| Mark Chesnutt | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mark Nelson Chesnutt |
| Born | September 6, 1963 |
| Origin | Beaumont, Texas, USA |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, rhythm guitar |
| Years active | 1988-present |
| Label(s) | Axbar MCA Decca MCA Nashville Columbia Vivaton! CBuJ Ent. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Beaumont is a city in and the County seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont&ndash Port Arthur Metropolitan The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group 's Country music subsidiary Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Lofton Creek |
| Associated acts | Aerosmith Tracy Byrd Garth Brooks |
| Website | MarkChesnutt.com |
Mark Chesnutt (born Mark Nelson Chesnutt, September 6, 1963 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American country music singer known for his neotraditionalist country style. Lofton Creek Records is an United States Country music Record label launched in 2002 by Harold and Vicky Shafer along with Mike and Martha Borchetta Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Troyal Garth Brooks, known professionally as Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Beaumont is a city in and the County seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont&ndash Port Arthur Metropolitan The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Neotraditional country, also known as "new traditional" country, is a Country music style that rejects most elements of modern Top 40 country Chesnutt recorded his first album, Doing My Country Thing in the late 1980s on an independent record label; his national debut came in 1990 with the single "Too Cold at Home", the first single from his second album, which was also titled Too Cold at Home. Too Cold at Home is the second album released by American Country music artist Mark Chesnutt, released in 1990 on MCA Records.
To date, Chesnutt has charted more than thirty singles on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including eight Number One singles. Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States He has also released eleven studio albums and a Greatest Hits package. His first three albums -- Too Cold at Home (1990), Longnecks & Short Stories (1992), and Almost Goodbye (1993) -- and his 1996 Greatest Hits album have all achieved RIAA platinum certification in the United States, while 1994's What a Way to Live was certified gold. Longnecks & Short Stories is the third studio album by American Country music artist Mark Chesnutt. Almost Goodbye is the fourth studio album released by American Country music artist Mark Chesnutt. Greatest Hits is the first Greatest hits compilation released by American Country music artist Mark Chesnutt. What a Way to Live is the fifth studio album released by American Country music artist Mark Chesnutt.
His most recent album, Rollin' With the Flow, is slated for release on June 24, 2008. Its title track and lead-off single was a cover of Charlie Rich's hit single from 1977. Charlie Rich ( December 14, 1932 - July 25, 1995) was an American Country Music Singer/Musician.
Biography
Chesnutt is the second son of Bobby Thomas Chesnutt and Norma Jean Nicholas. He learned to love music from his father, who was a singer and record collector. Chesnutt dropped out of school after his sophomore year of high school to begin playing with his father in clubs around Southeast Texas. When he turned 17, his father began to take him to Nashville, Tennessee to begin recording. For the next ten years, Chesnutt began to record on small regional labels while he was the house band for local Beaumont nightclub Cutters. He slowly gathered a large fanbase who loved to hear his traditional style.
In 1989, several Music Row executives came to Cutters to hear Chesnutt play. Music Row is an area just to the southwest of Downtown Nashville Tennessee that is home to hundreds of businesses related to the Country music, Gospel music In 1989, he was signed to MCA Nashville. Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group 's Country music subsidiary He won the CMA Horizon Award, given annually to the most promising newcomer. The Country Music Association (CMA was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. He toured constantly, and his fans rewarded him by making him one of Billboard's Ten Most-Played Radio Artists of the 1990s. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry He also won the 2005 French Country Music Awards Best Album of the Year Award. [1]
Although his first hit, 1990's "Too Cold at Home," was extremely neotraditional, subsequent songs were more mainstream Contemporary Country. Chesnutt surprised many fans in late 1998 when he recorded a cover of Aerosmith's recent hit, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" " I Don't Want to Miss a Thing " is a hit single by American rock band Aerosmith. " Chesnutt's version of this song was a #1 country hit for two weeks in February 1999, and peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Mark married his wife Tracie in 1992. They have three boys, Waylon, Casey, and Cameron. The family lives in East Texas.
In June 2007, Mark signed with Lofton Creek Records. Lofton Creek Records is an United States Country music Record label launched in 2002 by Harold and Vicky Shafer along with Mike and Martha Borchetta The first single for his new label, "Rollin' With the Flow", is a cover of Charlie Rich's Number One country hit from 1977. Charlie Rich ( December 14, 1932 - July 25, 1995) was an American Country Music Singer/Musician.
Mark Chesnutt has a great number of fans in Europe, where he has toured in the last years. Two of his latest singles has been great hits in the European market, through the AGR Record Label, according to AGR and The European CMA radio Charts. "Heard It in a Love Song" peaked at #5 in April 2007 and "That Good, That Bad" peaked at #4 the week of June 22, 2007.
Discography
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The following article presents a complete Discography of all albums and singles released to date by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music andDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic