Kenny Rogers
Features:
Classic Country Singles: “The Gambler”
Reviews:
Singles
“Calling Me” (with Don Henley)
Industry Honors:
Grammy Awards
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet: “Make No Mistake, She’s Mine” (with Kenny Rogers), 1988
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance: “Lucille”, 1978
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance: “The Gambler”, 1980
Country Music Association Awards
- Album: The Gambler, 1979
- Male Vocalist: 1979
- Single: “Lucille”, 1977
- Vocal Duo (with Dottie West): 1978, 1979
Academy of Country Music Awards
- Album: Kenny Rogers, 1978
- Career Achievement, 2001
- Entertainer: 1979
- Single: “Lucille”, 1978
- Single: “Islands in the Stream” (with Dolly Parton), 1984
- Top Male Vocalist: 1978, 1979
- Top Vocal Duet (with Dolly Parton): 1984
RIAA Certifications:
Albums
12x Platinum
- Greatest Hits, 1980
5x Platinum
- The Gambler, 1978
4x Platinum
- Ten Years of Gold, 1978
- Twenty Greatest Hits, 1983
3x Platinum
- Kenny, 1979
2x Platinum
- Christmas, 1981
- Eyes That See in the Dark, 1983
- Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton), 1984
Platinum
- Kenny Rogers, 1976
- Daytime Friends, 1977
- Classics (with Dottie West), 1979
- Gideon, 1980
- Share Your Love, 1981
- Love Will Turn You Around, 1982
- We’ve Got Tonight, 1983
- Duets, 1984
- What About Me?, 1984
- 20 Greatest Hits, 1990
- She Rides Wild Horses, 1999
Gold
- Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West), 1978
- Love or Something Like It, 1978
- The Heart of the Matter, 1985
- Love is What We Make It, 1985
- Greatest Hits, 1988
- Something Inside So Strong, 1989
- Christmas in America, 1989
- The Gift, 1996
- 42 Ultimate Hits, 2004
- 21 Number Ones, 2006
Singles
Platinum
- Islands in the Stream (with Dolly Parton), 1983
Gold
- Lucille, 1977
- She Believes in Me, 1979
- Coward of the County, 1979
- Lady, 1980
Writers
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