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Introduction
Alan Jackson is an American musician and composer. He is well-known for combining traditional honky-tonk and mainstream country-pop sounds (for a style commonly referred to as “neotraditional country”), as well as composing a large number of his own compositions. Jackson has recorded sixteen studio albums, as well as three greatest-hits albums, two Christmas albums, and two gospel albums. Jackson is one of the most commercially successful musicians of all time, having sold over 75 million records worldwide, including 44 million in the United States alone.
Jackson has had 66 songs appear on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart; of these 66 titles and six featured singles, 38 have reached the top five and 35 have topped the chart. On the Billboard Top Country Albums list, nine of the fifteen entries have been certified multi-platinum. He has won two Grammy Honors, sixteen CMA Awards, seventeen ACM Awards, and been nominated for several additional awards. He was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001 and is a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 2017, Loretta Lynn inducted him into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and in 2018, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Early existence
Alan Jackson
Wealth of $150 million
Singer, songwriter Profession Age 63
Height 1.93m
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Alan Eugene Jackson was born in Newnan, Georgia, United States on October 17, 1958 (he is 63 years old). Joseph Eugene “Daddy Gene” Jackson (1927–2000) and Ruth Musick “Mama Ruth” Jackson (1930–2017) raised him in Newnan, Georgia, along with his four older sisters. His immediate family lived in a tiny home constructed around the old toolshed of his grandfather. The majority of the family is of English heritage. His mother resided at the residence till her passing on January 7, 2017. In 1983, he began writing music.
Growing up, Jackson largely listened to gospel music until a buddy exposed him to Gene Watson, John Anderson, and Hank Williams Jr. After graduating from Elm Street Elementary and Newnan High School, Jackson joined the band Dixie Steel. At age 27, Jackson and his wife of six years, Denise, relocated from Newnan, Georgia, to Nashville, Tennessee, so that he could pursue music full-time. Jackson recorded a demo album entitled New Traditional in 1987 at Doc’s Place in Hendersonville, Tennessee, but it is exceedingly rare and was only released in Japan.
Career
Alan Jackson’s first employment was in the Tennessee mailroom of The Nashville Network. Denise, his wife, was a flight attendant. During her employment, she contacted Glen Campbell and requested guidance for her spouse. Campbell gave her his manager’s business card and instructed her to contact, which helped launch his career. Jackson eventually joined with Arista, and in 1989 he was the first artist to sign with the newly established Arista Nashville division of Arista Records. In late 1989, Arista released Jackson’s debut single, “Blue Blooded Woman.” Although the song did not make the top 40 on Hot Country Songs, he hit number three with “Here in the Real World” by early 1990.
Here in the Real World was the title single of his debut studio album, which also included two more top five songs (“Wanted” and “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow”) and his first number one, “I’d Love You All Over Again.” Don’t Rock the Jukebox was the second album by Michael Jackson. It was released in 1991 and had four number-one singles: “Someday”, “Dallas”, and “Love’s Got a Hold on Me”, as well as “Midnight in Montgomery” at number three. Jackson also co-wrote several songs on the 1991 album High Lonesome by Randy Travis.
His third album, A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ’bout Love), produced the number one hits “She’s Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)” and “Chattahoochee” (which Randy Travis co-wrote) as well as the top five hits “Tonight I Climbed the Wall”, “Mercury Blues”, and “(Who Says) You Can’t Have It All”. Additionally, “Chattahoochee” earned him the 1994 Country Music Association (CMA) Single and Song of the Year awards. In 1994, Jackson left ways with Ten Ten Management, which had previously managed his career, and began working with Gary Overton.
Who I Am was the title of his fourth album, which had four number-one singles, including a cover of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues,” “Living on Love,” “Gone Country,” and “I Don’t Even Know You.” A further single on the album, a cover of “Song for the Life” by Rodney Crowell, reached number six. Late in 1994, Clay Walker’s single “If I Could Make a Living,” which Jackson co-wrote, topped the charts. Jackson also performed “Mercury Blues” in the 1996 episode of Home Improvement titled “When Harry Kept Delores”
The release date of the Greatest Hits Collection was October 24, 1995. The album includes 17 hits, two freshly recorded songs (“I’ll Try” and “Tall, Tall Trees”), and the previously unreleased single “Home” from Here in the Real World. These two songs have both reached number one. In 1996, Everything I Love followed. In late 1996, “Little Bitty,” written by Tom T. Hall, propelled Jackson to the top of the charts. The album also featured the number one hit “There Goes” and the number two hit “Who’s Cheatin’ Who” by Charly McClain from 1980. The fifth song from the album, “A House with No Curtains,” was his first non-top 10 single since 1989.
The fourth track on Alan Jackson’s 1998 album High Mileage was titled “I’ll Go On Loving You.” “Right on the Money,” co-written by Phil Vassar and Charlie Black, was the sole number-one single on the album. With the release of Under the Influence in 1999, Jackson took the quadruple risk of releasing an album of covers of country classics while maintaining a traditional sound at a time when country radio was dominated by a rock- and pop-influenced sound. George Jones opted to boycott the 1999 CMA Awards after the Country Music Association (CMA) requested that he limit his performance to 90 seconds. In an act of unity, Jackson halted his own song and sang “Choices” by Quincy Jones before leaving the stage.
After country music shifted toward pop in the 1990s and 2000s, Jackson and George Strait critiqued the status of country music in the song “Murder on Music Row.” The song prompted debate within the country music world as to whether or not “classic” country music had died. Despite not being issued as a single, the song became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut (not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era, surpassing Garth Brooks’ “Belleau Wood.”
The duo was invited to play the song during the 2000 Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMAs) opening ceremony. If Garth and Shania have upped the bar for country concerts with Kiss-style staging and numerous costume changes, then Alan Jackson is attempting to return it to a more human level, according to Rolling Stone. Jackson released “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” as a tribute to those killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Jackson debuted the song at the 2001 CMA Awards, and his performance was widely regarded as the show’s highlight. The next day, Jackson’s website crashed due to server demands. The song came to Jackson unexpectedly and was not scheduled for any official release, but the live performance began garnering radio airplay and was published as a single shortly thereafter. On his 2002 album Drive, both the live version from his CMA performance and the radio version were included.
Alan Jackson released Let It Be Christmas on October 22, 2002, his second Christmas album (following Honky Tonk Christmas in 1993). Jeannie Kendall asked Michael Jackson to do a duet, and he suggested “Timeless and True Love” for her debut solo album, which was released in 2003. Early in 2006, Jackson released Precious Memories, his debut album of gospel music. At the request of his mother, who appreciated religious music, he compiled the album. Jackson regarded this record as a “side project” and nothing too official, and it was treated as such. Eventually, more than 1.8 million units were sold.
In 2006, Jackson released his subsequent album, Like Red on a Rose. Like Red on a Rose, which was originally supposed to be a bluegrass album, included a different producer and vibe. Keith Stegall was conspicuously absent from this record, with Alison Krauss taking over production duties. Unlike Jackson’s prior albums, this one eschewed his signature neotraditional country sound in favor of a soft rock/adult contemporary style. This decision sparked controversy among his followers, who accused him of abandoning his unique sound for a more commercial pop direction. Although the album was critically lauded, it was a commercial failure for the performer.
Alan Jackson went back to his country roots for his next album. The release of Good Time was on March 4, 2008. On November 19, 2007, the first song from the album, “Small Town Southern Man,” was released to radio. Additionally, the singles “Country Boy,” “Good Time,” “Sissy’s Song,” and “I Still Like Bologna” were released. “Sissy’s Song” is dedicated to Leslie “Sissy” Fitzgerald, a lifelong friend of the Jackson family who worked at their home every day. Midway through 2007, Fitzgerald was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Freight Train, the sixteenth studio album by Alan Jackson, was released on March 30, 2010. In January 2010, the first single, “It’s Just That Way,” premiered at No. 50. “Hard Hat and a Hammer” is the second single from the album, released in May of 2010. Jackson released 34 Number Ones on November 23, 2010, which includes a cover of “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash and “As She’s Walking Away” by Zac Brown Band. Sony Music Nashville stated on January 20, 2011 that Jackson and his Sony-owned record company, Arista Nashville, had split ways. Jackson revealed his new deal with Capitol’s EMI Records Nashville in March of that year. It was a partnership between Capitol and Alan’s Country Records (Alan’s Country Records). All records were to be released and marketed via the EMI Records Nashville imprint of Capitol Records.
In 2012, Jackson released the album Thirty Miles West. From the album, three singles were issued: “Long Way to Go,” “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore,” and “You Go Your Way.” No singles reached the top twenty. In 2013, a tour accompanied the record. On March 26, 2013, Jackson released his second gospel album, Precious Memories Volume II. Later that same year, Jackson released The Bluegrass Record, his first and only bluegrass album to date. From the album, two singles were released: “Blue Ridge Mountain Song” and “Blacktop.” The album landed at number one on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums chart and number three on the country chart.
Jackson recorded “A Million Ways to Die” for the opening credits of the 2014 film A Million Ways to Die in the West, which he co-wrote with Seth MacFarlane and Joel McNeely. The Country Music Hall of Fame opened an exhibit commemorating Jackson’s 25 years in the music industry in August 2014. It was also announced that he would be performing on October 8 and 22 as an artist in residence. Using material amassed throughout the years, the display illustrates the various career highlights of the subject. His twenty-fifth anniversary “Keeping It Country” tour began in Estero, Florida on January 8, 2015.
Alan Jackson launched his “Keepin’ It Country” 25th anniversary tour in January 2015, followed in April by the announcement of his twenty-first studio album, Angels and Alcohol, which was released on July 17, 2015. In 2016, Jackson was chosen as one of thirty singers to play on “Forever Country,” a mashup of “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” “On the Road Again,” and “I Will Always Love You” that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the CMA Awards. Jackson expanded his “Keepin’ It Country” tour in 2016 and 2017 alongside American Idol alum Lauren Alaina.
In August of 2016, Legacy Recordings released “Genuine: The Alan Jackson Story” digitally and on three CDs featuring 59 tracks, eight of which were previously unheard. Alan Jackson released a new song named “The Older I Get” in October 2017 for a forthcoming studio album. The album Where Have You Gone was released four years later; it includes an even tougher, more traditional country sound than Jackson’s regular repertoire. In interviews, Jackson expressed concern that “country music is gone, and it will never return.”
Recognitions
Alan Jackson was nominated for six Country Music Association Awards in 1989. (CMAs). He received four 1994 CMA nominations, including Entertainer of the Year. Jackson joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1991, when Roy Acuff and Randy Travis inducted him. Jackson received the most nominations at the 29th annual TNN/Music City News Country Awards, which were televised from the Grand Ole Opry on June 5. Best Entertainer, Male Artist, Vocal Collaboration, Album, Single, and Video were among his six nominations (two nominations in this category).
At the 2002 CMAs, Jackson set a record for the most nominations in a single year with ten, many of which were for “Where Were You.” It also elevated his career total to the second-most nominations in history, behind George Strait. Also nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year was “Where Were You.” Jackson received Album of the Year at the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards for Drive and Video of the Year for “Drive (For Daddy Gene).”
In 2004, a five-mile (8 km) section of Interstate 85 in Jackson’s hometown of Newnan, Georgia, was dubbed the “Alan Jackson Highway” in his honor. After being informed of the award, he commented, “Newnan was a wonderful location to grow up. I am unsure of my qualifications to drive on the main highway. Perhaps they ought to have chosen a dirt road or something.” On October 22, 2001, Jackson was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta. In 2010, Alan Jackson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Alan Jackson was admitted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017.
Touring
The 1995 Fruit of the Loom Comfort Tour, headlined by Alan Jackson, was valued $40 million. It began on January 20 in New Orleans and consisted of one hundred performances. The 2004 concert tour of Alan Jackson kicked off on January 23 in Fort Myers, Florida, and was sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts as part of a contract that included Jackson’s support in television advertisements. The tour comprised almost fifty U.S. stops. Martina McBride opened several of the performances. In March of 2011, he traveled to Australia to perform at the CMC Rocks The Hunter music festival, where he was the Saturday night headlining performer.
2015 marked the beginning of Jackson’s 25th anniversary Keepin’ It Country tour. The tour began on January 8 with a concert at the Germane Arena in Estero, Florida. Jon Pardi and Brandy Clark are special guests for the majority of tour concerts. The tour concluded on August 31 with a solo performance at the Ravinia Pavilion in Highland Park, Illinois. In March of 2022, Alan announced LAST CALL, his final tour date. In 2022, the tour will consist of 16 stops across the United States, beginning in Biloxi, Mississippi, and concluding in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jackson records the majority of his studio recordings with accompaniment from members of his live band, the Strayhorn’s.
Added works
Denise Jackson authored a book about her life with Jackson, their relationship, their separation over his adultery and recommitment to each other, and her commitment to Christianity that topped The New York Times Best Seller list. 2007 marked the publication of It’s All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life. In May of 2008, she published the gift book The Road Home. Adam Wright, the nephew of Jackson, is also a country music singer-songwriter. Adam and his wife Shannon act as a pair called as The Wrights. The Wrights co-wrote two songs and sang harmony on the album What I Do by Michael Jackson.
Brandon Moss, a former Major League Baseball player, is Alan Jackson’s cousin. Jackson offered his 135-acre (0.55 km2) estate south of Franklin, Tennessee, for sale in June 2009, asking $38 million. The property sold for $28 million in late May 2010, one of the highest prices ever paid for a home in the Nashville area. In 2010, following the relocation of Jackson’s estate just outside of Franklin, the singer moved into a residence in the same Nashville suburb. In June 2010, the musician and his wife paid $3.675,000 for the mansion, but less than a year later, they marketed the home for $3.995,000.
Jackson and fellow country artist George Jones maintained a strong bond. Jones has been mentioned in songs such as “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” and “Murder on Music Row” (Jones also appeared in the accompanying music video). The song “Just Playin’ Possum” is dedicated to George Jones and describes Alan’s desire to lie low and play possum (the term “possum” refers to Jones). Jones is also featured in the “Good Time” music video. Jones was a surprise attendee at Jackson’s “CMT Giants” ceremony in 2008, where he expressed his gratitude for their friendship.
He is also close with George Strait, with whom he sang “Murder on Music Row.” Alan retains ties to his roots and to his old acquaintances in addition to his friendships with famous people. Alan was destined to be Newnan’s rising star from the time he played guitar with his old high school friend and fellow musician David “Bird” Burgess on the Burgess family’s front porch. Although “Bird” Burgess left the country music scene to explore other opportunities, the two have remained close.
At the conclusion of George Jones’ memorial service on May 2, 2013, Jackson played one of Jones’ masterpieces, “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Jackson’s collection of historic automobiles includes, among others, an Amphicar, a 1968 Shelby GT 500 KR Convertible, and a 1970 Chevelle SS 396. Jackson revealed he had Charcot–Marie–Tooth illness during an appearance on The Today Show in 2021, claiming, “…it’s been bothering me for years. And it’s becoming increasingly clear. And I am aware that I am faltering on stage. And now I’m having a little trouble balancing, even in front of the microphone; thus, I’m feeling really uncomfortable.”
Wife
Alan Jackson wed his fiancée from high school, Denise Jackson, on December 15, 1979. They have three daughters: Mattie Denise Selecman (born June 19, 1990), Alexandra Jane “Ali” (born August 8, 1993), and Dani Grace Selecman (born June 19, 1993). (born August 28, 1997). In December 2022, it was revealed in July 2022 that the couple was expecting their first grandchild. Due to the stresses of Alan Jackson’s job and his adultery, the couple split for several months in 1998, but they have since reconciled. Their experience is addressed in a number of Jackson’s songs, including “She Likes It Too” and “Remember When,” which are based on his memories and his wife’s and his enduring love. His wife Denise and their daughters participate in the music video for the latter song.
Alan Jackson fortune
How much is Alan Jackson worth? Alan Jackson’s estimated net worth is approximately $150 million. His principal source of income is his singing and songwriting career. The sum of Alan Jackson’s monthly salary and additional career earnings exceeds $10 million every year. Jackson is one of the wealthiest and most influential American singers. His successful career has afforded him affluence in addition to a legacy income and opulent automobile travels. Alan Jackson has an attractive height of 1.93 meters and a healthy weight that complements his personality.