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GALLERY: Kane Brown Today’s Country Superstar

Kane Brown celebrates his 26th birthday today (10/21). Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee Kane was raised in the Nashville area. He’s expecting his first child with wife Katelynn Jae any day…

GALLERY: Kane Brown Today's Country Superstar

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Kane Brown celebrates his 26th birthday today (10/21). Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee Kane was raised in the Nashville area. He's expecting his first child with wife Katelynn Jae any day now.

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Kane Brown performs during Pepsi's Rock The South Festival - Day 1 at Heritage Park on June 3, 2016 in Cullman, Alabama.


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Kane Brown accepts the Favorite Male Artist - Country award onstage during the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.


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Katelyn Jae (L) and Kane Brown attend the 2018 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Kane Brown (L) and Lauren Alaina, winner of the New Female Vocalist of the Year award, perform onstage during the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Kane Brown performs onstage during the 2019 Stagecoach Festival at Empire Polo Field on April 26, 2019 in Indio, California.


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Kane Brown prior to taking the stage for a special performance exclusively for Hilton Honors members at Canopy by Hilton Dallas Uptown on November 30, 2018 in Dallas, Texas.


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Brad Paisley and Kane Brown perform onstage at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Toby Keith presents an award to Kane Brown at the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 05, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Honoree Kane Brown accepts an award onstage during the 2019 CMT Artist of the Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 16, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.