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Alan Jackson continues his 'Drive' across the states
Country singer Alan Jackson returns to the road in July for more dates behind his award-winning album "Drive."
Last month, Jackson joined friend Jimmy Buffet at Buffet's Key West recording studio and recorded a new single titled "It's Five O'clock Somewhere." The song is one of two new tracks that will appear on Jackson's forthcoming greatest-hits album, which Arista Nashville plans to release in early August or early September, according to a press release.
Also in May, Jackson picked up a pair of trophies at the Academy of Country Music Awards. "Drive" was crowned Album of the Year, while the title-track's music video scored in the Video of the Year category.
Released in January of 2003, "Drive" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and held that spot for four weeks. The set was the No. 8 top-selling album of 2002 thanks to a year-end total of about 3 million copies, and the Recording Industry Association of America recently certified the album quadruple platinum for shipping more than 4 million copies in the U.S.
Jackson, a Georgia native, has become one of country music's most bankable acts over the years, and has sold more than 36 million albums since his 1989 debut, "Here in the Real World," according to his label.
