Yoakam's musical style draws from a wide variety of influences including neotraditional country, honky-tonk, Bakersfield sound, bluegrass music, country rock, and rockabilly. 1993's This Time is his most commercially successful album, having been certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He has won two Grammy Awards and one Academy of Country Music award. Yoakam also has two number-one singles on Hot Country Songs with " Streets of Bakersfield" (a duet with Buck Owens) and " I Sang Dixie", and twelve additional top-ten hits. His first three albums- Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., Hillbilly Deluxe, and Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room-all reached number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Later projects have been released on Audium (now MNRK Music Group), New West, Warner, and Sugar Hill Records. Yoakam had considerable success throughout the late 1980s onward, with a total of ten studio albums for Reprise Records. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American country singer-songwriter, actor, and film director.
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