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- Darius_Rucker abstract "Darius C. Rucker (born May 13, 1966) is an American musician. He first gained fame as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld and Dean Felber. The band has released five studio albums with him as a member, and charted six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Rucker co-wrote the majority of the band's songs with the other three members.He released a solo R&B album, Back to Then, in 2002 on Hidden Beach Recordings but did not chart any singles from it. Six years later, Rucker signed to Capitol Records Nashville as a country music artist, releasing the album Learn to Live that year. Its first single, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It", made him the first African American to chart a number one on the Hot Country Songs charts since Charley Pride in 1983. It was followed by two more number-one singles, "It Won't Be Like This for Long" and "Alright" and the number three "History in the Making". In 2009, he became the first African American to win the New Artist Award from the Country Music Association, and only the second African American to win any award from the association. A second Capitol album, Charleston, SC 1966, was released on October 12, 2010. The album includes the number-one singles "Come Back Song" and "This".".
- Darius_Rucker activeYearsStartYear "1986".
- Darius_Rucker associatedBand Adele.
- Darius_Rucker associatedBand Edwin_McCain.
- Darius_Rucker associatedBand Frank_Rogers_(record_producer).
- Darius_Rucker associatedBand Hootie_&_the_Blowfish.
- Darius_Rucker associatedBand Jill_Scott.
- Darius_Rucker associatedBand Lady_Antebellum.
- Darius_Rucker associatedBand Lionel_Richie.
- Darius_Rucker associatedMusicalArtist Adele.
- Darius_Rucker associatedMusicalArtist Edwin_McCain.
- Darius_Rucker associatedMusicalArtist Frank_Rogers_(record_producer).
- Darius_Rucker associatedMusicalArtist Hootie_&_the_Blowfish.
- Darius_Rucker associatedMusicalArtist Jill_Scott.
- Darius_Rucker associatedMusicalArtist Lady_Antebellum.
- Darius_Rucker associatedMusicalArtist Lionel_Richie.
- Darius_Rucker background "solo_singer".
- Darius_Rucker birthDate "1966-05-13".
- Darius_Rucker birthPlace Charleston,_South_Carolina.
- Darius_Rucker birthPlace South_Carolina.
- Darius_Rucker birthYear "1966".
- Darius_Rucker genre Country_music.
- Darius_Rucker genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Darius_Rucker genre Rock_music.
- Darius_Rucker hometown Charleston,_South_Carolina.
- Darius_Rucker hometown South_Carolina.
- Darius_Rucker instrument Guitar.
- Darius_Rucker instrument Singing.
- Darius_Rucker occupation Singer-songwriter.
- Darius_Rucker recordLabel Atlantic_Records.
- Darius_Rucker recordLabel Capitol_Records_Nashville.
- Darius_Rucker recordLabel Hidden_Beach_Recordings.
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- Darius_Rucker wikiPageExternalLink 2013-10-09T13_00_00-07_00.
- Darius_Rucker wikiPageExternalLink www.dariusrucker.com.
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- Darius_Rucker associatedActs Adele.
- Darius_Rucker associatedActs Edwin_McCain.
- Darius_Rucker associatedActs Frank_Rogers_(record_producer).
- Darius_Rucker associatedActs Hootie_&_the_Blowfish.
- Darius_Rucker associatedActs Jill_Scott.
- Darius_Rucker associatedActs Lady_Antebellum.
- Darius_Rucker associatedActs Lionel_Richie.
- Darius_Rucker background "solo_singer".
- Darius_Rucker birthDate "1966-05-13".
- Darius_Rucker birthName "Darius C. Rucker".
- Darius_Rucker caption "Darius Rucker in 2004 at Yokota Air Base, Japan".
- Darius_Rucker class "artist".
- Darius_Rucker dateOfBirth "1966-05-13".
- Darius_Rucker genre Country_music.
- Darius_Rucker genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Darius_Rucker genre Rock_music.
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- Darius_Rucker instrument Guitar.
- Darius_Rucker instrument Singing.
- Darius_Rucker label Atlantic_Records.
- Darius_Rucker label Capitol_Records_Nashville.
- Darius_Rucker label Hidden_Beach_Recordings.
- Darius_Rucker label "Darius Rucker".
- Darius_Rucker name "Darius Rucker".
- Darius_Rucker name "Rucker, Darius".
- Darius_Rucker occupation Singer-songwriter.
- Darius_Rucker origin "Charleston, South Carolina, United States".
- Darius_Rucker placeOfBirth "Charleston, South Carolina".
- Darius_Rucker quote ""You see a lot of people doing a one-off, saying, 'This is my country record.' But this is a career I'm trying to build. The people that say that they don't get it, I'll let the music speak for itself. I plan to do a lot of country records."".
- Darius_Rucker shortDescription "African-American singer-songwriter".
- Darius_Rucker source "—Rucker, Billboard, 2008".
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- Darius_Rucker yearsActive "1986".
- Darius_Rucker description "African-American singer-songwriter".
- Darius_Rucker description "African-American singer-songwriter".
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:1966_births.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:African-American_rock_musicians.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:African-American_singer-songwriters.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:American_country_singer-songwriters.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:American_country_singers.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:American_male_singers.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:American_rhythm_and_blues_singers.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:American_rock_singer-songwriters.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Atlantic_Records_artists.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Capitol_Records_artists.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Country_musicians_from_South_Carolina.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Grammy_Award-winning_artists.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Grand_Ole_Opry_members.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Hootie_&_the_Blowfish_members.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Living_people.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Musicians_from_South_Carolina.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:People_from_Charleston,_South_Carolina.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:Songwriters_from_South_Carolina.
- Darius_Rucker subject Category:University_of_South_Carolina_alumni.
- Darius_Rucker type AfricanAmericanRockMusicians.
- Darius_Rucker type AmericanMaleSingers.
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- Darius_Rucker type AtlanticRecordsArtists.