Alan Jackson
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American country music superstar Alan Jackson was born October 17, 1958 in Newnan, Georgia. In his twenties, Johnson was working as a car salesman when he first started writing songs and moved to Nashville to launch his professional career. Initially he worked in a mail room, but Glen Campbell heard him and helped him get a record deal with Arista who issued his first official album, 1990âs Here In The Real World. This gave him his first Number 1 hit with âI'd Love You All Over Againâ, setting him on his way to becoming one of the biggest-selling country acts of the modern era, credited with returning country to purer roots. The title track of 1991âs Donât Rock the Jukeboxâ was one four songs off that album to top the country charts, and his popularity was such that in 1993 he almost hit the top 40 on the pop chart with seventh number 1 country single âChattahoocheeâ. 1994âs Who I Am spun off four more number 1 country singles including âGone Countryâ. His status as an icon was underscored when two original songs from 1996âs The Greatest Hits Collection, âTall, Tall Treesâ and âIâll Tryâ also topped the country chart. The best of collection did nothing to hinder his popularity and his next three albums all hit number 1 or 2 on the country chart with 1998âs High Mileage reching number 4 on the main album chart. That album included âRight on the Moneyâ his 16th number 1 country hit of the decade. Ever the traditionalist, Alan Jackson publicly derided country musicâs turn toward a more pop and arena rock sound at the turn of the century, and his insistence on sticking to a more conservative aesthetic was rewarded by fans with the number 1 country albums Drive and What I Do, both of which topped the main album chart as well. In 2002, his tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, âWhere Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)â won the Grammy for Best Country Song. 2003âs Greatest Hits Volume II again contained two new songs that both were both country chart toppers, including âItâs Five OâClock Somewhereâ, a duet with Jimmy Buffett that became his biggest pop hit, reaching number 17 on the Hot 100. 2008âs Good Time was yet another country and regular album chart topper, and included three more country number 1 singles giving him 25 for his career to that point. His 2006 detour to Christian music, Precious Memories topped both the country and Christian chart, and he would return to that genre for 2013âs Precous Memories Voulme II. After 2015âs Angels and Alcohol, his 14th number 1 country album, he went on tour to celebrate his quarter century as a hitmaker. The Academy of Country Music bestowed the Cliffie Stone Icon Award to him. Alan Jackson ended the longest recording sabbatical of his career to that point when, six years after Angels and Alcohol, he issued Where Have You Gone in 2021.
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- Track Popularity
- Chattahoochee
- Don't Rock the Jukebox
- Mercury Blues
- Good Time
- Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)
- Chasin' That Neon Rainbow
- As She's Walking Away by Alan Jackson
- Summertime Blues
- Gone Country
- Who's Cheatin' Who
- Murder On Music Row by George Strait
- Midnight In Montgomery
- Remember When
- Small Town Southern Man
- Wanted
- Here In the Real World
- Monday Morning Church by Patty Loveless
- Livin' On Love
- Between the Devil and Me
- Little Bitty
- Designated Drinker by George Strait
- Pop a Top
- Talk Is Cheap
- Love's Got a Hold On You
