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Cosmic Hallelujah

Cosmic Hallelujah[1] is the seventeenth studio album by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on October 28, 2016, by Blue Chair and Columbia Nashville. The album was originally scheduled for release July 8, 2016, under the title Some Town Somewhere.[2]

Cosmic Hallelujah

October 28, 2016 (2016-10-28)

2016

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The song "Jesus and Elvis" also appears on songwriter Hayes Carll's 2019 album What It Is.

Commercial performance[edit]

Cosmic Hallelujah debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart with 89,000 units, with 79,000 of that figure being pure album sales.[7] It was the best-selling album of the week in terms of physical sales and downloads.[7] The album also debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart.[7] As of December 2017, the album has sold 239,500 copies in the United States.[8]

Wyatt Beard – background vocals

Kenny Chesney – lead vocals

– background vocals

Ross Copperman

– drums

Chad Cromwell

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Kenny Greenberg

– background vocals

Jesse Frasure

– percussion, programming

David Huff

– background vocals

Brett James

– background vocals

Shane McAnally

Rob McNelley – electric guitar

– background vocals on "Jesus and Elvis"

Allison Moorer

Heather Morgan – background vocals

– drums, cowbell

Greg Morrow

– background vocals

David Lee Murphy

Josh Osborne – background vocals

– duet vocals on "Setting the World on Fire"

Pink

– banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar, tres

Danny Rader

– bass guitar

Michael Rhodes

Mike Rojas – accordion, keyboards, , piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer

Hammond organ

– programming, Wurlitzer

F. Reid Shippen

– bass guitar

Jimmie Lee Sloas

– backing vocals on "All the Pretty Girls" [9]

Caitlyn Smith

Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar