Mark Chesnutt
Mark Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963 in Beaumont , Texas ) is an American country singer.
Beginnings
As the son of Bob Chesnutt, who had recorded a few singles on smaller labels in the sixties and seventies, Mark came into contact with country music at an early age . His father's extensive record collection was an almost inexhaustible source of classic country songs (due to his childhood repertoire of more than 1000 songs, Mark Chesnutt is also referred to as the "human jukebox").
At the age of 16 he joined his father's band. A little later he left school to become a professional musician. For the next ten years he made his living performing on the local music scene. He found a permanent commitment at a club in Beaumont. Like his father before, he played a few singles for smaller labels, including Too Cold At Home .
Career
By Too Cold At Home one was in Nashville attention to Mark Chesnutt. The single was re-released in 1990 on the renowned MCA label and reached number three on the country charts. The album of the same name, produced by Mark Wright , went platinum . A year later he had his first number 1 hit with Brother Jukebox . Two more single releases made it into the top 10. To ensure his success, he gave more than 300 concerts with his New South Band in 1991. Tragically, his father and patron died the same year he made his breakthrough.
His second album Longnecks And Short Stories was released in 1992. Several singles made it into the top 10, Old Flames Have New Names and I'll Think Of Something reached number one. In 1993 he received the CMA Horizon Award for Most Promising Young Musician. His album Almost Goodbye sold over a million copies and went platinum. Mark Chesnutt was considered a singer with a pure country feeling during these years. His unadulterated honky tonk with songs full of pain and self-pity earned him the recognition of the scene and the audience alike.
Until the end of the decade, he kept getting high chart placements, even if not every song was a success. Chesnutt was often overshadowed by superstars Garth Brooks , Clint Black and Alan Jackson , but managed to garner a loyal fan base.
With a cover version of the Aerosmith world hit I Don't Want to Miss a Thing , Chesnutt reached number one in the country and even number 18 of the pop charts in early 1999, but this mainstream-oriented recording caused long-term damage to his career . He himself later said that he only recorded the cover under pressure from his record company and that he downright hated it. Many fans turned away from him and big names in the genre like George Jones criticized him for the cover. After this undoubtedly commercial high point, sales of his CDs dropped dramatically and his singles no longer reached the top of the charts. He was last placed in 2009.
Chesnutt changed record labels a few times, but could no longer build on past successes. Since 2012 he has been releasing albums on his own label "Nada Dinero".
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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Country
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| 1990 | Too Cold At Home |
US132  (38 weeks)US |
Country12 (103 weeks) Country |
MCA
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| 1992 | Longnecks & Short Stories |
US68 (57 weeks)US |
Country9 (80 weeks) Country |
MCA
|
| 1993 | Almost goodbye |
US43 (48 weeks)US |
Country6 (61 weeks) Country |
MCA
|
| 1994 | What a way to live |
US98  (17 weeks)US |
Country15 (48 weeks) Country |
Decca
|
| 1995 | Wings |
US116 (4 weeks) US |
Country24 (23 weeks) Country |
Decca
|
| 1997 | Thank God For Believers |
US165 (4 weeks) US |
Country25 (24 weeks) Country |
Decca
|
| 1999 | I Don't Want To Miss A Thing |
US65 (7 weeks) US |
Country6 (22 weeks) Country |
Decca
|
| 2000 | Lost In The Feeling | - |
Country53 (4 weeks) Country |
MCA
|
| 2002 | Mark Chesnutt |
US184 (1 week) US |
Country23 (19 weeks) Country |
Columbia
|
| 2004 | Savin 'The Honky Tonk |
US170 (1 week) US |
Country23 (6 weeks) Country |
Vivaton
|
| 2008 | Rollin 'With The Flow | - |
Country35 (5 weeks) Country |
Lofton Creek Records
|
| 2010 | Outlaw | - |
Country35 (7 weeks) Country |
Saguaro Road / Time Life
|
| 2016 | Tradition Lives | - |
Country22 (1 week) Country |
Row entertainment
|
more publishments
- 1988: Doing My Country Thing
- 2006: Heard It In A Love Song
- 2017: Duets
- 2017: The Early Years
- 2018: Gone But Not Forgotten ... A Tribute Album by Mark Chesnutt
Live albums
- 2011: Live from the Big D
- 2016: Live from the Big D (Deluxe Edition)
EP's
- 2016: Christmas
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
|
Country
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| 1996 | Greatest hits |
US130 (14 weeks)US |
Country18 (66 weeks) Country |
MCA
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more publishments
- 2001: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
- 2015: Greatest Hits II
- 2016: Greatest Hits II (Deluxe Edition)
- 2016: Mark's Favorite Album Cuts (Fan Club Exclusive)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
|
Country
|
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| 1990 | Too Cold at Home Too Cold at Home |
- |
Country3 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| Brother Jukebox Too Cold at Home |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
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| 1991 | Blame It on Texas Too Cold at Home |
- |
Country5 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Your Love Is a Miracle Too Cold at Home |
- |
Country3 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Broken Promise Land Too Cold at Home |
- |
Country10 (20 weeks) Country |
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| 1992 | Old Flames Have New Names Longnecks & Short Stories |
- |
Country5 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| I'll Think of Something Longnecks & Short Stories |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Bubba Shot the Jukebox Longnecks & Short Stories |
- |
Country4 (25 weeks) Country |
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| 1993 | Ol 'Country Longnecks & Short Stories |
- |
Country4 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| It Sure Is Monday Almost Goodbye |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Almost goodbye Almost goodbye |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
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| I Just Wanted You to Know Almost Goodbye |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
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| 1994 | Woman, Sensuous Woman Almost Goodbye |
- |
Country21 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| She Dreams What a Way to Live |
- |
Country6 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Goin 'Through the Big D What a Way to Live |
- |
Country2 (20 weeks) Country |
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| 1995 | Gonna Get a Life What a Way to Live |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| Down in Tennessee What a Way to Live |
- |
Country23 (17 weeks) Country |
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| Trouble wings |
- |
Country18 (20 weeks) Country |
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| 1996 | It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings Wings |
- |
Country7 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Wrong Place, Wrong Time Wings |
- |
Country37 (20 weeks) Country |
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| It's a Little Too Late Greatest Hits |
- |
Country1 (23 weeks) Country |
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| 1997 | Let It Rain Greatest Hits |
- |
Country8 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| Thank God for Believers Thank God for Believers |
- |
Country2 (21 weeks) Country |
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| It's Not Over Thank God for Believers |
- |
Country34 (13 weeks) Country |
with Alison Krauss and Vince Gill
|
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| 1998 | I Might Even Quit Lovin 'You Thank God for Believers |
- |
Country18 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| Wherever You Are Thank God for Believers |
- |
Country45 (9 weeks) Country |
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| I Don't Want to Miss a Thing I Don't Want to Miss a Thing |
US17 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (25 weeks) Country |
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| 1999 | This Heartache Never Sleeps I Don't Want to Miss a Thing |
- |
Country17 (21 weeks) Country |
|
| 2000 | Fallin 'Never Felt So Good Lost in the Feeling |
- |
Country52 (10 weeks) Country |
|
| Lost in the Feeling Lost in the Feeling |
- |
Country59 (10 weeks) Country |
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| 2002 | She Was Mark Chesnutt |
US62 (11 weeks) US |
Country11 (33 weeks) Country |
|
| I Want My Baby Back Mark Chesnutt |
- |
Country47 (10 weeks) Country |
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| 2003 | I'm in Love With a Married Woman Mark Chesnutt |
- |
Country48 (10 weeks) Country |
|
| 2004 | The Lord Loves the Drinkin 'Man Savin' the Honky Tonk |
- |
Country36 (14 weeks) Country |
|
| 2005 | I'm a Saint Savin 'the Honky Tonk |
- |
Country33 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| A Hard Secret to Keep Savin 'the Honky Tonk |
- |
Country59 (2 weeks) Country |
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| 2007 | Rollin 'with the flow Rollin' with the flow |
- |
Country25 (27 weeks) Country |
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| 2009 | She Never Got Me Over You Rollin 'with the Flow |
- |
Country49 (9 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: | ||||
| 1997 | What Child Is This A Country Christmas from WKIS 99.9 |
- |
Country75 (1 week) Country |
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more publishments
- 2006: Heard It in a Love Song
- 2007: That Good That Bad
- 2008: When You Love Her Like Crazy
- 2008: (Come on In) The Whiskey's Fine
- 2008: Things to Do in Wichita
- 2009: Goin 'On Later On
- 2010: Lovin 'Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
- 2013: When the Lights Go Out (Tracie's Song)
- 2016: Oughta Miss Me By Now
- 2017: Hot
Guest Posts
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
|
Country
|
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| 2001 | A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side Ten Rounds |
- |
Country21 (20 weeks) Country |
with Tracy Byrd
|
The most important awards
| year | Org. | Award | title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | CMA | Horizon Award |
literature
- Erlewine, Michael u. a. (Ed.): All Music Guide to Country Music. The experts guide to the best recordings in country music . San Francisco, Cal .: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, p. 85 (biography and annotated discography)
Web links
swell
- ↑ https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/mark-chesnutt-admits-he-hated-his-aerosmith-cover-as-did-george-jones/
- ↑ http://www.musicvf.com/Mark+Chesnutt.art
- ↑ http://www.steammagazine.net/mark-chesnutt
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chesnutt, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beaumont , Texas |