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Alabama is the most awarded band in the history of country music, with over 200 awards from a variety of organizations. [13] In 1981, Alabama won both the Vocal Group of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year honors from the CMAs. It also won the ACM's Vocal Group of the Year award, and Billboard 's New Group of the Year honors.
Alabama's main members — Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, and Jeff Cook — wrote or co-wrote a significant amount of material in their catalogue, which was considered unusual for country musicians at that time. Contributing songwriter Greg Fowler is credited on 72 Alabama songs, followed by Ronnie Rogers at 68.
(Lionel Richie with Alabama) 10 71 28 10 10 — Dancing on the Ceiling: 2011 "Old Alabama" (Brad Paisley featuring Alabama) 1 38 — — 41 — RIAA: Platinum This Is Country Music: 2016 "Forever Country" (as Artists of Then, Now & Forever) 1 33 21 — 39 25 26 RIAA: Gold [25] Non-album single "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Alabama is an American country, southern rock and bluegrass band formed in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1969. Alabama's biggest success came in the 1980s, where the band had over 43 number one hits, seven multi-platinum albums and received numerous awards.
Alabama released 21 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums, 42 singles that topped the charts at #1, and sold over 75 million records in total. They have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and were named the Academy of Country Music 's Artist of the Decade in 1989, and the Recording Industry Association of America 's Country Group of the ...
Alabama Live is the first live album by the American band Alabama. Released in 1988, it became a Number One album on Top Country Albums chart, marking their inaugural live compilation. The album features live renditions of various singles from the band's career, along with album tracks "Red River", "Fireworks" and "Gonna Have a Party".
Roll On is the eighth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in January 1984.. All four singles released from this album reached Number One on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)", "When We Make Love", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night".
Mountain Music is the sixth studio album by American country music group Alabama, released in 1982. A crossover success, it ranked well as an album on both country and pop charts and launched singles that were successful in several markets. This is Alabama's most successful studio album.