Trace Adkins is a country singer and songwriter from Louisiana. His debut was 1996's Dreamin' Out Loud, which included a number of hits like "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" and "Every Light in the House". The follow-up, Big Time, however, saw meager sales in comparison to the debut. 1999's More was similarly disappointed, but his fourth album, 2001's Chrome yielded a top-ten hit in "I'm Tryin'", and, in 2003, Greatest Hits Collection, Vol.1 did the same with "Then They Do".