Alabama

Alabama is an American country, southern rock and bluegrass band formed in 1969. The band was founded by Randy Owen and his cousins Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook. The band has released nineteen studio albums as well as two Christmas albums and two Christian music albums.

Alabama has charted sixty-four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, thirty-one reached number one including "Jukebox in My Mind," which spent four weeks at that position in 1990. Other top releases that crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts include "Love in the First Degree", "Take Me Down" and "The Closer You Get".

"Tennessee River" began a streak of number one singles which include "Love in the First Degree", "Mountain Music", "Dixieland Delight", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" and "Song of the South". The group disbanded in 2006 following a farewell tour and two albums of inspirational music, but reunited in 2011 and have continued to record and tour worldwide.

The band's blend of traditional country music and southern rock combined with elements of gospel music, and pop music gave it a crossover appeal that helped lead to their unprecedented success. The band has over 30 number one country records on the Billboard charts and have sold over 75 million albums and singles, making them one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.