Trace Adkins

Louisiana born singer-songwriter Adkins is a former college football player and oil rig roughneck. After slogging away at the fringes of the music industry for a number of years, he got a record deal and his 1996 debut record took him straight into the country charts. Adkins connected with his listeners with the combination of his smoky baritone vocals and his smart, slightly dark, Honky-Tonk sensibility. The single “Thinking Thing,” also off of his debut, reached Number 1 in 1997.
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Trace Adkins’ singles

Trace Adkins is an American country music singer-songwriter. Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the single “There’s a Girl in Texas”, which reached Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks charts. It was followed by the release of debut album, Dreamin’ Out Loud, which also included his first Number One single in 1997’s “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing”. Dreamin’ Out Loud was also certified platinum by the RIAA for selling more than one million copies in the United States. Between 1996 and the present, Adkins has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard country music charts. Moreover, he has recorded seven studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations, with all but one of his albums certified gold or higher by the RIAA.