Check out this interview/promo with Kenny Chesney for the upcoming iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. In the video Chesney tells a great story about the first time he heard one of his songs on the radio.

(hat tip Rosi)

If you follow Kenny on Facebook or Twitter then you’ve probably already seen this. But for those of you that aren’t plugged into the social media, Kenny posted a short video of him shooting hoops in Cowboys Stadium as they prepare for Saturday’s concert:

The Billboard Music Award nominations were announced on Wednesday and Kenny Chesney earned one nomination:

Top Country Artist

• Jason Aldean
• Kenny Chesney
• Lady Antebellum
• Taylor Swift
• Zac Brown Band

The Billboard Music Awards will be presented on May 22nd from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and will air live on ABC.

The 46th annual ACM Awards air tonight and Kenny Chesney is up for five awards:

Album of the Year

• ‘Hemingway’s Whiskey’ – Kenny Chesney
• ‘Need You Now’ – Lady Antebellum
• ‘The Guitar Song’ – Jamey Johnson
• ‘Speak Now’ – Taylor Swift
• ‘Up on the Ridge’ – Dierks Bentley
• ‘You Get What You Give’ – Zac Brown Band

Single Record of the Year

• ‘A Little More Country Than That’ – Easton Corbin
• ‘As She’s Walking Away’ – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson
• ‘If I Die Young’ – The Band Perry
• ‘Love Like Crazy’ – Lee Brice
• ‘The Boys of Fall’ – Kenny Chesney
• ‘The House That Built Me’ – Miranda Lambert

Video of the Year

• ‘Hillbilly Bone’ – Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins
• ‘Only Prettier’ – Miranda Lambert
• ‘Stuck Like Glue’ – Sugarland
• ‘The Boys of Fall’ – Kenny Chesney
• ‘The House That Built Me’ – Miranda Lambert

For the first two categories, Kenny was nominated as both the artist and a producer, bringing his total nominations to five.

The nominees for Entertainer of the Year this year are:

• Jason Aldean
• Toby Keith
• Miranda Lambert
• Brad Paisley
• Taylor Swift
• Keith Urban

See the full list of nominees here.

The 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will broadcast live from Las Vegas tonight at 8:00 PM ET on CBS.

The duet “Baptism” is a favorite among many Chesney fans, and now Randy Travis and Kenny are teaming up again to help celebrate Randy’s 25th year.

We first reported on this last August, and now we know the song that the two will pair up on: “He Walked on Water”.

Here’s a look at the full track list for the anniversary album that hits stores June 7th.

1. Everything and All featuring Brad Paisley
2. A Few Ole Country Boys featuring Jamey Johnson
3. Forever and Ever, Amen featuring Zac Brown Band
4. He Walked On Water featuring Kenny Chesney
5. T.I.M.E. featuring Josh Turner
6. Love Looks Good On You featuring Kristin Chenoweth
7. Better Class of Losers/She’s Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues) medley feat. Alan Jackson
8. More Life featuring Don Henley
9. Can’t Hurt A Man featuring Tim McGraw
10. Promises featuring Shelby Lynne
11. Is it Still Over? featuring Carrie Underwood
12. Road To Surrender featuring Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson
13. Diggin’ Up Bones featuring John Anderson
14. Someone You Never Knew featuring Eamonn McCrystal
15. Too Much featuring James Otto
16. Didn’t We Shine featuring George Jones, Lorrie Morgan, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Joe Stampley & Gene Watson

(hat tip Rosi)

There’s a new awards show in town and Kenny Chesney has been nominated. The American Country Awards are voted on by fans, so visit www.theacas.com to vote for Kenny!

Here’s the category Kenny gets the nod in:

Artist of the Year: Male

• Jason Aldean
• Luke Bryan
• Kenny Chesney
• Brad Paisley
• Keith Urban

View all of the nominees here.

The inaugural American Country Awards will air live from Las Vegas on FOX, December 6th at 8 pm ET.

The new album from Kenny Chesney, Hemingway’s Whiskey, should have no problem topping the Billboard 200 albums chart this week according to Hits Daily Double:

Fueled by single “Boys of Fall,” the new Chesney album looks on pace for about 180-200,000 first week sales. That figure is according to the Hits Daily Double forecast, which is based on first-day sales extensions. No other new release will even contend with that tally.

Also debuting will be Lil’ Wayne’s digital release “I Am Not a Human Being,” which looks good for just under 100,000 units. Weezy’s release will top Gucci Mane’s “The Appeal” (60-65,000), Eric Clapton’s “Clapton” (45-50,000) and Jimmy Eat World’s “Invented” (40-45,000).

We’ve heard a rumor that Kenny Chesney might make a surprise appearance tonight in Nashville at the Brooks & Dunn concert. It’s the duo’s final show in their storied career. A few others are rumored to be at the Bridgestone Arena show too, including Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson.

In May, Kenny performed “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone” at the Brooks & Dunn Tribute in Las Vegas. Watch video of the performance here.

Update – Kenny did not show up for the show, though Reba did. Apparently even the venue had bad information. Some of our followers suggested Kenny may have been at the Saints – Titans preseason NFL game at LP Field in Nashville, but we don’t know for sure.

An extra feature in Parade’s online article on Chesney today includes what his Sundays are like:

I look forward to my pancakes. I love sundays, because I’m usually on a really strict diet, and my trainer, Daniel, gives me Sundays to eat whatever I want—even if it’s a chocolate-covered cheeseburger. Sometimes I get to go home to east Tennessee to see my family and everybody. I’m off the road this year, but usually on Sunday mornings I’m getting off the bus because I’ve been gone all weekend. I’m getting all my dirty clothes off the bus. I’ve always been laundry-conscious because my mom was a single mom who worked, and if I didn’t do my own laundry, it wouldn’t get done. In the fall, I’m glued to the television watching football. Even if I am on the road, I’ve got two big-screen TVs in my bus with different satellite receivers so I can have two games on at once.

Read the full Parade article here.

(hat tip Barb)