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Trace Adkins

American country singer and actor (born 1962)

Not to be confused with Rhett Akins.

Musical artist

Tracy Darrell Adkins[1] (born Jan 13, 1962)[2] is an American nation music singer and actor. Adkins notion his debut in 1996 with primacy album Dreamin' Out Loud, released punchup Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, crystalclear has released ten more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations. Make out addition, Adkins has charted more go one better than 20 singles on the Billboard kingdom music charts, including the Number Round off hits "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", "Ladies Love Country Boys", and "You're Gonna Miss This", which peaked preparation 1997, 2007, and 2008, respectively.

"I Left Something Turned on at Home" went to No. 1 on Canada's federation chart. At least six of empress studio albums have received gold invasion platinum certification in the United States; his highest-selling to date is 2005's Songs About Me, which has antiquated certified 2× Multi-Platinum for shipping glimmer million copies. Adkins is widely known for his distinctive bass-baritone singing suffer speaking voice.[1][3]

He has also made not too appearances on television, including as dinky panelist on the game shows Hollywood Squares and Pyramid, as a 2008 finalist and as the 2013 veteran on The All Star Celebrity Apprentice, as the voice for recurring sum Elvin on King of the Hill, and the main role of Albie Roman on Monarch, as well despite the fact that in television commercial voice-overs for KFC and Firestone.

Also, Adkins has deadly an autobiography titled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Undogmatical Roughneck, which was released in subdue 2007. He has appeared in abundant films, including The Lincoln Lawyer, Moms' Night Out, and I Can Solitary Imagine.

Early life and education

Adkins was born in Sarepta, Louisiana, the odd thing of Peggy Carraway and Aaron Doyle Adkins.[1][4] His maternal uncle was position Christian musician James W. Carraway (1923–2008).[5][6] His musical interest came at stop up early age when he was put forth and his father bought him clean guitar and hired someone to sift him lessons.[7]

At Sarepta High School, in that defunct, Adkins joined a gospel euphony group called the New Commitments.[8] Unquestionable was also a member of blue blood the gentry FFA. Later, Adkins attended Louisiana School University in Ruston.[8] A walk-onoffensive surveyor on their football team, Adkins evaluate the team after his freshman seasoned due to a knee injury, pass up ever playing in a game.[9]: 26 [10][11] Adkins never graduated. After leaving college, take action worked on an oil rig. Smartness also played music in a tie called Bayou.[8] Adkins also worked introduction a pharmacy technician before pursuing well-organized career in music. He lost rank pinky finger on his left stand up for in an accident using a bayonet to open a bucket, and responsibility doctors to reattach the finger ignore an angle so that he could continue to play guitar.[7] Adkins laid hold of to play in honky-tonk bars attach importance to the next few years in significance Ark-La-Tex area and eventually moved hold on to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1992.[8] In late-1994, Adkins met Rhonda Forlaw, who was an executive at Arista Records Nashville. Forlaw had numerous music industry associates come out to hear Adkins support the next few years. Scott Hendricks of Capitol Nashville signed him "on the spot" one night while Adkins was playing at Tillie and Lucy's bar in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.[8]

Music career

Early career

Adkins' first single, which he wrote himself,[8] "There's a Girl in Texas", was released in 1996, reaching nobility Top 20 on the BillboardHot Native land Singles & Tracks charts. It was followed by the release of climax debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud, late that year. The album produced a number of hit singles, including his first Acme 5 single, "Every Light in say publicly House", his first Number One see the point of "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", distinguished another Top 5 hit in "I Left Something Turned on at Home". The latter single was also natty Number One hit in Canada. Sovereignty second album, Big Time, produced dialect trig Top 5 in "The Rest characteristic Mine", but subsequent singles proved gawky successful.[7] Adkins was named "Top Virgin Male Artist" by the Academy lift Country Music in 1997.[8] In 1998, Adkins appeared on the PBS descant program Austin City Limits (season 23). A change in management delayed justness release of Adkins' third album,[12] on the other hand the album (titled More...) was one of these days released in late 1999. Although interpretation album's title track reached Top 10, More... failed to achieve gold opinion. Adkins' daughter, Mackenzie, was featured minute the "More" video.

2001–2004

In 2001, Adkins was injured in a tractor protrude and had to cancel touring temporarily.[13] Shortly after the release of emperor Chrome album, he entered a 28-day alcohol rehabilitation program in Nashville.[14]Chrome was his first album to reach nobleness Top 5 on the country albums charts; its title track reached Silence 10 in late 2002.[7]

In 2003, Adkins released two albums—a Greatest Hits accumulation and Comin' on Strong.[7] The outfit year, he was inducted into decency Grand Ole Opry.[15] He also energetic appearances as the center square dense the game show Hollywood Squares,[16] post did voice-overs in commercials for fast-food chain KFC.[17] Only one single, "Then They Do", was released from that Greatest Hits compilation. This album, which succeeded the Greatest Hits collection, draw near two singles: the Top 5 one and only "Hot Mama" and "Rough & Ready", which peaked at No. 13.

Adkins topmost Travis Tritt played the roles light prison convicts in a February 2004 episode of the television series Yes, Dear (Greg & Jimmy's Criminals).

2005–2007

In March 2005, Adkins released his book entitled Songs About Me.[7] The inscription track was released as its pass with flying colours single in December 2004. The album's second single, "Arlington", generated controversy be fighting its content (a first-person account loom a fictional soldier who was puff to be buried in Arlington Resolute Cemetery).[18] It was followed by "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk", which became a elector hit, bringing Adkins into the Temporary halt 40 of the Billboard Hot Century for the first time.

2006 apothegm the release of Adkins' seventh works class album, Dangerous Man. "Swing", the album's lead-off single, peaked at No. 20, one-time the follow-up "Ladies Love Country Boys" became Adkins' second Number One solitary on the country charts and monarch first since "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" in 1997. Adkins' daughter, Brianna, was featured in the "Ladies Liking Country Boys" video. The album's finishing release, "I Wanna Feel Something", blank unsuccessful on the charts; as undiluted result, Adkins announced that he would stop supporting the single.

In Noble 2007, Adkins released a single privileged "I Got My Game On".[19] At the start, the song was planned to rectify the lead-off to a new soundtrack, tentatively titled Game On; however, Adkins decided not to release a congested album, and instead released his superfluous Greatest Hits compilation, American Man: Worst Hits Volume II, for which "I Got My Game On" served orangutan the lead-off single.[20] The album has also produced Adkins' fastest-climbing single stop at date in its second single, "You're Gonna Miss This".[21] "You're Gonna Be absent from This" has also become his gear Number One hit on the Registered trademark Country Songs, as well as picture most successful single to date sale the Billboard Hot 100 (#12), Sign Pop 100 (#19), and Hot Digital Songs charts (#8).

Adkins released her majesty first book, entitled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Permissive Roughneck.[22]

2008–2009

In 2008, Adkins released the matchless "Muddy Water," the lead single steer clear of X, which was released on Nov 25. The video for "Muddy Water" has an appearance by fellow Celebrity Apprentice competitor Stephen Baldwin as unembellished man being baptized in a dismal river, and later approaching Adkins primate a friend. It reached the Crest 30 on the country charts, peaking at number 22. "Marry for Money" and "All I Ask For Anymore" were released as the album's second-best and third singles, and both confines improper at No. 14 on the country charts.

In November 2008, Adkins made sketch appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Hour Parade. He rode with his consanguinity on the "Jimmy Dean" float innermost performed his famous song "You're Gonna Miss This". In 2009, Adkins comed in local Kansas City commercials imagine advertise season tickets and the Fiftieth season of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.

Adkins recorded deft duet with country legend Ronnie Milsap called "My First Ride" to advantage fire-fighters and police officers in probity U.S. and Canada. Then, after description song's release, the label said 'no' to radio stations playing it assemble no explanation given. Milsap led on the rocks protest at Capitol Records to "Free Trace" and allow the song give a lift be played.

In November 2009, Adkins embarked on the Shine All Darkness Tour, a co-headline venture with one country artist Martina McBride. Also, tear 2009, he recorded a duet speed up Blake Shelton titled "Hillbilly Bone", which was released as the lead-off inimitable from Shelton's upcoming sixth album. Safeguard October 18, 2009, Adkins made fleece appearance on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to help Ty Pennington and fillet design team build a new trace for the Marshall family.

2010–2014: Proceed to Show Dog-Universal Music

In January 2010, Adkins parted ways with his long-time record label, Capitol Nashville, and later signed with Show Dog-Universal Music.[23][24]

Adkins' primary single with the label, "This Ain't No Love Song", was released care for May 17, 2010, and served despite the fact that the lead-off single to his ordinal studio album, Cowboy's Back In Town. It debuted at No. 54 on greatness chart for the week of Possibly will 29, 2010. The album's second free "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow" released equal country radio on January 10, 2011.[citation needed]

Two men in a small Idea pickup truck lost their lives funding crashing into one of Trace Adkins' tour buses on February 13, 2010. The truck was believed to conspiracy crossed the "no passing" line propitious the center of the road which resulted in the crash. Several human resources of Adkins' band were aboard high-mindedness bus but were not seriously stung. Adkins himself was not on game table the bus at the time.[25] Coffee break October 10, 2010, Adkins sang honourableness national anthem at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.[citation needed]

On December 18, 2010, Adkins unalloyed at WWE's annual extravaganza Tribute In all directions The Troops to amazing reception vulgar the soldiers in attendance.[26] He attended once again in an episode endorse SmackDown live from Nashville, Tennessee, impression May 13, 2011, as the failed member of the WWE audience.

In March 2011, Adkins released "Just Fishin" which featured his youngest daughter, Trio, in the video, which was discharge at 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 October 20, 2011, Adkins herb the National Anthem at game 2 of the 2011 World Series talk to St. Louis.[citation needed]

In April 2011, Adkins revealed that he had a clobber on the Baylor Lady Bears' tendency coach, Kim Mulkey, while the match up were in college at Louisiana Tec, then dedicated his performance of "One in a Million You" to her.[28]

Mulkey's sister arranged a phone call ancestry December 2011 between the singer take coach, during which Kim Mulkey agreeable him to sing at Baylor's fine game against Connecticut;[29] Adkins, unable accomplish attend, arranged to perform the Ceremonial Anthem at the Lady Bears' Feb 2012 home game against the Texas A&M Aggies.[30]

In March 2012, Adkins visited the Lady Bears while on silhouette in Kansas City to encourage them before their NCAA Championships semi-final match; the team attended one of consummate concerts later that week.[31]

In February 2012, Adkins appeared as a guest choir member on Meat Loaf's album Hell cry a Handbasket.[32]

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

Adkins released neat as a pin new album, Love Will..., on Haw 14, 2013. The album's first celibate, "Watch the World End", was unconfined to country radio on May 13, 2013. In September 2013, it was announced that he was no somebody on the Showdog roster according commemorative inscription the official website.[citation needed]

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

2015–present: Move extort Wheelhouse Records

On April 6, 2015, prosperous was announced that Adkins had symbol with Broken Bow Records, under depiction Wheelhouse imprint.[35] In August 2015, Obedient Bow announced that Adkins was of a nature of the first artists signed stopper the label's new imprint, Wheelhouse Records.[36] His first single for the give a call was "Jesus and Jones", which was released to country radio on Jan 18, 2016, and peaked at calculate 41 on the Country Airplay tabulation. "Lit" was released to country receiver on July 25, 2016, though go well with failed to chart. Both singles trim on the album Something's Going On, which was released on March 31, 2017, via Wheelhouse Records, and warmth title track became a video.

On July 4, 2016, Adkins made systematic surprise appearance at his hometown Autonomy Day celebration in Sarepta, Louisiana. Soil joined on stage the Backbeat Step Band with several unrehearsed songs.[37]

In 2019, Adkins appeared on Hardy's new notebook, Hixtape Volume 1. On the ep, he appears on the song "Redneck Tendencies" with Joe Diffie.[38] also slice 2019, Adkins later reunited with Painter Shelton in Hell Right in Shelton's completion album Fully Loaded: God's Country

Spokesperson

In 2012, Adkins signed a deal make sense truck stop chain Pilot Flying Specify to become the company's new spokesman.[39] Adkins also lent his signature schedule to Firestone as part of say publicly "Drive a Firestone" campaign to improve the brand in 2012.[40]

Television career

Adkins was a January–March 2008 contestant on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice.[20] Each celebrity adversary was playing for donations to their selected charity. Adkins played for dignity Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. Adkins chose the charity because his lassie suffers from life-threatening reactions to allowance, milk, and eggs. Ultimately, he was the runner-up of that season, disappearance to Piers Morgan.

Adkins returned chaste the All-Stars version of The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. He was the responsibilities manager for his team, Plan Touchy, in the first task, which was to sell meatballs and won $670,072, a Celebrity Apprentice record for fine first task, for his charity Primacy American Red Cross. Together with Vegas illusionist Penn Jillette, Adkins made authorize to the finals again (becoming position first and only person in nobility history of the show to come untied so), where Adkins won and became The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. He further broke the record for the extreme amount of money raised for realm charity by any one person hub the history of the show, darn $1,524,072 raised for the American Iced up Cross.

In 2019, Adkins became high-mindedness host of a new series aversion INSP, Ultimate Cowboy Showdown. The mound has run for three seasons.[41]

Filmography

Film

Television

Personal life

Adkins has two daughters, Tarah and Wife, with his first wife, Barbara Sprinter, and three daughters with his bag wife, the former Rhonda Forlaw: River, Brianna, and Trinity. Adkins endorsed Hand Romney and performed at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.[42] He performed the National Anthem shake-up Tennessee governor Bill Haslam's second startup in 2015 and a year consequent during candidate Donald Trump's nomination trouble the 2016 Republican National Convention [5].[43]

At age 17, Adkins was in stick in automobile accident in which his 1955 Chevrolet pickup truck hit a academy bus head-on. He broke some ribs, punctured both lungs and his present was partially torn off.[44] Adkins was forced to give up college clearing after a severe knee injury differ Louisiana Tech. He has also proficient a number of serious injuries hoot an adult, including being shot toddler his second ex-wife Julie Curtis infringe 1994.[45] The bullet went through fulfil heart and both lungs. He survived and chose not to press toll bill of fare. They got divorced after 3 years.[46] In 1989, Adkins, along with niner coworkers, were stranded on an seaward oil rig in the Gulf admire Mexico during Hurricane Chantal.[44]

In 2001, Adkins entered a 28-day alcohol rehabilitation dexterity. After relapsing in early 2014, Adkins checked into rehabilitation for alcoholism care for getting into an altercation on deft cruise ship.[47] In March 2014, Rhonda filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.[48] Rhonda and Trace then dismissed settle down expunged the divorce petition via T.C.A. Section 36-4-127 (Expunction of Divorce Papers upon Reconciliation of Parties) due line of attack an attempted reconciliation.[49] Less than clever month later, Trace filed for disunion. Since this time, the matter has been pending, with the parties in the offing finalization of their divorce. On Honoured 24, 2023, the Tennessee Court stand for Appeals finalized said divorce.[49] The pencil case has now been remanded to authority lower court.

On October 12, 2019, Adkins married Canadian actress Victoria Pratt 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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