Kenneth Arnold Chesney Net Worth
Kenneth Arnold Chesney Net Worth is
$500,000
Kenneth Arnold Chesney Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which climbed to the top of the charts. Chesney has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.Over the life of his career, Chesney has been honored with numerous awards from the Academy of Country Music (ACM), Country Music Association (CMA), American Music Awards (AMA), Country Music Television (CMT), Billboard Music Awards (BMA), People's Choice Awards (PCA).Chesney produced and co-directed a film for ESPN, The Boys Of Fall. Chesney has received six Academy of Country Music awards (including four consecutive Entertainer of the Year awards from 2005 to 2008), as well as six Country Music Association awards. He is one of the most popular touring acts in country music, regularly selling out the venues in which he performs. His 2007 Flip-Flop Summer Tour was the highest-grossing country road trip of the year.The Country Music Association honored Chesney with the Entertainer of the Year award in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Other notable awards include the Academy of Country Music's 1997 New Male Vocalist of the Year, 2002 Top Male Vocalist of the Year, and the Triple Crown Award in 2005. He was awarded his fourth consecutive Entertainer of the Year award from the Academy of Country Music on May 18, 2008. | Full Name | Kenny Chesney |
| Net Worth | $225 million |
| Date Of Birth | March 26, 1968 |
| Place Of Birth | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Height | 5' 7" (1.7 m) |
| Profession | Soundtrack, Producer, Writer |
| Education | East Tennessee State University, Gibbs High School, Setting the World On Fire, There Goes My Life, Come Over, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States, Indio, CA, United States, Madison, MS, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Renée Zellweger |
| Parents | David Chesney, Karen Chandler, Setting the World On Fire, There Goes My Life, Come Over, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States, Indio, CA, United States, Madison, MS, United States |
| Siblings | Jennifer Chandler |
| Awards | Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year, Country Music Association Pinnacle Award, Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year, Billboard Music Award for Top Country Artist, American Music Award for Artist of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Music Video of ... |
| Nominations | Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year, Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Academy of Country Music Award for Video of the Year, Academy of Cou... |
| Movies | Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D, Farm Aid: 20th Anniversary, Super Country Hits, Kenny Chesney: When the Sun Goes Down, Kenny Chesney: Greatest Hits, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States, Indio, CA, United States, Madison, MS, United States |
| Star Sign | Aries |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cowboy hat or a baseball cap |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | 'I Can't Go There' - That's the most brutally honest song I've ever written in my whole life. When you're in love with somebody, you go places -- whether it's your favorite restaurant, a spot in the islands, or Wrigley Field. When that ends, it's impossible for you -- literally or in your heart or mind -- to go back there. If I've ever written a song that was 100% an open book about me and what I went through, 'I Can't Go There' is it. For that reason, it's probably one of my favorite songs on the record. |
| 2 | Greatest Hits CD going double platinum: There's a part of you that thinks 'Aw, people will never buy this. They have all these songs.' But maybe they don't have all the Capricorn stuff (his first record label) or the early hits or the new songs. Or maybe they're like me and they just want everything in one place. For whatever reason, I'm pretty stoked up about hearing this! |
| 3 | She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy: The record company called me while I was out on the road. They told me they found this awesome song. I went in to listen to it, and I just fell in love with it. I just laugh every time I hear it. It's just a fun song that paints a great picture. When I heard it I said, "I've got to have that song." And we just tried to go in and have the most fun with it in the studio as we possibly could. |
| 4 | On what inspires him to write a song: My inspiration comes from life in general. I keep my ears open. I overhear conversations in restaurants and on the street. I watch a lot of movies and TV, and I love to read. There are so many things that can be taken and made into songs -- everything that has an emotion to it. I just look for things that people can hang on to. |
| 5 | God works in mysterious ways. I'm certainly glad I wasn't there - and I feel terrible for all the families who have been affected by this. - He had been scheduled to film a music video near the World Trade Center on Tuesday (9/11). The shoot was canceled |
| 6 | I think "How Forever Feels" was really just an infectious song from the very opening riff. I just think it's different. Also, I've never heard another love song that mentions Richard Petty. That song really opened up a brand new audience for me. My past two albums have gone gold (meaning sales of more than 500,000), but a lot of people think "How Forever Feels" is my first single. It's odd, because I've been out there for six years now. |
| 7 | It's a given that you want to record songs people can relate to, but it goes deeper than that. You want a song to touch them somehow. You want them to live with it and let it become a part of their lives. You want it to make them remember something -- their first kiss, their first boyfriend, their first breakup. But that's past tense. You also want it to have something they can relate to right now. I try real hard to make people feel things, whether it's a fun song, like 'How Forever Feels,' or a real intense song, like 'That's Why I'm Here' or a love song, like 'You Had Me From Hello.' You try to touch different emotions. If you don't do that, I think you miss the boat. |
| 8 | I can't believe it. You're moving so fast -- and you can tell the fans are different somehow; but then you're back on the plane. It was so cool to see 12,000 people at the Mall of America, screaming like there was a show when it was really only an acoustic performance. But this? For a kid from Luttrell, Tennessee who thought playing The Turf (a dive bar on what was Nashville's seedy lower Broadway strip of honky tonks) was practically making it ... well, this is bigger than words. I mean, what do you say? I'm just trying to absorb it and enjoy it. |
| 9 | (on growing up in Lutrell, Tennessee) It was a really great place to grow up. You couldn't help but be consumed by country music. It's everywhere ... but I never dreamed of being a singer as a kid. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Is in a long-term relationship with model Jamie Hill since 2008. |
| 2 | On his Poets and Pirates tour. [June 2008] |
| 3 | Along with Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, and other music stars who reside in Nashville, Tennessee, Kenny's home was engulfed in a flood in May, 2010. |
| 4 | Good friend of Peyton Manning. |
| 5 | Is a huge Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen fan. |
| 6 | Is a Board Member, along with actor Morgan Freeman, for PLANIT NOW, a hurricane relief and preparation non-profit. |
| 7 | Favorite TV show is Friends (1994). |
| 8 | Favorite book is "The Firm" by John Grisham. |
| 9 | Attended Gibbs High School. |
| 10 | In 1990, he graduated with a degree in marketing from East Tennessee State University. |
| 11 | On the CMT Top 20 Videos of 2005, he held the #8 (Who You'd Be Today) and #2 (Anything But Mine) slots. |
| 12 | Two of his albums "All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan" and "Be As You Are: Songs from an Old Blue Chair" both went platinum without a radio single or promotion. |
| 13 | He won the 2004 CMA Album of the Year for his record When the Sun Goes Down. |
| 14 | Favorite musicians are Conway Twitty, Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs, George Jones, Lynyrd Skynyrd and James Taylor. |
| 15 | Was raised in Luttrell, Tennessee, which is also the hometown of country star Chet Atkins. |
| 16 | He was born to Dave Chesney and Karen Chandler (then Karen Chesney). |
| 17 | Met his ex-wife Renée Zellweger at a tsunami relief benefit in January 2005. |
| 18 | His wedding ceremony lasted 15 minutes |
| 19 | Won the Entertainer of the Year Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards on May 17, 2005 |
| 20 | Wrote "You Had Me From Hello" after Renée Zellweger's famous line in Jerry Maguire (1996). |
| 21 | Married actress Renée Zellweger on the resort island St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
| 22 | In April of 2005 his song "Anything but Mine" hit number 1 on the Country charts after spending 17 weeks on the charts. |
| 23 | Is a die hard fan of the Boston Red Sox and the Tennessee Titans. |
| 24 | 2004 CMA Award-winner for Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year. |
| 25 | 2002 ACM Award-winner for Best Male Vocalist. |
| 26 | Brother of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity from East Tennessee State University |
| 27 | Has a younger half-sister named Jennifer Chandler. |
| 28 | His first No. 1 hit came in August 1997 with "She's Got it All" (a three week No. 1 country smash), and the No. 1 hits kept coming: "That's Why I'm Here" (1998); "How Forever Feels" (a six-week No. 1) and "You Had Me From Hello" (both 1999); "Don't Happen Twice" (2001) and "The Good Stuff" (a seven-week No. 1 from 2002). "How Forever Feels" was Billboard's No. 2 country hit of 1999, while "The Good Stuff" was the magazine's No. 1 country song of 2002. Other major hits include "When I Close My Eyes" (1997); "A Chance" and "I Will Stand" (1998); "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" (1999); "What I Need to Do" (2000); "The Tin Man" (2001); and "Young" (2002). As 2003 dawned, he was on his way to another major country smash -- the Bill Anderson-Dean Dillon-penned "A Lot of Things Different." |
| 29 | Scored his first top 10 hit on Billboard magazine's country singles chart with 1995's "Fall in Love." However, it wasn't until 1996 when he made his breakthrough with the No. 2 hit "Me and You." |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | 2016 | performer: "She Thinks My Tractor is Sexy" | |
| The Do-Over | 2016 | performer: "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" | |
| Mike & Mike | 2016 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2014 - 2015 writer - 1 episode, 2015 | ||
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2014 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Dancing with the Stars | 2012 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV Series performer - 3 episodes, 2010 - 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2010 | ||
| CMT Hot 20 Countdown | TV Series performer - 10 episodes, 2007 - 2011 writer - 3 episodes, 2007 - 2008 | ||
| CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs | 2011 | TV Movie performer: "Anything But Mine" | |
| CMT Insider | 2006-2009 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
| Best of CMT Music Awards | 2009 | TV Special performer: "Keg In The Closet" | |
| 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards | 2007 | TV Special performer: "Don't Blink" | |
| 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 2006 | TV Special performer: "You Save Me" | |
| AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture | 2005 | performer: "How Forever Feels" |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Believer | 2014 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
| Boys of Fall | 2010 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
| Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D | 2010 | Documentary producer |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys of Fall | 2010 | TV Movie documentary |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| I'm Still Here | 2010/II | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike & Mike | 2010-2017 | TV Series | Himself - Singer / Himself - Guest / Songwriter / ... |
| The Bowden Dynasty: A Story of Faith, Family & Football | 2017 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Smoky Mountain Wildfires Telethon | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Access Hollywood | 2007-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 50th Annual CMA Awards | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| The Talk | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2005-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Guest |
| Today | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Musical Guest |
| Setting The World On Fire | 2016 | Video short | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 2013-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Guest / Himself |
| 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself |
| VIP for a Day | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 2015 CMT Music Awards | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself - Performer |
| ACM Presents: Superstar Duets! | 2015 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself |
| Super Bowl XLIX | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| American Country Countdown Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003-2014 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Musical Guest |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| Conan | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen | 2014 | Video | Himself |
| CBS News Sunday Morning | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2000-2013 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Musical Guest |
| Kenny Chesney No Shoes Nation | 2013 | TV Special | Himself |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest / Himself |
| The Big and Best of 2012 | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself - Performer |
| CMT Crossroads | 2003-2012 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Performer |
| Kenny Chesney: Unstaged | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| 2012 CMT Music Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Performer |
| Inside Music Row | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lionel Richie and Friends | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT Insider | 2005-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 45th Annual CMA Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself |
| A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Headline Country | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Year of the Quarterback | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 44th Annual CMA Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| CMT Hot 20 Countdown | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Boys of Fall | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 2010 CMT Music Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Video of the Year 'Only Last Night' / Collaborative Video of the Year (w / Dave Matthews) 'Im Alive' |
| ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn -- The Last Rodeo | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| The 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2007-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| People Country Special on CMT | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 51st Annual Grammy Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| 42nd Annual Country Music Association Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT Star: Escapes | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Soundstage | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Early Show | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2003-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| CMA Red Carpet Show Live | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
| The View | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
| 2007 CMT Music Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Singer (segment "Hillbilly Rock Star") |
| The 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards | 2007 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 2006 Billboard Music Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMA Red Carpet 2006 | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| JCPenney Jam: The Concert for America's Kids | 2006 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| CMT: The Greatest - Sexiest Southern Men | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| The CMT Music Awards 2006 | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT: The Greatest - 20 Sexiest Men | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT: Greatest Men 2005 | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Kenny Chesney: Somewhere in the Sun | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| 2005 American Music Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| The CMT Music Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| Christmas in Rockefeller Center | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself - Performer |
| Ashanti: Custom Concert | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| The 32nd Annual American Music Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| 38th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| ESPN SportsCentury | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
| Live by Request: Kenny Chesney | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| Kenny Chesney: Road Case - The Movie | 2004 | Video | Himself |
| Christmas in Washington | 2003 | TV Movie | Himself - Performer |
| CMA Awards Red Carpet Preview | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| 48 Hours | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 2003 Radio Music Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music Concert | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| The 38th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards Pre-Party | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| Songs of Praise | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 30th Annual American Music Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT Total Release: Kenny Chesney | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | HImself |
| CMT All Access | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 33rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT Presents: The King's Covers | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Att-Star Countryfest '96 | 1996 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMT Hot 20 Countdown | 2007-2011 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Performer |
| Best of CMT Music Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself |
| Top 50 Videos of 2008 | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| CMT Insider | 2006-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Singer (segment "Hillbilly Rock Star") |
| Race to the Red Carpet: 2006 Country Music Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| CMT Crossroads | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Corazón de... | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| CMT: 100 Greatest Music Videos | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
| CMT: 40 Greatest Fashion Statements | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Country Duo/Group Performance | |
| 2009 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Country Collaboration with Vocals | |
| 2005 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Country Collaboration with Vocals |
Known for movies
Lionel Richie and Friends (2012)
as Himself
Ashanti: Custom Concert (2004)
as Himself - Performer
Setting The World On Fire (2016)
as Himself
CMT Insider (2005-2011)
as Himself