studio album Hemingway's Whiskey , he reached number 1 in the country charts for the 17th time in October 2010.

According to an evaluation by Billboard Magazine of the financially most successful music artists on the US market (CD sales, downloads, broadcast royalties, concerts, but not advertising contracts, merchandising etc.), Kenny Chesney had a net profit of almost USD 30 million 3rd place in 2011.

Private life

On May 9, 2005, Chesney married actress Renée Zellweger . Chesney wrote the song You Had Me from Hello for her based on a quote from the film Jerry Maguire . Just four months later, on September 16, 2005, Zellweger announced the separation and pleaded for marriage annulment due to fraud. On December 22, 2005, the marriage was officially annulled.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		CH	US	Country
1994	In My Wildest Dreams	-	-	-
1995	All I need to know	-	US- gold US	Country39 (30 weeks) Country
1996	Me & You	-	US78 platinum (30 weeks)US	Country9 (78 weeks) Country
1997	I will stand	-	US95 platinum (34 weeks)US	Country10 (103 weeks) Country
1999	Everywhere We Go	-	US51 × 2 Double platinum (82 weeks)US	Country5 (104 weeks) Country
2002	No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	-	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (104 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country
2003	All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	-	US42 gold (12 weeks)US	Country4 (13 weeks) Country
2004	When the Sun Goes Down	-	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (94 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country
2005	Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)	-	US1 platinum (27 weeks)US	Country1 (73 weeks) Country
	The Road and the Radio	-	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (98 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country
2007	Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	-	US3 platinum (61 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country
2008	Lucky Old Sun	-	US1 platinum (38 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country
2010	Hemingway's whiskey	-	US1 platinum (69 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country
2012	Welcome to the fishbowl	-	US2 platinum (33 weeks)US	Country1 (65 weeks) Country
2013	Life on a rock	-	US1 gold (22 weeks)US	Country1 (36 weeks) Country
2014	The Big Revival	-	US2 gold (58 weeks)US	Country1 (67 weeks) Country
2016	Cosmic hallelujah	-	US2 (18 weeks) US	Country1 (43 weeks) Country
2018	Songs for the Saints	CH91 (1 week) CH	US2 (10 weeks) US	Country1 (... week) Country
2020	Here and Now	CH49 (1 week) CH	US1 (... week) US	Country1 (... week) Country

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		CH	US	Country
2000	Greatest hits	-	US13 × 4 Quadruple platinum (105 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country
2006	Kenny Chesney Live: Live Those Songs Again	-	US4th gold (17 weeks)US	Country1 (67 weeks) Country
2008	Great hits	-	-	Country52 (31 weeks) Country
2009	Greatest Hits II	-	US3 platinum (119 weeks)US	Country1 (... week) Country
2017	Live in No Shoes Nation	-	US1 platinum (24 weeks)US	Country1 (31 weeks) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1994	Whatever It Takes In My Wildest Dreams	-	Country59 (8 weeks) Country
1995	Fall in Love All I Need to Know	-	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
	All I need to know. All I need to know	-	Country8 (20 weeks) Country
	Grandpa Told Me So All I Need to Know	-	Country23 (20 weeks) Country
1996	Back in My Arms Again Me & You	-	Country41 (16 weeks) Country
	Me and You Me & You	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1997	When I Close My Eyes Me & You	-	Country2 (21 weeks) Country
	She's Got It All I Will Stand	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	A chance I will stand	-	Country11 (22 weeks) Country
1998	That's Why I'm Here I Will Stand	US79 (7 weeks) US	Country2 (25 weeks) Country
	I will stand I will stand	-	Country27 (20 weeks) Country
	Touchdown Tennessee	-	Country64 (6 weeks) Country
1999	Team of Destiny	-	Country72 (1 week) Country
	How Forever Feels Everywhere We Go	US27 (21 weeks) US	Country1 (37 weeks) Country
	You Had Me from Hello Everywhere We Go	US34 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (32 weeks) Country
	She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy Everywhere We Go	US74 gold (12 weeks)US	Country11 (21 weeks) Country
	Away in a Manger Country Christmas Classics	-	Country67 (1 week) Country
2000	What I Need to Do Everywhere We Go	US56 (17 weeks) US	Country8 (25 weeks) Country
	I Lost It Greatest Hits	US34 (20 weeks) US	Country3 (25 weeks) Country
2001	Don't Happen Twice Greatest Hits	US26 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (30 weeks) Country
	The Tin Man Greatest Hits	-	Country19 (26 weeks) Country	New recording
	Young No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	US35 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (25 weeks) Country
2002	The Good Stuff No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	US22nd gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (31 weeks) Country
	A Lot of Things Different No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	US55 (15 weeks) US	Country6 (25 weeks) Country
2003	Big Star No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	US28 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (23 weeks) Country
	No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	US28 gold (20 weeks)US	Country2 (23 weeks) Country
	There Goes My Life When the Sun Goes Down	US29 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	-	Country30 (5 weeks) Country
	Jingle Bells All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	-	Country49 (3 weeks) Country
	Thank God for Kids All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	-	Country60 (1 week) Country
	Silver Bells All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	-	Country54 (1 week) Country
	I'll Be Home for Christmas All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	-	Country60 (1 week) Country
	Pretty Paper All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	-	Country45 (1 week) Country	feat. Willie Nelson
	Silent Night All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	-	Country57 (1 week) Country	feat. Grisgby Twins
2004	When the Sun Goes Down When the Sun Goes Down	US26th platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (22 weeks) Country	with Uncle Kracker
	I Go Back When the Sun Goes Down	US32 gold (20 weeks)US	Country2 (22 weeks) Country
	Hey good lookin '	US63 (11 weeks) US	Country8 (20 weeks) Country	with Jimmy Buffett , Clint Black , Alan Jackson , Toby Keith & George Strait
	The Woman with You When the Sun Goes Down	US33 (17 weeks) US	Country2 (21 weeks) Country
2005	Anything But Mine When the Sun Goes Down	US48 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
	Keg in the Closet When the Sun Goes Down	US64 (10 weeks) US	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
	Living in Fast Forward The Road and the Radio	US48 (17 weeks) US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
	Who You'd Be Today The Road and the Radio	US37 gold (17 weeks)US	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	Beer in Mexico The Road and the Radio	US61 gold (17 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Summertime The Road and the Radio	US34 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (23 weeks) Country
2006	You Save Me The Road and the Radio	US41 gold (20 weeks)US	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
2007	Never Wanted Nothing More Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	US22nd gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Don't Blink Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	US29 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Shiftwork Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	US47 (16 weeks) US	Country2 (22 weeks) Country
2008	Better as a Memory Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	US46 (17 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven Lucky Old Sun	US41 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (16 weeks) Country	with the wailers
	Down the Road Lucky Old Sun	US47 (18 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	with Mac McAnally
2009	Out Last Night Greatest Hits II	US16 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
2010	Ain't Back Yet Greatest Hits II	US50 (13 weeks) US	Country3 (15 weeks) Country
	The Boys of Fall Hemingway’s Whiskey	US18th platinum (18 weeks)US	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
	Somewhere with You Hemingway’s Whiskey	US31 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country
2011	Live a Little Hemingway’s whiskey	US61 (12 weeks) US	Country1 (15 weeks) Country
	You and Tequila Hemingway’s Whiskey	US33 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country3 (22 weeks) Country	with Grace Potter
	Reality Hemingway’s whiskey	US62 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
2012	Feel Like a Rock Star Welcome to the Fishbowl	US40 gold (7 weeks)US	Country11 (8 weeks) Country	with Tim McGraw
	Come Over Welcome to the Fishbowl	US23 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
	El Cerrito Place Welcome to the Fishbowl	US72 (13 weeks) US	Country17 (20 weeks) Country
2013	Pirate Flag Life on a Rock	US46 gold (18 weeks)US	Country7 (20 weeks) Country
	When I See This Bar Life on a Rock	US84 (7 weeks) US	Country25 (15 weeks) Country
2014	American Kids The Big Revival	US23 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (25 weeks) Country
	Til It's Gone The Big Revival	US60 (14 weeks) US	Country8 (20 weeks) Country
2015	Wild Child The Big Revival	US56 gold (15 weeks)US	Country9 (20 weeks) Country	with Grace Potter
	Save It for a Rainy Day The Big Revival	US54 gold (17 weeks)US	Country4 (25 weeks) Country
2016	Noise Cosmic Hallelujah	US72 (14 weeks) US	Country14 (20 weeks) Country
	Setting the World on Fire Cosmic Hallelujah	US29 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country	with P! nk
	Trip Around the Sun Cosmic Hallelujah	-	Country44 (1 week) Country
2017	Bar at the End of the World Cosmic Hallelujah	US92 (1 week) US	Country17 (19 weeks) Country
	All the Pretty Girls Cosmic Hallelujah	US63 (14 weeks) US	Country7 (22 weeks) Country
2018	Get Along Songs for the Saints	US22nd × 2 Double platinum (21 weeks)US	Country2 (26 weeks) Country
	Everything's Gonna Be Alright No Zip Code	US66 gold (13 weeks)US	Country9 (29 weeks) Country	with David Lee Murphy
	Better Boat Songs for the Saints	-	Country34 (15 weeks) Country	feat. Mindy Smith
2019	Tip of My Tongue	US73 gold (20 weeks)US	Country13 (26 weeks) Country
2020	Here and Now Here and Now	US38 (15 weeks) US	Country7 (22 weeks) Country
	Knowing You Here and Now	-	Country50 (1 week) Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2002	Live Those Songs No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	-	Country60 (1 week) Country
2005	Guitars and Tiki Bars Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair	-	Country53 (2 weeks) Country
	The Road and the Radio The Road and the Radio	-	Country59 (1 week) Country
2007	Flip-flop Summer The Road and the Radio	-	Country49 (11 weeks) Country
	Wild Ride Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	-	Country56 (1 week) Country	feat. Joe Walsh
2008	Every Other Weekend Reba: Duets	-	Country15 (24 weeks) Country	with Reba McEntire
	Got a Little Crazy Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	-	Country52 (9 weeks) Country
	Ten with a Two Lucky Old Sun	-	Country54 (2 weeks) Country
	I'm Alive Lucky Old Sun	US32 gold (16 weeks)US	Country6 (20 weeks) Country	with Dave Matthews
	That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) Lucky Old Sun	-	Country56 (1 week) Country	with Willie Nelson
2010	This Is Our Moment Greatest Hits II	-	Country46 (7 weeks) Country
2013	Lindy Life on a Rock	-	Country44 (2 weeks) Country
	Life on a Rock Life on a Rock	-	Country49 (1 week) Country
2014	Flora-Bama The Big Revival	-	Country26 (3 weeks) Country
	The Big Revival The Big Revival	-	Country27 (1 week) Country
2020	Happy Does Here and Now	-	Country39 (... weeks) Country

More singles

• 1994: The Tin Man

Video albums

• 2003: Road Case (US:platinum)
• 2004: When The Sun Goes Down (US:× 2Double platinum )

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 2002: for the album Greatest Hits 2002: for the album Everywhere We Go 2017: for the single Noise 2020: for the single Tip of My Tongue Platinum record  Canada 2017: for the single setting The World On Fire 2018: for the single Get Along

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	340,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	25 × gold25th	40 × platinum40	51,300,000	riaa.com
All in all	29 × gold29	42 × platinum42

The most important awards

Year of award	Org.	Award	title
1997	ACM	Top New Male Vocalist
2002	ACM	Single of the year	The good stuff
2002	ACM	Top male vocalist
2004	CMA	Album of the Year	When the Sun Goes Down
2004	CMA	Entertainer of the Year
2005	ACM	Entertainer of the Year
2006	CMA	Entertainer of the Year
2006	ACM	Entertainer of the Year
2007	CMA	Entertainer of the Year
2007	ACM	Entertainer of the Year
2008	CMA	Entertainer of the Year
2008	ACM	Entertainer of the Year

swell

1. ^ Billboard: Top Money Makers Music
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources albums: CH US

Web links

• Chesney's website
• Kenny Chesney at Allmusic (English)