Brooks & Dunn is an American
country music duo which
consist of Leon Eric better
known as "Kix Brooks" (was
born May 12, 1955 in
Shreveport, Louisiana) and
Ronnie Gene Dunn also known as
Ronnie Dunn (was born June 1,
1953 in Coleman, Texas), they
were both vocalists and
songwriters. In 1991, they
were paired by record producer
Scott Hendricks in 1991.
Earlier in the duo's
formation, both members of the
duo were solo recording
artists. Brooks wrote songs
for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and
Highway 101 and John Conlee
and released a solo album for
Capitol Records. In the 1980s,
both he and Dunn also charted
two solo singles individually.
In 1991, the duo signed to
Arista Records , they recorded
one Christmas album and three
compilation albums and ten
studio albums for the label.
They also released fifty
singles, out of it; twenty
went to number one on the Hot
Country Songs charts and
nineteen more enter top ten.
According to the Billboard
Year-End charts, two of these
number-one songs, "My Maria"
and "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You",
were the top country songs of
1996 and 2001, accordingly.
The "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You"
is also the duo's song that
remains in number one that
last until six weeks. Many of
their songs have also enter
the Billboard Hot 100.
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