Songs About Me is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released on March 22, 2005, via Capitol Records Nashville. His highest-selling album to date, it has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA and had sold 1.5 million copies. Singles from this album include the title track, "Arlington", and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk". The title track and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" both went to No.2 and "Arlington" went to No.16 on the U.S. BillboardHot Country Songs charts. "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" was also a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts as well.
The track "Metropolis" was originally recorded by Anthony Smith on his 2003 album If That Ain't Country, and Sammy Kershaw on his 2003 album I Want My Money Back.
Track listing
Personnel Trace Adkins - lead vocals Larry Beaird - acoustic guitar Bruce Bouton - dobro, pedal steel guitar Mike Brignardello - bass guitar Pat Buchanan - electric guitar Tom Bukovac - electric guitar Perry Coleman - background vocals J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar Eric Darken - percussion Chip Davis - background vocals Paul Franklin - dobro, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin Wes Hightower - background vocals Dann Huff - electric guitar, soloist Jeff King - electric guitar Liana Manis - background vocals Brent Mason - electric guitar Greg Morrow - percussion, drums Gordon Mote - synthesizer, piano, Hammond organ Nashville String Machine - strings Steve Nathan - piano, keyboards, Hammond organ Mickey Raphael - harmonica John Wesley Ryles - background vocals Scotty Sanders - pedal steel guitar Michael Spriggs - acoustic guitar DeWayne Strobel - electric guitar Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin Bobby Terry - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar Dennis Wilson - background vocals Lonnie Wilson - drums Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle, mandolin
Chart performance Songs About Me was a No.1 album on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart for the week of April 9–15, 2005. It became a No.11 one on the U.S. Billboard 200 that same year.
Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 200 157 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 28 Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200 37 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 10
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US USPop 2004 "Songs About Me" 2 59 — RIAA: Gold 2005 "Arlington" 16 102 — "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" 2 30 33 RIAA: 3× Platinum "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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