Silver Sands Marina is the twenty-first studio album by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on September 25, 2026, via Hey Now Records. Chesney co-produced the album alongside long-time collaborator Buddy Cannon.
The album is Chesney's debut project for the recently-founded Hey Now Records, which he became the flagship artist of in March 2026. It is also the third album in Chesney's career, behind 1996's Me and You and 2007's Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, where he was not a writer or co-writer on any of the tracks.
Background Chesney announced his twenty-first album, Silver Sands Marina, on June 24, 2026. Alongside the album's announcement, he released the title track.
The album's lead single, "Carry On", was released on May 8, 2026, and became the first independent single and the third-ever song to close out the panel in its first week.
Chesney collaborated with notable Nashville songwriters, including Matraca Berg, Shane McAnally, Brett James, and Jessie Jo Dillon. The album also features collaborations with fellow artists Colbie Caillat, Lily Meola, and Megan Moroney. The album marks Chesney's second collaboration with Moroney, as the pair released "You Had to Be There" in 2025.
Track listing
Personnel Credits are adapted from Tidal. Musicians
Kenny Chesney – lead vocals Danny Rader – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–11), mandolin (2, 4), bouzouki (2, 5, 8), electric guitar (2, 7–9), guitjo (3, 8), hi-string guitar (5, 7), guitar (5) Tony Lucido – bass Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (all tracks), acoustic guitar (7) Nick Buda – drums (1–6, 8–11), percussion (6, 11) David Dorn – synthesizer (1, 3, 5, 6, 11), piano (1, 5, 6, 11), Hammond B3 organ (2, 3, 10, 11) Wyatt Beard – background vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11) David Huff – programming (2–4, 9, 10) F. Reid Shippen – programming (2, 3, 5) John Willis – acoustic guitar (2, 5) Jaren Johnston – background vocals, electric guitar (3) Jeff Taylor – accordion (4, 8) Bobby Terry – steel guitar (4, 9–11) Lily Meola – background vocals (4) Kat Higgins – background vocals (5, 8) Megan Moroney – background vocals (6) Michael Rojas – Hammond B3 organ (7–9), synthesizer (7, 9), piano (7) Brett James – background vocals (7) Chad Cromwell – drums (7) Pat Buchanan – electric guitar (7) Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (7) Sam Bacco – percussion (8, 11) Hardy – background vocals (9) Colbie Caillat – vocals, background vocals (10)
Technical
Kenny Chesney – production Buddy Cannon – production Tony Castle – engineering Jaren Johnston – additional engineering (3) David Huff – additional engineering (9) Zach Kuhlman –engineering assistance (1–3, 5, 11) Andrew Boullianne – engineering assistance (1–3) Austin Brown – engineering assistance (1, 2, 6, 9) Joey Stanca – engineering assistance (2, 8) Michelle Freetly – engineering assistance (4, 6–8, 10) Steve Cordray – engineering assistance (4, 8, 10) Grant Morgan – engineering assistance (5, 11) Grant Wilson – engineering assistance (5) Trent Woodman – engineering assistance (5) F. Reid Shippen – mixing Brandon Towles – mixing assistance Andrew Mendelson – mastering Adam Battershell – mastering assistance Andrew Darby – mastering assistance Luke Armentrout – mastering assistance Thomas Oakes – mastering assistance Shannon Finnegan – production coordination
Charts + Chart performance for Silver Sands Marina Chart (2026) Peakposition
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