Rascal Flatts: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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| origin = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]<ref name="allmusic"/>|[[country pop]]<ref name="allmusic" />|[[country rock]]}}

| years_active = 1999–2021, 2024–present

| label = {{hlist|[[Lyric Street Records|Lyric Street]]|[[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]]}}

| website = {{URL|rascalflatts.com}}

| past_membersmembers = * [[Gary LeVox]]

* [[Jay DeMarcus]]

* [[Joe Don Rooney]]

}}

'''Rascal Flatts''' wasis an American [[country music]] band founded in 1999 in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. The group consisted of [[Gary LeVox]] (lead vocals), [[Jay DeMarcus]] (bass guitar, background vocals), and [[Joe Don Rooney]] (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousin, a brother-in-law of country music singer [[James Otto]], and was previously a member of the [[contemporary Christian music]] duo [[East to West]]. LeVox and DeMarcus are both natives of [[Columbus, Ohio]].

From 2000 to 2010, the band recorded for [[Disney Music Group]]'s former [[Lyric Street Records]] division. While on that label, it released six studio albums, all of which were [[RIAA certification|certified]] platinum or higher by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). The group's self-titled debut ''[[Rascal Flatts (album)|Rascal Flatts]]'' was released in 2000, and ''[[Melt (Rascal Flatts album)|Melt]]'' (2002), garnered their first number-one single, "[[These Days (Rascal Flatts song)|These Days]]". ''[[Feels Like Today]]'' (2004), ''[[Me and My Gang]]'' (2006), ''[[Still Feels Good]]'' (2007), and ''[[Unstoppable (Rascal Flatts album)|Unstoppable]]'' (2009) all topped the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] upon release. After Lyric Street closed in 2010, they moved to [[Big Machine Records]]. During their tenure with that label, they recorded five more studio albums: ''[[Nothing Like This (album)|Nothing Like This]]'' (2010), ''[[Changed (album)|Changed]]'' (2012), ''[[Rewind (Rascal Flatts album)|Rewind]]'' (2014), a Christmas album entitled ''[[The Greatest Gift of All]]'' (2016), and their final studio album ''[[Back to Us]]'' (2017).

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The band was named [[Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year|Vocal Group of the Year]] by the [[Country Music Association]] every year from 2003 to 2008, Top Vocal Group by the [[Academy of Country Music]] from 2003 to 2009 and won the [[American Music Award for Artist of the Year]] in 2006. They were inducted into the [[Grand Ole Opry]] in 2011 and received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2012. "Bless the Broken Road" was also named [[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]] at the [[48th Annual Grammy Awards]].

On January 7, 2020, Rascal Flatts announced that they would be disbanding following a farewell tour after twenty years together. However, this farewell tour was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]; the group's disbandment was officially confirmed in October 2021. The group announced a reunion tour on October 1, 2025, to commence in 2025.

== Origins ==