Rodney Atkins Biography Facts
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Born 28 March, 1969 (54 years old).
What is the zodiac sign of Rodney Atkins ?
According to the birthday of Rodney Atkins the astrological sign is Aries .
Career of the Rodney Atkins started in 1996 .
Rodney Atkins Wiki
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| Rodney Atkins performing on December 1, 2007 at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rodney Allan Atkins |
| Born | March 28, 1969 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Origin | Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | Singer songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals guitar |
| Years active | 1996–1997 2002–present |
| Labels | Curb |
| Associated acts | Ted Hewitt Rose Falcon |
| Website | |
Rodney Allan Atkins 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 ".
If You're Going Through Hell, his second album, was released in 2006. Its first two singles, "If You're Going Through Hell " 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 ". It's America 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 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.
Early life
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 Margaret Atkins recovered, she proceeded to adopt him. Atkins did not meet his biological mother until 2008, and has never revealed her identity.
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.
Personal life
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.
Atkins was arrested in November 2011 for allegedly trying to smother his wife with a pillow, while his 10-year-old son watched. He was released on $2,500 bail three hours after the arrest, and was ordered by the Williamson County, Tennessee, court to take an anger assessment which found no need for any further action. The altercation was disputed by Atkins' lawyer, who stated that it was purely verbal. Atkins filed for divorce within 24 hours of the alleged assault. The divorce was settled in late-September 2012. In February 2012, Atkins was cleared of the domestic assault charge.
In June 2013, Atkins became engaged to singer Rose Falcon. The couple married on November 10, 2013. Together, they have two sons, Ryder Falcon Atkins, born on December 14, 2017, and Scout Falcon Atkins, born on August 26, 2019.
