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Alan Jackson is an American country music artist.

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Country music star Alan Jackson performs his song "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning," at the Pentagon during the Sept. 9 broadcast of ABC's "Good Morning America." Jackson said the song came to him fully formed with music and words when he awoke one morning a few days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. P
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Alan Jackson is an American country music artist. The first artist signed to Arista Nashville, he was with them from 1989 to 2011. He has released 21 studio albums (22 counting New Traditional), including two Christmas albums, and a tribute album for the label, as well as released 14 compilation albums. His second greatest hits album Greatest Hits Volume II is his highest-certified album, being certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, with sales in the United States of over 7,000,000. His other greatest hits album (1995's The Greatest Hits Collection) as well as his 1992 studio album, A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love), are his second highest-certified albums, at 6× Platinum. He has sold over 40 million albums in the United States since 1991 when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard.

In addition to releasing country albums, in 2006, he released Precious Memories, an album composed of Christian music as well as gospel music. The album was a commercial success, charting to number one on the Top Country Albums and the Top Christian Albums music charts. It is one of several Platinum-selling albums for Jackson.

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