Mattie Denise Jackson’s personal life
Mattie Denise Jackson was born on June 19, 1990. She studied creative writing at the University of Tennessee. She married her late husband, Ben Selecman, a few years after graduation in October 2017. He was a former Assistant District Attorney. The two first met at a mutual friend’s wedding and reconnected two years later.
Her husband died after slipping and hitting his head on a boat dock in Jupiter, Florida. In the process of her grief, Mattie wrote a book, Lemons on Friday, that documented her experience following Selecman’s death. Mattie hosts a podcast called She’s in the City and uses Instagram to post about her hobbies. She is very active on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. She is famous for being the daughter of an American country music artist. Here, we will discuss her father’s successful career.
Mattie Denise Jackson’s father Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson is an American country music artist who has a net worth of $150 million. Alan Jackson has sold over 75 million records, making him one of the world’s best-selling artists and releasing 21 studio albums. More than 65 of Alan’s singles have cracked the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and 35 of them hit #1, including I’d Love You All Over Again, Don’t Rock the Jukebox, Love’s Got a Hold on You, I Don’t Even Know Your Name, It Must Be Love, and Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).
A member of the Grand Ole Opry, Jackson’s most commercially successful album was 1992’s A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ’bout Love), which was certified 6× Platinum and topped the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. He has won dozens of awards for his music, including two Grammys–Best Country Song for Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) in 1992 and West Country Collaboration with Vocals for As She’s Walking Away in 2011. Alan’s business ventures include the Alan Jackson Collection sold at Cracker Barrel and an endorsement deal with Ford.
Jackson was signed to Arista Records, and when the label formed an Arista Nashville branch in 1989, Alan was the first artist signed to it. His debut single, Blue Blooded Woman, was released that year, followed by his first studio album, Here in the Real World, on February 27, 1990.
The album went Double Platinum, reached #4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and included the hit singles Here in the Real World, Wanted, Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow, and I’d Love You All Over Again. Alan followed his successful debut with the 4× Platinum Don’t Rock the Jukebox (1991), 6× Platinum A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ’bout Love) (1992), 4× Platinum Who I Am (1994), and 3× Platinum Everything I Love (1996).
Between 2000 and 2008, Jackson released five studio albums, When Somebody Love You (2000), Drive (2002), What I Do (2004), Like Red on a Rose (2006), and Good Time (2008), and they all reached #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
