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Alan Jackson born on October 17, 1958 is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the one of the greatest-promoting nation musicians of the 1990s and has sold over 40 million albums with 30 number 1 hits.

Jackson is initially from Newnan, Georgia. He previously worked in The Nashville Network's mailroom. Jackson's wife Denise got him connected to Glen Campbell, who aided him jumpstart his career.

His 1st album, 1990's Right here in the Actual Globe, was a significant hit, as was his second (1991) album, Don't Rock the Jukebox. His 1992 release, A Lot About Livin' (And a Small 'Bout Really like) was a smash success, spawning five major singles with "Chattahoochee" being the most enduring and profitable. Following a few a lot 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 topic of parody on the well-known animated series South Park, in the episode "A Ladder To Heaven".

Even though Jackson has been characterized as a "hat act", his influences go deep into the roots of country music and his songs have been recorded by some of the greats like Charley Pride, who recorded "Right here In The Genuine Planet". He has sung with George Jones on the award-winning "I Do not Need to have Your Rockin' Chair" and "A Great Year for the Roses." His sense of humor comes through in "Gone Country" 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 country/The complete 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)

Valuable Memories (2006)

and numerous a lot more

He has received many awards like :

Grammy sward for Very best Nation Song "Where Have been You (When The World Stopped Turning)" 2002

Entertainer of the Year 1995

All time winner: Single of the Year 2005

Album of the Year, Common Threads: The Songs of the Eagles 1994

and numerous far more User:CrossonRoseboro802 - SlimeWiki