Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney claim twentieth number one

Producer Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney know how to jumpstart a year with a bang. Recently, their song “Somewhere With You” claimed the #1 spot on the country radio charts. This event is more memorable than most number one’s due to the fact that this marks the twentieth success for the Cannon/Chesney partnership.

The entire list of Chesney’s #1 singles are as follows:
1. When I Close My eyes (produced by Barry Beckett)
2. She’s Got It All
3. That’s Why I’m Here
4. How Forever Feels
5. You Had Me From Hello
6. Don’t Happen Twice
7. The Good Stuff
8. There Goes My Life
9. When The Sun Goes Down
10. Anything But Mine
11. Living In Fast Forward
12. Summertime
13. Beer In Mexico
14. Never Wanted Nothing More
15. Don’t Blink
16. Better As A Memory
17. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
18. Down The Road
19. Out Last Night
20. Boys of Fall
21. Somewhere With You

Cannon has also had a slue of hits with other artists, such as John Michael Montgomery’s “The Little Girl,” Chely Wright’s “Single White Female,” Reba’s “Somebody,” Joe Nichol’s “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off,” and many others. In 2005 he was also named the ACM Producer of the Year.