Ronnie Dunn (album) explained
| Ronnie Dunn |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Ronnie Dunn |
| Cover: | Ronnie Dunn album.jpg |
| Released: | June 7, 2011 |
| Length: | 43:43 |
| Label: | Arista Nashville |
| Producer: | Ronnie Dunn |
| Next Title: | Peace, Love, and Country Music |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Ronnie Dunn is the debut solo studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Dunn. It was released on June 7, 2011, by Arista Nashville. The album was Dunn's first release of solo music in nearly 25 years; he released three singles in the 1980s without issuing an album.
The album's first single, "Bleed Red", was released to country music radio on January 31, 2011, and became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. A second single, "Cost of Livin'", was scheduled to be released to radio on June 27, 2011, but the single entered the country chart two weeks before its release, debuting at number 56.
Background
Ronnie Dunn is Dunn's first solo music in 25 years and appeared less than a year after his split as one-half of Brooks & Dunn.[1] Dunn wrote or co-wrote nine of the album's twelve tracks. "Bleed Red", the first single, was not one of them.
Personnel
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Jim "Moose" Brown - piano
- Perry Coleman - background vocals
- J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar
- Melodie Crittenden - background vocals
- Chad Cromwell - drums
- Eric Darken - percussion
- Ronnie Dunn - lead vocals
- Mike Durham - electric guitar
- Shawn Fichter - drums
- Shannon Forrest - drums, percussion
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar
- Trey Gray - drums
- Ashley Greenberg - background vocals
- Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar
- Joe Hardy - piano
- Rob Harrington - bass guitar
- Mike Haynes - trumpet
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- Charles Judge - keyboards, piano, synthesizer
- Kim Keyes - background vocals
- Tony King - acoustic guitar
- Troy Lancaster - electric guitar
- Pat McGrath - acoustic guitar
- Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
- Gary Morse - steel guitar
- The Nashville String Machine - strings
- Kim Parent - background vocals
- Steve Patrick - trumpet
- Michael Payne - electric guitar
- Brian Pruitt - drums
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Dwaine Rowe - keyboards, organ
- Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar
- Judsen Spence - background vocals
- Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Lou Toomey - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Bergen White - string arrangements, conductor
- John Willis - acoustic guitar
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
- Reese Wynans - organ, piano
Chart performance
Ronnie Dunn debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top Country Albums, selling 45,000 copies in the U.S.[2] Up to August 2016, the album had sold 266,000 copies in the US.[3]
Singles
Notes and References
- Web site: Ronnie Dunn Album Cover & Track List Revealed. The Boot. Erin Duvall. April 22, 2011. April 23, 2011.
- Adele Reclaims No. 1 on Billboard 200, Book of Mormon Makes History. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 15, 2011.
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160829210341/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases . August 29, 2016 . Upcoming Releases . Hits Daily Double . HITS Digital Ventures .
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 2011. Billboard. April 12, 2021.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ronnie dunn|chart=Country Songs}} Ronnie Dunn Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 22, 2011.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ronnie dunn|chart=Hot 100}} Ronnie Dunn Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 22, 2011.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ronnie dunn|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}} Ronnie Dunn Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. March 22, 2011.
