Trace Adkins

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Trace Adkins

Background information
Birth name Tracy Darrell Adkins
Born January 13, 1962
Genre(s) Country
Instrument(s) Vocals
Guitar
Years active 1996-present
Label(s) Capitol
Associated
acts		 The New Commitments
Website TraceAdkins.com

Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins (born January 13, 1962) is an American country singer-songwriter from Sarepta, south of Springhill in northern Webster Parish, Louisiana.

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[edit] Early life

Adkins was taught to play the guitar at an early age by his father. His family was very religious. He eventually came to work at an oil rig. He lost part of a finger on his left hand while working at an industrial factory, however, it was reattached. [citation needed]. Adkins began playing music as part of The New Commitments, then moved on to playing in honky tonk bars in the early 1990s. After gaining some fame, he moved to Nashville and signed to Capitol Records. In 2004 he supported George W. Bush's re-election campaign, performing at the Republican National Convention.

[edit] Debut album

His debut was 1996's Dreamin' Out Loud, which included a number of hits like "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" and "Every Light in the House". The follow-up, Big Time, however, saw meager sales in comparison to Dreamin' Out Loud[citation needed]. 1999's More was similarly disappointed, but his fourth album, 2001's Chrome yielded a top-ten hit in "I'm Tryin'", and, in 2003, Greatest Hits Collection, Vol.1 did the same with "Then They Do".

[edit] Recent work

His recent video for "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" demonstrates the recent cross-pollination between the crunk hip hop and pop country genres. The term badonkadonk itself is a fairly new entrant to Country Music Television, showing up much more often on Black Entertainment Television. In the music video, Adkins opts out of the more traditional background of farm equipment for a club scene with scantly clad dancing girls, but rather than drinking Hpnotiq and Hennessy, he and his friends consume low-end domestic beer. The video ranked #11 in CMT's 2005 videos of the year, and was #1 in GAC's 2006 videos of the year.

In a 2005 episode of Yes, Dear, Adkins was a guest star portraying a convict on work release.

The juxtaposition of cowboy hats and jewelry exemplifies the radical trajectory that Adkins' work has taken over the past decade.

Adkins sang the national anthem for Game 3 of the 2006 World Series on October 24, 2006.

On November 2006, the album Songs About Me was certified 2X Platinum.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

Year Song US Hot 100 US Country Album
1996 There's a Girl in Texas - 20 Dreamin' Out Loud
1996 Every Light in the House 78 3 Dreamin' Out Loud
1997 (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing - 1 Dreamin' Out Loud
1997 I Left Something Turned On At HomeA - 2 Dreamin' Out Loud
1997 The Rest of Mine 70 4 Big Time
1998 Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone - 11 Big Time
1998 Big Time - 27 Big Time
1999 Don't Lie - 27 More
2000 More 65 10 More
2000 I'm Gonna Love You Anyway - 36 More
2001 I'm Tryin' 44 6 Chrome
2002 Chrome 74 10 Chrome
2002 Help Me Understand 80 17 Chrome
2003 Then They Do 52 9 Greatest Hits Collection, Vol.1
2004 Hot Mama 51 5 Comin' On Strong
2004 Rough & Ready 75 13 Comin' On Strong
2005 Songs About Me 59 2 Songs About Me
2005 Arlington - 16 Songs About Me
2005 Honky Tonk Badonkadonk 30 2 Songs About Me
2006 Swing 76 20 Dangerous Man
2006 Ladies Love Country Boys 61 1 Dangerous Man
2007 I Wanna Feel Something - - Dangerous Man

Notes
AReached #1 on R & R country charts.

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