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Chris Young Punks Fans With Bleach Blonde Hair

Over the weekend, Chris Young had a little fun with his fans when he posted a photo of himself with bleach-blond hair. On his Insta Stories, Chris posted a picture…

Chris Young Punks Fans With Bleach Blonde Hair
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Over the weekend, Chris Young had a little fun with his fans when he posted a photo of himself with bleach-blond hair. On his Insta Stories, Chris posted a picture of himself with nice-looking blonde hair, in a second photo he posted was the same photo of himself with his natural brown hair and the word "Gotcha."

Young later posted to Instagram a video clip of him riding in his private plane with friends, explaining, "Alright, so everybody thought that I died my hair which is hilarious. Um, no, it's just Mikey's (friend on the plane) birthday on Tuesday, and we got the bear; we got Mikey. Ya'll are fun." The following video clip on Insta stories shows Chris with his friend at an NBA basketball game.

Many of his faithful followers responded to the post, with one writing, "You can pass off dark or light hair, but leave it as is."Another fan said, "That color was not a good look on you. Keep your natural color; a little silver is okay." One more fan commented, "Glad it was a prank! You're awesome, just as you are!" One fan wrote, "CY, you look great. Keep it up! Hope all is well!!!"

See that post here.

Young and Jelly Roll have something in common that not many country stars do these days. They are both native Tennesseans. Jelly Roll comes from South Nashville, and Chris comes from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, about half an hour's drive from Nashville.

During a recent interview, Young talked about his new friend, who recently scored three 2023 CMT Music Awards. He said, "I'm just not even going to talk about me because, at this point, I just want to talk about him. And how welcoming and awesome and polite and nice that guy is. And you know, he's just having such a cool run right now."

Country music has superstars of every size, from its shorter singers like Kenny Chesney, who clocks in at 5'6, and Brad Paisley, who measures 5'9 with his boots on, and then it has its "tall drink of water" kind of singers.

Today, we look at country music's lengthy side by sharing the five tallest singers in the genre.

Chris Young - 6'4 inches Tall

Chris Young

When you look at him, it's clear he is a big guy. He stands 6'4, and Chris has a big presence in country music and a lot of "Famous Friends" to share his success with. His "Famous Friends" duet with Kane Brown scored him a number-one song. His latest duet with Mitchell Tenpenny, "At The End Of The Bar," also went to number one on the country charts.

Alan Jackson - 6'4 Inches Tall

Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson is a tall, blonde country icon at this point in his career and will be honored at next week's CMA Awards with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Blake Shelton - 6'5 Inches Tall

Blake Shelton

Blake is the guy you think of when you think of tall country superstars, but his height only gets him to number three on our list. His success puts him at number one as he will launch his final year as a coach on NBC's The Voice in 2023.

Trace Adkins - 6' 6 Inches Tall

Trace Adkins


A good buddy of Shelton's and the guy who inducted and asked Blake to become a member of his beloved Grand Ole Opry. Trace also shows his height and acting chops in the FOX series, Monarch.

Lady A's Charles Kelly - 6'6 Inches Tall

Charles Kelley


Charles towers over his Lady A bandmates, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood. As he works to get sober and return back to touring in 2023, he captures our hearts as one of the tallest country singers of all time.

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.