Kenny Chesney - Biography

Last Editor: allibloor				Kenny Chesney Biography -   Name : Kenny Chesney Profession : Singer Birth Details : March 26, 1968 in Knoxville, Tennessee Birth Name : Kenneth Arnold Chesney Genre(s) : Country Occupation(s) : Singer-songwriter Instrument(s) : Vocals, rhythm guitar Years active : 1990–present Label(s) : Capricorn, BNA, Blue Chair/BNA Associated acts : Buddy Cannon, George Strait, Uncle Kracker

Kenny Chesney Trivia -

Scored his first top 10 hit on Billboard magazine's country singles chart with 1995's "Fall in Love." However, it wasn't until 1996 when he made his breakthrough with the No. 2 hit "Me and You." His first No. 1 hit came in August 1997 with "She's Got it All" (a three week No. 1 country smash), and the No. 1 hits kept coming: "That's Why I'm Here" (1998); "How Forever Feels" (a six-week No. 1) and "You Had Me From Hello" (both 1999); "Don't Happen Twice" (2001) and "The Good Stuff" (a seven-week No. 1 from 2002). "How Forever Feels" was Billboard's No. 2 country hit of 1999, while "The Good Stuff" was the magazine's No. 1 country song of 2002. Other major hits include "When I Close My Eyes" (1997); "A Chance" and "I Will Stand" (1998); "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" (1999); "What I Need to Do" (2000); "The Tin Man" (2001); and "Young" (2002). As 2003 dawned, he was on his way to another major country smash -- the Bill Anderson-Dean Dillon-penned "A Lot of Things Different." Has a younger half-sister named Jennifer Chandler. Brother of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity from East Tennessee State University 2002 ACM Award-winner for Best Male Vocalist. 2004 CMA Award-winner for Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year. Is a die hard fan of the Boston Red Sox and the Tennessee Titans. In April of 2005 his song "Anything but Mine" hit number 1 on the Country charts after spending 17 weeks on the charts. Married actress Renée Zellweger on the resort island St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Wrote "You Had Me From Hello" after Renée Zellweger's famous line in Jerry Maguire (1996). Won the Entertainer of the Year Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards on May 17, 2005 His wedding ceremony lasted 15 minutes Met his future wife Renée Zellweger at a tsunami relief benefit in January 2005. He was born to Dave Chesney and Karen Chandler (then Karen Chesney). Was raised in Luttrel, Tennessee, which is also the hometown of country star Chet Atkins. Favorite musicians are Conway Twitty, Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs, George Jones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and James Taylor. He won the 2004 CMA Album of the Year for his record When the Sun Goes Down. Two of his albums "All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan" and "Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair" both went platinum without a radio single or promotion. On the CMT Top 20 Videos of 2005, he held the #8 (Who You'd Be Today) and #2 (Anything But Mine) slots. In 1990, he graduated with a degree in marketing from East Tennessee State University. Attended Gibbs High School. Favorite book is The Firm by John Grisham. Favorite TV show is Friends. Is a Board Member, along with actor Morgan Freeman, for PLANIT NOW, a hurricane relief and preparation non-profit.

Kenny Chesney Detailed Biography -

Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney (born March 26, 1968 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a popular country music singer and songwriter, known for such works as No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems and When the Sun Goes Down. Chesney is known for his laid back style of country music. 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 follow-ups were not so successful. However, in 1996, he scored the top 5 hit, "Me and You," and returned again with "When I Close My Eyes" in early 1997. He hit number one for the first time with "She's Got It All" in August 1997; the song spent three weeks atop Billboard magazine's country singles chart. Other number one hits included "How Forever Feels" (six weeks in 1999); "The Good Stuff" (2002); "There Goes My Life" (2004); and "When the Sun Goes Down" (a duet with Uncle Kracker in 2004). Notable number twos include "That's Why I'm Here" (1998), "Young" (2002), "Big Star" (2003), "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" (2003) and "The Woman With You" (2004). While some of Chesney's music shows the obvious influence of John Mellencamp and Jimmy Buffett (a point critics are quick to note), 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 2004. 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, Chesney released his second album of the year The Road And The Radio. On May 9, 2005, Chesney married Renée Zellweger on the resort island St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The pair met in January 2005 at a tsunami relief benefit. Chesney had previously commented that Zellweger was his favorite actress, and he had written a song, "You Had Me From Hello", based on her line from Jerry Maguire. On September 15, 2005, after only four months of marriage, they announced their plans for an annulment. Zellweger cited "fraud" as the reason in the related legal papers. Fueled by numerous internet reports, some have speculated that Zellweger discovered Chesney was actually gay. According to People Magazine, Chesney was upset and responded to these rumors by stating: "They've done nothing short of calling me gay and her a whore. None of those things are true. I'm pretty firm in my sexuality and my love for women." Their annulment was officially finalized in late December 2005, putting an end to speculation that the couple was planning to start over.