Few artists love writing songs, finding songs and playing songs as much as Kenny. Over the course of 20 albums, 15 of new music, the kid from East Tennessee has created some of the 21st century's most enduring classics. With his Trip Around the Sun Tour heading into its final weekends, all of those songs are now certified heavy metal.
When CMTs Katie Cook talked of friendship, dreams and hard work, the entire third floor of ACME Feed & Seed burst into cheers. As waiters passed trays of hot chickennwaffles and fried green tomatoes, David Lee Murphy and Kenny were being feted for the feel-good summer anthem Everythings Gonna Be Alright, written by Murphy, Chris Stevens and Jimmy Yeary.
After the romping coming together in a divided world Get Along broke Billboards Country Airplay Chart record for the Most Country No. 1s by an artist, Kenny returns to country radio with the life-changing Better Boat. A song of grace in the face of humanity, it empowers without overpowering.
When Kenny made Songs for the Saints, he wasnt thinking about chart positions, country radio or how these songs would play in his live shows—he was worried about the people of the Virgin Islands. Riding out a Category 5 hurricane without the same kinds of safety nets people on mainland take for granted, he understood the peril, and he channeled it into Song for the Saints, then Love for Love City.
It came from his heart, fueled by the anxiety of waiting and watching as the Caribbean islands where he makes his home were battered by Hurricane Irma, then Maria. For Kenny, Songs for the Saints wasnt an album created for hit singles or critical acclaim, but to process his own emotions and to let the people on the islands known as the Saints know they were not only not forgotten, but their spirit was being held up as a source of inspiration.
When Kenny released Live in No Shoes Nation, a two-disc live recording (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville), people thought he was crazy. Who buys records of concerts they've already been to? But Kenny, who'd been listening back to the members of No Shoes Nation shouting, singing and cheering along over the previous decade, was blown away by the passion in venues ranging from Gillette Stadium to Red Rocks, the Rose Bowl to Asbury Parks famed Stone Pony and he wanted the fans to experience the rush, the energy and the passion he does every night listening to their voices.
Kenny Heads To ABCs Good Morning America, NBCs The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon July 31, Plays to 52,189 Breaking His Own Record at Chicagos Soldiers Field
Having broken his own record at Chicagos Soldiers Field with 52,189 and a completely sold out show, Kenny finally released Songs for the Saints Friday, July 27.
In celebration of the release of Songs for the Saints, Kenny is taking the story of the record straight to the fans with a live Town Hall on SiriusXM Friday, July 27 at 8 pm ET. With set-up for his show at Chicago's Soldiers Field underway, Kenny will join The Highways Storme Warren to discuss the albums inspiration, the devastation of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, the forming of the Love for Love City Fund and its role in rebuilding the Saints, album guests Ziggy Marley, Mindy Smith and Jimmy Buffett, as well as play as much music as they can fit.
Rocks Close To 45,000 at St. Louis Busch Stadium Kicking Off Release Week for Introspective Songs for the Saints with Ziggy Marley, Mindy Smith, Jimmy
KENNY LANDS AT NO. 1 WITH GET ALONG FIRST WARNER NASHVILLE SINGLE IS KENNY'S 30th CAREER CHART-TOPPER, BREAKING BILLBOARDS MOST NO. 1s ON COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART
Also Breaks His Own Attendance Record at Arrowhead Stadium with
3rd Instant Grat Track from Songs for the Saints Features Mindy Smith
Kenny didnt know he was embarking on a deeply personal and ultimately, utterly hopeful record when he wrote Song for the Saints and Love For Love City in the ballast of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. But as the storms passed, his friends in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands emerged to face a new
23 Years Later, Murphy Tops the Country Radio Charts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. It came out of the chute as the weeks Most Added Record. Thirty-two weeks and twenty-three years later David Lee Murphy returns to No. 1 on Billboard and MediaBases Country Singles charts. Everythings Gonna Be Alright, a duet with co-producer Kenny, is a song that affirms the power of positivity in a
Ziggy Marley, Mindy Smith, Jimmy Buffett Guest - Proceeds Go to Love for Love City Fund for Virgin Island Relief U.S. Virgin Islands — As friends were being airlifted off the Hurricane Irma-toppled Virgin Islands, Kenny was in the studio recording what in many ways was his response to the destruction that swept through in the
Proceeds from Songs for the Saints Go To Virgin Island Relief Fund
Nashville, Tenn. Kenny knew, as the texts and pictures started filling up his cell phone, he was going to do everything in his power to help the Virgin Islands. Immediately setting up the Love for Love City Fund, the man The Los Angeles Times deemed The Peoples Superstar began cutting through red tape,
VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS AMPHITHEATER AT VIRGINIA BEACH Kenny's performance tonight, Thursday, May 10th, at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 14, 2018 due to inclement weather and out of concern for the safety of our fans. Please hold on to your tickets for the rescheduled date.
Plays to 55,292 at Tampas Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, Fl. -- Eight songs into Kenny's no-holds-barred set at Tampas Raymond James Stadium, the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar finally paused for a moment, ran his hands down the legs of his jeans and told the at-capacity crowd, I got asked every day, Why Tampa? All you gotta' do is listen to this… When the shrieking
When the stage alone weighs 360,000 pounds, it takes a whole lot of muscle, brains and technology to make Kenny's Trip Around the Sun Tour go off without a hitch for the No Shoes Nation. On Saturday, April 21, the man The Wall Street Journal called The King of the Road will debut another state of the art sound system, as well as a video wall thats three stories high.
New Single Seeks Coming Together, Arrives at Radio Friday, April 6
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Leave it to Kenny Chesney to tap into both the moment and the feel good. When the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar was working on what will be his most personal album to date, he found himself in a
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- After a year off to focus on music, personal projects and the unexpected work in the Virgin Islands, 8-time Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, Kenny, wants to have a little fun before kicking the 2018 Trip Around the Sun Tour off at Tampa, Florida's Raymond James Stadium on
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Everyone knows: nobody does stadium shows like Kenny! With an armful of No. 1s, a high-energy band and the energy to throw his songs to the seats at the top of the other end zone, The Wall Street Journal crowned him The King of the Road. But for the songwriter/superstar from East Tennessee, there is an intimacy and
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Warner Music Group and Warner Music Nashville are honored to welcome eight-time ACM winner and CMA Entertainer of the Year Kenny to the Warner Music family. As part of WMN, the songwriter/superstars music will be released on the Blue Chair Records/Warner Bros. Records label.
Cosmic Hallelujah Scores Best Country Album Nod at 2018 Grammy Awards
Nashville, Tenn. -- When Kenny switched the lead single to Noise nine days before the launch of Cosmic Hallelujah, people thought he was crazy. But the song written, recorded and mastered in three days spoke to the toxic information overload in a way that felt urgent,
Get the live track featuring the Zac Brown Band on Kenny's new record Live in No Shoes Nation HERE.
Get the live track featuring the Zac Brown Band on Kenny's new record Live in No Shoes Nation
EIGHTEEN Major Stadiums Are First 2018 Tour Announcement
Tour Presented by Blue Chair Bay Rum
Pre-Sales
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Big Revival, Life on a Rock, Lucky Old Sun, Welcome to the Fishbowl certify
Somewhere in the Sun
Broadcast Music, Inc., (BMI), the global leader in music rights management, will celebrate Kenny's extraordinary career by presenting him with the BMI Presidents Award at the Company's 64th annual BMI Country Awards, to be held at BMIs Nashville office on
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