Mr. Kenny Chesney has more than enough reason to celebrate today. Chesney's Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates has an official release date set for September 11 and he'll bank $1 million for the 2008 Country Fest.

Despite the fact that the 2007 Country Fest hasn't even thrown down yet, organizers paid Chesney a cool million, the highest ever paid to a country artist for a festival performance, to headline the festival's Saturday night show in 2008.

Chesney's latest single, "Never Wanted Nothing More" is sitting at No. 13 on Billboard's country singles chart.