Kenny Chesney Announces 17th Studio Album SONGS FOR SAINTS

According to Billboard, country singer Kenny Chesney has announced his forthcoming studio album SONGS FOR SAINTS. The album comes from the inspiration and resilience he experienced in the community of St. John, where he was one of many to lose his home to Hurricane Irma last year.

In a statement, Chesney says, "It is an album about the refuges we all have, how temporary life is and the way we navigate to better places, dig in and face the destruction. And sometimes, we learn to own our wild hearts in the process. I feel like I know what this album's supposed to be, and I know how much it means to me. I wanted to get it just right, before we set a release date... and I think we've got it. I'm just glad we'll have it out in time for me to play some of these songs this summer before the Trip Around the Sun Tour is over."

Read more about it from Billboard here!

Kenny Chesney defines what it means to be a 21st century country star. Beyond the eight Entertainer of the Year Awards, a CMA Album of the Year Award for When The SunGoes Down and ACM Top Male Vocalist and Single of the Year Awards for "The Good Stuff;" the 28 No. 1s, 30-plus million albums sold, his place as the only Nashville act on Billboard's Top 10 Touring Artists of the Last 25 Years and 135 major stadiums sold out, the high-impact songwriter/superstar from East Tennessee remains about the music first and foremost. Signed by Troy Tomlinson to Acuff-Rose and working the dive bars on Lower Broadway, Chesney learned writing from the best of the old guard, developing a respect for and knowledge of what makes a song great. Signed by Phil Walden to Capricorn Records, his "The Tin Man" showed a writer/artist coming into his own a trend that has continued throughout his 30-million-plus-album-selling career. The Big Revivalyielded four No. 1 hits: the GRAMMY-nominated "American Kids," 'Til It's Gone," CMA, ACM and GRAMMY-nominated "Wild Child" featuring Grace Potter and the three-week chart-topper, "Save It For A Rainy Day." Always looking to stretch the limit without losing his roots, Chesney follows with October 28's Cosmic Hallelujah featuring the stunning "Setting the World on Fire" with P!nk. Deemed "The King of the Road" by the Wall Street Journal and "The People's Superstar" by the Los Angeles Times, Chesney remains committed to capturing peoples' lives in his music.

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