Country Super Star - Alan Jackson
In 1994 Jackson left his management company Ten Ten Management, which had overseen his career up to that point, and switched to Gary Overton. He was nominated for four 1994 CMAs, including Entertainer of the Year. It was around this time that Jackson began also gaining fame for his song-writing skills. Other country music artists who have charted with songs co-written by Jackson, including Clay Walker ("If I Could Make a Living"), Chely Wright ("Till I Was Loved By You") and Faith Hill ("I Can't Do That Anymore").
"Alan Jackson: The Greatest Hits Collection" was released in October of 1995. The disc contained 17 hits, two newly-recorded songs ("I'll Try" and "Tall, Tall Trees"), and the song "Home" from his first album that had never been released as a single. After country music changed toward pop music in the 2000s, he and George Strait criticized the state of country music on the song "Murder on Music Row". The song sparked debate in the country music community about whether or not "traditional" country music was actually dead or not. Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, if became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut (not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era.
Alan has released several albums in the 00's and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in October of 2001. He is due to release an album of new music in 2008.