Alan Jackson Information

Alan Eugene Jackson was born on October 17, 1958, in Newman, Georgia. Jackson is an American country music singer and songwriter. Jackson's wife, Denise, got him connected to Glen Campbell, who helped him jumpstart his career. Alan sold cars, worked as a carpenter and toiled for a time in the mailroom at the Nashville Network cable television studios in Nashville before the lanky, cowboy-hatted singer was signed as the first artist on Arista's new Nashville label. Jackson burst on the country charts almost fully-formed in 1989, then proceeded to get measurably better as a writer, singer and recording artist with each album. His first album, 1990's Here in the Real World, was a major hit, as was his second (1991) album, Don't Rock the Jukebox. His 1992 release, A Lot About Livin' (And a Little About Love) was a smash success, spawning five major singles with "Chattahoochee" being the most enduring and successful. He was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry in 1991, just two years after his smash debut album immediately established him as the hard-country singer to beat in the '90s. So far, no one has.

Even after five rapid-selling albums and a slew of hits, the distinct impression is made that he hasn't peaked yet. Jackson, one of a few artists who doggedly kept the twang in country music during the early 1990s just seems to get better with age, and expand his range. Jacksons songs have been recorded by some of the greats like Charley Pride, who recorded "Here In The Real World". He has sung with George Jones on the award winning "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair". His sense of humour comes through on the satirical description of the wannabees who cynically jumped on the country music bandwagon in the 1990s, "Everybody's gone country/Yeah we've gone country/The whole world's gone country." ("Gone Country"). Jackson's impact on country music is getting larger by the day. Jackson's, 1998's High Mileage, entered the Billboard album chart at No. 4.

After the horrific events of September 11, Jackson found himself doing what all sincere country songwriters have done since the very beginning: put pen to paper and wrote his heart out. Performing "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," live for the first time at the CMA Awards on November 7, he expressed his own deeply personal sense of heartbreak and hope. An aching nation responded to "this singer of simple songs" by flooding radio stations of multiple formats with requests to hear the song before a studio version was even complete. (Within 24 hours after the CMA Awards, hundreds of radio stations across the country downloaded the televised broadcast and added it to their playlists.) The song consequently went to #1 faster than any other country single in the previous four years. Alan received thousands of letters from fans across the country, and within weeks of the performance the lyrics were even entered into the U.S. Congressional Record. His fans have responded in force. Jackson has sold more than 36 million albums worldwide since his 1989 debut. Jackson had his 29th career #1 song with "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)." Notably, it is also his 21st as a songwriter; an unprecedented feat that places him at the top of ASCAP's rarified 'Number One Club.' "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" is the first release from his eleventh Arista/Nashville album, "Drive." Alan Jackson also celebrated a number of hallmarks in 2001. His recording of "Where I Come From" spent three weeks at #1. The awards kept coming – the fans spoke loudly and from the heart when they honored him with six TNN and CMT Country Weekly Music Awards.

Along the way he racked up his 50th Country Music Association award nomination, a stunning achievement that places him second on the all-time CMA nominations list. Jackson's awards include Academy of Country Music honors and Country Music Association honors which are Top New Male Vocalist (1990), Single Record of the Year, "Don't Rock The Jukebox" (1991), Album of the Year, Don't Rock The Jukebox (1991), Triple Play Award (1990, 1991, 1992),Music Video of the Year, Midnight In Montgomery (about Hank Williams, 1992), Country Song of the Year, "Don't Rock The Jukebox" (1992), Country Songwriter of the Year (1993), Album of the Year, A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love) (1993), Single Record of the Year, "Chattahoochee" (1993), Music Video of the Year, "Chattahoochee" (1993), CMA-Single of the Year, "Chattahoochee" (1993), Vocal Event of the Year, "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" (with George Jones) (1993), Song of the Year, "Chattahoochee" (1994), Album of the Year, Common Threads: The Songs of the Eagles (1994), Male Vocalist of the Year (1994 and 1995) and was named Entertainer Of The Year in 1995 by the Country Music Association. Alan Jackson was honored by his home state in 2001 when he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Jackson has proved to everyone that he is one of the best-selling country musicians of the 1990s and of this decade, in spite of almost-universal critical panning in the latter, and most successful, half of his career.

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