Alan Jackson

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Alan Jackson (disambiguation) .

Jackson performing at the Pentagon in September 2002

Alan Eugene Jackson (* 17th October 1958 in Newnan , Georgia ) with 26 country number 1 hits and 43.5 million albums sold one of the most successful American country - singer and - songwriter . To date, he has been nominated for a Grammy 20 times and has received two awards.

Beginnings

Alan Jackson was particularly passionate about cars and country music from childhood . In 1979 he married, kept changing jobs and formed the band Dixie Steel , with whom he appeared in the local club scene. His wife Denise was a flight attendant and one day met Glen Campbell at the Atlanta airport . She told him about her husband's musical ambitions and received the address and telephone number of Campbell's music publisher.

Alan Jackson played some self-written songs and got a job as a songwriter. In 1985 he and his wife moved to Nashville , where he wrote songs during the day and kept afloat doing odd jobs. In the evenings he performed in smaller clubs. Together with producer Keith Stegall, he recorded a few demo tapes.

Career and personal life

The New York record company Arista Records planned to expand its activities to Nashville at the time. Alan Jackson was the first to receive a contract in 1989. After a moderately successful single, the album Here in the Real World was released in 1990 , which sold more than a million times. Each of Jackson's subsequent albums went platinum, or even multiple platinum, and nearly each of his singles hit the top of the country charts.

Jackson's 15th solo album Good Time , which was released in March 2008, reached number one on the Billboard 200 sales charts as the fourth album and also reached number 66 on the charts in Switzerland.

On April 16, 2010, Jackson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Music category.

In 2017 Jackson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame . The laudation was given by Loretta Lynn , who appeared again in public for the first time after a stroke.

Jackson lives in Tennessee with his wife and three daughters .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
1990	Here in the real world	-	-	US57 × 2 Double platinum (110 weeks)US	Country4 (214 weeks) Country
1991	Don't rock the jukebox	-	-	US17th × 4 Quadruple platinum (118 weeks)US	Country2 (195 weeks) Country
1992	A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' Bout Love)	-	-	US13 × 5 Quintuple platinum (122 weeks)US	Country1 (159 weeks) Country
1994	Who I Am	-	-	US5 × 4 Quadruple platinum (69 weeks)US	Country1 (82 weeks) Country
1996	Everything I love	-	-	US12 × 3 Triple platinum (73 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country
1998	High mileage	-	-	US4th platinum (40 weeks)US	Country1 (94 weeks) Country
1999	Under the influence	-	-	US9 platinum (51 weeks)US	Country2 (102 weeks) Country
2000	When Somebody Loves You	-	-	US15th platinum (45 weeks)US	Country1 (97 weeks) Country
2002	Drive	-	-	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (77 weeks)US	Country1 (103 weeks) Country
2004	What I Do	-	-	US1 platinum (24 weeks)US	Country1 (60 weeks) Country
2006	Like Red on a Rose	-	-	US4th gold (39 weeks)US	Country1 (62 weeks) Country
2008	Good time	CH66 (2 weeks) CH	-	US1 platinum (82 weeks)US	Country1 (82 weeks) Country
2010	Freight Train	CH65 (1 week) CH	-	US7 (12 weeks) US	Country2 (40 weeks) Country
2012	Thirty Miles West	-	UK95 (1 week) UK	US2 (16 weeks) US	Country1 (45 weeks) Country
2013	The Bluegrass Album	-	-	US11 (13 weeks) US	Country3 (22 weeks) Country
2015	Angels and Alcohol	-	UK85 (1 week) UK	US5 (9 weeks) US	Country1 (32 weeks) Country

more publishments

• 1987: New Traditional

Country gospel albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2006	Precious Memories	-	-	US4th platinum (101 weeks)US	Country1 (96 weeks) Country
2013	Precious Memories Volume II	-	-	US5 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (47 weeks) Country
2016	Precious Memories Collection	-	-	US33 (27 weeks) US	Country4 (44 weeks) Country

Christmas albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
1993	Honky Tonk Christmas	-	-	US42 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country7 (15 weeks) Country
2002	Let It Be Christmas	-	-	US27 gold (9 weeks)US	Country6 (23 weeks) Country

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2007	Live at Texas Stadium	-	-	US11 (11 weeks) US	Country4 (30 weeks) Country	with George Strait and Jimmy Buffett

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
1995	The Greatest Hits Collection	-	-	US5 × 5 Quintuple platinum (104 weeks)US	Country1 (105 weeks) Country
1999	Great hits	-	-	-	Country44 (19 weeks) Country
2003	Greatest Hits Volume II	-	-	US1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (35 weeks)US	Country1 (76 weeks) Country
2004	Playlist: The Very Best Of Alan Jackson	-	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	US146 (1 week) US	Country19 (37 weeks) Country
2007	16 Biggest Hits	-	-	US141 (12 weeks) US	Country22 (78 weeks) Country
2009	Songs of Love and Heartache	-	-	US34 (6 weeks) US	Country10 (36 weeks) Country
2010	34 number ones	-	-	US37 gold (21 weeks)US	Country7 (86 weeks) Country
2012	The Essential Alan Jackson	-	-	US145 (6 weeks) US	Country25 (30 weeks) Country
2016	Genuine: The Alan Jackson Story	-	-	-	Country19 (13 weeks) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1989	Blue Blooded Woman Here in the Real World	-	Country45 (12 weeks) Country
1990	Here in the Real World Here in the Real World	-	Country3 (26 weeks) Country
	Wanted Here in the Real World	-	Country3 (21 weeks) Country
	Chasin 'That Neon Rainbow Here in the Real World	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1991	I'd Love You All Over Again Here in the Real World	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Don't Rock the Jukebox Don't Rock the Jukebox	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Someday Don't Rock the Jukebox	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	I Only Want You for Christmas Honky Tonk Christmas	-	Country41 (12 weeks) Country
	Dallas Don't Rock the Jukebox	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1992	Midnight in Montgomery Don't Rock the Jukebox	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
	Love's Got a Hold on You Don't Rock the Jukebox	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues) A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' Bout Love)	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1993	Tonight I Climbed the Wall A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' Bout Love)	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	Chattahoochee A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' Bout Love)	US46 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Mercury Blues A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' Bout Love)	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	Honky Tonk Christmas Honky Tonk Christmas	-	Country53 (5 weeks) Country
1994	(Who Says) You Can't Have It All Who I Am	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	Summertime Blues Who I Am	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Livin 'on Love Who I Am	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Gone Country Who I Am	-	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
1995	Song for the Life Who I Am	-	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
	I Don't Even Know Your Name Who I Am	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Tall, Tall Trees The Greatest Hits Collection	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1996	I'll Try The Greatest Hits Collection	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Home The Greatest Hits Collection	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
	Little Bitty Everything I Love	US58 (10 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Star of Wonder: A Country Christmas Collection	-	Country56 (3 weeks) Country
1997	Everything I Love Everything I Love	-	Country9 (20 weeks) Country
	Who's Cheatin 'Who Everything I Love	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	There Goes Everything I Love	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	A Holly Jolly Christmas Honky Tonk Christmas	-	Country51 (3 weeks) Country
	Between the Devil and Me Everything I Love	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1998	A House with No Curtains Everything I Love	-	Country18 (15 weeks) Country
	I'll Go On Loving You High Mileage	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
	Right on the Money High Mileage	US43 (12 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1999	Gone Crazy High Mileage	US43 (13 weeks) US	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	Little Man High Mileage	US39 (17 weeks) US	Country3 (23 weeks) Country
	Pop a Top Under the Influence	US43 (17 weeks) US	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
2000	The Blues Man Under the Influence	-	Country37 (15 weeks) Country
	It Must Be Love Under the Influence	US37 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (27 weeks) Country
	www.memory Under the Influence	US45 (15 weeks) US	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
2001	When Somebody Loves You When Somebody Loves You	US52 (17 weeks) US	Country5 (21 weeks) Country
	Where I Come From When Somebody Loves You	US34 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
	It's Alright to Be a Redneck When Somebody Loves You	-	Country53 (10 weeks) Country
	Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Drive	US28 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
2002	Drive (For Daddy Gene) Drive	US28 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (31 weeks) Country
	Work in Progress Drive	US35 (19 weeks) US	Country3 (25 weeks) Country
	That'd Be Alright Drive	US29 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (24 weeks) Country
2003	It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Greatest Hits Volume II	US17th gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (27 weeks) Country	with Jimmy Buffett
	Remember When Greatest Hits Volume II	US29 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (25 weeks) Country
2004	Hey good lookin '	US63 (11 weeks) US	Country8 (20 weeks) Country	with Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black , Kenny Chesney , Toby Keith & George Strait
	Too Much of a Good Thing What I Do	US46 (13 weeks) US	Country5 (20 weeks) Country
	Monday Morning Church What I Do	US54 (16 weeks) US	Country5 (22 weeks) Country
2005	The Talkin 'Song Repair Blues What I Do	US99 (2 weeks) US	Country18 (20 weeks) Country
	USA Today What I Do	-	Country18 (19 weeks) Country
2006	Like Red on a Rose Like Red on a Rose	US80 (5 weeks) US	Country15 (20 weeks) Country
2007	A Woman's Love Like Red on a Rose	US73 (12 weeks) US	Country5 (26 weeks) Country
	Small Town Southern Man Good Time	US42 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (23 weeks) Country
2008	Good time, good time	US40 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Country Boy Good Time	US49 (19 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
2009	Sissy's song Good Time	US61 (13 weeks) US	Country9 (18 weeks) Country
	I Still Like Bologna Good Time	-	Country32 (10 weeks) Country
2010	It's Just That Way Freight Train	-	Country16 (19 weeks) Country
	Hard Hat and a Hammer Freight Train	-	Country17 (19 weeks) Country
	Ring Of Fire 34 Number Ones	-	Country45 (9 weeks) Country
2011	Long Way To Go Thirty Miles West	-	Country24 (24 weeks) Country
2012	So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore Thirty Miles West	-	Country25 (24 weeks) Country
	You Go Your Way Thirty Miles West	-	Country41 (7 weeks) Country
2015	Jim and Jack and Hank Angels and Alcohol	-	Country41 (3 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:
1993	Tropical Depression A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' Bout Love)	-	Country75 (1 week) Country
	Tequila Sunrise Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles	-	Country64 (17 weeks) Country
1999	She Just Started Liking Cheatin 'Songs Under the Influence	-	Country72 (1 week) Country
	My Own Kind of Hat Under the Influence	-	Country71 (1 week) Country
	Margaritaville	-	Country63 (3 weeks) Country	with Jimmy Buffett
2000	Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song When Somebody Loves You	-	Country72 (1 week) Country	Up-tempo love song
2002	Designated Drinker Drive	-	Country44 (8 weeks) Country	with George Strait
	Let It Be Christmas Let It Be Christmas	-	Country37 (5 weeks) Country
	Jingle Bells Let It Be Christmas	-	Country58 (1 week) Country
2003	Just Put a Ribbon in Your Hair A Very Special Acoustic Christmas	-	Country51 (2 weeks) Country
2015	Angels and Alcohol Angels and Alcohol	-	Country49 (1 week) Country

more publishments

• 2016: The One You're Waiting On
• 2017: The Older I Get

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1994	A Good Year For The Roses The Bradley Barn Sessions	-	Country56 (7 weeks) Country	with George Jones
1996	Redneck Games Crank It Up: The Music Album	US66 (10 weeks) US	Country42 (12 weeks) Country	with Jeff Foxworthy
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:
2000	Murder On Music Row Latest Greatest Straitest Hits	-	Country38 (20 weeks) Country	with George Strait
2010	As She's Walking Away You Get What You Give	US32 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (19 weeks) Country	Zac Brown Band feat. Alan Jackson

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 1997: for the album Everything I Love 1997: for the album Who I Am 1999: for the album A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' bout Love) 2002: for the album Drive 2010: for the album Good Time  Canada 1994: for the video album Livin ', Lovin', and Rockin 'the Jukebox 2000: for the album When Somebody Loves You 2008: for the album Good Time  Norway 2004: for the album Drive 2004: for the album Greatest Hits Vol. II  United States 1992: for the video album Here In the Real World 2004: for the video album Greatest Hits Vol. II (Disc 2)

Platinum record  Australia 2015: for the album 34 Number Ones  Canada 1998: for the album High Mileage 2002: for the album Drive 2005: for the video album Greatest Hits Vol. II  United States 1994: for the video album Livin ', Lovin', and Rockin 'That Jukebox 1999: for the video album Greatest Hits Collection 2003: for the video album Greatest Hits Vol. II (Disc 1) 2018: for the video album Precious Memories

2 × platinum record  Canada 1994: for the album Don't Rock the Jukebox 1994: for the album Here in the Real World 1996: for the album Who I Am 2005: for the album Greatest Hits Vol. II 3 × platinum record  Canada 1994: for the album A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' bout Love) 4 × platinum record  Canada 2000: for the album The Greatest Hits Collection

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)
Australia (ARIA)	5 × gold5	platinum1	245,000	aria.com.au
Canada (MC)	3 × gold3	18 × platinum18th	1,815,000	musiccanada.com
Norway (IFPI)	2 × gold2	-	40,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
United States (RIAA)	9 × gold9	47 × platinum47	47,000,000	riaa.com
All in all	19 × gold19th	66 × platinum66

The most important awards

year	organization	Award	title
1990	ACM	Top New Male Vocalist
1990	TNN	Song of the Year	"Here in the Real World"
1991	ACM	Album of the Year	"Don't Rock the Jukebox"
1991	ACM	Single of the year	"Don't Rock the Jukebox"
1991	TNN	Album of the Year	"Here in the Real World"
1991	TNN	Star of Tomorrow
1992	CMA	Music Video of the Year	"Midnight in Montgomery"
1992	TNN	Album of the Year	"Don't Rock the Jukebox"
1992	TNN	Single of the year	"Don't Rock the Jukebox"
1992	TNN	Top male vocalist
1993	ACM	Album of the Year	"A Lot About Livin '"
1993	ACM	Single of the year	"Chattahoochee"
1993	CMA	Music Video of the Year	"Chattahoochee"
1993	CMA	Single of the year	"Chattahoochee"
1993	TNN	Entertainer of the Year
1993	TNN	Song of the Year	"Chattahoochee"
1993	TNN	Top male vocalist
1994	ACM	Top male vocalist
1994	CMA	Song of the Year	"Chattahoochee"
1994	TNN	Album of the Year	"A Lot About Livin '(And a Little' Bout Love)"
1994	TNN	Entertainer of the Year
1994	TNN	Single of the year	"Chattahoochee"
1994	TNN	Top male vocalist
1995	ACM	Top male vocalist
1995	CMA	Entertainer of the Year
1995	TNN	Album of the Year	"Who I Am"
1995	TNN	Entertainer of the Year
1995	TNN	Single of the year	"Livin 'on Love"
1995	TNN	Top male vocalist
1996	TNN	Entertainer of the Year
1996	TNN	Top male vocalist
1997	TNN	Entertainer of the Year
1997	TNN	Top male vocalist
2000	CMA	Vocal Event of the Year
2001	ACM	Single of the year	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
2001	ACM	Song of the Year	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
2001	ACM	Top male vocalist
2001	TNN	Album of the Year	"When Somebody Loves You"
2001	TNN	Single of the year	"Murder on Music Row"
2001	TNN	Top male vocalist
2002	ACM	Album of the Year	"Drive"
2002	ACM	Video of the Year	"Drive"
2002	CMA	Album of the Year	"Drive"
2002	CMA	Entertainer of the Year
2002	CMA	Male Vocalist of the Year
2002	CMA	Single of the year	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
2002	CMA	Song of the Year	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
2002	grammy	Best Country Song	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
2003	ACM	Single of the year	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
2003	ACM	Vocal Event of the Year
2003	CMA	Entertainer of the Year
2003	CMA	Male Vocalist of the Year
2003	CMA	Vocal Event of the Year

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1. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/alan-jackson/chart-history/country-songs/2
2. ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=top_tallies&ttt=TAA#search_section
3. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/alan-jackson
4. ↑ https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2017/04/05/watch-live-2017-country-music-hall-fame-announcement/100065648/
5. ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/loretta-lynn-alan-jackson-hall-of-fame-speech-video/
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Chart sources: CH UK US
7. ↑ Sony Music publishes Genuine: The Alan Jackson Story. In: countrymusicnews.de. July 21, 2016, accessed December 2, 2016 . 

Web links

• Alan Jackson Jackson's website, engl.
• Works by and about Alan Jackson in the catalog of the German National Library