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| - A long-lasting Country Music duo composed of Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks and Ronald Gene "Ronnie" Dunn, Brooks and Dunn is arguably the definitive country music duo. After several years as struggling solo singer-songwriters, the two were paired at the suggestion of Arista Records executive Tim DuBois. And all was good. Their first album, Brand New Man, launched four consecutive #1 hits with its first four singles, and went on to sell five million copies. Those first four songs are still considered among the duo's Signature Songs, most notably "Boot Scootin' Boogie", which sparked a renewed interest in line dancing.
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| - A long-lasting Country Music duo composed of Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks and Ronald Gene "Ronnie" Dunn, Brooks and Dunn is arguably the definitive country music duo. After several years as struggling solo singer-songwriters, the two were paired at the suggestion of Arista Records executive Tim DuBois. And all was good. Their first album, Brand New Man, launched four consecutive #1 hits with its first four singles, and went on to sell five million copies. Those first four songs are still considered among the duo's Signature Songs, most notably "Boot Scootin' Boogie", which sparked a renewed interest in line dancing. Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, the duo was no stranger to country music radio, racking up a total of twenty Number One hits and fifty chart singles overall. They were also a shoo-in for the Country Music Association's Duo of the Year award (winning it from 1992 through 2006), as well as an Entertainer of the Year award in 1996 after the smash "My Maria", which was also the biggest country hit of that year. The duo started to slip into more of a pop sound, maintaining the hits for the time being but losing its critical acclaim. Come 1999, the duo hit its first commercial low point, as the album Tight Rope produced only one big hit and disappointing sales. Montgomery Gentry — who was only two singles into its career at that point — got the 1999 Duo award at the Academy of Country Music. Only two years later, Brooks & Dunn got back on track, launching that year with "Ain't Nothing 'bout You", the biggest hit of the duo's career and the biggest country single of 2001. The hits kept on coming for the next few years, but following a second Greatest Hits album, they started to fade away again. Hillbilly Deluxe did account for the duo's last #1 hit and the signature song "Believe", but Cowboy Town saw all of its singles fall quickly from the charts (except for the last-gasp "Cowgirls Don't Cry") and that album failed to even go gold. Kix also found work as a radio host, succeeding Bob Kingsley on the countdown show American Country Countdown. In 2009, Kix and Ronnie announced that they would be retiring as Brooks & Dunn. This retirement was led off by a comprehensive #1s... and Then Some compilation, which included two new low-charting singles. Afterward, Ronnie began a solo career with the single "Bleed Red", and contributed a song to the Country Strong soundtrack.
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