Collin Raye facts

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	.....AWARDS and NOMINATIONS
	1999 Academy of Country Music Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee 1998 Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee 1998 Academy of Country Music Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee 1998 Dove Award for Country Recorded Song of the Year ("The Gift") 1997 Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year Nominee 1997 Academy of Country Music Video of the Year Award for "I Think About You" 1996 Country Music Association Best Video Nominee for "Not That Different" 1994 Country Music Association Song of the Year Nominee for "Little Rock" 1992 Country Music Association Song of the Year Nominee for "Love Me" 1992 Academy of Country Music Single of the Year Nominee for "Love Me"
	*.....on the charts*
	NUMBER ONE VIDEOS "All I Can Be" "Love Me" "In This Life" "I Want You Bad" "That Was A River" "That's My Story" "Little Rock" "My Kind of Girl" "One Boy, One Girl" "Not That Different" "I Think About You" "On The Verge" "Anyone Else"	TWELVE #1 SINGLES "Someone You Used To Know" - 1998 (Three Weeks at #1) "I Can Still Feel You" - 1998 (Two Weeks at #1) "What The Heart Wants" - 1997 "The Gift" - 1997 (AC Chart) "Not That Different" - 1996 "One Boy, One Girl" - 1995 "My Kind of Girl" - 1995 "If I Were You" - 1995 "Little Rock" - 1994 "That Was A River" - 1993 "In This Life" - 1992 (Two weeks at #1) "Love Me" - 1991 (Three Weeks at #1)
	TOP 5 SINGLES "Anyone Else" "Somebody Else's Moon" "Every Second" "Man of My Word" "I Think About You" "If I Were You" "On The Verge" - Billboard's #4 single for 1997 "Little Red Rodeo" OVERALL 22 OUT OF 26 SINGLES WERE TOP 10 HITS
	*....Media*
	TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS THE TONIGHT SHOW (Twice) ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (Several) WALKER TEXAS RANGER POLITICALLY INCORRECT PRIME TIME COUNTRY (Several) THE NASHVILLE NETWORK (Several) THE TODAY SHOW REGIS & KATHIE LEE (Several) E! ENTERTAINMENT AUSTIN CITY LIMITS CNN (Several) LEEZA	SPECIALS MISS USA (CBS) CHRISTMAS WITH KATHIE LEE GIFFORD (ABC) THE DALLAS COWBOYS SALUTE THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS (TNN/Co-host Troy Aikman) HAPPY NEW YEAR, AMERICA (CBS) SUMMER SPLASH (TNN) WALT DISNEY WORLD HAPPY EASTER PARADE (ABC)
	PRINT HIGHLIGHTS COSMOPOLITAN named Collin "One of Country's hunks." Entertainment Weekly cited Collin as its weekly winner for cause-oriented songs during "Little Rock." USA TODAY PEOPLE WEEKLY BILLBOARD COUNTRY AMERICA MUSIC ROW MUSIC CITY NEWS COUNTRY MUSIC COUNTRY WEEKLY REQUEST MAJOR DAILIES
	*...FROM THE HEART*
	WHETHER THE SONG IS ABOUT ALCOHOLISM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, LOVE OR JUST HAVING FUN, COLLIN RAYE'S MUSIC HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY. FOR THIS REASON, COLLIN WAS INVITED TO BE A CELEBRITY JUDGE FOR USA WEEKEND'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY AND NOW SERVES ON THE PRESTIGIOUS ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE NATIONAL PROJECT. OTHER 1998 JUDGES INCLUDED FOUNDER PAUL NEWMAN, GLORIA ESTEFAN, SPENCER CHRISTIAN (GOOD MORNING AMERICA), BOB GOODWIN, (CEO OF POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION) AND MARCIA BULLARD (CEO, EDITOR OF USA WEEKEND). RECOGNIZED ON 1996 WITH THE FIRST "MUSIC ROW AWARD" BY THE TENNESSEE TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR CREATING SIGMGICATN PUBLIC AWARENESS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN HIS VIDEO, "I THINK ABOUT YOU."	COUNTRY CARES ABOUT AIDS SPOKESPERSON FOR CHILDHELP USA (Non-profit agency fighting child abuse) NATIONAL CHAIRMAN FOR THE EMILY HARRISON FOUNDATION BOYS TOWN CATHOLIC CHARITIES PARADE OF PENNIES CONCERT FOR DREAMMAKERS SIERRA CLUB FIRST STEPS MUSIC CITY TENNIS INVITATIONAL (benefiting Vanderbilt Children's Hospital) DALLAS COWBOYS SPECIAL OLYMPIC EVENTS AL-ANON & ALATEEN (l-800 Number for the Organization is tagged at the end of Collin's "Little Rock" video. PSA's continue to air.) TENNESSEE TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (National and local radio and television PSA's ran during the 1996 Holiday season tagged with 1-800 numbers.)
	*.....F.Y.I.*
	Collin's musical favorites include Neil Diamond, Glenn Frey, John Fogerty, Waylon Jennings,.....just to name a few. named "Arkansan of the Year" in 1996 has climbed Mount Rainier plays guitar, bass, drums there's a "Collin Raye Boulevard" on Highway 71 in his birthplace of DeQueen, Arkansas	Did you know Collin has a mean left hook? He's an avid boxing and wrestling fan, has hung out with The Undertaker, "duked" it out with a few pros and hopes to meet his hero Muhammad Ali one day. Collin Raye was late wrestler, Owen Hart's favorite singer. Collin sang at his funeral last year.