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Alan Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an
American country music singer, and songwriter,
originally from Newnan, Georgia. He became one of
the best-selling country musicians of the 1990s.
He previously worked in The Nashville Network's
mailroom. 

Jackson's wife Denise got him connected to Glen
Campbell, who helped him jumpstart his career. 
His first album, 1990's Here in the Real World,
was a major hit, as was his second (1991) album,
Don't Rock the Jukebox.  His 1992 release, A Lot
About Livin' (And a Little About Love) was a smash
success, spawning five major singles with
"Chattahoochee" being the most enduring and
successful.  After a few more hit albums, Jackson
again rocketed to fame with "Where Were You", a
song about the September 11, 2001 Terrorist
Attacks, which became a hit single.


Although 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 "Here In The Real World".  He has sung
with George Jones on the award-winning "I Don't
Need Your Rockin' Chair".  His sense of humor
comes through on 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 whole world's
gone country." ("Gone Country").

==Alan Jackson Career Awards==
ASCAP
*Country Song of the Year, "Don't Rock The
Jukebox"  1992
*Country Songwriter of the Year  1993
Academy of Country Music
*Top New Male Vocalist 1990    
*Single Record of the Year, "Don't Rock The
Jukebox" 1991    
*Album of the Year, Don't Rock The Jukebox 1991   

*Single Record of the Year, "Chattahoochee" 1993  
 
*Album of the Year, A Lot About Livin' (And A
Little 'Bout Love) 1993    
*Male Vocalist of the Year 1994  and 1995  

Country Music Association
*Triple Play Award 1990, 1991, 1992 
*Music Video of the Year, Midnight In Montgomery
(about Hank Williams  1992    
*Single of the Year, "Chattahoochee"  1993    
*Music Video of the Year, "Chattahoochee" 1993    
*Vocal Event of the Year, "I Don't Need Your
Rockin' Chair" (with George Jones) 1993    
*Song of the Year, "Chattahoochee"  1994    
*Album of the Year, Common Threads:  The Songs of
the Eagles 1994    
*Entertainer of the Year 1995
==See also==
*Best selling music artists

==External links==
*http://www.alanjackson.com/home/index.htm
AlanJackson.com Official site
*http://lyrics.activelyrics.com/A/alan%20jackson/i
ndex.html Get "ALAN JACKSON" Lyrics