Tracy Darrell Adkins (born January 13, 1962) is an American singer and actor. In 1998, Adkins appeared on the music program PBS Austin City Limits (season 23). Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin 'Out Loud , released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released ten studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations. In addition, he has charted more than 20 singles on the country's Billboard music chart, including number one hits "(It's Not) No Thinking Thing," "Ladies Love Country Boys", and "You'll Skip This ", which peaked in 1997, 2007, and 2008, respectively.
"I Left Something Turned at Home" go to No. 1 on the Canadian country chart. All but one of his studio albums have received gold or platinum certification in the United States; Its highest sales to date are 2005's Songs About Me , which has been certified 2ÃÆ'â € "Multi-Platinum for the delivery of two million copies. Adkins is widely known for his distinctive bass-baritone singing voice.
She has also made several appearances on television, including as a panelist on the Hollywood Squares and Pyramid , as a 2008 finalist and as the 2013 winner at The All Star Celebrity Apprentice , as a voice for Elvin's recurring character on King of the Hill, and on commercial television sound for KFC fast-food chain restaurants and "Firestone Tire and Rubber Company ".
In addition, Adkins has written an autobiography entitled Personal Standards: Observations and Opinions of the Roughneck of Free Thought, which was released in late 2007. He has appeared in many films, including The Lincoln Lawyer. and Moms Night Out and I Can Only Imagine.
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Early life and education
Adkins was born in Sarepta, Louisiana. His paternal grandparents were Rayford D. Adkins (1921-1987) and former Mavis Giles, then Mavis Tilley (1923-1999). Her parents are former Peggy Carraway, who is her father's high school lover, Aaron Doyle Adkins (1942-2014), who worked for forty-seven years at the International Paper Container Division at Springhill. Adkins has two brothers, Clay Adkins, and Scott Devin Adkins (1971-1993), who died at the age of twenty-one in a pickup truck accident near Plain Dealing at Bossier Parish. Her maternal uncle was a Christian musician James W. Carraway (1923-2008). His musical interest came at an early age when his father taught him to play the guitar.
At Sarepta High School, since his death, Adkins joined the gospel music group called New Commitment. He is also a member of the FFA. Later, Adkins attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. An offensive midfielder who attacked the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team, Adkins left the team after his first season with a knee injury, without ever playing in a match. Adkins never graduated. After graduating from college, he worked on an oil rig. He also works as a pharmaceutical technician before pursuing a career in music. He lost the little finger in his left hand in an accident using a knife to open the bucket, and asked the doctor to put his finger back on the corner so he could continue playing the guitar. Adkins moved to play at honky tonk bar over the next few years in the Ark-La-Tex area and eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 1990s. In late 1994 Adkins met Rhonda Forlaw, an executive at Arista Records Nashville. Forlaw has a lot of music industry friends who come to hear Adkins over the next few years. Scott Hendricks of Capitol Nashville signed it "on the spot" one night when Adkins played at the Tillie and Lucy bars at Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
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Music career
Initial career
Adkins's first single, "There a Girl in Texas", was released in 1996, reaching the Top 20 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & amp; Track chart. It was followed by the release of her debut album, Dreamin 'Out Loud , later that year. The album produced several hit singles, including the first single Top 5, "Every Light in the House", the first Number One in "(It's Not) Not Thinkin 'Thing", and 5 other Top hits on "I Left Something" Enabled at Home. "The latter single was also the number one hit in Canada.The second album, Big Time , resulted in the Top 5 in" The Rest of Mine ", but the next single proved to be less successful.The change in management delayed the release of the album third of Adkins, but the album (titled More... ) was finally released in late 1999. Although the album's title track reached the Top 10, More... failed to achieve gold status. Princess Adkins, Mackenzie, is featured in the "Other" video.
2001-2004
In 2001, Adkins was injured in a tractor accident and had to cancel the tour for a while. Shortly after releasing her Chrome album, she entered a 28-day alcohol rehab program in Nashville. Chrome was her first album to reach the Top 5 on the country album charts; the title track reached the Top 10 at the end of 2002.
In 2003, Adkins released two albums - Greatest Hits collection and Comin 'on Strong . In the same year, he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. He also made an appearance as a central square in the game showing Squares Hollywood, and performed voice-overs in advertisements for the KFC fast food chain. Only one single, "Then They Do", was released from this Greatest Hits compilation. The album, which managed the largest Hit collection, produced two singles: Top 5 singles "Hot Mama" and "Rough & amp; Ready", culminating in No. 13.
Adkins and Travis Tritt play the role of prison inmates in the episode of the television series in February 2004 Yes, honorable (Greg & Jimmy's criminals).
2005-2007
In March 2005, Adkins released his album titled Songs About Me . The title track was released as its first single in December 2004. The album's second single, "Arlington", generated controversy over its content (the first person's account of a fictional soldier to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery). This was followed by "Honkon Tonk Badonkadonk", which became a crossover hit, taking Adkins into the Top 40 of Hot 100's Billboard for the first time.
2006 saw the release of Adkins' seventh studio album, Dangerous Man . "Swing", the single lead-off album, peaked at No. 1. 20, while the follow-up "Ladies Love Country Boys" became Adkins 'No. 1 singles single on the country charts and the first since "(It's Not) No Thinkin' Thing" in 1997. Princess Adkins, Brianna, featured in the video "Ladies Love Country Boys ". The album's final release, "I Want Feel Something", proved unsuccessful on the charts; as a result, Adkins announced that he would stop supporting the single.
In August 2007, Adkins released a single titled "I Got My Game On". Originally, the song was planned to be the lead-off to a new album, while titled Game On ; However, Adkins decided not to release a full album, and instead released their second Greatest Hits compilation, American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II , where "I Got My Game On" serves as a single opener. The album also produced Adkins's fastest climbing singles in their second single, "You're Gonna Miss This". "You're Gonna Miss This" also became the number one hit on Hot Country Songs, as well as the most successful single to date on Billboard Hot 100 (# 12), Billboard Pop 100 (# 19), and Hot Digital Song Song (# 8).
Adkins released his first book, titled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions of the Roughneck of Free Thought .
2008-2009
In 2008, Adkins released the single "Muddy Water," the main single from X , which was released on November 25th. The video for "Muddy Water" has an appearance by fellow Celebrity Apprentice competitor Stephen Baldwin as a man who was baptized in a muddy river, and then approached Adkins as a friend. It reached the Top 30 on the country charts, peaking at number 22. "Marry for Money" and "All I Ask For Anymore" were released as the second and third albums, and both reached the highest position in No. 1..
In November 2008, Adkins appeared at the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Macy. He rides with his family in "Jimmy Dean" float and brings his popular song "You're Gonna Miss This". In 2009, Adkins appeared in a Kansas City local ad to advertise season tickets and 50th seasons from Kansas City National Football League chief.
Adkins recorded a duet with country legend Ronnie Milsap called "My First Ride" to benefit firefighters and police officers in the US and Canada. Then, after releasing the song the label says 'no' to the radio station that plays it without any explanation given. Milsap led protests on Capitol Records for "Free Trace" and allowed the song to be played.
In November 2009, Adkins started the Shine All Night Tour, a co-headling venture with fellow artist Martina McBride. Also in 2009, he recorded a duet with Blake Shelton titled "Hillbilly Bone", which was released as the sole lead-off of Shelton's upcoming sixth album. On October 18, 2009, Adkins made an appearance on the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to help Ty Pennington and his design team build a new home for the Marshall family.
2010-2014: Moved to Universal Dog Show Music
In January 2010, Adkins parted ways with his old record label, Capitol Nashville, and then signed with Show Dog-Universal Music.
Adkins's first single with the label, "This Is not No Love Song", was released on May 17, 2010, and served as the opening single for his ninth studio album, Cowboy's Back In Town. It debuted at No. 54 on the chart for the week of May 29, 2010. The second single album "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow" was released to state radio on January 10, 2011.
Two people in a small Dodge pickup truck lost their lives after crashing into one of Trace Adkins's tour buses on February 13, 2010. The truck is believed to have crossed the "no passing" line in the middle of the road that resulted in a fall. Several Adkins band members boarded the bus, but did not suffer any serious injuries. Adkins himself was not on the bus at the time. On October 10, 2010, Adkins sang the Anthem at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
On December 18, 2010, Adkins appeared on the annual extravaganza of WWE Tribute To The Troops for outstanding reception by the soldiers present. She reappeared on May 13, 2011, a live SmackDown episode from Nashville, Tennessee, as a special member of the WWE audience.
In March 2011, Adkins released "Only Fishin" featuring his youngest daughter, Trinity, in a video taken on their farm. The song reached # 6 on Billboard. On June 4, 2011, at about 15:35, Adkins's home in Brentwood, Tennessee was burned to the ground. On October 20, 2011, Adkins sang National Anthem in the 2nd World Series 2011 game at St. Louis.
In April 2011, Adkins revealed that he has a crush on head coach Baylor Lady Bears, Kim Mulkey, while both lecture at Louisiana Tech, then dedicate his performance "One in a Million For You" to him.
Mulkey's sister set up a phone call in December 2011 between singer and coach, where Kim Mulkey invited her to sing at Baylor's home game against Connecticut; Adkins, unable to attend, is set to perform a National Anthem song match at Lady Bears' February 2012 against Texas A & amp; M Aggies.
In March 2012, Adkins visited Lady Bears while touring in Kansas City to drive them before their NCAA Championships semifinal game; the team attended one of his concerts that weekend.
In February 2012, Adkins appeared as guest vocalist on the Meat Loaf album Hell in a Handbasket .
Adkins performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at West Virginia Mountaineers home football game against Baylor Bears on 29 September 2012; it's just the third live show of the national anthem in the 32-year history of Mountaineer Field.
Adkins released a new album, Love Will... , on May 14, 2013. The album's first single, "Watch the World End", was released to state radio on May 13, 2013. In September 2013 it was announced that he is no longer on the Showdog list according to the official website.
Adkins released his first Christmas album, The King's Gift , on October 29, 2013.
2015-present: Move to Rear Wheels Record
On April 6, 2015, it was announced that Adkins had signed a contract with Broken Bow Records, under the trail of Wheelhouse. In August 2015, Broken Bow announced that Adkins was one of the first artists to sign a new label, Wheelhouse Records. His first single for the label was "Jesus and Jones", which was released to state radio on January 18, 2016 and reached number 41 on the Airplay Country chart. "Lit" was released to state radio on July 25, 2016, though it failed to map. Both singles are on the Something's Going On album, released on March 31, 2017 via Wheelhouse Records, and the song title becomes a video.
On July 4, 2016, Adkins made a surprise appearance at Independence Day celebrations in his hometown of Sarepta, Louisiana. He joined on the Backbeat Boogie Band stage with some songs not played.
March 15, 2015 SiriusXM Radio Host
Adkins started hosting his own SiriusXM radio show on March 15, 2015, a weekly countdown of the top 30 Billboard country songs from the same week the show aired, but from a different year. The Throwback 30 show plays on SiriusXM Y2Kountry.
Celebrity Apprentice
Adkins is a January-March 2008 contestant on NBC The Celebrity Apprentice . Each celebrity contestant is playing for a donation to charity of their choice. Adkins plays for Food Allergies & amp; Anaphylactic tissue. Adkins chose a charity because his daughter suffered a life-threatening reaction to nuts, milk, and eggs. In the end, he was the runner-up of the season, losing to Piers Morgan.
Adkins is back for the All-Star Celebrity Apprentice version. He is the project manager for his team, Plan B, in the first task, which sells meatballs and won $ 670,072, a record Celebrity Apprentice for the first task, for his American Red Cross charity. Along with Vegas Penn Jillette's illusionist Vegas, he made it to the final again (becoming the first and only person in the show's history to do so), where Adkins won and became The Star-Star Celebrity Apprentice. He also broke the record for the highest amount of money raised for charity by one person in show history, with $ 1,524,072 raised for the American Red Cross.
Spokesman
In 2012, Adkins signed an agreement with Jewish pilot Fly stop truck chain to become the company's new spokesperson.
Movieography
Movies
Television
Personal life
Adkins has two daughters, Tarah and Sarah, with his first wife, Barbara Lewis, and three daughters with his third wife, former Rhonda Forlaw: Mackenzie, Brianna, and Trinity. Adkins is a United States Republican supporter and performed at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. He also performed the National Anthem in the inauguration of both Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Haslam in 2015.
As a young man, Adkins had a car accident where his 1975 pickup truck ended school buses. He broke some ribs and his nose was partially torn. Adkins was forced to give up college football after a severe knee injury at Louisiana Tech. He has also suffered a number of serious injuries as an adult, including being shot by his second ex-wife in 1994. The bullet penetrated his heart and his lungs. He survived and chose not to press charges.
In early 2014, Adkins checked into rehab for alcohol addiction after engaging in quarrels on a cruise ship. In March 2014, Trace Adkins and his wife Rhonda filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Rhonda refused her divorce petition in June 2015. In August 2016, no assessment of the divorce had been entered and the couple remained married.
Discography
- Studio album
- 1996: Dreamin 'Out Loud
- 1997: Big Time
- 1999: More...
- 2001: Chrome
- 2003: Comin 'On Strong
- 2005: My Songs
- 2006: Dangerous Man
- 2008: X
- 2010: Back Cowboy in Town
- 2011: Proudly Here
- 2013: Love Will...
- 2017: Something's Happening
- Compilation album
- 2003: The Greatest Hit Collection, Vol. 1
- 2007: American Man: Hits Largest Volume II
- 2010: The Greatest Definitive Hits: 'Until Last Shot Shot
- 2012: 10 Great Songs
- 2013: Icon
- 2014: 10 Extraordinary Songs: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
Awards
See also
- Owner (dog)
References
External links
- Official website
- Track Adkins on IMDb
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