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{{Infobox musical artist
|Name = Kenny Chesney
|Img = Kennychesney.jpg
|Img_capt = Promotional image of Kenny Chesney.
|Img_size =
|Background = solo_singer
|Birth_name = Kenneth Arnold Chesney
|Alias =
|Born = {{birth date and age|1968|3|26}}
|Died =
|Origin = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]], [[United States]]
|Instrument =
|Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
|Occupation =
|Years_active = [[1993]] - Present
|Label = Capricorn Records (1993), [[BNA Records]], [[BMG]]
|Associated_acts =
|URL = [http://www.kennychesney.com www.kennychesney.com]
|Current_members =
|Past_members =
}}
'''Kenneth Arnold Chesney''' (born [[March 26]], [[1968]]) is an American [[country music]] singer.

==Early life==
Kenny Chesney was born in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], raised in [[Luttrell, Tennessee]], attended Gibbs High School in [[Corryton, Tennessee]], and in 1990, graduated with a degree in advertising at [[East Tennessee State University]] in [[Johnson City, Tennessee]].<ref name="ETSU Alumni">{{cite web | title = Kenny Chesney: 1998 Distinguished Alumnus in the Arts | publisher = ETSU Alumni Association | url = http://www.etsu.edu/alumni/award/98award_chesney.asp | accessdate = 2007-02-16}}</ref> While at ETSU, he joined the [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] International Fraternity.

His music career started by playing tunes at local places around Johnson City like Chucky's Trading Post, a small [[Mexican food|Mexican]] restaurant, and Quarterbacks BBQ. He recorded his first album in [[1991]] at [[Classic Recording Studio]] in [[Bristol, Virginia]]. A thousand copies were made and Chesney sold them at his busking gigs.<ref name="ETSU Alumni" /> His album sales helped in buying himself a new Martin guitar. After he graduated from college, he headed to Nashville, where he performed everywhere he could, including a place called HounDogs. He also did regular gigs at a southern club called Turf. After making the rounds of the music publishers in Nashville, Chesney got a contract in 1992 with BMI and [[Opryland Music Group]].

==Career==
Kenny's first album, ''In My Wildest Dreams'', was released on the independent Capricorn Records label in 1994. The album's lead-off singles, "The Tin Man" and "In My Wildest Dreams" (the latter co-written by [[Aaron Tippin]]), reached the lowest regions of the charts. The album sold about 10,000 copies before the label folded. "The Tin Man" was later re-recorded on Kenny's ''All I Need To Know'' album, his first major label album; the song was cut a third time on his 2001 ''Greatest Hits'' collection. (That third version was released as a single in 2001.)

His first major hit was "Fall in Love," which reached the Country Top 10 in [[1995]]. The follow-up, "All I Need to Know," also reached the Top 10, but ensuing follow-ups were not so successful. In [[1996]], he scored the Top 5 hit, "Me and You", and returned again with "When I Close My Eyes" in early [[1997]]. (The latter song gave Kenny his first #1 on ''[[Radio & Records]]'', although the song peaked at #2 on ''Billboard''.) He hit No. 1 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' for the first time with "She's Got It All" in August 1997; the song spent three weeks at #1.

Other No. 1 hits included "How Forever Feels" (six weeks in [[1999]]); "The Good Stuff" (seven weeks in [[2002]]); "There Goes My Life" (seven weeks in [[2003]]); and "When the Sun Goes Down" (a duet with [[Uncle Kracker]]; three weeks in 2004). Notable No. 2 hits include "That's Why I'm Here" ([[1998]]); "Young" ([[2002]]); "Big Star" ([[2003]]); "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" ([[2003]]); "The Woman With You" ([[2004]]) and "Who You'd be Today ([[2005]])".

While some believe Chesney's music shows the influence of [[Jimmy Buffett]] and [[John Mellencamp]]{{Fact|date=March 2007}}, he often performs several traditional country songs at his shows (particularly, music from [[George Jones]]). He won the [[Country Music Association]]'s Entertainer of the Year honor in both 2004 and 2006.

In January [[2005]], Chesney released the album ''Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair'', supporting the album with his Somewhere in the Sun Tour and in November [[2005]]. The album was a lower key affair sonically than most of Chesney's recent albums. Chesney released his second album of that year, ''The Road and The Radio'', with the song "Living in Fast Forward" being one of the hits from the album.

In February [[2006]], Chesney was presented with a plaque commemorating his sales of 25 million albums. On [[May 23]], 2006, Chesney was honored at the Academy of Country Music Awards as Entertainer of the Year.<ref name="MSNBC">{{cite web | author = Associated Press | title = Kenny Chesney wins entertainer of the year | publisher = MSNBC | date = [[2006-05-24]] | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12940538/ | accessdate = 2007-02-16}}</ref>

In the summer of 2007, Chesney will play as part of the [[Flip Flop Summer Tour]]. [[Great American Country]] network (GAC) has scheduled a two-part behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 2007 tour to air on GAC April 21 and 28 at 9 p.m. ET.

==Personal life==
On [[May 9]] [[2005]], Chesney married actress [[Renée Zellweger]] on an island in the Caribbean. On [[September 15]], after only four months of marriage, Chesney and Zellweger filed for an [[annulment]]. "Fraud" was cited as the reason for the annulment. In an interview taped for the [[February 18]], [[2007]] episode of ''[[60 Minutes]]'', Chesney told [[Anderson Cooper]]:
{{cquote|The only fraud that was committed was me thinking that I knew what it was like... that I really understood what it was like to be married, and I really didn't.<ref name="Yes; No">{{cite web | last = Hall | first = Sarah | title = Kenny Chesney: Fraud, Yes; Gay, No | publisher = E! Online | date = [[2007-02-15]] | url = http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=ac3c1624-7d52-44d5-aebc-1cc2d64d2d8b&entry=index | accessdate = 2007-02-16}}</ref>}}
Chesney and Zellweger believed "fraud" was the broadest of the available legal reasons for which annulments could be filed in California.

He is close friends with Indianapolis Colts quarterback [[Peyton Manning]].

==Albums==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" width="40"|Year
!align="left" |Album
!align="center" width="40"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US albums]]</small>
!align="center" width="40"|<small>US country albums</small>
!align="center" width="40"|<small>Certification</small>
|-
|align="left" |[[1994 in music|1994]]
|align="left" |''[[In My Wildest Dreams (Kenny Chesney album)|In My Wildest Dreams]]''
|align="center" |-
|align="center" |-
|align="right" |
|-
|align="left" |[[1995 in music|1995]]
|align="left" |''[[All I Need to Know (album)|All I Need To Know]]''
|align="center" |-
|align="center" |39
|align="right" |Gold
|-c
|align="left" rowspan=1|[[1996 in music|1996]]
|align="left" |''[[Me And You (album)|Me And You]]''
|align="center" |78
|align="center" |9
|align="right" |Gold
|-
|align="left" rowspan=1|[[1997 in music|1997]]
|align="left" |''[[I Will Stand]]''
|align="center" |95
|align="center" |10
|align="right" |Platinum
|-
|align="left" |[[1999 in music|1999]]
|align="left" |''[[Everywhere We Go]]''
|align="center" |51
|align="center" |5
|align="right" |2xPlatinum
|-
|align="left" |[[2000 in music|2000]]
|align="left" |''[[Kenny Chesney - Greatest Hits|Greatest Hits]]''
|align="center" |13
|align="center" |1
|align="right" |4xPlatinum
|-
|align="left" |[[2002 in music|2002]]
|align="left" |''[[No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems]]''
|align="center" |1
|align="center" |1
|align="right" |4xPlatinum
|-
|align="left" |[[2003 in music|2003]]
|align="left" |''[[All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan]]''
|align="center" |42
|align="center" |4
|align="right" |Platinum
|-
|align="left" |[[2004 in music|2004]]
|align="left" |''[[When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney album)|When the Sun Goes Down]]''
|align="center" |1
|align="center" |1
|align="right" |4xPlatinum
|-
|align="left" rowspan=2|[[2005 in music|2005]]
|align="left" |''[[Be As You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair)]]''
|align="center" |1
|align="center" |1
|align="right" |Platinum
|-
|align="left" |''[[The Road and the Radio]]''
|align="center" |1
|align="center" |1
|align="right" |3xPlatinum
|-
|align="left" |[[2006 in music|2006]]
|align="left" |''[[Live: Live Those Songs Again]]''
|align="center" |4
|align="center" |1
|align="right" |Platinum
|}

===Chart singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" width="auto"|Year
!Song
!align="center" width="auto"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small>
!align="center" width="auto"|<small>[[Hot Country Singles & Tracks|US country]]</small>
!Album
|-
|align="center" |1994
|"The Tin Man"<sup>A</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |75
|''In My Wildest Dreams''
|-
|align="center" |1994
|"Whatever It Takes"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |59
|''In My Wildest Dreams''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2|1995
|"Fall In Love"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |6
|''All I Need To Know''
|-
|"All I Need To Know"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |8
|''All I Need To Know''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=3|1996
|"Grandpa Told Me So"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |23
|''All I Need To Know''
|-
|"Back In My Arms Again"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |41
|''Me and You''
|-
|"Me and You"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |2
|''Me and You''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2|1997
|"When I Close My Eyes"<sup>B</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |2
|''Me and You''
|-
|"She's Got It All"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |1
|''I Will Stand''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=4|1998
|"A Chance"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |11
|''I Will Stand''
|-
|"That's Why I'm Here"<sup>B</sup>
|align="center" |79
|align="center" |2
|''I Will Stand''
|-
|"I Will Stand"
|align="center" |
|align="center" |27
|''I Will Stand''
|-
|"Touchdown Tennessee"<sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |64
|limited-edition single
|-
|align="center" rowspan=6|1999
|"Team Of Destiny"<sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |72
|original A-side of "How Forever Feels"
|-
|"How Forever Feels"
|align="center" |27
|align="center" |1
|''Everywhere We Go''
|-
|"You Had Me From Hello"
|align="center" |34
|align="center" |1
|''Everywhere We Go''
|-
|"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
|align="center" |66
|align="center" |11
|''Everywhere We Go''
|-
|"What I Need To Do"
|align="center" |56
|align="center" |8
|''Everywhere We Go''
|-
|"I Lost It"
|align="center" |34
|align="center" |3
|''Greatest Hits''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=3|2001
|"Don't Happen Twice"
|align="center" |26
|align="center" |1
|''Greatest Hits''
|-
|"The Tin Man" (re-recorded and re-released)<sup>A</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |19
|''Greatest Hits''
|-
|"Baptism" <small>''(w/ [[Randy Travis]])''</small><sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |75
|''Greatest Hits''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=3|2002
|"Young"
|align="center" |35
|align="center" |2
|''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''
|-
|"Live Those Songs"<sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |60
|''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''
|-
|"The Good Stuff"
|align="center" |22
|align="center" |1
|''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=7|2003
|"A Lot Of Things Different"
|align="center" |55
|align="center" |6
|''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''
|-
|"Big Star"
|align="center" |28
|align="center" |2
|''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''
|-
|"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
|align="center" |28
|align="center" |2
|''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''
|-
|"There Goes My Life"
|align="center" |29
|align="center" |1
|''When the Sun Goes Down''
|-
|"[[Silent Night]]" <small>''(w/ the Grisgby Twins)''</small><sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |57
|''All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan''
|-
|"Thank God For Kids"<sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |60
|''All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan''
|-
|"All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan"<sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |30
|''All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=4|2004
|"When the Sun Goes Down" <small>''(w/[[Uncle Kracker]])''</small>
|align="center" |26
|align="center" |1
|''When the Sun Goes Down''
|-
|"[[Hey Good Lookin' (song)|Hey Good Lookin']]" <small>''([[Jimmy Buffett]] w/[[Clint Black]], Kenny Chesney,<BR>[[Alan Jackson]], [[Toby Keith]] and [[George Strait]])''</small>
|align="center" |63
|align="center" |8
|''Licence To Chill'' (Jimmy Buffett album)
|-
|"I Go Back"
|align="center" |32
|align="center" |2
|''When the Sun Goes Down''
|-
|"The Woman With You"
|align="center" |33
|align="center" |2
|''When the Sun Goes Down''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=6|2005
|"Guitars and Tiki Bars"<sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |53
|''Be as You Are (Songs From an Old Blue Chair)''
|-
|"Anything But Mine"
|align="center" |48
|align="center" |1
|''When the Sun Goes Down''
|-
|"Keg In the Closet"
|align="center" |64
|align="center" |6
|''When the Sun Goes Down''
|-
|"Who You'd Be Today"
|align="center" |37
|align="center" |2
|''The Road and the Radio''
|-
|"Living In Fast Forward"
|align="center" |48
|align="center" |1
|''The Road and the Radio''
|-
|"The Road and the Radio"<sup>C</sup>
|align="center" |
|align="center" |59
|''The Road and the Radio''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=3|2006
|"[[Summertime]]"
|align="center" |34
|align="center" |1
|''The Road and the Radio''
|-
|"[[You Save Me]]"
|align="center" |47
|align="center" |3
|''The Road and the Radio''
|-
|"[[Beer In Mexico]]" <sup>D</sup>
|align="center" |66
|align="center" |1
|align="left" |''The Road and the Radio''
|}
'''Notes'''<BR>
*<sup>A</sup>"The Tin Man" was originally released in 1994 from ''In My Wildest Dreams''. Kenny later re-recorded it for his ''All I Need To Know'' album, and then recorded it a third time for his 2001 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation. This third version was released in 2001.
*<sup>B</sup>Reached #1 on Radio & Records.
*<sup>C</sup>Album cut.
*<sup>D</sup>Currently active on charts but has fallen from #1.

==Awards==
* 2007 People's Choice Male Vocalist Of The Year
* 2006 CMA Entertainer of the Year
* 2006 ACM Entertainer of the Year
* 2006 CMT Male Video of the Year
* 2005 ACM Triple Crown Winner
* 2005 CMT Male Video of the Year
* 2004 ACM Entertainer of the Year
* 2004 CMA Album of the Year: ''When The Sun Goes Down''
* 2004 CMT Hottest Video of the Year: "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
* 2002 ACM Top Male Vocalist of the Year
* 1997 ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year

==Trivia==
* Chesney is discussed in a verse of [[Corey Smith (musician)|Corey Smith]]'s song "If That's Country," borrowing on [[David Allan Coe]]'s theme from his song "[[If That Ain't Country]]." However, the fact that Corey himself is not a country musician, his statement through song has generated little or no validity among the CMA or the ACM.
* One of Chesney's employers before stardom was reportedly the [[Bombay Company]], a [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]-based [[furniture]] and home accessories retailer.

==See also==
*[[List of best-selling music artists]]

==Reference==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://www.kennychesney.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_kenny_chesney Kenny Chesney's latest bio, news, photo galleries, and Fan Q&A] at [[Great American Country]]
*{{imdb name|id=1188907|name=Kenny Chesney}}
*{{nndb name|id=928/000044796|name=Kenny Chesney}}
*[http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/chesney_kenny/artist.jhtml Kenny Chesney] at [http://www.cmt.com Country Music Television]
*[http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/artist.asp?xid=164&c=111 Kenny Chesney: CD and Concert Reviews] at [http://www.countrystandardtime.com/?c=111 Country Standard Time]

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