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Blake Shelton

Oklahoma native Blake Shelton moved to Nashville in 1994, two weeks after his high school graduation, to launch a songwriting vocation that would finally make him one of the leading males in up to date country melodies. Back home, he'd obtained statewide attention by exploring the bar circuit and being triumphant the Denbo precious gem accolade, the peak award for young Oklahoma entertainers. In Nashville, Shelton was adept to maintain that momentum by selling pieces of music to some announcing houses, encompassing Naomi Martin Music, Warner/Chappell melodies, and Jerry Crutchfield Music. He furthermore set down a solo agreement with monster notes. Favoring a traditional style of country melodies that encompassed sentimental ballads as well as blue-collar rock pieces of music, he made a splash in 2001 with the chart-topping lone "Austin," which expended five weeks at number one. "All Over Me" and "Ol' Red" followed in 2002, impelling Shelton's accompanying debut album -- the self-titled Blake Shelton, issued by Warner Bros. after the dissolution of Giant Records -- to gold rank.

With Shelton's pieces of music still enjoying airtime on country radio, he returned to the studio to work on a second album. The Dreamer emerged in February 2003, hot on the heels of another number one lone titled "The Baby." A third album, Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill, was issued in 2004, along with an accompanying DVD boasting some of his music videos. Three years subsequent, Shelton tallied his fourth consecutive gold album with Pure BS, which boasted a visitor appearance by girlfriend (and young person homeland vocalist) Miranda Lambert.

Lambert and Shelton captivated more and more media vigilance as their relationship progressed. Lambert made another appearance on his next album, 2008's Startin' blazes, and sang about their relationship on her own release, Revolution. Shelton finally proposed in 2010, handing out a two of well-received EPs -- Hillbilly skeletal part and All About Tonight -- that identical year. The EPs yielded three number one hits, followed in 2011 by another chart-topper, "Honey Bee," which doubled as the lead lone from his sixth album, Red River Blue. Shelton wed Lambert that jump, several weeks after joining the judging panel of NBC's prime-time vocalising competition The Voice.

The Voice was a shatter strike, increasing Shelton's profile and assisting the sales of Red River azure. Two times of the year of the competition reached in 2012 and that year, Shelton furthermore released Cheers It's Christmas, a seasonal album encompassing duets with Reba McEntire, Michael Bublé, Kelly Clarkson, and Lambert, as well as her band Pistol Annies.            

Formed:

Ada, OK

1976

        

Kenny Chesney

Up to date country Singer Kenny Chesney didn't have the direct breakout achievement that numerous of his gazes enjoyed upon signing with foremost marks, but step-by-step built up a significant following via hard work, pop-friendly ballads, and a charming, average-guy persona. Chesney was born in Knoxville, TN, in 1968 and increased in the close by little village of Luttrell, better known as the dwelling of Chet Atkins. He increased up hearing to both homeland and rock & roll, but didn't get serious about music until college, when he revised trading at East Tennessee State University. He obtained a guitar as a Christmas present and set about accomplishing, and was shortly accomplishing with the school bluegrass band. He shortly started composing pieces of music as well and performed for tips in local venues -- most often a Mexican bistro -- every evening he could; additionally, he managed to deal 1,000 exact replicates of a self-released demo album. After graduation in 1991, he moved to Nashville and became the resident entertainer at The Turf, a rougher honky tonk in the city's historic district. While he profited know-how, it wasn't the sort of location where he'd be found out, and in 1992, he moved on to a announcing deal with Acuff-Rose. From there he set down a record agreement with Capricorn and issued his debut album, In My Wildest aspirations, in late 1993.

Unfortunately for Chesney, Capricorn wasn't much of a country mark; not only was the album underpromoted, but the label's homeland partition closed down absolutely not long after its release. Still, it traded 100,000 exact replicates and caught the attention of some big-time foremost labels. Chesney ended up signing with RCA subsidiary BNA, which issued All I Need to understand in 1995. The album provided him his first two peak Ten hits in the name pathway and "Fall in Love." His follow-up, 1996's Me and You, became his first album to proceed proceedld, thanks to two number two singles in the title pathway and "When I Close My Eyes." Released in 1997, I Will Stand was another gold-selling effort that gave Chesney his first-ever number one hit in "She's Got It All," in addition to another number two with "That's Why I'm Here." His big-time innovation, although, came with 1999's universal We Go, which traded over two million copies and spawned two number one strikes with "You Had Me from Hello" and "How eternally Feels"; it furthermore featured another peak Ten lone in "What I Need to Do," and another, "She conceives My Tractor's Sexy," that just missed. In 2000, Chesney handed out his first utmost strikes compilation, and two freshly noted pieces of music -- "I Lost It" and "Don't Happen two times" -- went to number three and number one, respectively.

utmost strikes became Chesney's second directly double-platinum release and topped the homeland LP charts. He pursued it with the all-new No top, No footwear, No difficulty in early 2002, which provided him his strongest commercial presentation yet. It, too, hit number one on the country album charts and rotated off four peak Ten records in "Young," the number one "The Good Stuff," the Bill Anderson co-write "A Lot of Things Different," and "Big Star." A Christmas album plugged the gap for 2003, and he returned powerfully with 2004's When the Sun proceeds Down, which won in the Album of the Year class at the Country melodies Awards. He repeated the win, this time as Entertainer of the Year, with Be as You Are (Songs from an Old azure Chair). Chesney discovered himself the subject of much tabloid fodder in 2005 with his surprise wedding ceremony to player Renée Zellweger (he had created 1999's "You Had Me from Hello" after observing Zellweger in the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire). The pair divide that same year, citing irreconcilable differences, and Chesney released the chart-topping The street and the Radio in November. In the years that followed, Chesney kept busy, issuing reside: reside Those pieces of music Again in 2006 and Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates in 2007. In April 2010, Chesney and controller Joe Thomas released the 3D concert movie Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D. Taken from his 2009 Sun town Carnival Tour, the movie encompassed 23 songs from six stadium shows, shot in 3D, interspersed with meetings and dwelling videos. A absolutely new studio album, Hemingway's Whiskey, named after a friend Clark recital, furthermore appeared in 2010. His 13th studio album, Welcome to the Fishbowl, reached in 2012. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi 

Formed:

Knoxville, TN

1969

Pistol Annies

While working on songs for her third album, Revolution, Miranda Lambert turned to fellow country singer Ashley Monroe for help. The girls wrote two songs together, including the number one single “Heart Like Mine,” and decided to keep collaborating after the album’s release. Angaleena Presley later joined the songwriting sessions, too, turning what began as a standard collaboration into a sort of countrified girl group. Dubbing themselves the Pistol Annies, the three developed a spunky, harmony-heavy sound and made their debut in April 2011, singing “Hell on Heels” at the Academy of Country Music's Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country telecast. An album of the same name followed later that year, topping the country charts during its first week of release and stirring up some buzz for Lambert’s fourth record, which appeared in October. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi 

Formed:

Nashville, TN

1969

Members:

1. Ashley Monroe

2. Miranda Lambert

3. Angaleena Presley

Lady Antebellum

Formed in 2006 by Charles Kelley (brother of singer/songwriter Josh Kelley), Hillary Scott (daughter of Grammy-winning homeland creative person Linda Davis), and Dave Haywood, lady Antebellum make contemporary homeland melodies that relies on the trio's wealthy harmonies and impeccable instrumental skills. Since its inception, the trio has graduated from dive bars to the impressive Ole Opry, unfastening for Phil Vassar, Rodney Atkins, and Carrie Underwood along the way. The group signed with Capitol Nashville in 2007 and issued its first single, "Love Don't reside Here," which peaked at number three on the homeland journals. A self-titled debut album pursued in April 2008, boasting output from Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley and supplied with more homeland strikes (including the chart-topping single "I Run to You," which furthermore enjoyed crossover success as a peak 40 pop hit).

Inside a year and a half, Lady Antebellum's debut had gone platinum and earned a Grammy nomination, and the band enjoyed its newfound achievement while putting the completing feels on a second album. Need You Now appeared in early 2010, and its leadoff lone -- "Need You Now" -- became the group's highest-charting song to designated day, topping the country charts and peaking at number two on the Billboard warm 100. It finally sold over three million copies. The album skilled alike achievement, going gold throughout its second week of issue and coming to platinum rank shortly after. By early 2011, Need You Now had sold more than three million exact replicates in America solely, and the band took a shatter from recording a third studio album in alignment to join the Grammys, where lady Antebellum took dwelling five accolades.

Lady Antebellum's third studio album, 2011's Own the Night, for which the group wrote ten of the 12 pathways, as well as co-producing the task with Worley, developed a warm single on the country journal right out of the box, "Just a Kiss," which became the trio's fastest-rising lone yet and traversed over, topping Billboard's mature person up to date journal. The next single, "Dancin' Away with My Heart," come to number two on Billboard's homeland chart. Lady Antebellum next issued the vacation album On This Winter's evening in the fall of 2012. ~ James Christopher Monger & Andrew Leahey, Rovi.

Formed:

Augusta, GA

2013

Members:

1. Hillary Scott

2. Dave Haywood

3. Charles Kelley