2020 studio album by Kenny Chesney
Here and Now is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer Kenny Chesney . It was released on May 1, 2020, via Blue Chair Records and Warner Records Nashville . The album includes the singles "Tip of My Tongue ", "Here and Now ", "Happy Does " "Knowing You ’,and “Everyone She Knows .”
Content [ edit ] Chesney announced the album's title and tracklist in March 2020. At the time of the announcement, the project had already produced two singles: "Tip of My Tongue " and the title track. The album is Chesney's second for Warner Records Nashville .[1] Chesney co-produced the album with longtime producer Buddy Cannon . Of the songwriters chosen for the album, Chesney said that he wanted to "bring a lot of [his] favorite writers together" to tie into the album's central theme of "how different people are around the world, yet how entirely similar they can be".[2]
Commercial performance [ edit ] On the US Billboard 200 , Here and Now debuted at number one, earning 233,000 equivalent album units , comprising 222,000 in album sales, and marking Chesney's 16th top 10 album, as well as the third-biggest sales week of 2020.[3]
Track listing [ edit ] Personnel [ edit ] Adapted from liner notes.[4]
Wyatt Beard - background vocals (tracks 4, 5, 7, 8, 10) Pat Buchanan - electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 12) Tom Bukovac - acoustic guitar (track 9), electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5–7, 9–11) Scooter Carusoe - background vocals (track 1) Kenny Chesney - lead vocals (all tracks) Ross Copperman - acoustic guitar (track 3), electric guitar (tracks 3, 9), keyboards (track 3), programming (tracks 3, 9), background vocals (tracks 3, 9) Chad Cromwell - drums (tracks 1, 2, 4–8, 10, 11), programming (track 11), tambourine (track 8) Fred Eltringham - drums (track 9) David Garcia - background vocals (tracks 1, 4) Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10, 11) Mark Hill - bass guitar (track 9) John Hobbs - B-3 organ (track 12), piano (track 12), synthesizer (track 12), Wurlitzer (track 12) David Huff - programming (tracks 1, 4) Evan Hutchings - drums (track 3) Tony Lucido - bass guitar (tracks 1, 3) Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar (track 12) Carl Miner - acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 11) David Lee Murphy - background vocals (tracks 2, 11) Josh Osborne - background vocals (track 6) Danny Rader - acoustic guitar (tracks 1–5, 7, 8, 11), bouzouki (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 11), electric guitar (tracks 2, 7), ganjo (track 4), hi-string acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 8) Jeff Roach - keyboards (track 3) Mike Rojas - B-3 organ (tracks 2, 4, 6, 11), piano (tracks 1, 5, 8, 10, 11), synthesizer (tracks 2, 7, 8) Ed Sheeran - background vocals (track 9) F. Reid Shippen - programming (tracks 3, 5, 8, 9) Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar (tracks 2, 4–8, 10, 11) Pete Stewart - keyboards (track 9), synthesizer (track 9) Jeff Taylor - accordion (tracks 11, 12) Bobby Terry - steel guitar (track 5) John Willis - acoustic guitar (track 10) Craig Wiseman - background vocals (track 1) Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
Certifications [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Jon Freeman (March 26, 2020). "Kenny Chesney Announces 'Here and Now' Track List" . Rolling Stone Country. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . ^ Courtney Carr (April 27, 2020). "Everything we know about Kenny Chesney's new album, 'Here and Now' " . The Boot. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . ^ Caulfield, Keith (May 10, 2020). "Kenny Chesney Lands Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Here and Now' " . Billboard . Retrieved May 11, 2020 . ^ Here and Now (CD booklet). Kenny Chesney. Blue Chair Records/Warner Music Nashville. 2020. 093624892939.{{cite AV media notes }}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link ) ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 11 May 2020". No. 1575. Australian Recording Industry Association . May 11, 2020. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Canadian Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 12, 2020. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Kenny Chesney – Here and Now" . Hung Medien. Retrieved May 13, 2020. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 12, 2020. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Top Country Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 12, 2020. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020" . Billboard . Retrieved December 5, 2020 . ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2020" . Billboard . Retrieved December 17, 2020 . ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2021" . Billboard . Retrieved December 12, 2021 . ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Chesney – Here and Now" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 18, 2022 .
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