Kenny Chesney Hopes You Will Shop For Entire Albums

Kenny is convinced that musicians will continue to have well-rounded fans who want to get a broader picture of the artist than they can get through just one song.


“Obviously, the business has changed,” he says. “But I still believe that there are a percentage of people out there that want to… hear the investment the artist makes. And I still believe there’s people out there that want to hear the record, what they’re doin’ and what they’re sayin’. And, I know I do. I mean, do I buy songs off iTunes? Yeah. But I still want to hear some people’s records that are comin’ out this year.”


Kenny made his very first album in 1993, before the Internet was really a factor in social culture. He came along at the height of the CD era and has, of course, seen the entire explosion online, where he has his own website and even his own Internet music station, No Shoes Radio.


“I’ve watched it progress, and there’s some things I do like about it, and there’s some things that I don’t,” Kenny says. “I still believe that makin’ a record — a whole record — for the fans is important. I hope that never goes away, somebody wanting to hear a piece of music. It helps invest the audience into your music and into you as a person. And I sincerely hope that that doesn’t change.”