Artist Of The Day: Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney

• Kenny Chesney’s debut album, “My Wildest Dreams,” was released in 1993. His other albums include “She’s All I Got,” “All I Need To Know,” “Me & You,” “When the Sun Goes Down,” “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems,” “Greatest Hits,” “The Road & The Radio” and “Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates.”
  
• Chesney’s “Greatest Hits II,” which debuted at No. 1 in 2009, yielded the No. 1 hit “Out Last Night” and “I’m Alive.” It was re-released in May 2010 with two new tracks – the ESPN college football anthem “This Is Our Moment” and the Top 5 hit “Ain’t Back Yet.”
  
• Kenny produced the critically acclaimed high school football documentary “Boys Of Fall” last year. He also released his 3D concert movie “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D” and produced and narrated a biographical film, “The Color Orange,” on his favorite football player, University of Tennessee quarterback and Canadian Football League Hall-of-Famer Condredge Holloway. The film was produced for ESPN’s “Year of the Quarterback” series and premiered in February 2011.
  
• Chesney’s album “Hemingway’s Whiskey” has yielded the No. 1 singles “The Boys of Fall,” “Somewhere With You” and “Live A Little.” “Hemingway’s Whiskey” debuted at No. 1, his sixth album to debut at the top of the charts and his 10th No. 1 album overall. “Reality,” the fifth single from the album, was released in October.
  
• Kenny Chesney’s single “You and Tequila,” the duet with Grace Potter that’s up five Academy of Country Music Awards, was recently certified platinum. It’s the second million-selling song from Chesney’s platinum, No. 1 album “Hemingway’s Whiskey,” following “Somewhere With You,” which reached that mark last year. Chesney is up for a total of nine ACM awards, the most of any artist this year.
  
• Chesney and Tim McGraw’s “Brothers of the Sun” has already sold more than 500,000 tickets. The tour will feature stadium shows on weekend dates at venues across the country, the only cities and venues Chesney will play in 2012. The tour, which kicks off in June, will also feature special guests Grace Potter & the Nocturnals and Jake Owen.
  
• Official website: www.kennychesney.com