Gibbs High School Alum Kenny Chesney to be Inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame

From Luttrell, Tennessee, Chesney has earned 16 platinum albums, more than 50 top-ten country hits and 23 No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart. (Courtesy: Country Music Hall of Fame via You Tube)

Gibbs High School Alum Kenny Chesney to be Inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame

Posted on March 25, 2025

(Story courtesy of WVLT News)

Nashville, TN (WVLT) East Tennessee native and former Gibbs High School student Kenny Chesney is set to enter the Country Music Hall of Fame.

From Luttrell, Tennessee, Chesney has earned 16 platinum albums, more than 50 top-ten country hits and 23 No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart.

Chesney spent time in Knoxville before making it big in the country music world and attended Gibbs High School, the same alma mater as fellow country star Morgan Wallen.

With hits like “The Good Stuff,” ”There Goes My Life” and “The Boys of Fall,” Chesney has been voted CMA Entertainer of the Year four times: in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

From Luttrell, Tennessee, Chesney has earned 16 platinum albums, more than 50 top-ten country hits and 23 No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart. (Courtesy: Country Music Hall of Fame via You Tube)

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