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Rodney Atkins is one of the most popular and richest Country Singer who was born on March 28, 1969 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Country singer, whose second album, “If You’re Going Through Hell”, went platinum and topped the US Country charts. His next two albums, Take a Back Road and It’s America, reached number three.
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The Atkins family moved frequently in his youth, eventually settling in Claiborne County, Tennessee. He attended high school at Powell Valley High in Speedwell, Tennessee. During high school, Atkins played guitar in his spare time at events and festivals. After graduating from Walters State Community College, he went to Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, where he made friends with songwriters and soon began writing himself. In the mid-1990s, Atkins moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a recording career. He signed with Curb Records in 1996, the same week that LeAnn Rimes did.
Atkins’s debut single, “In a Heartbeat”, spent one week at number 74 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart dated for August 30, 1997. One of the song’s cowriters was Brian Gowan, who was also recording on Curb at the time as one-half of Blake & Brian. Its b-side, “God Only Knows”, was also released as a single, but did not chart. His debut album was slated for release on September 17 of the same year, but it was never released due to Atkins’ dissatisfaction with his material. He discussed his dissatisfaction while sitting next to Curb Records owner Mike Curb on an airplane; Curb allowed him to switch producers, and Atkins chose Ted Hewitt, with whom he had been working on demos. Hewitt also changed Atkins’ style from a cowboy appearance and a vocal style similar to Roy Orbison to a more polished appearance. Atkins, Hewitt, and Max T. Barnes wrote the track “Don’t Think I Won’t” on Mark Wills’ 1998 album Wish You Were Here, but he was otherwise inactive until 2002. “In a Heartbeat” later appeared on the soundtrack of the 2008 film Camille.
He is married to Tammy Jo McDonald and has a son. He adopted his ex-wife’s daughters from an earlier marriage. He married He has a child with his ex-wife Tammy Jo McDonald. He adopted his wife’s daughters from a previous marriage. After a messy domestic abuse allegation and a divorce, he married Rose Falcon. He and Rose had a son named Ryder in December 2017. after a messy divorce and an allegation of domestic abuse. In December 2017, he and Rose had Ryder.
Name | Rodney Atkins |
First Name | Rodney |
Last Name | Atkins |
Occupation | Country Singer |
Birthday | March 28 |
Birth Year | 1969 |
Place of Birth | Knoxville |
Home Town | Tennessee |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Pisces |
Full/Birth Name | |
Father | Not Available |
Mother | Not Available |
Siblings | Not Available |
Spouse | Rose Falcon , Tammy Jo McDonald |
Children(s) | Elijah Atkins |
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In mid-2002, Rodney Atkins released his third single, “Sing Along”. Both it and its followup, “My Old Man”, peaked in the lower regions of the Top 40 on the country chart. He entered the Top 10 for the first time in late 2003-early 2004 with “Honesty (Write Me a List)”, which went on to peak at number 4 on the country charts and 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was the title track to his album Honesty, which was released by the end of 2003. “Someone to Share It With” and “Monkey in the Middle” (both also co-written by Gowan) were also issued as singles, with the former peaking at number 41 on the country charts. Atkins told the Associated Press that he chose to record “Honesty” because he and producer Ted Hewitt wanted a twelfth song for the album, and co-writer David Kent had recommended it to Hewitt.
Rodney Atkins is one of the richest Country Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rodney Atkins's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Tennessee Tech was where he studied. While in college, he began to write songs and connect with other musicians.
In 1996, he signed a contract with Curb Records. In 2006, he won the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Male Vocalist Award.
Rodney Allan Atkins (born March 28, 1969) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart in 1997, but did not release an album until 2003’s Honesty, which included the number 4 hit “Honesty (Write Me a List)”.
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Salary | Under Review |
Source of Income | Country Singer |
Cars | Not Available |
House | Living in own house. |
Having been absent from the country music charts for most of 2004 and 2005, he returned in 2006 with a single entitled “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)”, which served as the lead-off to his second released album, If You’re Going Through Hell. With this album, Atkins once again changed his musical image. He started wearing baseball caps and performing “songs about his life.” “If You’re Going Through Hell” became his first number 1, spending four weeks at the top of the Hot Country Songs charts; it was also the top country hit of 2006 according to Billboard Year-End.
If You’re Going Through Hell, his second album, was released in 2006. Its first two singles, “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)” and “Watching You”, each spent four weeks at the top of the country music chart, and were respectively ranked as the top country songs of 2006 and 2007 according to Billboard Year-End. The album, which has since been certified platinum in the United States, produced two more number 1 singles in “These Are My People” and “Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)”. It’s America (2009) included the number 1 single “It’s America” and the top 5 hit “Farmer’s Daughter”, which was added to a later reissue of the album. Take a Back Road (2011) produced his sixth number 1 in its title track, and 2019’s Caught Up in the Country set a record for the longest run on the country singles charts with its title track. Atkins has received six nominations from the Academy of Country Music and two from the Country Music Association, winning Top New Male Vocalist from the former in 2006.
Rodney Atkins height 6 ft 1 in Rodney weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Height | 6 ft 1 in |
Weight | Not Known |
Body Measurements | Under Review |
Eye Color | Not Available |
Hair Color | Not Available |
Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
He married Tammy Jo McDonald in 1998, and the two had a son named Elijah. He also had two stepdaughters, Lindsey and Morgan, from McDonald’s previous marriage.
Rodney Atkins was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His biological mother, who was 19 at the time, became pregnant with him after a “traumatic first date”. She hid the pregnancy from her parents and put him up for adoption at the Holston United Methodist Home for Children in Greeneville, Tennessee. His first adoptive parents, Charles Hutchins and Linda Weems, returned him to the home after he developed a major respiratory infection. Allan and Margaret Atkins, who had lost a newborn about a year prior, inquired after the child, but decided not to proceed due to surgery that Margaret had just undergone. Meanwhile, another couple adopted him, but also returned him soon after when he developed colic. After his mother, Margaret Atkins, recovered, she proceeded to adopt him. Atkins did not meet his biological mother until 2008, and has never revealed her identity.
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Rodney Atkins. You may help us to build the dating records for Rodney Atkins!Following “If You’re Going Through Hell” was “Watching You”, which Atkins wrote with Steve Dean and Brian Gene White. This song was inspired by Atkins’ son, Elijah, who also stars in its music video. “Watching You” was also a four-week number 1 hit, and the top country song of 2007 on the Billboard Year-End charts. “These Are My People” and “Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)” also went to number 1, making If You’re Going Through Hell the first country album to include four number 1 singles since Tim McGraw’s 2001 album Set This Circus Down. The album’s final single was “Invisibly Shaken”, which Lee Greenwood previously recorded on his 2003 album Stronger Than Time. Atkins’ version of the song peaked at number 41. If You’re Going Through Hell received a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies, while “If You’re Going Through Hell”, “Watching You”, and “Cleaning This Gun” all received gold certifications for 500,000 music downloads. These songs also made top 40 on the Hot 100 while they were climbing the country charts, while “These Are My People” reached number 42. Atkins also received the 2006 Academy of Country Music award for Top New Male Vocalist, and “If You’re Going Through Hell” was nominated for Song of the Year. Atkins toured in late 2007-early 2008 as an opening act on Brad Paisley’s Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour.
Rodney Ranked on the list of most popular Country Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rodney Atkins celebrates birthday on March 28 of every year.
Atkins’s thirteenth single, “It’s America”, was released in November 2008. It was the first single from his third album, It’s America, released in March 2009. Atkins promoted the album through appearances on Larry King Live and a pre-sale promotion on his website. On the chart dated May 2, 2009, “It’s America” became his fifth number 1 hit. Its followup, “15 Minutes”, was released in May 2009 and peaked at number 20 in September. Atkins re-wrote the album’s third single, “Chasin’ Girls”, for his wife to make it more applicable to their life at the time. After executives at Curb saw the lyrics, the re-written version was released as the album’s third single, but did not make top 40. “Farmer’s Daughter” followed in early 2010, and after it reached top 5 late in the year, Curb added it and the re-recording of “Chasin’ Girls” to a re-issue of It’s America. The label also re-released If You’re Going Through Hell for exclusive sale at Cracker Barrel restaurants, with “Farmer’s Daughter” and the previously-unreleased song “More Like Your Memory (Always Takes Me Back)” added to the track listing.
Contrary to popular belief, Rodney is not the son of Trace Adkins. Songfacts.com reports that he lead-off single from Rodney Atkins’ fourth album, titled Take a Back Road, finds the singer looking to leave the stress of the city.
A Tennessee judge on Wednesday agreed to retire the charge, meaning it will be removed from Atkins’ record if he stays out of trouble for 11 months and 29 days and completes 30 hours of community service. Attorney Rose Palermo says Atkins passed court-ordered anger management, drug and alcohol evaluations.
In addition to his success, it has been exciting watching the rise of his son, Thomas Rhett, in the same field. With country music already having a Rhett Akins, a Chet Atkins, a Trace Adkins, and a Rodney Atkins, Akins advised his son to adopt his first and middle names for the stage: Thomas Rhett.
Court records show that Rodney Atkins’ thought-to-be-solid marriage crumbled quickly after his wife had him arrested the morning of Nov.
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