Kenny Chesney Facts

"Anything But Mine" spent 17 weeks on the charts before becoming number one.
Birth place: Knoxville, TN
Birthdate: March 26, 1968
Education: Graduated East Tennessee State University with a marketing degree in 1990.
Eye color: Blue
Favorite book: The Firm by John Grisham
Favorite candy: M&Ms.
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: Macaroni and tomatoes, cornbread, fried potatoes and - according to his mom - peanut butter
Favorite movies: Forrest Gump and Almost Famous
Favorite songs: "Nobody In His Right Mind" by George Strait, and "Don't Close Your Eyes" by Keith Whitley
Favorite sports teams: Chicago Cubs, the Tennessee Volunteers, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Atlanta Braves
Favorite sports: Baseball, football, NASCAR
Favorite TV show: Friends
First steady gig was playing at a honkytonk called The Turf.
Hair color: Dark Brown
He was nearly arrested in 2000 when he hopped on a police officer's horse at a fair in New York. Kenny was later aquitted of disorderly conduct.
He was nominated for 2005 CMA Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. He lost both awards to Keith Urban.
He won the 2004 CMA Album of the Year for his record When the Sun Goes Down.
His song, "You Had Me From Hello," was written from Renee Zellweger's famous line in Jerry Maguire.
In 1997, Kenny Chesney won an ACM award for "Top New Male Vocalist."
Kenny Chesney first moved to Nashville on January 13, 1991.
Kenny Chesney first tried to play the guitar when he was in the fifth grade.
Kenny Chesney has had more than twenty Top Ten songs on the Billboard Charts.
Kenny Chesney released his debut album in 1994. It was called In My Wildest Dreams, and it sold over 100,000 copies.
Kenny Chesney went to Gibbs High School.
Kenny Chesney's nicknames are Bubba and Buh, which his younger sister calls him.
Kenny Chesney's tour "Senoritas and Margaritas" was the top selling country tour in 2002.
Kenny won entertain of the year again in 2007.
Kenny won the 2006 Academy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year.
Kenny won the entertainer of the year award at the 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2006.
Kenny's 11 album The Road and the Radio will be released on November 8.
Kenny's new album The Road and the Radio debuted at #1.
Label: BNA
Musical influences are John Mellencamp, Jimmy Buffet, and George Jones.
Name: Kenneth Arnold Chesney
On September 15, 2005, Kenny Chesney and Renee Zellweger had their marriage annuled, citing "fraud" as the reason in the legal papers.
On the CMT Top 20 Videos of 2005, he held the #8 (Who You'd Be Today) and #2 (Anything But Mine) slots.
Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney's marriage ceremony lasted 15 minutes.
Residence: Gallatin, TN
Some of the jobs that Kenny Chesney had when he was younger were a telemarketer, mail room sorter, and he used to valet park cars.
The first record label that Kenny Chesney signed with was Acuff-Rose in 1992, and then he signed with Capricorn Records in 1993, but now is signed with BNA Records.
The video for his song "The Tin Man" was supposed to be filmed between the two World Trade Center towers on 9/11/01. Due to equipment delays, filming for the video was set back and Kenny and the filming crew avoided being caught in the 9/11 tragedy.
Two of Kenny's albums "All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan" and "Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair" both went platinum without a radio single or promotion.
Was raised in Luttrel, Tennessee, which is also the hometown of country star Chet Atkins.
When Kenny Chesney was nineteen, he got his first guitar as a Christmas present.

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