Jackson attended the local Elm Street Elementary and Newnan High School and joined the band Dixie Steel after graduation.
Growing up, Jackson listened primarily to gospel music, until a friend introduced him to Gene Watson, John Anderson, and Hank Williams Jr. His mother lived in the home until she died on January 7, 2017. The family is primarily of English descent. He and his immediate family lived in a small home built around his grandfather’s old toolshed. He is the son of Joseph Eugene “Daddy Gene” Jackson (1927–2000) and Ruth Musick “Mama Ruth” Jackson (1930–2017) in Newnan, Georgia, and has four older sisters. Early life NameĪlan Eugene Jackson was born on Octo(age 63 years) in Newnan, Georgia, United States. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017 by Loretta Lynn and into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001. He is the recipient of two Grammy Awards, 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards, and nominee of multiple other awards. Out of 15 titles to reach the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, nine have been certified multi-platinum. He has had 66 songs appear on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart of the 66 titles, and six featured singles, 38 have reached the top five, and 35 have claimed the number one spot. Jackson is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 75 million records worldwide, with 44 million sold in the United States alone. Jackson has recorded 16 studio albums, three greatest-hits albums, two Christmas albums, and two gospel albums. He is known for blending traditional honky-tonk and mainstream country-pop sounds (for a style widely regarded as “neotraditional country”), as well as penning many of his own songs. IntroductionĪlan Jackson is an American singer and songwriter. Read the complete write-up of Alan Jackson’s net worth, age, wife, children, height, family, parents, music as well as other information you need to know.
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