Aaron Tippin

Aaron Tippin (2005)

Aaron Tippin (born July 3, 1958 in Pensacola , Florida ) is an American country singer and songwriter.

Beginnings

Aaron grew up on a farm in rural South Carolina . As the son of a pilot, he developed a passion for flying in addition to his enthusiasm for country music . At the age of 16 he acquired his first flight license. Due to the poor professional prospects, however, he switched to the music business. In the beginning, he obtained the necessary financial support with odd jobs. In the evenings he performed in local clubs.

His first marriage failed early. As a talented athlete, he intensified his body building training and successfully took part in local competitions (on record covers and press photos, he later rarely failed to present his well-toned upper body in a macho pose).

Career

In 1986 Tippin moved to Nashville , where he found a job as a songwriter at the renowned Accuff Rose publishing house. A demo band found their way to the RCA label at the end of the eighties, which signed them a little later. In 1990 his first single, Something With A Ring On It, was released . His debut album You've Got To Stand For Something followed in the same year .

The breakthrough came in 1992 with his second album. Read Between The Lines reached platinum status and there was a number 1 hit with There Ain't Nothing Wrong With The Radio . Tippin co-wrote all songs. His streak of success continued with the third album. Call Of The Wild got gold. In the next few years, however, his singles did not get above the middle of the charts. In 1995 he married the songwriter Thea Corontzos. In the same year he achieved his second top position in the country charts with That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You .

Sales of his records continued to decline. In 1996 he lost his record deal. Even with the smaller Lyric Street label belonging to the Disney group, he could not reverse the downward trend, although in 1998 his single For You I Will still managed a top ten placement. Only in 2000 did he make a comeback with his album People Like Us , which was also released on "Lyric Street" and which quickly achieved gold status. With the number 1 single Kiss This , he stayed in the country charts for 33 weeks.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1991	You've Got to Stand for Something	US153 gold (21 weeks)US	Country23 (63 weeks) Country	First published: January 29, 1991
1992	Read Between the Lines	US50 platinum (60 weeks)US	Country6 (95 weeks) Country	First published: March 10, 1992
1993	Call of the Wild	US53 gold (39 weeks)US	Country6 (59 weeks) Country	First published: August 10, 1993
1994	Lookin 'Back at Myself	US114 gold (13 weeks)US	Country19 (22 weeks) Country	First published: November 8, 1994
1995	Tool box	US63 gold (23 weeks)US	Country12 (39 weeks) Country	First published: October 24, 1995
1998	What This Country Needs	-	Country23 (38 weeks) Country	First published: October 6, 1995
2000	People Like Us	US53 gold (26 weeks)US	Country5 (81 weeks) Country	First published: July 25, 2000
2001	A December to Remember	-	Country42 (8 weeks) Country	First published: September 18, 2001
2002	Stars & Stripes	US62 (2 weeks) US	Country10 (21 weeks) Country	First published: September 10, 2002
2009	In overdrive	-	Country73 (1 week) Country	First published: February 3, 2009
2013	All in the same boat	-	Country70 (1 week) Country	First published: May 28, 2013 with Joe Diffie & Sammy Kershaw

More albums

• 2015: Aaron Tippin 25

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1997	Greatest Hits ... And Then Some	US97 (5 weeks) US	Country17 (39 weeks) Country	First published: March 25, 1997
1998	Great hits	-	Country72 (2 weeks) Country	First published: March 24, 1998
2006	Now & Then	US162 (1 week) US	Country34 (6 weeks) Country	First published: September 2006

more publishments

• 2004: Ultimate
• 2008: He Believed

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1990	You've Got to Stand for Something You've Got to Stand for Something	-	Country6 (20 weeks) Country	First published: October 8, 1990
1991	I Wonder How Far It Is Over You You've Got to Stand for Something	-	Country40 (19 weeks) Country	First published: April 6, 1991
1992	There Ain't Nothin 'Wrong with the Radio Read Between the Lines	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	First published: February 10, 1992
	I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way Read Between the Lines	-	Country5 (20 weeks) Country	First published: June 22, 1992
	I Was Born with a Broken Heart Read Between the Lines	-	Country38 (13 weeks) Country	First published: October 24, 1992
1993	My Blue Angel Read Between the Lines	-	Country7 (20 weeks) Country	First published: February 1, 1993
	Workin 'Man's Ph.D. Call of the Wild	-	Country7 (20 weeks) Country	First published: June 21, 1993
	The Call of the Wild Call of the Wild	-	Country17 (20 weeks) Country	First published: October 23, 1993
1994	Whole Lotta Love on the Line Call of the Wild	-	Country30 (20 weeks) Country	First published: April 23, 1994
	I Got It Honest Lookin 'Back at Myself	-	Country15 (20 weeks) Country	First published: September 26, 1994
1995	She Feels Like a Brand New Man Tonight Lookin 'Back at Myself	-	Country39 (11 weeks) Country	First published: February 25, 1995
	That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You Tool Box	-	Country1 (21 weeks) Country	First published: August 28, 1995
1996	Without Your Love Tool Box	-	Country22 (16 weeks) Country	First published: February 3, 1996
1997	That's What Happens When I Hold You Greatest Hits… and Then Some	-	Country50 (7 weeks) Country
	A Door Greatest Hits… and Then Some	-	Country65 (4 weeks) Country
1998	For You I Will What This Country Needs	US49 (20 weeks) US	Country6 (29 weeks) Country	First published: August 3, 1998
1999	I'm Leaving What This Country Needs	US87 (3 weeks) US	Country17 (20 weeks) Country	First published: January 30, 1999
	Her What This Country Needs	-	Country33 (18 weeks) Country	First published: June 5, 1999
2000	Kiss This People Like Us	US42 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (33 weeks) Country	First published: May 22, 2000
2001	People Like Us People Like Us	-	Country17 (21 weeks) Country	First published: January 8, 2001
	Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly Stars & Stripes	US20 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (23 weeks) Country	First published: September 17, 2001
2002	If Her Lovin 'Don't Kill Me Stars & Stripes	-	Country40 (15 weeks) Country	First published: August 10, 2002
	Love Like There's No Tomorrow Stars & Stripes	-	Country35 (19 weeks) Country	First published: December 21, 2002
2005	Come Friday I Believed	-	Country42 (14 weeks) Country
2007	He Believed Now & Then	-	Country55 (4 weeks) 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:
1991	She Made a Memory Out of Me You've Got to Stand for Something	-	Country54 (11 weeks) Country
1994	Honky Tonk Superman Call of the Wild	-	Country47 (10 weeks) Country
1996	Everything I Own Tool Box	-	Country51 (11 weeks) Country
	How's the Radio Know Tool Box	-	Country69 (2 weeks) Country
1999	What This Country Needs What This Country Needs	-	Country47 (9 weeks) Country
2001	Always Was People Like Us	-	Country40 (9 weeks) Country
2002	I'll Take Love Over Money Stars & Stripes	-	Country46 (10 weeks) Country
	Jingle Bell Rock A December to Remember	-	Country52 (4 weeks) Country

More singles

• 2006: Ready to Rock (In a Country Kind of Way)
• 2008: Drill Here, Drill Now
• 2009: East Bound and Down
• 2013: All in the Same Boat (with Sammy Kershaw & Joe Diffie)

Web links

• http://www.aarontippin.com/
• Artist portrait (German)
• Interview with Aaron Tippin
• Interview with Aaron Tippin

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: US
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US