Profile
Kenny Chesney
Singer + Songwriter + Musician
Male
Born
Mar 26, 1968
Age
45
Net Worth
$56.67 Million
Genres
Country music
Performed With
Lionel Richie + G...
Record Label
Capricorn Records
Other Names
Kenny "The Weez" ...
Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot… Read More
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Kenny Chesney
Age 45
parents
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David ChesneyFather -
Karen ChandlerMother
siblings
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Jennifer ChandlerSister
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Watch: Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders Lip Sync To Taylor SwiftHuffington Post Sports - 1 day ago
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Country Star Kenny Chesney Practices With The Seattle SeahawksUSA Today - Jun 02, 2013
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Chesney, Mc Graw, Dixie Chicks And More Set For Craven Country JamboreeMonsters and Critics - May 29, 2013
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Review: Kenny Chesney's 'Life On A Rock' Could Do Without 'Lindy'LATimes - May 07, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1968
Birth
Chesney was born on March 26, 1968, in Knoxville, Tennessee, at St. Mary's Medical Center and was raised in Luttrell, and is of English and Irish descent.
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TEENAGE
1986
18 Years Old
In 1986 Chesney graduated from Gibbs High School where he played baseball and football.
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TWENTIES
Chesney left the audition with a songwriter’s contract. An appearance at a songwriter’s showcase the following year led to a contract with Capricorn Records which had recently started a country division. He released his debut album In My Wildest Dreams in April 1994.
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1995
27 Years Old
After Capricorn's closure, Chesney signed with BNA Records, which released his album All I Need to Know in 1995.
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In recognition of his successful year, Chesney was honored with the 1997 Academy of Country Music's New Male Vocalist of the Year award.
THIRTIES
In 2003, ACM honored Chesney as Top Male Vocalist of the Year, while "The Good Stuff" received the award for Single Record of the Year.
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2004 saw the release of Chesney's album When the Sun Goes Down.
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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.
2006
38 Years Old
The following year, on May 23, 2006, Chesney was honored with his second Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
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Chesney also co-wrote Rascal Flatts' 2007 single along with Neil Thrasher and Wendell Mobley, "Take Me There", which served as the lead-off single to their album Still Feels Good.
FORTIES
On May 19, 2008, just a day after being honored as the ACM Entertainer of the Year at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Chesney criticized the lack of choice in the producers' awarding the honor based on fan votes. "The entertainer of the year trophy is supposed to represent heart and passion and an amazing amount of sacrifice, commitment and focus," he said. "That's the way Garth Brooks won it four times, that's the way I won it, that's the way George Strait won it, Reba McEntire, Alabama all those years.
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2009
41 Years Old
Chesney's 2009 tour was titled the Sun City Carnival Tour and featured both small and large venues in order to keep his ticket prices down.
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In July 2010, Chesney released "The Boys of Fall" as the lead-off single from his album Hemingway's Whiskey, which was released in September 2010.
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