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Alan Jackson born on October 17, 1958 is an American nation music singer and songwriter. He is the 1 of the best-selling country musicians of the 1990s and has sold over 40 million albums with 30 quantity 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 assisted him jumpstart his career.
His first album, 1990's Right here in the True World, was a key hit, as was his second (1991) album, Never Rock the Jukebox. His 1992 release, A Lot About Livin' (And a Tiny 'Bout Enjoy) was a smash accomplishment, spawning five major singles with "Chattahoochee" becoming the most enduring and effective. Right after a few more hit albums, Jackson once again rocketed to fame with "Where Were 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 popular 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 nation music and his songs have been recorded by some of the greats like Charley Pride, who recorded "Here In The True Globe". He has sung with George Jones on the award-winning "I Don't Need to have Your Rockin' Chair" and "A Very good Year for the Roses." His sense of humor comes via in "Gone Nation" with the satirical description of the wannabes who cynically jumped on the country music bandwagon in the 1990s: "Everybody's gone country/Yeah we've gone nation/The whole world's gone nation." 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 many much more
He has received numerous awards like :
Grammy sward for Very best Country Song "Where Were You (When The Planet Stopped Turning)" 2002
Entertainer of the Year 1995
All time winner: Single of the Year 2005
Album of the Year, Typical Threads: The Songs of the Eagles 1994
and many far more
