“The People’s Superstar”
KENNY CHESNEY
to release new album
‘SONGS FOR THE SAINTS’
on July 27
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American country music icon Kenny Chesney has announced the forthcoming release of his new album. Songs For The Saints, which features Chesney’s latest single Get Along, will be released on July 27. Chesney’s last album, 2016’s Cosmic Hallelujah, reached #19 on the ARIA Country Charts.
In every artist’s career, certain albums stand out as a significant piece of their soul. For Kenny Chesney, Songs For The Saints is that album. Co-produced with Buddy Cannon, the 12 tracks mark a deep dive into “the places that save you.”
“So much has happened since I went off the road in 2016,” Chesney explains. “And all of it, in one way or another, has ended up on this record. It’s special to me because of what it says – to me, and for me – about life, the world around us, how fragile it all can be and about somehow still finding the best parts of you, and moving towards them.”
Songs for the Saints marks the eight-time Entertainer of the Year’s first album on Blue Chair/Warner Bros. Nashville. In many ways, this new home for his work mirrors the things that inspired this album.
“Leaving a place where I’d spent my whole career was both scary and exciting,” Chesney concedes. “There’s that rush of not knowing anything about how this company works, and digging in. But there’s also a special thrill of being around people who truly understand what you’re doing and who are excited to be part of this music. It’s inspiring in all new ways when you have people match your own passion for the music.”
Recorded over the last several months, Chesney had a notion about what his record was going to be long before it galvanised into Songs For The Saints.
“I was at a turning point in my life on so many levels, and then Hurricane Irma hit the Virgin Islands. But this album isn’t about St. John, so much as it’s about what happened to St. John and all those islands you didn’t see on the news,” continues the man called “The People’s Superstar” by The Los Angeles Times. “To just see the devastation and what that does to people is one thing, but then there’s this courage and resilience people find…”
“This is not a literal record,” he cautions, “but it is an album about the refuges we all have, how temporary life is and the way we navigate to better places, dig in and face the destruction. And sometimes, we learn to own our wild hearts in the process.”
Beyond the album’s euphoric lead single Get Along, Chesney wrote or co-write five tracks. As with any release from the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar, there are songwriters getting their first cuts, surprise collaborations, an obscure jewel and the emotional fabric that makes the No Shoes Nation a place rich with heart, tenacity and the will to embrace life on its terms.
In its first week, single Get Along reached #35 on Spotify Australia’s Viral 50 Chart and was featured at #5 on Apple Music’s The A List Country playlist. To date, it has amassed over 100,000 streams in Australia.
In the U.S, Get Along saw two million unique on-demand streams and topped Billboard’s Top Country Digital Chart. That debut sees him in the company of Jason Aldean’s You Make It Easy, Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty, Kane Brown’s Heaven and Luke Bryan’s Most People Are Good.
“I feel like I know what this album’s supposed to be, and I know how much it means to me,” he says. “I wanted to get it just right, before we set a release date… and I think we’ve got it.”
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ABOUT KENNY CHESNEY
With 30 No. 1 hits, including American Kids, When The Sun Goes Down, I Go Back, Noise, and Pirate Flag, over 30 million albums and 38 million tracks sold, Kenny Chesney has created the soundtrack for coming of age in the 21st century. His commitment to his fans – known as the No Shoes Nation – has seen Chesney succeed as the only Country artist on Billboard’s Top 10 Touring Acts for the past 25 Years. That commitment to giving his fans songs that hold their lives, and concerts where he consistently breaks records, reflects the passion that fuels the songwriter/superstar.
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