History Music / KennyChesney

* OdeToSobriety: "That's Why I'm Here"

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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

** Inverted with his duet vocal on Music/RebaMcEntire's "Every Other Weekend". The song first charted as an album cut credited to both artists. When it was officially released as a single, the radio edit had co-writer Skip Ewing [[FakeShemp singing Kenny's parts]] due to a label disagreement, although most stations just played the Chesney version anyway. As a result, it was credited ''only'' to Reba on the charts.
** Another inversion came with the Music/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, due to diffficulties with getting permission from Strait's label.

* ''In My Wildest Dreams'' (1993)

A man of both the arenas and the beaches, Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney (born March 26, 1968) 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.

** Kenny charted at least #1 country hit for every calendar year since 2001... until 2013, when his only two single releases that year peaked at #3 and #14. Even worse, the streak managed to resume after that.

* OldManConversationSong: "The Good Stuff" is a conversation with an old man at a bar. "Don't Blink" is the narrator's witness of a conversation between a 102-year-old man and a news anchor.

For the first stretch of his career up to the TurnOfTheMillennium, Chesney was of a decidedly more "mainstream" bent, delivering slick, twangy honky-tonk country. Starting with ''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems'' in 2002, he dialed back on the twang somewhat and began recording a blend of arena rock, upbeat "beachy" tunes clearly inspired from Music/JimmyBuffett, and soft introspective ballads. His albums since this point have drawn from a mix of acclaimed yet largely obscure sources, including Mac [=McAnally=], Matraca Berg, Charlie Robison, and Mindy Smith. He has also drawn many non-country names into his material, such as Music/UncleKracker, [[Music/BobMarley The Wailers]], Music/{{Dave Matthews|Band}}, Grace Potter (of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals), Ziggy Marley, and Music/{{Pink}}.

** Inverted with his duet vocal on Music/RebaMcEntire's "Every Other Weekend". The song first charted as an album cut credited to both artists. When it was officially released as a single, the radio edit had co-writer Skip Ewing singing Kenny's parts, although most stations just played the Chesney version anyway. As a result, it was credited to "Reba [=McEntire=] with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing" for one week, then just Reba after that.

Following the closure of BNA in 2012, Chesney has moved to Creator/ColumbiaRecords' Nashville division.

** Inverted with his duet vocal on Music/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 co-writer Skip Ewing singing Kenny's parts, although most stations just played the Chesney version anyway. As a result, it was credited to "Reba [=McEntire=] with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing" for one week, then just Reba after that.

** Kenny charted at least #1 country hit for every calendar year since 2001... until 2013, when his only two single releases that year peaked at #3 and #14. Even worse, the streak managed to resume afterthat.

* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: According to a column in ''Country Weekly'', Kenny had a line in his 2005 hit "Summertime" changed because the original lyrics mentioned snow cones, and he had no idea what a snow cone was.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His 1990s albums were largely mainstream "neotraditionalist" country, and he fit right in with the "hat act"s of the day. By the late 1990s, he shifted to a slicker country-pop sound that netted two of his biggest hits ("How Forever Feels" and "The Good Stuff") before moving again to his now-iconic "beachy" sound with ''No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems''.

* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: According to a column in ''Country Weekly'', Kenny asked the writers of his 2005 hit "Summertime" if they would change the opening lines, because they mentioned snow cones, and he had no idea what they were.

* 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 the only thing he released between 1999 and 2012 that didn't hit Top 10.

* AdvertisedExtra: [[Music/BobMarley 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).

A man of both the arenas and the beaches. 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.

* BrokenWinLossStreak: ''Life on a Rock'' was his first album since his little-known debut not to be certified gold or higher.

* ''No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems'' (2002)

* {{Bowdlerize}}: "Reality" changed the line "Yeah, some days it's a bitch, it's a bummer" to "…it's just bad, it's a bummer."

* BrokenStreak: ''Life on a Rock'' was his first album since his little-known debut not to be certified gold or higher.

* ChartDisplacement: While many of his #1 hits have been forgotten, "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" remains one of his most popular despite only hitting #11.

* PrematurelyBald: According to [[http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/06/kenny-chesney-the-making-of-a-franchise-in-a-cowboy-hat.html?cid=6a00d8341c58f853ef0115711b9906970c this]] article, he began balding at age 19. Hence the NiceHat.
** He actually appears hatless in the "Come Over" video.

-->She doesn't care anymore that her high school girlfriends cut her down\\
They only thought she entertain is where they are and where she is now\\
All her old neighbors swear they're certain she slept her way to the top\\
She knows you don't get where you're going\\
Unless you got something they ain't got...\\

She knows you don't get where your going\\
Unless you got something they ain't got...

** Inverted with his duet vocal on Music/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 co-writer 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.

* 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 "[[Music/WillieNelson Pretty Paper]]," [[Music/{{Alabama}} "Christmas in Dixie"]], and "[[Music/TheOakRidgeBoys Thank God for Kids]]".

* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: Kenny asked the writers of his 2005 hit "Summertime" if they would change the opening lines, because they mentioned snow cones, and he had no idea what they were.

** Another inversion came with the Music/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.

* BrokenStreak: ''Life on a Rock'' was his first album since his debut not to be certified gold or higher.