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Famous as :

Country music singer

Birth Name :

Alan Eugene Jackson

Birth Date :

October 17, 1958

Birth Place :

Newnan, Georgia, US

Spouse :

Denise Jackson (since 15-Dec-79)

Claim to fame :

Album "Here in the Real World" (1989)

Early Winners of 42nd Country Music Association Awards

November 13, 2008 09:11:19

Industry professional members of Country Music Association have made their choice and early winners from 2008 Country Music Association Awards have been announced. , , and are some of the artists who receive the prestigious awards at the November-12 ceremony.

Starting with the announcement of the winner from "Song of the Year", Sugarland's "Stay" wins over 's "Good Time", 's "Letter to Me", Strait's "I Saw God Today", and ' "You're Gonna Miss This". The award from this category goes to songwriter and primary publisher, meaning that Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush, and Jennifer Nettles as the producers of "Stay" share the prize to be brought home.

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Toby Keith Tops Forbes List of Country's Top Earners

May 26, 2008 03:05:03

Country music artist has been named the Highest-Earning Country Star in a new Forbes magazine study. According to the publication, the singer is raking in an estimated $48 million over the last year, thanks to his major endorsement deal with Ford trucks, involvement in his I Love This Bar & Grill chain of restaurants, and ownership of his record label, Show Dog Nashville.

Country trio comes in second on the list, with $40 million in earnings. The music group's inclusion in the list is because of their Top 10 2007 tour that proved to help them earning such amount of earnings.

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41st CMA Awards Give Brad Paisley and George Strait 5 Nods Each

August 31, 2007 03:08:20

Country Music Association Awards members have found musicians eligible to be seated at the nominations list this year. Those gaining their attention most are and who earn 5 nods each.

Paisley and Strait are competing in 4 same categories: Single of the Year, Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. Paisley alone is up for Music Video of the Year through 'Online' while Strait is running for Musical Event of the Year sharing with and .

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Brooks & Dunn Teams Up with Alan Jackson in A Concert

March 02, 2007 05:03:36

The duo with their contemporary country music will hold up several concerts all around America. To top it off, the band invited in to perform a number of compilations as well as doing solos on the same stage.

They have announced that their 30 coast-to-coast tours will embark from Virginia Beach, Va. on May 10 and then continue up to October 21 in Orlando. Several regions in between that they will also visit include Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego and also Washington, D.C.

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US Album Chart-Toppers for the Week Ended Oct 4th

October 05, 2006 12:10:18

This time around has to nod his head to fellow musician, , whose latest effort "" ends his two-week reign at the top of the US album charts. The rapper's set, which is his fifth, is a new entry at the charts, sold 309,000 copies for the week ended Sunday October 1st. With such attainment, "Release Therapy" obviously leads Luda to score his third No. 1 album, after that of his 2003 "" and 2004 "".

's "", which is also another new entry, debuts at No. 2 with 296,000 copies, followed after that by 's "" at No. 3 sold 202,000 copies, and 's "" opens at No.4, taking in 149,000 units. Former chart-topper Justin's "", in the meantime, falls to No. 5 sold another 147,000 copies.

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Country Weekly's Top 10 Sexiest Male Country Artists

June 16, 2006 03:06:33

In a reader poll, which is about to be released Friday June 16th, 2006 in Country Weekly, the name of country singer comes up as the Sexiest Male Country Star, beating the likes of such country music artists as , , and , all of whom rounding out the top five, in order.

"The biggest surprise is how rapidly over the last couple of years Keith Urban has shot to the head of the class," Editor Bill Gubbins said. Meanwhile he added that there are about 32,000 readers voted in the first annual poll, both online and by mail.

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Krauss Is Producing Alan Jackson's New Album

May 20, 2006 02:05:46

The idea for the new set wasn't come up just like that. It popped up at a show last November, when and discussed about recording a bluegrass album.

After some discussion, the two then went into the studio to record some cuts and, satisfied with the results, decided to finish the project.

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10 Albums Lead the Billboard 200

April 13, 2006 09:04:35

The "King" no longer seats on the throne. It means no longer rules the Billboard 200. The rapper sadly has to give away the top position on the album chart to country trio whose album "Me and My Gang" sold 722,000 copies, to easily debut at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts, while T.I.'s "King" drops to No. 3 with 185,000 copies.

The second best on the chart is the pop hits collection "Now That's What I Call Music! 21" selling 334,000 copies. The soundtrack to Disney's "High School Musical" slips one from last week's position to be at No. 4 with 181,000 copies, ahead of 's "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" at No. 5 sold for 128,000 copies. Enter the Billboard 200 at No. 6 with 126,000 copies is 's fourth album, "I'm Not Dead".

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Top 10 Albums Debuted on the U.S. Pop Charts

April 06, 2006 10:04:14

In a recap of the Top 10 albums on the US pop album charts for the week ended Sunday, there's something interesting that people could obviously see. It's the new chart-topper which debuts on its very top position.

The top spot on the Billboard 200 surprisingly is seized by Atlanta rapper , whose album "King" sold almost 522,000 copies, such amount enough to push last week chart topper 's "3121" aside to No. 8 with only 75,000 copies. Checking in at No. 2 in the meantime is 's "Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2," which sold 242,000 copies.

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What's New on Billboard 200

March 30, 2006 12:03:50

The is back. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has again topped the Billboard 200 long after his 1989's Batman soundtrack, 1985's "Around the World in a Day" and his 1984 mega-smash, "Purple Rain". The singer has in the week ended Sunday had his new set "3121" sold for 183,000 copies, such amount enough to bring him on top of the chart.

Meanwhile, last week's chart-topper, Disney's "High School Musical" soundtrack slips one to No.2, ahead of 's "Back to Bedlam" at No. 3 and 's "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" at No. 4. 's "In My Own Words" sadly drops one place from last week position to No. 5, followed after by whose "The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 2: I Am What I Am" selling 62,000 copies to secure the 6th position on the chart.

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The U.S. Pop Album Charts on Wednesday March 8

March 09, 2006 11:03:30

The US pop album charts Wednesday March 8th, 2006 was dominated by R&B singer 's debut solo release "In My Own Words" which opened at No. 1, selling 301,000 copies in the week ended March 5. Meanwhile, the soundtrack to the Disney Channel movie "High School Musical" by various artists slipped to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 128,000 copies, after one week at the top.

Sat at No. 3 was rock quintet 's "If Only You Were Lonely" which sold another 114,000 copies. 's "Precious Memories" was back on the Billboard 200 debuted at No. 4 with 107,000 copies, ahead of R&B singer 's "The Breakthrough" which slipped one to No. 5 with 81,000 copies. Bounced from No. 14 to No. 6 is "The Legend of Johnny Cash" by with another 80,000 copies.

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Alan Jackson to Release His "Precious Memories"

February 13, 2006 01:02:20

As obvious as everyone can guess from the title, "Precious Memories," indeed is meaningful for country crooner . The new album of the singer actually is consisting of gospel tunes he originally recorded as a Christmas present to his mother, which he's now intended to turn into an album.

"Precious Memories" is a collection of 15 vintage hymns recorded in an intimate, acoustic setting that the star grew up singing in church in his native Georgia. More on the album, Nelson also is involving wife Denise, and daughters Mattie and Ali to contribute to "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus."

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The 39th Annual CMA Awards aired on CBS

November 03, 2005 09:11:41

Slated to perform at The 39th Annual CMA Awards held on November 15, veteran musician will not hum the tune of "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" alone as is going to join him on the stage. The song was previously featured in John's album entitled "Peachtree Road" which came up last year and was composed by himself along with his writing partner, Bernie Taupin.

"I've always admired Sir Elton's songwriting, musicianship and singing and I'm thrilled to be working with him," Parton said as quoted by Country Music Association. "It should be a very passionate performance."

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'USA Today' Highest New Entry

August 20, 2005 10:08:59

"USA Today." Wait a minute, that's not referring to the newspaper, but the latest hit single of country star . What's wrong with that? Nothing, except it has successfully landed at No. 49 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in the week ended August 14.

Despite the fact that's only a song, and not a newspaper, Jackson indeed singing about the national newspaper in the self-penned song, as evidenced by these lyrics: "...they're thinking about putting me on the cover of the USA Today, story of heartbreaking pain, picture of the loneliest man they claim, in the U.S.A. today." Anyway, with that secured position, "USA Today" has become the highest new entry on the chart.

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