Why Is Alabama A Supergroup? Check Out These Eye-Popping Numbers

Alabama was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.  Let's take a look at this Supergroup....strictly by the numbers.

At last count, according to Billboard Magazine and Wikipedia, the band had 34 Number One hits.

• 1980: "Tennessee River"; "Why Lady Why"
• 1981: "Old Flame"; "Feels So Right"; "Love in the First Degree"
• 1982: "Mountain Music"; "Take Me Down"; "Close Enough to Perfect"
• 1983: "Dixieland Delight"; "The Closer You Get"; "Lady Down on Love"
• 1984: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)"; "When We Make Love"; "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"
• 1985: "(There's A) Fire in the Night"; "There's No Way"; "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')"; "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
• 1986: "She and I"; "Touch Me When We're Dancing"
• 1987: "'You've Got' the Touch"
• 1988: "Face to Face" (duet with K.T. Oslin); "Fallin' Again"
• 1989: "Song of the South"; "If I Had You"; "High Cotton"
• 1990: "Southern Star"; "Jukebox in My Mind"
• 1991: "Forever's as Far as I'll Go"; "Down Home"
• 1992: "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"
• 1993: "Reckless"
• 2011: "Old Alabama" with Brad Paisley

The band has won a dozen Academy of Country Music Awards.

• 1981 Album of the Year - "Feels So Right"
• 1981 Entertainer of the Year
• 1982 Entertainer of the Year
• 1982 Top Vocal Group
• 1983 Entertainer of the Year
• 1983 Top Vocal Group
• 1984 Album of the Year - "Roll On"
• 1984 Entertainer of the Year
• 1984 Top Vocal Group
• 1985 Entertainer of the Year
• 1985 Top Vocal Group
• 1989 Artist of the Decade

The band has won 9 Country Music Association Awards, including the coveted 'Entertainer Of The Year Award' three times.

• 1981 Instrumental Group of the Year
• 1981 Vocal Group of the Year
• 1982 Instrumental Group of the Year
• 1982 Vocal Group of the Year
• 1982 Entertainer of the Year
• 1983 Album of the Year - "The Closer You Get..."
• 1983 Entertainer of the Year
• 1983 Vocal Group of the Year
• 1984 Entertainer of the Year

Along with their multiple Grammy's, the band has sold well in excess of 75 million albums.

So yes, strictly by the numbers, Alabama has a deserving place in the hallowed halls of the Country Music Hall of Fame and can rightly be called a Supergroup!

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