Chesney Starts At The Top - Today In Country Music History

November 17, 2005

With sales of 469,000 Kenny Chesney’s The Road & The Radio debuted at the top of the Country Albums chart and the Top 200 all formats chart. It became his fourth consecutive album to debut at the top of both charts, a first for any country act.

"Who You'd Be Today" (#2), "Living in Fast Forward" (#1), "Summertime" (#1), "You Save Me" (#3), and "Beer in Mexico" (#1) were all released as singles from the album. It has been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA.

Next: Kenny Chesney Talks About His New Album & 'Bro-Country'

2012
Garth Brooks played the final show in a three-year intermittent run at the Wynn Las Vegas.
2011
Scotty McCreery picks up a gold album for Clear As Day. The album featured the singles "I Love You This Big" (#15) and "The Trouble With Girls" (#17).
With the album, McCreery broke records as the first country act to debut their first studio album at number one, and at 18 years old, the youngest man to open at the top of the chart with their debut release.
The album was certified platinum on January 6, 2012

Chris Young interrupted his performance of “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song)” at Rabb’s Steakhouse in Ruston, Louisiana, to have a male concert-goer thrown out for pushing a woman in the audience.
1997
LeAnn Rimes’ album Blue was certified multi-platinum for sales of 5 million copies.
The album featured the singles "Blue" (#10), "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" (#1) and "The Light in Your Eyes" (#5). When the album was repackaged and re-released it would also feature a cover of the Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody".
#1 On This Date
SINGLES
2012 – Taylor Swift – “We Are Never Getting Back Together”
2007 – Kenny Chesney – “Don’t Blink”
2001 – Tim McGraw – “Angry All The Time”
1990 – Holly Dunn – “You Really Had Me Going”
1984 – Exile – “Give Me One More Chance”
1979 – Waylon Jennings – “Come With Me”
1973 – Marie Osmond – “Paper Roses”
1962 – Bill Anderson – “Mama Sang A Song”
1958 – Ray Price – “City Lights”
1956 – Marty Robbins – “Singing The Blues”
1951 – Pee Wee King – “Slow Poke”
1945 – Wesley Tuttle – “With Tears In My Eyes”

ALBUMS
2012 – Taylor Swift - Red
2007 – The Eagles – Long Road Out of Eden
2001 – O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack
1990 – Garth Brooks – No Fences
1984 – Willie Nelson – City of New Orleans
1979 – Kenny Rogers – Kenny
1973 – Marie Osmond – Paper Roses
Birthdays
Singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is 76
Singer Aaron Lines is 37
Bassist Reid Perry (The Band Perry) is 26

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