Kenny Chesney. Photo: Danny Clinch

Kenny Chesney has a bunch of brand new hardware just in time for the holidays with a slew of new RIAA certifications, bringing his total to 43 million over the course of his career.

Starting with the 2004 CMA Album of the Year When The Sun Goes Down being certified 5x Platinum and “American Kids” bypassing 4x Platinum, the east Tennessee superstar picks up 28 certifications for his catalogues. With The Big Revival mining Platinum status, both Hemingway’s Whiskey and Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates are now officially 2x Platinum as well.

“El Cerrito Place” and “Live A Little,” are two of seven songs certified Gold, “Don’t Happen Twice” and “You Had Me From Hello” have gone Gold, and “You Had Me From Hello” simultaneously earns Platinum status alongside “How Forever Feels,” while “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” reaches 2x Platinum.

Chesney also has a pair of 3x Platinum certifications with his Grace Potter duet “You And Tequila,” and the surging “Somewhere With You.” His duets with P!nk (“Setting the World On Fire”) and Uncle Kracker (the six week No. 1, “When The Sun Goes Down”) also join “There Goes My Life,” “Don’t Blink” and “Summertime” as 2x Platinum certified classics.

Rounding out the list, Chesney’s other Platinum singles are “You Save Me,” “Anything But Mine,” “All The Pretty Girls,” “Save It For A Rainy Day,” “Never Wanted Nothing More” and the ACM Single of the Year “The Good Stuff,” for a total of 33 million Platinum and Gold singles and 10 million RIAA-certified albums.

Certifications:
5x Platinum – When The Sun Goes Down

4x Platinum – “American Kids”

3x Platinum – “You And Tequila” feat. Grace Potter, “Somewhere With You”

2x Platinum – Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, Hemingway’s Whiskey, “Setting the World On Fire” with P!ink, “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy,” “There Goes My Life,” “Don’t Blink,” “When The Sun Goes Down” with Uncle Kracker, “Summertime”

Platinum – The Big Revival, “You Had Me From Hello” (simultaneously certified Gold), “Never Wanted Nothing More,” “How Forever Feels,” “Anything But Mine,” “Save It For A Rainy Day,” “The Good Stuff,” “All The Pretty Girls,” “You Save Me”

Gold – “You Had Me From Hello” (simultaneously certified Platinum), “Shiftwork” with George Strait, “Living In Fast Forward,” “El Cerrito Place,” “Live A Little,” “Down The Road” feat. Mac McAnally, “Don’t Happen Twice”

The Oak Ridge Boys. Photo: Courtesy of 2911 Media.

Grammy Award-winning band The Oak Ridge Boys are returning to the Gaylord Opryland Resort to celebrate the holiday season with a 32-show residency. The residency comes as part of the resort’s 39th annual “A Country Christmas” event.

The group’s “Christmas in Tennessee” Dinner Show, which kicks off tonight (Nov. 23) and runs through Dec. 25, features a holiday meal prepared by the resort’s culinary team followed by The Oak Ridge Boys and their band performing Christmas classics, fan-favorites, and many of their timeless hits from their more than 40 albums, including eight Christmas records. The band will also look back on past Christmases, celebrate the birth of Christ, and create holiday memories for guests in the festive surroundings of Gaylord Opryland Resort.

The Oak Ridge Boys. Photo: Courtesy of 2911 Media

“It is such an honor to be bringing our Christmas show back to Gaylord Opryland in 2022 for the third year in a row,” shares Joe Bonsall. “Nobody does Christmas like Gaylord Opryland, and our dinner shows have become a part of the tradition over the last few years! We can promise this, our show will be much different than last year, but Santa will still be a part of it, as will our big state-of-the-art production. And we will give each audience a strong set list of songs covering every aspect of Christmas. We hope you will plan to join The Oak Ridge Boys over the holidays this year for a gourmet dinner and a show that has been honed over decades of Christmas tours.”

For more information on “Christmas in Tennessee” and to purchase tickets, click here.

Pictured (L-R): Porchlight Music’s Freeman Wizer, Tim Medlin, Tim James, & Anthony Smith. Photo: Grayson Green

Singer-songwriter Tim James has extended his deal with Porchlight Music.

The Murfreesboro, Tennessee native began his professional music career in LA playing the club circuit and writing. Ten years later he moved back to Tennessee, signing his first publishing deal and landing his first No. 1. He has had cuts by Montgomery Gentry, Alabama, Chris Young, Buddy Jewell, Craig Morgan, Point Of Grace, and Lee Ann Womack, among others.

James’ chart-topping singles include “My List” (Toby Keith), “He’s Mine” (Rodney Atkins), and “Give It All We Got Tonight” (George Strait). In 2015, James, along with Darius Rucker and Rivers Rutherford, penned “So I Sang”and the title track for Rucker’s album Southern Style, as well as Chris Stapleton’s “Either Way” from the Grammy-winning Album Of The Year, From A Room, Volume 1.

James was nominated for the ACM Song Of The Year for “Love Like Crazy,” which was recorded by Lee Brice and stands as the longest-running song in the history of the Billboard Charts.

Porchlight’s roster includes Clint Daniels, Anthony L. Smith, James, Taylor Davis, Terry Lee Palmer, William Michael Morgan, Ryan Garrett, and Dan Hutson.