1968-03-26 -
Kenny Arnold Chesney was born March 26, 1968 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Chesney also grew up in Tennessee and eventually graduated from East Tennessee State University with a degree in advertising. His music career started by playing around his college town, and as soon as he graduated Kenny moved to Nashville. He was signed to a contract in 1992.
Kenny Chesney's first country hit was "Fall In Love" in 1995, and things began to snowball from there. Chesney scored his first number one country song in 1997 with "She's Got It All". In 1999 he cracked the pop top 40, and finally in 2002 his album "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" hit number one not only on the country chart, but on the pop album charts as well.
Awards and Accomplishments
| Year | Award | For |
| 2010 | Billboard #1 Album - 2010/10/16 | Hemingway's Whiskey |
| 2008 | 2008 CMA Entertainer of the Year | |
| 2008 | Billboard #1 Album - 2008/11/01 | Lucky Old Sun |
| 2008 | 2008 ACM Entertainer of the Year | |
| 2007 | 2007 CMA Entertainer of the Year | |
| 2007 | 2007 ACM Entertainer of the Year | |
| 2007 | 2007 CMT Award: Male Video of the Year | You Save Me |
| 2007 | 33rd Peoples Choice Awards: Favorite Male Singer | |
| 2006 | 2006 Billboard Music Award: Country Artist of the Year | |
| 2006 | 2006 Billboard Music Award: Country Male Artist of the Year | |
| 2006 | 2006 Billboard Music Award: Country Songs Artist of the Year | |
| 2006 | 2006 CMA Entertainer of the Year | |
| 2006 | 2006 ACM Entertainer of the Year | |
| 2006 | 2006 CMT Award: Male Video of the Year | Who You'd Be Today |
| 2005 | Billboard #1 Album - 2005/11/26 | The Road And The Radio |
| 2005 | 2005 ACM Entertainer of the Year | |
| 2005 | 2005 CMT Award: Male Video of the Year | I Go Back |
| 2005 | Billboard #1 Album - 2005/02/12 | Be As You Are: Songs From An Old Blue Chair |
| 2004 | 2004 AMA: Artist of the Year | |
| 2004 | Billboard #1 Album - 2004/02/21 | When The Sun Goes Down |
| 2004 | 2004 CMA Album of the Year | When The Sun Goes Down |
| 2004 | 2004 CMA Entertainer of the Year | |
| 2003 | 2003 ACM Single of the Year | The Good Stuff |
| 2003 | 2003 ACM Top Male Vocalist | |
| 2002 | Billboard #1 Album - 2002/05/11 | No Shoes No Shirt No Problems |
| 1998 | 1998 ACM Top New Male Vocalist |
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