Rodney Atkins
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Rodney Allan Atkins is an American country music
artist. Signed to Curb Records
in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart that year, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty
, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty (Write Me a List)
".
If You're Going Through Hell
, his second album, was released in 2006. Its first two singles, "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)
" and "Watching You
", each spent four weeks at the top of the country music chart. "Going Through Hell" was the number-one country song of 2006; likewise, "Watching You" was the number-one song of 2007. The album, which has since been certified platinum in the United States, produced two more #1 singles in "These Are My People
" and "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)
" as well as "Invisibly Shaken" which peaked at number 41. A twelfth single, "It's America
", was released in November 2008 as the first release from his third album It's America
and it became his fifth number-one single. In the summer of 2010, he released “Farmer’s Daughter”, a number 5 hit included in a reissue of It's America. He fourth studio album, Take a Back Road
, was released in October 2011, which includes his current number-one single, also titled "Take a Back Road
."
, and put up for adoption not long after his birth. As an infant at the Holston Methodist Home for Children in Greeneville, Tennessee
, he was so sick that two couples who had taken him home returned him a few days later. A third couple, Margaret and Allan Atkins from Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
, adopted him and, even though his ailments worsened, refused to give him up. His adoptive mother had been raised in a coal mining family near a tannery camp, and his dad survived an upbringing marked by poverty and episodes of abuse.
He attended high school at Powell Valley High in Speedwell, Tennessee
. During high school, Atkins played guitar in his spare time at events and festivals. He went to college at Tennessee Tech
in Cookeville, Tennessee
, where he worked various jobs and played baseball. He also went into Nashville to play gigs and write songs.
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) chart. He had also planned to release a self-titled debut album that year on September 17; however, after deciding that he was not satisfied with the album's contents, he asked Mike Curb
, the label's president, to allow him more time. For two more years, he continued to work on the album but it was never released.
", which went on to peak at number 4. The song was the title track to his album Honesty
, which was released by the end of 2003. "Someone to Share It With" and "Monkey in the Middle" were also issued as singles; the former peaked at number 41 and the latter failed to chart.
The album went on to achieve RIAA platinum certification in the US, in addition to producing two more number-one hits: "These Are My People" and "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)", for a total of four consecutive Number Ones. "Invisibly Shaken", previously recorded by Lee Greenwood
, was the fifth and final single; it peaked at number 41.
", was released in November 2008. It was the first single from his third album, It's America
, released in March 2009. On the chart dated May 2, 2009, it became his fifth number-one hit. The second single, "15 Minutes", was released in May 2009 and peaked at number 20 in September. "Chasin' Girls" was sent to radio in October as the third single but failed to make top 40. Then "Farmer's Daughter" was released in March 2010 and reaching number 5. The song was added to later pressings of It's America.
In 2010, he also released "Get Together", a promotional single for Kraft Velveeta Shells and Cheese, which sponsored his "Get Together" tour.
", the lead-off single to his fourth album, also titled Take a Back Road
, was released in April 2011 and in the fall became his sixth number-one hit.
, was dying of cancer when on October 25, 2006 Atkins gave Maddie a private concert in her hospital room. Atkins learned about Maddie when somebody sent him a link to the Free Press series about Maddie and her illness. He sang "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)", his signature song
as well as Maddie's favorite song.
") and has a son named Elijah, who appears in the video for "Watching You
". He also has two stepdaughters, Lindsey and Morgan.
^ Current single.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist. Signed to Curb Records
Curb Records
Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...
in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart that year, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty
Honesty (Rodney Atkins album)
Honesty is the first album released by American country music artist Rodney Atkins, released in 2003 on Curb Records. It is the second album that he recorded, as a self-titled album in 1997 was recorded for Curb but never issued....
, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty (Write Me a List)
Honesty (Write Me a List)
"Honesty " is the title of a song written by Patience Clemens and David Kent, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released in June 2003 as the third single from the album Honesty. This song was Rodney's fourth chart single, peaking at number 4 on the U.S...
".
If You're Going Through Hell
If You're Going Through Hell
If You're Going Through Hell is the second studio album released by country singer Rodney Atkins. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S...
, his second album, was released in 2006. Its first two singles, "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)
If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)
"If You're Going Through Hell " is the title of a song written by Dave Berg, Sam Tate and Annie Tate. It was recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins and released in January 2006 as the lead-off single to his 2006 album If You're Going Through Hell. The song became a number-one hit...
" and "Watching You
Watching You (Rodney Atkins song)
"Watching You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released in September 2006 as the second single from the album, If You're Going Through Hell. The single became Rodney's second number-one single on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country...
", each spent four weeks at the top of the country music chart. "Going Through Hell" was the number-one country song of 2006; likewise, "Watching You" was the number-one song of 2007. The album, which has since been certified platinum in the United States, produced two more #1 singles in "These Are My People
These Are My People
"These Are My People" is the title of a song written by Dave Berg and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins...
" and "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)
Cleaning This Gun (Come On in Boy)
"Cleaning This Gun " is the title of a song written by Casey Beathard and Marla-Cannon Goodman, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins for his 2006 album If You're Going Through Hell...
" as well as "Invisibly Shaken" which peaked at number 41. A twelfth single, "It's America
It's America (song)
"It's America" is the title of a country music song written by Brett James and Angelo Petraglia. It was recorded by American country music singer Rodney Atkins, who released it in November 2008 as a single...
", was released in November 2008 as the first release from his third album It's America
It's America
-Singles:The album's first single release was its title track, written by Brett James and Angelo Petraglia. Released in late 2008, the song went on to become the fifth Number One single of his career. It was followed by "15 Minutes" at number 20, and "Chasin' Girls", which failed to make the Top...
and it became his fifth number-one single. In the summer of 2010, he released “Farmer’s Daughter”, a number 5 hit included in a reissue of It's America. He fourth studio album, Take a Back Road
Take a Back Road
Take a Back Road is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released on October 4, 2011 via Curb Records. The album's first single, "Take a Back Road," is the fastest-rising and sixth Number One single of Atkins' career.-Track listing:-Album:-Singles:*ACurrent...
, was released in October 2011, which includes his current number-one single, also titled "Take a Back Road
Take a Back Road (song)
"Take a Back Road" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins and Luke Laird, and recorded by American country music singer Rodney Atkins. It is the seventeenth single of his career, and the first from his fourth studio album for Curb Records, also entitled Take a Back Road.-Background and...
."
Biography
Rodney Atkins was born in Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, and put up for adoption not long after his birth. As an infant at the Holston Methodist Home for Children in Greeneville, Tennessee
Greeneville, Tennessee
Greeneville is a town in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 15,198 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County. The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. It is the only town with this spelling in the United States, although there...
, he was so sick that two couples who had taken him home returned him a few days later. A third couple, Margaret and Allan Atkins from Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Cumberland Gap is a town in Claiborne County, Tennessee, near the Cumberland Gap pass, the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, and the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park...
, adopted him and, even though his ailments worsened, refused to give him up. His adoptive mother had been raised in a coal mining family near a tannery camp, and his dad survived an upbringing marked by poverty and episodes of abuse.
He attended high school at Powell Valley High in Speedwell, Tennessee
Speedwell, Tennessee
Speedwell is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Tennessee.Speedwell is an agricultural community that was first settled circa 1790. It is the site of Powell Valley Elementary School, a Claiborne County public school for kindergarten through grade 8, and a post office that is assigned...
. During high school, Atkins played guitar in his spare time at events and festivals. He went to college at Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee Technological University, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in Cookeville, Tennessee, US, a city approximately seventy miles east of Nashville. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute , and before that as Dixie College, the...
in Cookeville, Tennessee
Cookeville, Tennessee
Cookeville is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 23,923 at the 2000 census. of Cookeville's population was 30,435, and the combined total of those living in Cookeville's in 2010 was 65,014. It is the county seat of Putnam County and home to Tennessee...
, where he worked various jobs and played baseball. He also went into Nashville to play gigs and write songs.
Rodney Atkins
He was signed to Curb Records in 1996. He charted for the first time with the single "In a Heartbeat", which peaked at number 74 on the BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) chart. He had also planned to release a self-titled debut album that year on September 17; however, after deciding that he was not satisfied with the album's contents, he asked Mike Curb
Mike Curb
Michael Curb is an American musician, record company executive, NASCAR and IRL race car owner. A Republican, he served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California from 1979-1983 under Democratic Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr...
, the label's president, to allow him more time. For two more years, he continued to work on the album but it was never released.
Honesty
In 2002, Rodney Atkins released his second single, "Sing Along". Both it and its followup, "My Old Man", peaked in the lower regions of the Top 40 on the country chart. He entered the Top 10 for the first time in late 2003-early 2004 with "Honesty (Write Me a List)Honesty (Write Me a List)
"Honesty " is the title of a song written by Patience Clemens and David Kent, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released in June 2003 as the third single from the album Honesty. This song was Rodney's fourth chart single, peaking at number 4 on the U.S...
", which went on to peak at number 4. The song was the title track to his album Honesty
Honesty (Rodney Atkins album)
Honesty is the first album released by American country music artist Rodney Atkins, released in 2003 on Curb Records. It is the second album that he recorded, as a self-titled album in 1997 was recorded for Curb but never issued....
, which was released by the end of 2003. "Someone to Share It With" and "Monkey in the Middle" were also issued as singles; the former peaked at number 41 and the latter failed to chart.
If You're Going Through Hell
Having been absent from the country music charts for most of 2004 and 2005, he returned in 2006 with a single entitled "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)", which served as the lead-off to his second released album, If You're Going Through Hell. The song went on to become not only his first number-one hit, but also the top country song of 2006, according to Billboard magazine. The followup in 2007, "Watching You", earned him a second consecutive number-one; it too was declared the top country song of the year.The album went on to achieve RIAA platinum certification in the US, in addition to producing two more number-one hits: "These Are My People" and "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)", for a total of four consecutive Number Ones. "Invisibly Shaken", previously recorded by Lee Greenwood
Lee Greenwood
Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts....
, was the fifth and final single; it peaked at number 41.
It's America
Atkins' thirteenth single, "It's AmericaIt's America (song)
"It's America" is the title of a country music song written by Brett James and Angelo Petraglia. It was recorded by American country music singer Rodney Atkins, who released it in November 2008 as a single...
", was released in November 2008. It was the first single from his third album, It's America
It's America
-Singles:The album's first single release was its title track, written by Brett James and Angelo Petraglia. Released in late 2008, the song went on to become the fifth Number One single of his career. It was followed by "15 Minutes" at number 20, and "Chasin' Girls", which failed to make the Top...
, released in March 2009. On the chart dated May 2, 2009, it became his fifth number-one hit. The second single, "15 Minutes", was released in May 2009 and peaked at number 20 in September. "Chasin' Girls" was sent to radio in October as the third single but failed to make top 40. Then "Farmer's Daughter" was released in March 2010 and reaching number 5. The song was added to later pressings of It's America.
In 2010, he also released "Get Together", a promotional single for Kraft Velveeta Shells and Cheese, which sponsored his "Get Together" tour.
Take a Back Road
"Take a Back RoadTake a Back Road (song)
"Take a Back Road" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins and Luke Laird, and recorded by American country music singer Rodney Atkins. It is the seventeenth single of his career, and the first from his fourth studio album for Curb Records, also entitled Take a Back Road.-Background and...
", the lead-off single to his fourth album, also titled Take a Back Road
Take a Back Road
Take a Back Road is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released on October 4, 2011 via Curb Records. The album's first single, "Take a Back Road," is the fastest-rising and sixth Number One single of Atkins' career.-Track listing:-Album:-Singles:*ACurrent...
, was released in April 2011 and in the fall became his sixth number-one hit.
Charitable efforts
Madeleine Rose Trudel (August 26, 1999-November 26, 2006), a young girl from St. Clair, MichiganSt. Clair, Michigan
St. Clair is a city in St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,802 at the 2000 census. The city is located on the St. Clair River near the southeast corner of St. Clair Township.-Geography:...
, was dying of cancer when on October 25, 2006 Atkins gave Maddie a private concert in her hospital room. Atkins learned about Maddie when somebody sent him a link to the Free Press series about Maddie and her illness. He sang "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)", his signature song
Signature song
A signature song is the one song that a popular and well-established singer or band is most closely identified with or best known for, even if they have had success with a variety of songs...
as well as Maddie's favorite song.
Family and personal life
He is married to Tammy Jo (who is in his video "Farmer's DaughterFarmer's Daughter (Rodney Atkins song)
"Farmer's Daughter" is the title of a song written by Marv Green, Rhett Akins, and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It is the fourth single from Rodney Atkins' third studio album It's America, available beginning with the June 2010 re-issue as a bonus track...
") and has a son named Elijah, who appears in the video for "Watching You
Watching You (Rodney Atkins song)
"Watching You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released in September 2006 as the second single from the album, If You're Going Through Hell. The single became Rodney's second number-one single on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country...
". He also has two stepdaughters, Lindsey and Morgan.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Award | Result |
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| 2006 | Academy of Country Music Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the... |
Top New Male Vocalist | |
| Song of the Year ("If You're Going Through Hell") | |||
| 2007 | Top Male Vocalist | ||
| Album of the Year (If You're Going Through Hell) | |||
| Song of the Year ("Watching You") | |||
| Video of the Year ("Watching You") | |||
| Country Music Association Country Music Association The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre... |
Horizon Award | ||
| 2008 | New Artist of the Year |
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
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US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| Honesty Honesty (Rodney Atkins album) Honesty is the first album released by American country music artist Rodney Atkins, released in 2003 on Curb Records. It is the second album that he recorded, as a self-titled album in 1997 was recorded for Curb but never issued.... |
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| If You're Going Through Hell If You're Going Through Hell If You're Going Through Hell is the second studio album released by country singer Rodney Atkins. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S... |
Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : Platinum |
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| It's America It's America -Singles:The album's first single release was its title track, written by Brett James and Angelo Petraglia. Released in late 2008, the song went on to become the fifth Number One single of his career. It was followed by "15 Minutes" at number 20, and "Chasin' Girls", which failed to make the Top... |
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| Take a Back Road Take a Back Road Take a Back Road is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released on October 4, 2011 via Curb Records. The album's first single, "Take a Back Road," is the fastest-rising and sixth Number One single of Atkins' career.-Track listing:-Album:-Singles:*ACurrent... |
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Compilation albums
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1990s
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
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| 1997 | "In a Heartbeat" | 74 | Rodney Atkins (unreleased) | ||||||
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2000s
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Pop Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2002 | "Sing Along" | 37 | — | — | — | Honesty | |||
| "My Old Man" | 36 | — | — | — | |||||
| 2003 | "Honesty (Write Me a List) Honesty (Write Me a List) "Honesty " is the title of a song written by Patience Clemens and David Kent, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released in June 2003 as the third single from the album Honesty. This song was Rodney's fourth chart single, peaking at number 4 on the U.S... " |
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| 2004 | "Someone to Share It With" | 41 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Monkey in the Middle" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2006 | "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows) If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows) "If You're Going Through Hell " is the title of a song written by Dave Berg, Sam Tate and Annie Tate. It was recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins and released in January 2006 as the lead-off single to his 2006 album If You're Going Through Hell. The song became a number-one hit... " |
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If You're Going Through Hell | ||
| "Watching You Watching You (Rodney Atkins song) "Watching You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It was released in September 2006 as the second single from the album, If You're Going Through Hell. The single became Rodney's second number-one single on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country... " |
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| 2007 | "These Are My People These Are My People "These Are My People" is the title of a song written by Dave Berg and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins... " |
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| "Cleaning This Gun (Come On in Boy) Cleaning This Gun (Come On in Boy) "Cleaning This Gun " is the title of a song written by Casey Beathard and Marla-Cannon Goodman, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins for his 2006 album If You're Going Through Hell... " |
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| 2008 | "Invisibly Shaken" | 41 | — | — | — | ||||
| "It's America It's America (song) "It's America" is the title of a country music song written by Brett James and Angelo Petraglia. It was recorded by American country music singer Rodney Atkins, who released it in November 2008 as a single... " |
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| 2009 | "15 Minutes 15 Minutes (Rodney Atkins song) "15 Minutes" is the title of a song written by Tony Mullins and Jamie Lee Thurston, and recorded by American country music singer Rodney Atkins. It is the second single from his 2009 album It's America.-Content:... " |
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| "Chasin' Girls" | 48 | — | — | — | |||||
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2010s
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2010 | "Farmer's Daughter Farmer's Daughter (Rodney Atkins song) "Farmer's Daughter" is the title of a song written by Marv Green, Rhett Akins, and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins. It is the fourth single from Rodney Atkins' third studio album It's America, available beginning with the June 2010 re-issue as a bonus track... " |
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| 2011 | "Take a Back Road Take a Back Road (song) "Take a Back Road" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins and Luke Laird, and recorded by American country music singer Rodney Atkins. It is the seventeenth single of his career, and the first from his fourth studio album for Curb Records, also entitled Take a Back Road.-Background and... " |
1 | 23 | 48 | Take a Back Road | ||||
| "He's Mine"[A] | 42 | ||||||||
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^ Current single.
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 1997 | "In a Heartbeat" | Jeffery C. Phillips |
| 2002 | "Sing Along" | |
| 2003 | "Honesty (Write Me a List)" | |
| 2006 | "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" | Eric Welch |
| "Watching You" | ||
| 2007 | "These Are My People" | |
| 2008 | "Invisibly Shaken" | |
| 2009 | "It's America" | |
| 2010 | "Farmer's Daughter" | Chris Hicky Chris Hicky Chris Hicky is a Grammy nominated music video director from Forrest City, Arkansas, best known for directing many of Keith Urban's videos. Hicky has also directed videos for many other artists in the country music genre, including Dierks Bentley, Kellie Pickler, Deana Carter, Carrie Underwood, Lady... |
| 2011 | "Take a Back Road" | Andy Tennant |