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Chanteur Country US né le 28
Mars 1969 à Knoxville (Tennessee).
By fusing
the driving sound of Tim
McGraw with an everyday appeal, Rodney Atkins racked up a series of country
chart-toppers, starting in 2006 with "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the
Devil Even Knows)," a song that helped him snag Top New Male Vocalist from the
Academy of Country Music. Atkins took a long time to achieve this success. He
first signed with Curb in 1996, ten years before his breakthrough, but once he
reached the top of the charts, he flourished. Between 2006 and 2008, he racked
up five number one country hits, highlighted by the sentimental smash "Watching
You." After 2008's "It's America," his stardom started to fade, but he made a
comeback in 2018 when he collaborated with the Fisk Jubilee Singers for "Caught
Up in the Country."
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 28, 1969, Atkins was put up for adoption
by his birth mother. After cycling through a couple of prospective families, he
was adopted by Allan and Margaret Atkins. The family raised their son in
Tennessee's Claiborne County, and while he attended high school in Speedwell's
Powell Valley High, he began to play music. His interest in music deepened while
he attended college-he graduated from Walters Sate Community College, then
enrolled at Tennessee Technological University-and decided to pack it up and
head to Nashville to pursue a career in country in the mid-'90s.
In 1996, Atkins signed to Curb Records, which put out "In a Heartbeat" in 1997.
"In a Heartbeat" managed to go no further than 74 on Billboard's Hot Country
Singles chart, which led Atkins back into the studio to record more material.
Curb allowed the singer to part ways with producer Chuck Howard and team up with
producer Ted Hewitt, who had already been co-writing original material with the
singer. Moving in a mainstream country-pop direction, the pair spent the next
few years working on an album, which began to see the light of day in 2002, when
the singles "Sing Along" and "My Old Man" scraped the lower reaches of
Billboard's Country Top 40.
"Honesty (Write Me a List)" broke the doors open for Atkins, reaching four on
Billboard's Country Singles chart. Its accompanying album Honesty topped out at
50 and its fourth single, "Someone to Share It With," didn't crack the Country
Top 40, but this was enough to set up a successful launch for If You're Going
Through Hell in 2006.
Transitioning from a crooner to an everyday country singer, Atkins hit the big
time with If You're Going Through Hell, scoring four number one hits in
succession: "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)," "Watching
You," "These Are My People," and "Cleaning This Gun (Come on in Boy)," a quartet
which kept him on the charts through 2007. It was enough to earn Atkins the
Academy of Country Music award for Top New Vocalist in 2006.
In 2008, Atkins returned with his third album, It's America. Its title track
went to number one, with its second single, "15 Minutes," peaking at 20, but it
took "Farmer's Daughter"-a bonus track added to a re-release of the album in
2010-to give the singer another Top Ten hit. "Farmer's Daughter" wound up
peaking at five on Billboard's Country Airplay chart in 2010. Released in 2011, Take
a Back Road had a number one single in its title track, with its second single,
"He's Mine," reaching 23.
Atkins career slowed down in the early 2010s, following an incident where he was
arrested for domestic assault against his wife Tammy Jo McDonald. After he
attended court-ordered anger management courses, the charges were cleared. The
couple divorced in September 2012 and Atkins married Rose Falcon in 2013. That
year, he released the non-LP single "Doin' It Right," which went no further than
53 on Billboard's Country Airplay charts. "Eat Sleep Love You Repeat"-a new cut
attached to a 2014 Greatest Hits album-reached 47.
Atkins mounted a comeback in 2018 with "Caught Up in the Country," which
featured vocals from the Fisk Jubilee Singers; it reached 21 on Billboard's
Country Airplay chart. The song served as the title track for his fifth album, Caught
Up in the Country, which appeared in May 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Atkins
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Contemporary Country
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 08/1997 | SP CURB D7-73026 (US) | . | In A Heartbeat / God Only Knows |
| 1997 | CD CURB D-1356 (US) (promo) |
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In A Heartbeat |
| 1997 | CD CURB D-1415 (US) (promo) |
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God Only Knows |
| 09/2003 | CD CURB D2-73149 (US) |
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Honesty (Write Me A List) / / My Old Man |
| 2004 | CD CURB CURBD 1851 (US) | . |
Someone To Share It With / Someone To Share It With (Suggested Callout Research Hook) |
| 2011 | CD CURB 510290 (US) (promo) | . |
Monkey In The Middle |
| 2011 | CD CURB CURBD 2178 (US) (promo) |
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Take A Back Road / Callout Hook |
| 2011 | CD Massey Ferguson MF11P014TCG / CURB D2-79221 (US) | . |
A Man On A Tractor / It's America / Friends With Tractors / Simple Things / Farmer's Daughter |
| 2012 | CD CURB CURBD 2198 (US) (promo) |
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Just Wanna Rock n Roll / Callout Hook |
| 2013 | CD CURB CURBD 2234 (US) (promo) |
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Doin' It Right / Callout Hook |
| 2014 | CD CURB CURBD 2247 (US) (promo) |
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Eat Sleep Love You Repeat |
Albums
| 09/1997 | CD CURB D2-77896 (US) |
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RODNEY ATKINS - In A Heartbeat / God Only Knows / Tear It Up / Nothing To Lose / Diamonds / It Never Fails / Forgetting Something / It's Been Real / All In My Heart / I Thought There Was Time |
| 10/2003 | CD CURB D2-78745 (US) |
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HONESTY - Honesty / What's Left Of Me / Monkey In The Middle / Someone To Share It With / The Love We Make / The Man I Am Today / Uncomplicated / Sing Along / Yeah She Does / I Will Come To You / Forgiveness And Permission / My Old Man |
| 07/2006 | CD CURB D2-78945 (US) |
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IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELL - These Are My People / About The South / Watching You / Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy) / In The Middle / Man On A Tractor / Wasted Whiskey / Invisibly Shaken / Angel's Hands / If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows) / Honesty (Write Me A List) |
| 03/2009 | CD CURB D2-79132 (US) |
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IT'S AMERICA - Tell A Country Boy / Chasin' Girls / Got It Good / Best Things / Friends With Tractors / 15 Minutes / Simple Things / It's America / Rockin' Of The Cradle / When It's My Time / The River Just Knows |
| 2010 | CD CURB D2-79132 (US) (reissue) |
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IT'S AMERICA - Tell A Country Boy / Chasin' Girls / Got It Good / Best Things / Friends With Tractors / 15 Minutes / Simple Things / It's America / Rockin' Of The Cradle / When It's My Time / The River Just Knows / BONUS TRACK : Farmer's Daughter |
| 09/2010 | CD CURB D2-79206 (US) |
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Rodney Atkins - These Are My People / About The South / Watching You / Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy) / In The Middle / A Man On A Tractor / Wasted Whiskey / Invisibly Shaken / Angel's Hands / If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows) / Farmer's Daughter / More Like Your Memory (Always Takes Me Back) |
| 10/2011 | CD CURB 79255 (US) |
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Take A Back Road - Take A Back Road / He's Mine / Family / Corner / She's A Girl / She'd Rather Fight / Feet / Cabin In The Woods / Just Wanna Rock 'n Roll / Growing Up Like That / Tips / Lifelines / Farmer's Daughter |
| 2011 | CD CURB D2-79266 (US) (deluxe edition) |
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Take A Back Road - Take A Back Road / He's Mine / Family / Corner / She's A Girl / She'd Rather Fight / Feet / Cabin In The Woods / Just Wanna Rock 'n Roll / Growing Up Like That / Tips / Lifelines / BONUS TRACKS : Farmer's Daughter / Watching You / If You're Going Through Hell / These Are My People / It's America |
| 02/2015 | CD CURB D2-79403 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows) / Watching You / These Are My People / Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy) / Take A Back Road / Farmer's Daughter / It's America / Invisibly Shaken / Honesty (Write Me A List) / He's Mine / About The South / Eat Sleep Love You Repeat |
| 05/2019 | CD CURB D2-79519 (US) |
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Caught Up In The Country - Burn Something / Caught Up In The Country / Figure Out You (Riddle) / Thank God For You / So Good / What Lonely Looks Like / My Life / Cover Me Up / All My Friends Are Drunk / Young Man / Everybody's Got / Something / Waiting On A Good Day |
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