Latest Release
- MAR 22, 2024
- 15 Songs
- Hemingway's Whiskey (Deluxe Edition) · 2010
- The Big Revival · 2014
- Hemingway's Whiskey · 2010
- Songs for the Saints · 2018
- The Road and the Radio · 2005
- When the Sun Goes Down · 2004
- Everywhere We Go · 1998
- kelsea · 2020
- Just To Say We Did - Single · 2024
- No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems · 2002
Essential Albums
- “Summertime” encapsulates Chesney’s ability to deliver a good-time singalong that appeals equally to fans of rock, pop and country. “Somebody Take Me Home” and “Living In Fast Forward” have the surging energy of stadium rock, delivered with the down-home feeling of country music. The unadorned “Like Me” makes for the perfect closer.
- When the Sun Goes Down represents not only Kenny Chesney’s commercial peak (it’s tough to think of many bigger country blockbusters from the time) but also one of his most important points of definition. Here Chesney inhabits the pop-friendly approach he had embraced on Everywhere We Go more fully and organically than ever before. Consequently, he’s more completely himself here than ever, showing the multiple sides of his musical personality and coming off consistently natural-sounding in the bargain. The country-pop-rock mergers feel more seamless than they did on his previous albums, and along with the broad appeal of the songs, Chesney is revealed to be quite the storyteller. The songs that Chesney wrote or co-wrote himself capture vivid moments that underline personal connections, whether we get a snapshot of him singing along to John Mellencamp on the sweeping hit “I Go Back” or a detail-rich account of his college days on the rock-infused “Keg In the Closet.” But the outside material Chesney chose for the album is just as loaded with potent imagery. The storytelling vibe even extends to the spoken-narrative verses that burst out of the sung refrains on “When I Think About Leaving.” Good-time trop-rocking tunes like the easy-bumping title track (a duet with Uncle Kracker) and “Outta Here” continue the Jimmy Buffett-gone-country thread that helped make Chesney’s previous album, No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems, such a smash. The latter tune doubles down on the intention, throwing steel drums and a Key West shout-out into the mix. Ultimately, When the Sun Goes Down is the sound of a man feeling his oats and meeting his moment of maximum superstardom with a measured approach, making sure he’s fully invested in every bit of the record. Chesney still had more changes ahead of him, but this album marks his arrival at a place he’d been slowly moving toward for years, even if he didn’t know it until he got there.
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Artist Playlists
- Country's very own tropical mastermind.
- The country superstar invites us into his laidback world.
- Listen to the hits performed on the blockbuster tour.
- Turn the lights down low as the country star turns up the heat.
- Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
- Heartland-country classics mixed with tropical-island jams.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
More To Hear
- Talking the release of Born and still being a thrill-seeker.
- Kelleigh and the artist discuss his latest song "Knowing You."
- Kenny Chesney on songwriting, Kelsea Ballerini duet, and more.
More To See
About Kenny Chesney
If Kenny Chesney laid a mission statement inside one of his good-time tunes, the last couplet from his 2018 single “Get Along” might be it: “Drink a beer, sing a song/Make a friend, can’t we all get along?” Born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1968, Chesney enjoys frequent comparisons to “Gulf-and-western” artist Jimmy Buffett thanks to his tropically tinted country music (his 1998 single “How Forever Feels” even name-drops the pirate himself). Chesney started off in the early ‘90s with a more clean-cut country look and sound, building a career on the backbone of love songs like “She’s Got It All” and the tear-in-my-beer tune “That’s Why I’m Here.” While his ‘90s records enjoyed considerable chart success, it wasn’t until 1999’s Everywhere We Go that he really hit pay dirt. The album’s mix of fun, romance, and humor (read: “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy”) took it double platinum in the U.S. and granted him a monster hit with the ballad “You Had Me from Hello.” In the 21st century Chesney’s laid into his island vibes, beginning with 2002’s groovily titled No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems. He even teamed up with Jamaican icons The Wailers for a rare reggae and country pairing on 2008’s “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” and has steadily expanded his catalog into the kind of music you can throw on to drink a beer, sing along, and make friends.
- HOMETOWN
- Knoxville, TN, United States
- BORN
- March 26, 1968
- GENRE
- Country