Kenny Chesney

Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer. Chesney has won many CMT Awards and many other country music awards.

Kenny Chesney
Chesney performing in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Kenneth Arnold Chesney
Born	(1968-03-26) March 26, 1968 (age 57) Luttrell, Tennessee, USA
Origin	Powell, Tennessee, USA
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Capricorn, BNA, Columbia Nashville, Blue Chair, Warner Nashville
Website	kennychesney.com

As late as 2021 he had songs on Billboard's Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs music charts.^[1][2]

Early life

Chesney was born on March 26, 1968, in Knoxville, Tennessee, at St. Mary's Medical Center. He was raised in Luttrell. He is the son of David Chesney, a former elementary school teacher, and Karen Chandler, a hair stylist in the Knoxville area. Chesney has one sibling, a younger sister named Jennifer Chandler.

In 1986, Chesney graduated from Gibbs High School where he played baseball and football. Chesney received his first guitar, "The Terminor," for Christmas and began teaching himself to play. Chesney studied advertising at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN, where he was a member of the ETSU Bluegrass Program and the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

Chesney started his career in the music industry as a songwriter in 1992. He started his solo career in 1994.^[3]

Personal life

Chesney married actress and producer Renée Zellweger briefly in 2005 until Zellweger filed an annulment letter.

Discography

Studio albums

• In My Wildest Dreams (1994)
• All I Need to Know (1995)
• Me and You (1996)
• I Will Stand (1997)
• Everywhere We Go (1999)
• No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002)
• All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan (2003)
• When the Sun Goes Down (2004)
• Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) (2005)
• The Road and the Radio (2005)
• Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (2007)
• Lucky Old Sun (2008)
• Hemingway's Whiskey (2010)
• Welcome to the Fishbowl (2012)
• Life on a Rock (2013)
• The Big Revival (2014)
• Cosmic Hallelujah (2016)
• Songs for the Saints (2018)
• Here and Now (2020)
• Born (2024)

Singles

• "Young" (2001)
• "Big Star" (2003)
• "When the Sun Goes Down" (with Uncle Kracker) (2004)
• "I Go Back" (2004)
• "Who You'd Be Today" (2005)
• "Living in Fast Forward" (2006)
• "Summertime" (2006)
• "You Save Me" (2006)
• "Beer in Mexico" (2007)
• "Don't Blink" (2007)
• "Shiftwork" (with George Strait) (2007)
• "The Boys of Fall" (2010)
• "Come Over" (2012)
• "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (with David Lee Murphy) (2017)
• "Happy Does" (2020)
• "Knowing You" (2021)

Christmas songs

• "All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan" (2003)
• "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (2003)
• "Silent Night" (2003)