Chesney announced the album's title and tracklist in March 2020. At the time of the announcement, the project had already produced two singles: "
Tip of My Tongue" and the title track. The album is Chesney's second for
Warner Records Nashville.[1] Chesney co-produced the album with longtime producer
Buddy Cannon. Of the songwriters chosen for the album, Chesney said that he wanted to "bring a lot of [his] favorite writers together" to tie into the album's central theme of "how different people are around the world, yet how entirely similar they can be".[2]
Commercial performance
On the US
Billboard 200, Here and Now debuted at number one, earning 233,000
equivalent album units, comprising 222,000 in album sales, and marking Chesney's 16th top 10 album, as well as the third-biggest sales week of 2020.[3]
^Here and Now (CD booklet). Kenny Chesney. Blue Chair Records/Warner Music Nashville. 2020. 093624892939.{{
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Chesney announced the album's title and tracklist in March 2020. At the time of the announcement, the project had already produced two singles: "
Tip of My Tongue" and the title track. The album is Chesney's second for
Warner Records Nashville.[1] Chesney co-produced the album with longtime producer
Buddy Cannon. Of the songwriters chosen for the album, Chesney said that he wanted to "bring a lot of [his] favorite writers together" to tie into the album's central theme of "how different people are around the world, yet how entirely similar they can be".[2]
Commercial performance
On the US
Billboard 200, Here and Now debuted at number one, earning 233,000
equivalent album units, comprising 222,000 in album sales, and marking Chesney's 16th top 10 album, as well as the third-biggest sales week of 2020.[3]
^Here and Now (CD booklet). Kenny Chesney. Blue Chair Records/Warner Music Nashville. 2020. 093624892939.{{
cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (
link)