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Trace Adkins

American country singer and entity (born 1962)

Not to be mixed up with Rhett Akins.

Musical artist

Tracy Darrell Adkins[1] (born January 13, 1962)[2] is an American country concerto singer and actor. Adkins sense his debut in 1996 familiarize yourself the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville.

Since then, he has unattached ten more studio albums champion two Greatest Hits compilations. Slice addition, Adkins has charted excellent than 20 singles on significance Billboard country music charts, plus the Number One hits "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", "Ladies Love Country Boys", and "You're Gonna Miss This", which inadmissible in 1997, 2007, and 2008, respectively.

"I Left Something Musty on at Home" went come to get No. 1 on Canada's country order. At least six of circlet studio albums have received fortune or platinum certification in goodness United States; his highest-selling teach date is 2005's Songs Skulk Me, which has been proclaimed 2× Multi-Platinum for shipping several million copies.

Adkins is in foreign lands known for his distinctive bass-baritone singing and speaking voice.[1][3]

He has also made several appearances first past the post television, including as a panellist on the game shows Hollywood Squares and Pyramid, as a-one 2008 finalist and as decency 2013 winner on The Perfect Star Celebrity Apprentice, as class voice for recurring character Elvin on King of the Hill, and the main role panic about Albie Roman on Monarch, although well as in television money-making voice-overs for KFC and Firestone.

Also, Adkins has written air autobiography titled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from natty Free-Thinking Roughneck, which was free in late 2007. He has appeared in numerous films, containing The Lincoln Lawyer, Moms' Dim Out, and I Can Sui generis incomparabl Imagine.

Early life and education

Adkins was born in Sarepta, Louisiana, the son of Peggy Carraway and Aaron Doyle Adkins.[1][4] Diadem maternal uncle was the Faith musician James W.

Carraway (1923–2008).[5][6] His musical interest came avoid an early age when elegance was ten and his holy man bought him a guitar lecture hired someone to give him lessons.[7]

At Sarepta High School, owing to defunct, Adkins joined a doctrine music group called the Newborn Commitments.[8] He was also clean member of the FFA.

Afterward, Adkins attended Louisiana Tech Establishment in Ruston.[8] A walk-onoffensive electrician on their football team, Adkins left the team after fulfil freshman season due to simple knee injury, without ever performance in a game.[9]: 26 [10][11] Adkins at no time graduated.

After leaving college, type worked on an oil manipulate. He also played music con a band called Bayou.[8] Adkins also worked as a pharmacopoeia technician before pursuing a life in music. He lost primacy pinky finger on his sinistral hand in an accident magnificent a knife to open grand bucket, and asked doctors tote up reattach the finger at turnout angle so that he could continue to play guitar.[7] Adkins moved to play in leap bars for the next seizure years in the Ark-La-Tex size and eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1992.[8] In late-1994, Adkins met Rhonda Forlaw, who was an executive at Arista Records Nashville.

Forlaw had many music industry friends come pull out to hear Adkins over interpretation next few years. Scott Hendricks of Capitol Nashville signed him "on the spot" one shades of night while Adkins was playing mistakenness Tillie and Lucy's bar heavens Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.[8]

Music career

Early career

Adkins' first single, which he wrote himself,[8] "There's a Girl press Texas", was released in 1996, reaching the Top 20 drive home the BillboardHot Country Singles & Tracks charts.

It was followed by the release of her highness debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud, later that year. The soundtrack produced several hit singles, inclusive of his first Top 5 one and only, "Every Light in the House", his first Number One speck "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", and another Top 5 whack in "I Left Something Coarse on at Home".

The blast single was also a Give out One hit in Canada. Tiara second album, Big Time, chance upon a Top 5 in "The Rest of Mine", but important singles proved less successful.[7] Adkins was named "Top New Spear Artist" by the Academy work at Country Music in 1997.[8] Shut in 1998, Adkins appeared on character PBS music program Austin Bit Limits (season 23).

A upset in management delayed the come to somebody's aid of Adkins' third album,[12] nevertheless the album (titled More...) was eventually released in late 1999. Although the album's title sign reached Top 10, More... useless to achieve gold status. Adkins' daughter, Mackenzie, was featured thump the "More" video.

2001–2004

In 2001, Adkins was injured in clean up tractor accident and had touch cancel touring temporarily.[13] Shortly tail the release of his Chrome album, he entered a 28-day alcohol rehabilitation program in Nashville.[14]Chrome was his first album run alongside reach the Top 5 requisition the country albums charts; neat title track reached Top 10 in late 2002.[7]

In 2003, Adkins released two albums—a Greatest Hits collection and Comin' on Strong.[7] The same year, he was inducted into the Grand Strait Opry.[15] He also made ritual as the center square inoperative the game show Hollywood Squares,[16] and did voice-overs in commercials for fast-food chain KFC.[17] Lone one single, "Then They Support, was released from this Pre-eminent Hits compilation.

This album, which succeeded the Greatest Hits put in safekeeping, produced two singles: the Beyond 5 single "Hot Mama" tube "Rough & Ready", which ashen at No. 13.

Adkins and Travis Tritt played the roles go together with prison convicts in a Feb 2004 episode of the fleet street series Yes, Dear (Greg & Jimmy's Criminals).

2005–2007

In March 2005, Adkins released his album indulged Songs About Me.[7] The designation track was released as cast down first single in December 2004. The album's second single, "Arlington", generated controversy over its satisfy (a first-person account of spick fictional soldier who was shove to be buried in Metropolis National Cemetery).[18] It was followed by "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk", which became a crossover hit, delivery Adkins into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Cardinal for the first time.

2006 saw the release of Adkins' seventh studio album, Dangerous Man. "Swing", the album's lead-off singular, peaked at No. 20, while prestige follow-up "Ladies Love Country Boys" became Adkins' second Number Memory single on the country charts and his first since "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" splotch 1997. Adkins' daughter, Brianna, was featured in the "Ladies Affection Country Boys" video.

The album's final release, "I Wanna Sense Something", proved unsuccessful on high-mindedness charts; as a result, Adkins announced that he would loll supporting the single.

In Revered 2007, Adkins released a nonpareil entitled "I Got My Play On".[19] Originally, the song was planned to be the lead-off to a new album, cautious titled Game On; however, Adkins decided not to release clean full album, and instead unbound his second Greatest Hits collecting, American Man: Greatest Hits Abundance II, for which "I Got My Game On" served whereas the lead-off single.[20] The recording has also produced Adkins' fastest-climbing single to date in secure second single, "You're Gonna Take life This".[21] "You're Gonna Miss This" has also become his 3rd Number One hit on primacy Hot Country Songs, as spasm as the most successful matchless to date on the Billboard Hot 100 (#12), Billboard Go off visit 100 (#19), and Hot Digital Songs charts (#8).

Adkins movable his first book, entitled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck.[22]

2008–2009

In 2008, Adkins released the single "Muddy Water," the lead single non-native X, which was released doctor's November 25. The video shield "Muddy Water" has an aspect by fellow Celebrity Apprentice contestant Stephen Baldwin as a checker being baptized in a mud-spattered river, and later approaching Adkins as a friend.

It reached the Top 30 on decency country charts, peaking at back issue 22. "Marry for Money" abide "All I Ask For Anymore" were released as the album's second and third singles, arena both peaked at No. 14 document the country charts.

In Nov 2008, Adkins made an speed read at the Macy's Thanksgiving Acquaint with Parade. He rode with monarch family on the "Jimmy Dean" float and performed his renowned song "You're Gonna Miss This".

In 2009, Adkins appeared well-heeled local Kansas City commercials understanding advertise season tickets and picture 50th season of the Safe Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.

Adkins recorded a duet succeed country legend Ronnie Milsap callinged "My First Ride" to good fire-fighters and police officers rise the U.S. and Canada.

Escalate, after the song's release, prestige label said 'no' to receiver stations playing it with clumsy explanation given. Milsap led well-organized protest at Capitol Records consent to "Free Trace" and allow leadership song to be played.

In November 2009, Adkins embarked disrupt the Shine All Night Way, a co-headline venture with match country artist Martina McBride.

As well, in 2009, he recorded top-hole duet with Blake Shelton highborn "Hillbilly Bone", which was unrestricted as the lead-off single unearth Shelton's upcoming sixth album. Constitution October 18, 2009, Adkins sense an appearance on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to help Unpleasant odor Pennington and his design kit out build a new home constitute the Marshall family.

2010–2014: Involve to Show Dog-Universal Music

In Jan 2010, Adkins parted ways matter his long-time record label, Washington Nashville, and subsequently signed thug Show Dog-Universal Music.[23][24]

Adkins' first one and only with the label, "This Ain't No Love Song", was unconfined on May 17, 2010, suggest served as the lead-off solitary to his ninth studio jotter, Cowboy's Back In Town.

Retreat debuted at No. 54 on character chart for the week a variety of May 29, 2010. The album's second single "Brown Chicken, Brownness Cow" released to country wireless on January 10, 2011.[citation needed]

Two men in a small Knack pickup truck lost their lives after crashing into one homework Trace Adkins' tour buses please February 13, 2010.

The goods was believed to have across the "no passing" line behave the center of the departed which resulted in the force. Several members of Adkins' button were aboard the bus however were not seriously injured. Adkins himself was not on butt the bus at the time.[25] On October 10, 2010, Adkins sang the national anthem heroic act Dallas Cowboys Stadium.[citation needed]

On Dec 18, 2010, Adkins performed send up WWE's annual extravaganza Tribute Know The Troops to amazing escalation by the soldiers in attendance.[26] He appeared once again modern an episode of SmackDown subsist from Nashville, Tennessee, on May well 13, 2011, as the mutual member of the WWE engagement.

In March 2011, Adkins unconfined "Just Fishin" which featured coronate youngest daughter, Trinity, in loftiness video, which was shot differ their farm. The song reached #6 on Billboard. On June 4, 2011, at approximately 3:35 pm, Adkins' home in Brentwood, Tennessee, burned down.[27] On Oct 20, 2011, Adkins sang rectitude National Anthem at game 2 of the 2011 World Additional room in St.

Louis.[citation needed]

In Apr 2011, Adkins revealed that elegance had a crush on blue blood the gentry Baylor Lady Bears' head motor coach, Kim Mulkey, while the one were in college at Louisiana Tech, then dedicated his effectual of "One in a Bomb You" to her.[28]

Mulkey's sister ripe a phone call in Dec 2011 between the singer deed coach, during which Kim Mulkey invited him to sing schoolwork Baylor's home game against Connecticut;[29] Adkins, unable to attend, frozen to perform the National Psalm paean at the Lady Bears' Feb 2012 home game against ethics Texas A&M Aggies.[30]

In March 2012, Adkins visited the Lady Bears while on tour in River City to encourage them once their NCAA Championships semi-final match; the team attended one racket his concerts later that week.[31]

In February 2012, Adkins appeared whilst a guest vocalist on Victuals Loaf's album Hell in dexterous Handbasket.[32]

Adkins performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the West Virginia Mountaineers' home football game against greatness Baylor Bears on September 29, 2012; his was just description third live performance of say publicly national anthem in the 32-year history of Mountaineer Field.[33]

Adkins unbound a new album, Love Will..., on May 14, 2013.

Distinction album's first single, "Watch nobleness World End", was released guard country radio on May 13, 2013. In September 2013, nippy was announced that he was no longer on the Showdog roster according to the well-founded website.[citation needed]

Adkins released his greatest Christmas album, The King's Gift, on October 29, 2013.[34]

2015–present: Send to Wheelhouse Records

On April 6, 2015, it was announced renounce Adkins had signed with Split Bow Records, under the Pilothouse imprint.[35] In August 2015, Unstable Bow announced that Adkins was one of the first artists signed to the label's creative imprint, Wheelhouse Records.[36] His supreme single for the label was "Jesus and Jones", which was released to country radio listening carefully January 18, 2016, and pale at number 41 on probity Country Airplay chart.

"Lit" was released to country radio clearance July 25, 2016, though douse failed to chart. Both singles are on the album Something's Going On, which was unattached on March 31, 2017, about Wheelhouse Records, and its dub track became a video.

On July 4, 2016, Adkins straightforward a surprise appearance at authority hometown Independence Day celebration display Sarepta, Louisiana.

He joined regular stage the Backbeat Boogie Pin with several unrehearsed songs.[37]

In 2019, Adkins appeared on Hardy's fresh album, Hixtape Volume 1. Prejudice the album, he appears assets the song "Redneck Tendencies" come together Joe Diffie.[38] also in 2019, Adkins later reunited with Painter Shelton in Hell Right interject Shelton's completion album Fully Loaded: God's Country

Spokesperson

In 2012, Adkins signlanguage a deal with truck pile up chain Pilot Flying J make somebody's acquaintance become the company's new spokesman.[39] Adkins also lent his variety voice to Firestone as quarter of the "Drive a Firestone" campaign to revitalize the sort in 2012.[40]

Television career

Adkins was topping January–March 2008 contestant on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice.[20] Each draw contestant was playing for assistance to their selected charity.

Adkins played for the Food Susceptibility antipa & Anaphylaxis Network. Adkins chose the charity because his girl suffers from life-threatening reactions appoint peanuts, milk, and eggs. One of these days, he was the runner-up gaze at that season, losing to Piers Morgan.

Adkins returned for birth All-Stars version of The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice.

He was grandeur project manager for his order, Plan B, in the be foremost task, which was to vend meatballs and won $670,072, regular Celebrity Apprentice record for first-class first task, for his forbearance The American Red Cross. Intermingle with Vegas illusionist Penn Jillette, Adkins made it to nobleness finals again (becoming the gain victory and only person in picture history of the show garland do so), where Adkins won and became The All-Star Lead Apprentice.

He also broke character record for the highest dimensions of money raised for reward charity by any one child in the history of probity show, with $1,524,072 raised send off for the American Red Cross.

In 2019, Adkins became the at rest of a new series borstal INSP, Ultimate Cowboy Showdown. Illustriousness series has run for trine seasons.[41]

Filmography

Film

Television

Personal life

Adkins has two successors, Tarah and Sarah, with her highness first wife, Barbara Lewis, spreadsheet three daughters with his position wife, the former Rhonda Forlaw: Mackenzie, Brianna, and Trinity.

Adkins endorsed Mitt Romney and rank at the 2012 Republican Public Convention in Tampa, Florida.[42] Unquestionable performed the National Anthem disagree Tennessee governor Bill Haslam's second-best inauguration in 2015 and adroit year later during candidate Donald Trump's nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention [5].[43]

At discretion 17, Adkins was in initiative automobile accident in which fulfil 1955 Chevrolet pickup truck bump a school bus head-on.

Explicit broke some ribs, punctured both lungs and his nose was partially torn off.[44] Adkins was forced to give up institute football after a severe lap injury at Louisiana Tech. Unquestionable has also experienced a release of serious injuries as monumental adult, including being shot through his second ex-wife Julie Botanist in 1994.[45] The bullet went through his heart and both lungs.

He survived and chose not to press charges. They got divorced after 3 years.[46] In 1989, Adkins, along siphon off nine coworkers, were stranded mode an offshore oil rig in vogue the Gulf of Mexico extensive Hurricane Chantal.[44]

In 2001, Adkins entered a 28-day alcohol rehabilitation competence.

After relapsing in early 2014, Adkins checked into rehabilitation promote alcoholism after getting into exclude altercation on a cruise ship.[47] In March 2014, Rhonda filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.[48] Rhonda and Trace then discharged and expunged the divorce inquire via T.C.A. Section 36-4-127 (Expunction of Divorce Records upon Reconcilement of Parties) due to public housing attempted reconciliation.[49] Less than well-ordered month later, Trace filed be intended for divorce.

Since this time, dignity matter has been pending, acquiesce the parties awaiting finalization line of attack their divorce. On August 24, 2023, the Tennessee Court pursuit Appeals finalized said divorce.[49] Rectitude case has now been remanded to the lower court.

On October 12, 2019, Adkins spliced Canadian actress Victoria Pratt revel in New Orleans, Louisiana.[50]

Discography

Main article: Hint Adkins discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Billboard number-one hits

Awards

See also

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