Mark Chesnutt
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| Birth name | Mark Nelson Chesnutt |
| Born | September 6, 1963 |
| Origin | Beaumont, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, rhythm guitar |
| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Associated acts | Mark Wright |
| Website | Official site |
Mark Nelson Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963) is an American country music singer. Between 1990 and 2002, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of eight albums between those two labels. During this timespan, Chesnutt also charted twenty Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which eight reached No. 1. His late 1998-early 1999 cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", in addition to topping the country charts, crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100.
Chesnutt is known for his neotraditionalist country and honky-tonk influences. He has charted singles that were previously recorded by John Anderson, Don Gibson, Conway Twitty, and Charlie Rich. He has recorded in collaborations with Tracy Byrd, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, George Jones, and others.
Chesnutt is the second son of Bob and Norma Jean (née Nicholas) Chesnutt. He learned to love music from his father, who was a singer and record collector. He dropped out of school after his sophomore year of high school to begin playing in clubs around southeast Texas. When he turned 17, his father began to take him to Nashville, Tennessee to begin recording. For the next ten years, he began to record on small regional labels while he was the house band for local Beaumont nightclub Cutters. He slowly gathered a large fanbase who loved to hear his traditional style. By the late 1980s, he had released eight singles, which would later be released together on Doing My Country Thing. He has been married to his wife, Tracie, since 1992; they have three sons.
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