Rascal Flatts

Rascal Flatts
Photo Credit: Lyric Street Records
Rascal Flatts is an American country music band founded in Columbus, Ohio. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, keyboards, vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, vocals). DeMarcus and LeVox are also second cousins.

Rascal Flatts has released six studio albums and a greatest hits album, all on Lyric Street Records. Their first two albums, 2000's Rascal Flatts and 2002's Melt, have been certified 2Ã? Multi-Platinum and 3Ã? Multi-Platinum, respectively, in the United States, while 2004's Feels Like Today and 2006's Me and My Gang have received 5Ã? Multi-Platinum and 5Ã? Multi-Platinum certifications respectively. 2007's Still Feels Good, their most recent album, is certified 2Ã? Multi-Platinum. Their new album, Unstoppable, was released on April 7, 2009.

They have also released twenty-five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including ten Number Ones. A cover of Tom Cochrane's "Life Is a Highway", from the soundtrack to the 2006 film Cars, also entered the country music charts from unsolicited airplay. Their longest-lasting Number One is "Bless the Broken Road" (late 2004â??early 2005) at five weeks, while their biggest crossover single is "What Hurts the Most", which topped both the country and Adult Contemporary charts in 2006, and was a Top Ten pop hit. In 2008 they became one of the best paid bands in the world[citation needed].

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