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A multi-award-winning singer and actor who\u2019s scored 40 hit singles on Country radio and sold 12 MILLION albums to date, the Louisiana native is now nearing the 30th anniversary of his trailblazing full-length debut Dreamin\u2019 Out Loud \u2014 a 1996 LP that delivered his No. 1 \u201c(This Ain\u2019t) No Thinkin\u2019 Thing\u201d and \u201cEvery Light In The House\u201d (a Top 5 entry on Billboard\u2019s Hot Country Songs chart). Currently out on the Trace Adkins 30th Anniversary Tour (a U.S. headline run which launched in January), the superstar entertainer recently followed his featured spot on Blake Shelton\u2019s Friends &amp; Heroes Tour with his own What Color\u2019s Your Wild Tour (a hot-ticket headline trek named for his hard-driving anthem released in early 2025). For the latest entry in a celebrated filmography including acclaimed movies like Deepwater Horizon and a recurring role on the blockbuster sitcom King of the Hill, Adkins has reprised\u00a0his role as MercyMe manager Scott Brickell in I Can Only Imagine 2 (released\u00a0February 2026) after appearing as Big Buck in Day of Reckoning (a 2025 action film that featured his rousing revenge ballad \u201cThat Someday\u201d in its closing credits). Also a devoted philanthropist with a deep-rooted passion for giving back to the military community, he\u2019s helped raise millions of dollars to support injured post-9\/11 veterans as part of his work with the Wounded Warrior Project and received a multitude of honors for his humanitarian work, including the National Defense Industrial Association\u2019s Dwight D. Eisenhower Award. 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