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Alan Jackson born on October 17, 1958 is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the 1 of the best-promoting country musicians of the 1990s and has sold more than 40 million albums with 30 number 1 hits.

Jackson is originally from Newnan, Georgia. He previously worked in The Nashville Network's mailroom. Jackson's wife Denise got him connected to Glen Campbell, who aided him jumpstart his profession.

His 1st album, 1990's Right here in the Real Planet, was a significant hit, as was his second (1991) album, Do not Rock the Jukebox. His 1992 release, A Lot About Livin' (And a Tiny 'Bout Adore) was a smash accomplishment, spawning five main singles with "Chattahoochee" getting the most enduring and successful. After a handful of a lot more hit albums, Jackson once more rocketed to fame with "Where Have been You (When the Planet Stopped Turning)," a song about the September 11, 2001 attacks, which became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream spotlight the song was even the subject of parody on the common animated series South Park, in the episode "A Ladder To Heaven".

Though Jackson has been characterized as a "hat act", his influences go deep into the roots of country music and his songs have been recorded by some of the greats like Charley Pride, who recorded "Here In The Genuine Globe". He has sung with George Jones on the award-winning "I Never Want Your Rockin' Chair" and "A Excellent Year for the Roses." His sense of humor comes by way of in "Gone Nation" with the satirical description of the wannabes who cynically jumped on the nation music bandwagon in the 1990s: "Everybody's gone nation/Yeah we've gone nation/The whole world's gone country." He has been credited for popularizing a Neotraditional Nation sound.

Alan's band is named the Stray Horns.

Some of Alan Jackson Albums are :

Drive (2002)

Let It Be Christmas (2002)

Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other Stuff (2003)

What I Do (2004)

Precious Memories (2006)

and several a lot more

He has received several awards like :

Grammy sward for Finest Country Song "Where Had been You (When The World Stopped Turning)" 2002

Entertainer of the Year 1995

All time winner: Single of the Year 2005

Album of the Year, Prevalent Threads: The Songs of the Eagles 1994

and many a lot more