History Music / KennyChesney

He then got picked up by BNA Records, a country music division of RCA, and issued his breakthrough album ''All I Need to Know'' in 1995. Although it wasn't until 1997 that he finally scored a Number One hit, most of his BNA singles in this timespan reached Top 10 or better. Kicking his career into high gear, he scored a six-week #1 in 1999 with "Don't Happen Twice." A GreatestHitsAlbum in 2000 produced one of his {{Signature Song}}s, "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy."

Highly successful CountryMusic artist. Born in 1968, Chesney began performing in his teenage years, before working at clubs before signing a deal with Capricorn Records in 1993. Capricorn had no experience in the country music field, however; the album received minimal promotion, its singles tanked, and the label closed its Nashville branch.

* ChristmasSongs: ''All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan'' mixes original songs, traditional covers such as "Silent Night," and country music standards such as "[[Music/WillieNelson Pretty Paper]]," [[Music/{{Alabama}} "Christmas in Dixie"]], and "[[MusicTheOakRidgeBoys Thank God for Kids]]".

* AdvertisedExtra: The Wailers on "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" — their part is cut out of the radio edit, but they still got chart credit (from the second week at #1 onward, at least).
** Inverted with his duet vocal on RebaMcEntire's "Every Other Weekend", on which he sings a good portion of the song. The song first charted as an album cut credited to both artists. When it was officially released as a single, the radio edit had Skip Ewing singing Kenny's parts (although most stations just played the Chesney version anyway), and it was credited to "Reba [=McEntire=] with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing" for one week, then just Reba after that.
** Another inversion came with the GeorgeStrait duet "Shiftwork". It also charted as an album cut with both artists credited, but when it was released as a single, it was credited only to Chesney until about halfway through its chart run.
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Better As A Memory" title drops "Just Who I Am", the album it appears on.

* ChristmasSongs: ''All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan'' mixes original songs, traditional covers such as "Silent Night," and country music standards such as "[[WillieNelson Pretty Paper]]," [[{{Alabama}} "Christmas in Dixie"]] and "[[TheOakRidgeBoys Thank God for Kids]]".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: On "Shiftwork," both he and duet partner GeorgeStrait draw out the I and barely pronounce the F. It even gets furthered by the lyric "A big ol' pile of shiiiiiiiiftwork."

* MixedMetaphor: A verse of "Better as a Memory" starts with "Goodbyes are like a roulette wheel" and ends with "Left holding a losing hand". Because, you know, roulette totally involves cards.

* RereleaseTheSong: Chesney re-recorded his 1994 single "The Tin Man" for his first GreatestHitsAlbum and released the new version in 2001. The re-release has the distinction of being his only single release of the 2000s not to reach Top 10.
** Also done with "I'm Alive", a duet with [[Music/DaveMatthewsBand Dave Matthews]], which originally appeared on the 2008 studio album ''Lucky Old Sun'' and charted at number 55 from unsolicited airplay. It carried over to the 2009 compilation album ''Greatest Hits II'', from which it was officially released as a single, peaking at number 6.

* ''Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair'' (2005)

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair'' was a side project that Chesney recorded for the sake of having a whole album of laid-back, acoustic material. It intentionally didn't produce any radio hits.

Chesney was briefly a tabloid target in 2005 after his short-lived marriage to actress Renée Zellweger.

Following the closure of BNA in 2012, Chesney has moved to Columbia Records' Nashville division.

** DooWopProgression: The verses of "The Tin Man".

* NiceHat: He always wears either a cowboy hat or a straw hat.

** Also done with "I'm Alive", a duet with [[Music/DaveMatthewsBand Dave Matthews]], which originally appeared on 2008 studio album ''Lucky Old Sun'' and charted at number 55 from unsolicited airplay. It appeared on his 2009 compilation album ''Greatest Hits II'', from which it was officially released as a single, peaking at number 6.

* ChristmasSongs: ''All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan'' mixes original songs, traditional covers such as "Silent Night," and country music standards such as "Pretty Paper," [[{{Alabama}} "Christmas in Dixie"]] and "Thank God for Kids."

** Also done with "I'm Alive", a duet with DaveMatthews, which originally appeared on 2008 studio album Lucky Old Sun and charted at number 55 from unsolicited airplay. It appeared on his 2009 compilation album Greatest Hits II, from which it was officially released as a single, peaking at number 6.

* AlbumTitleDrop: "Better As A Memory" title drops "Just Who I Am", the album it appears on

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Be as You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair'' was a side project that Chesney recorded for the sake of having a whole album of laid-back, acoustic material. It intentionally didn't produce any radio hits.

* DooWopProgression: The verses of "The Tin Man".

* VocalEvolution: In the 1990s, his material was barely discernible from any other young hunk in a cowboy hat, and he had a twang that could rival Aaron Tippin's. By the end of the decade, he started to lean a little more country-pop-rock-ish and his voice lost some of its nasality. Another six or seven years later, he's almost exclusively doing mellow, acoustic, introspective numbers, and his voice is very, very devoid of twang.

** Also done with "I'm Alive", a duet with DaveMatthews, which originally appeared on 2008 studio album Lucky Old Sun and charted at # 55 from unsolicited airplay. It appeared on his 2009 compilation album Greatest Hits II, from which it was officially released as a single, peaking at # 6.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness / VocalEvolution: In the 1990s, his material was barely discernible from any other young hunk in a cowboy hat, and he had a twang that could rival Aaron Tippin's. By the end of the decade, he started to lean a little more country-pop-rock-ish and his voice lost some of its nasality. Another six or seven years later, he's almost exclusively doing mellow, acoustic, introspective numbers, and his voice is very, very devoid of twang.