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Similarities Between Alan Jackson And George Strait

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There have been many stars throughout the years in country music. Two of the most iconic are Alan Jackson and George Strait. Alan Jackson hit his peak in the late 90s and early 2000s. He has not been as productive as of 2015, but he is still creating some music. George Strait was most productive in the mid to early 90s and like Alan he is at the end of his career. Country music was dramatically affected by these two and they both did it with class. They always made music that was family friendly and anyone could listen to it. Since Alan and George are in the same business there are going to be many similarities between the two. The first and probably most well known, is that both sing country music. Alan and George have both sang their whole …show more content…

George has come out with a total of 45 albums. Many of them were just his top hits and did not have any new content. George’s first album was released in 1981 and was called Strait Country. On the album he had one number one called Unwound and thats when George’s success started to grow (Schrute, D). He had multiple number one albums in the 80’s including Strait from the Heart, Does Fort Worth Ever Cross your Mind, Something Special, Ocean Front Property, and Beyond the Blue Neon. Also, George was named Entertainer of the Year in 1989 and 1990. He continued to have great success in the 90’s with three albums that also were number ones. Then in the 2000s George released 4 new albums that have had multiple number ones. In all George has had three Entertainer of the Year awards, 60 number one hits, and multiple platinum records (Schrute, D). He has been the most successful country singer of all time and has continued to have great success throughout his later …show more content…

George is like many singers today, and that is because he never wrote any of the music he performed. He did write a couple of his songs, but the majority of them where written for him by songwriters. Alan Jackson on the other hand wrote most of his music (Thompson, B). He has written over a hundred songs and continues to write music today. He did have a few of his big hits like Pop a Top or Write on the Money written for him, but for the most part Alan has written most of his content. So what are these two country legends, Alan Jackson and George Strait, doing as of 2016? Both have been somewhat active as far as creating music, but neither of them have been working on any new albums. George Strait does have three more albums on his record label deal though, so he will be releasing a new album eventually (Scott, M). Also George started a show in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2015. Alan has been quiet. He does not tour anymore and is usually at his home in Georgia. He has not said if he will create any more albums, but he still writes

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