It’s possible but not set in stone, Kenny told reporters Jan. 17 at the Grammy nominees party in Nashville. Kenny noted that he and Tim would like to cut a tune together, but added, “We haven’t found the song yet.”

With a joking smile, Kenny said, “We might do a bluegrass thing. We may do some version of [Kenny's recent hit] ‘You and Tequila.’ No, really, I just don’t know yet.”

Here’s a look at the the different lists Kenny appears on:

Top Artists

In this all-genre category, Kenny Chesney was the fourth highest placing country artist, coming in at #28 (he was #54 in 2010). Adele was the top overall artist, and Taylor Swift (#8), Jason Aldean (#13), and Lady Antebellum (#20) placed ahead of Chesney.

Billboard 200 Albums

Kenny’s latest album Hemingway’s Whiskey came out in late 2010 so it only placed at #75 on last year’s list. But with a full year under its belt, the album comes in at #42 this year.

Top Country Artists

After being at #7 last year, Kenny Chesney dropped one spot to #8 this year. Here’s the top 10 country artists of the year according to Billboard:

1. Taylor Swift
2. Jason Aldean
3. Lady Antebellum
4. Zac Brown Band
5. Blake Shelton
6. The Band Perry
7. Rascal Flatts
8. Kenny Chesney
9. Brad Paisley
10. Luke Bryan

Top Country Songs

Chesney landed three songs on the Billboard Top Country Songs 2011 chart:

• 7. You and Tequila
• 31. Somewhere With You
• 46. Live a Little

The top country song of 2011? “Crazy Girl” by the Eli Young Band.

Top Country Albums

In the final list we take a look at, Kenny places #10 on the Top Country Albums 2011 chart with Hemingway’s Whiskey. Here’s the top 10:

1. Speak Now – Taylor Swift
2. My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean
3. Nothing Like This – Rascal Flatts
4. Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
5. You Get What You Give – Zac Brown Band
6. Own The Night – Lady Antebellum
7. The Band Perry – The Band Perry
8. The Incredible Machine – Sugarland
9. Get Closer – Keith Urban
10. Hemingway’s Whiskey – Kenny Chesney

You can peruse all of the Billboard end of year charts here.

Speaking about the inspiration behind his latest single, Kenny says, “I was lying in a dentist chair, I had the mask on, you know, where they give you that funny gas so they can work on your mouth without you feelin’ it and all that kind of stuff,” he recalls. “I remember thinking, ‘Wow, I haven’t been this relaxed in a long time. This is my escape from reality.’”

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The single, written by Chesney and Brett James, should hit country radio next week. Meanwhile, “You and Tequila” sits at #3 on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart.

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She told me yesterday (June 2) that when she and Chesney were recording the song and making the video, she found him “so devoted to his craft.”

She added, “He has an incredible amount of depth, and is so diverse as a musician. He’s capable of anything,” she added. Chesney discovered her soulful, folk-rock band, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, when he heard their 2007 song “Apologies.” So his people called her people, a demo was sent and voila. Written by Matraca Berg and Deana Carter, “You and Tequila” is a poignant song that compares love to a vice. (Chesney has said he loved the song because it’s about being addicted to a person and how that can run in your blood.)

Chesney and Potter shot the sexy video mostly in Malibu, Calif. “That’s the essence of the song, a very romantic setting. And the house where we shot it really lent itself to the song. It was built to look like a Spanish villa, like it belonged on Majorca in the Mediterranean.” On set, Potter said Chesney was very involved. “He and Shaun (Silva, the director) have this kind of shorthand. Kenny even ran around with his own camera. And he’s so well-versed in videos. Even though that’s not his job to know all that, he does know it,” she said. “I was a bit of a film nerd as a kid. So I was obsessed with angles and lighting, too.”

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[Chesney] had just signed a publishing deal with Acuff-Rose, whose offices were across the street from Mercury’s offices, over there on 17th Avenue,” Cannon explains.

“I knew Kenny as a rookie songwriter. He would walk across the street and hang out in our lobby, shooting the breeze with our receptionist. He’d be in there every day, once or twice a day. … I had no idea he was trying to be an artist.

“One day, he came in and asked me if he could see me in my office for a minute. He told me he’d just gotten signed with Capricorn Records, and he said, ‘I would love for you and Norro to produce my first album.’”

Cannon says he knew that couldn’t happen, given Shedd’s restriction.

“So I had to tell him no, which killed me,” he said.

Barry Beckett was then hired as Chesney’s producer and helmed the young artist’s first two albums.

Cannon says it gradually became clear to him that he would have to leave Mercury if he was ever going to get back to his goal of producing.

“So I quit,” he recalled. “I said, ‘I’m outta here. I’m getting nowhere in the direction I want to go.’ I went to Warner/Chappell. They gave me a publishing deal that would give me the ability to financially survive for a couple of years.

“Maybe a month or two months after I quit, I got a phone call from Renee [Bell] over at RCA. She said Kenny [who had by then signed to the RCA Label Group's BNA label] wanted her to ask me and Norro if we’d be interested in producing his next record. … That was about 1995.”

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