Kenny Chesney | |
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| Birth name | Kenneth Arnold Chesney |
| Born | () March 26, (age&#;56) Knoxville, Tenessee, USA |
| Origin | Powell, Tennessee, USA |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | present |
| Labels | Capricorn, BNA, Columbia, Blue Chair Records, Warner Nashville |
| Website | |
Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney (born March 26, ) is an Americancountry music singer. Chesney has won many CMT awards and many other country music awards.
As late as he had songs on Billboard's Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs music charts.[1][2]
Chesney was born on March 26, , in Knoxville, Tennessee, at St. Mary's Medical Center. He was raised in Luttrell. He is the son of David Chesney, a former elementary school teacher, and Karen Chandler, a hair stylist in the Knoxville area. Chesney has one sibling, a younger sister named Jennifer Chandler.
In , Chesney graduated from Gibbs High School where he played baseball and football. Chesney received his first guitar, "The Terminor," for Christmas and began teaching himself to play. Chesney studied advertising at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN, where he was a member of the ETSU Bluegrass Program and the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Chesney started his career in the music industry as a songwriter in He started his solo career in [3]
Chesney married actress and producer Renée Zellweger briefly in until Zellweger filed an annulment letter.