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{{Short description|American country musician (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image           = Clint_Black_2000.jpg
| caption         = Black in 2000
| birth_name      = Clint Patrick Black
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1962|02|04}}
| birth_place     = [[Long Branch, New Jersey]], U.S.
| origin          = [[Katy, Texas]], U.S.
| instrument      = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|harmonica}}
| genre           = [[Country music|Country]]
| occupation      = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician|record producer|actor}}
| years_active    = 1983–present
| label           = {{hlist|[[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]|[[Equity Music Group|Equity]]|[[Thirty Tigers]]}}
| spouse          = {{marriage|[[Lisa Hartman Black|Lisa Hartman]]|1991}}
| website         = {{URL|clintblack.com}}
}}

'''Clint Patrick Black''' (born February 4, 1962)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=February 4, 2023|title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 4, 2023 includes celebrities Alice Cooper, Natalie Imbruglia|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-4-2023-includes-celebrities-alice-cooper-natalie-imbruglia.html |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=[[Cleveland.com]]}}</ref> is an American [[country music]] singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. Signed to [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]] in 1989, Black's debut album ''[[Killin' Time (Clint Black album)|Killin' Time]]'' produced four straight number one singles on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] charts. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s, Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s. He has had more than thirty singles on the US ''Billboard'' country charts, thirteen of which have reached number one, in addition to having released twelve studio albums and several compilation albums. In 2003, Black founded his own record label, [[Equity Music Group]]. Black has also ventured into acting, having made appearances in a 1993 episode of the TV series ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' and in the 1994 film ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'', as well as a starring role in 1998's ''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack''.

Black has been nominated for four Grammy Awards for best Country Male Vocal Performance (1990 – "Killin' Time", 1997 – "[[Like the Rain]]", 1998 – "[[Something That We Do]]", 1999 – "Nothin' but the Taillights"), he was also nominated for six Grammy Awards with one win in the category of Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "Hold On Partner" in 1991 (w/ [[Roy Rogers]]), "[[A Bad Goodbye]]" in 1993 (w/ [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]]), "[[Still Holding On]]" in 1997 (w/ [[Martina McBride]]), "Same Old Train" in 1998 which got the Grammy Award (with [[Joe Diffie]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Alison Krauss]], [[Patty Loveless]], [[Earl Scruggs]], [[Ricky Skaggs]], [[Marty Stuart]], [[Pam Tillis]], [[Randy Travis]], [[Travis Tritt]] and [[Dwight Yoakam]]), "[[When I Said I Do]]" in 1999 (w/ wife [[Lisa Hartman Black]]), and "Hey Good Lookin'" in 2004 ([[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Kenny Chesney]], [[Alan Jackson]], [[Toby Keith]], and [[George Strait]]).

Black had numerous hit singles including [[A Better Man (Clint Black song)|"A Better Man,"]] [[Killin' Time (Clint Black song)|"Killin' Time,"]] [[Nobody's Home (Clint Black song)|"Nobody's Home,"]] "[[A Good Run of Bad Luck]]," and [[Nothin' but the Taillights (song)|"Nothin' but the Taillights."]]

==Early life==
Black was born in [[Long Branch, New Jersey]], the youngest of four children of Ann (Scherma) and Gwin Augusta "G.A." Black, Jr.,<ref name=fdr1>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', February 23, 2021</ref><ref name="nydailynews">{{Cite web |last=Roura |first=Phil |date=2006-08-13 |title=Black Comes Back: The country king (and Jersey boy) makes a stop at Harrah's |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2006/08/13/black-comes-back-the-country-king-and-jersey-boy-makes-a-stop-at-harrahs/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=mitchell1989>{{citation |last=Mitchell |first=Rick |title=Clint Black sees stardom in the offing: First album by Katy, Texas country performer proves that he's for real |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=July 2, 1989 |page=Zest, p. 9 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1989_634276 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> and lived in nearby [[Red Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank]].<ref>Sweetland, Phil. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/21/nyregion/from-newark-and-environs-to-nashville.html?pagewanted=all "From Newark (and Environs) to Nashville"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 21, 2002. Accessed July 3, 2012. "'I was born in Long Branch, but my parents were living in Red Bank, so that's what I think of as my birthplace,' Mr. Black said."</ref> His maternal great-grandfather was of Italian descent, with roots in [[Palermo, Sicily]].<ref name=fdr1/> The family moved back to Texas, where G.A. Black had been born and raised, before Clint was one year old.<ref name=nydailynews /> He was raised in [[Katy, Texas]]. Music was always present in the house.  Black taught himself to play harmonica before he was 13, and at 14 wrote his first song.  His father remarked that it was at that age that the parents "first noticed that he had a great voice".<ref name=mitchell1989 /> By 15, Black had learned to play guitar.<ref name=graff>{{citation |last=Graff |first=Gary |title=A few word with...Houstonian Clint Black |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=October 1, 1989 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1989_653411 |access-date=April 9, 2009 |page=Zest, p. 6}}</ref> As a teenager Black joined his elder brothers, Mark, Kevin and Brian, in their small band.  On Saturday afternoons, the family would host backyard barbecues and invite the neighborhood to listen to the boys sing.  Some weekends would attract up to 70 people.<ref name=mitchell1989 /> Black eventually dropped out of high school to play with his brothers,<ref name=hodges2000>{{citation |last=Hodges |first=Ann |title=Every Life a Story: 'Biography' to profile Clint Black, 26 others |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=June 6, 2000 |page=Houston section, p. 8 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3219903 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> before becoming a solo act.<ref name=mitchell1989 />

==Music career==
===1983–1988: Early career===
Black was initially drawn to a variety of musical genres.  According to his father, he chose to focus on [[country music]] in the early 1980s, after singers [[George Strait]] and [[Reba McEntire]] moved the genre back toward the more traditional; in the style kept alive by [[George Jones]] and [[Merle Haggard]].<ref name=mitchell1989 /> For six years, Black supported himself as a construction worker, bait cutter, and fishing guide,<ref name=long>{{citation |last1=Long |first1=Steven |last2=Zuniga |first2=Jo Ann |title=Country newcomer hits it big |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=February 19, 1990 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1990_684794 |access-date=April 9, 2009 |page=Section A, p 1}}</ref> while singing at various lounges as a solo singer and guitarist.<ref name=mitchell1989 /> In 1987, at one of the gigs he met another guitarist, [[Hayden Nicholas]].  The two men connected musically and began a song writing partnership that would last decades.<ref name=mitchell1989 /> In the late 1980s, Black delivered a demo of their collaboration "Nobody's Home" to record promoter Sammy Alfano.  Within two days of that delivery, Black was invited to a meeting with [[Bill Ham]], who managed [[ZZ Top]].<ref name=mitchell1989 />

===1989–1991: Breakthrough===
Black soon signed with RCA in October 1987, and at the time, RCA was considered one of the "most aggressive" labels in country music.<ref name=racine>{{citation |last=Racine |first=Marty |title=Clint Black wows home crowd |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=May 8, 1989 |page=Star, p. 1 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1989_622002 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> His first album, ''[[Killin' Time (Clint Black album)|Killin' Time]]'', was released in 1989. Each song on the album was penned at least in part by Black; four of them were attributed solely to him, while the rest were collaborations with Nicholas.  In a departure from most other country albums, Black used his road band instead of session musicians to record ''Killin' Time''.<ref name=mitchell1989 /> The album was a critical and commercial success,<ref name=graff /> reaching [[List of number-one country albums of 1990 (U.S.)|number one]] on the [[Billboard Country Albums|''Billboard'' Country Albums]] chart and certified platinum in 1990.<ref name=mitchell1991>{{citation |last=Mitchell |first=Rick |title=Clint Black's time has come |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=January 2, 1991 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_754465 |access-date=April 9, 2009 |page=Section A, p. 15}}</ref> He made his debut in 1989 with the single, "[[A Better Man (Clint Black song)|A Better Man]]", which reached number one on the [[Hot Country Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs]] in early June. This marked the first time in 14 years that a debut single by a male artist had peaked at the top of the chart.<ref name=mitchell1989 /> In total, five singles off of his debut album reached number one, the first time any country artist had accomplished this feat.<ref name=hodges2000 /> Black won the [[Country Music Association]]'s Horizon Award for best newcomer in 1989.<ref name=long /><ref>{{cite web |title=23rd Annual CMA Awards |url=http://www.cmt.com/microsites/cma/archives/1989.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021035701/http://www.cmt.com/microsites/cma/archives/1989.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2008 |publisher=CMT |access-date=July 13, 2012}}</ref> At the end of the year, his singles "A Better Man" and "[[Killin' Time (Clint Black song)|Killin' Time]]" placed number one and number two on the year-end country singles charts. It had been 36 years since another artist had claimed both top spots in a single year.<ref name=long /> Looking back at the early stages of his career, Black recalled: "At one point, I knew I crossed this line out of obscurity and I felt like no matter what happened from that point on I would always be remembered for ''Killin' Time''. There was this kind of mixed feeling of remorse and excitement."<ref name=mitchell1992>{{citation |last=Mitchell |first=Rick |title=New Album: New Image – Clint Black |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=July 5, 1992 |page=Zest, p. 16 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1992_1065589 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref>

In late 1990, the ''Los Angeles Times'' surveyed country music industry insiders to determine which acts could be expected to sell the most records over the next seven years.<ref group=Note>Seven years was the typical length of a recording contract.</ref> Black placed second in the poll, two votes behind [[Garth Brooks]].  The survey results were surprising in that 10 of the top 20 artists named were relative newcomers to the industry; in the past, country music had been dominated by artists with several decades experience.<ref name=hilburn>{{cite news |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |title=Country's new crop |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 30, 1990 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_755354 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> The plethora of new acts confused some reviewers, however.  Many reviewers lumped many of the new acts together; as ''Newsweek''{{’}}s David Gates wrote: "Good song, good voice, hot band: who cares which one it is this time?"<ref name=gates />  Black soon became known as one of Nashville's "hat acts"; like other country artists such as [[Tracy Lawrence]], [[Alan Jackson]], and [[John Michael Montgomery]], Black was a relative newcomer who wore a hat, and had "clean, neotraditional sound with pop appeal".<ref name=gates />

''Killin' Time'' was certified platinum in 1990.  Black's second album, ''[[Put Yourself in My Shoes]]'', was released in November 1990.  It reached number two on the country chart and was in the top 20 on the pop album charts.<ref name=mitchell1991 /> This success on the pop charts resulted from a change in the way Billboard calculated album sales; a new reliance on [[Nielsen SoundScan]] instead of information from selected record stores showed that sales of country albums had previously been under counted.<ref name=gates>{{citation |last=Gates |first=David |newspaper=Newsweek |title=New Kids on the Range |date=October 7, 1991 |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/127087 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> The album did not meet with as much critical acclaim as his debut, but nonetheless still included several hit singles. He began touring with [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]].{{cn|date=October 2025}}

Black has been a member of the [[Grand Ole Opry]] since 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Opry Member List PDF |url=http://www.opry.com/img/Opry%20Members%20List.pdf |date=April 23, 2012 |access-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607030858/http://www.opry.com/img/Opry%20Members%20List.pdf |archive-date=June 7, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Clint Black |url=http://www.opry.com/artists/b/Black_Clint.html |access-date=June 29, 2012 |archive-date=May 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525022256/http://www.opry.com/artists/b/Black_Clint.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===1992: Lawsuits and ''The Hard Way''===
In March 1992, Black sued his manager, Bill Ham, for breach of contract; Black sought $2&nbsp;million in damages and requested that Ham return $4&nbsp;million in royalties.  Under the terms of their initial contract, Ham controlled all publishing royalties for any song that Black wrote or co-wrote for his first eight albums.  Because Black wrote all of his own music, this amounted to a fee of 20 to 30 cents per album sold.  Industry standards generally counseled songwriters to form their own publication companies, so they would be able to retain more of the royalties.<ref name=mitchell1992 />

Ham promptly countersued, blaming the initial lawsuit on poor advice Black received from his new personal assistant, his mother-in-law Jonni Hartman.  His lawyer told the press that "Mr. Ham invested $1 million of his own money in Clint Black's career at a time when nobody else would do so. For that commitment, Mr. Black should show a little gratitude and honor his contracts".<ref name=mitchell1992 />

By mid-1992, Black's first two albums had sold a combined 5&nbsp;million copies.<ref name=mitchell1992 /> The difficulties with Ham caused a delay in the release of Black's third album,<ref name=mitchelloctober1992>{{citation |last=Mitchell |first=Rick |title=Clint Black polished, energetic, but where's the hat? |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=October 4, 1992 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1992_1084883 |access-date=April 9, 2009 |page=Section A, p. 30}}</ref> ''[[The Hard Way (Clint Black album)|The Hard Way]]'', which was released on July 14.<ref name=mitchell1992 /> The album had been expected the year previously, and during the delay the country music scene changed.  Both Alan Jackson and [[Travis Tritt]] achieved greater success, and [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] became a teen idol.  The competition that Black faced was now much stiffer than with his earlier albums.<ref name=mitchelloctober1992 />

According to Black, he and producer [[James Stroud]] spent more time putting this album together than either of those preceding and were "a lot more aggressive in the way we cut and mixed the album".<ref name=mitchell1992 /> Black was also more satisfied with the vocals on this album.<ref name=mitchell1992 /> Several of the songs on ''The Hard Way'', including "Burn One Down", were initially reported to be Black's responses to his situation with Ham.  Co writer Nicholas refuted the rumors, maintaining that most of those songs were written in the late 1980s.<ref name=mitchell1993 />

To promote the album, Black launched The Hard Way Tour on June 26, 1992.  The tour ran for 11 months.  Reviewers noticed that with this album Black presented a "new, sexier image", wearing tighter clothing and in many cases leaving behind his trademark hat.  Black commented simply that he was bored wearing the hat all the time.<ref name=mitchell1992 />

===1993–1999: Continued success===
[[File:Clint Black 1994.jpg|thumb|Black in 1994]]
Black's fourth album, ''[[No Time to Kill]]'' was released almost a year after ''The Hard Way''.  The album received mixed reviews.  The ''Houston Chronicle'' noted that Black's duet with [[Wynonna Judd]], "[[A Bad Goodbye]]", was "precisely the kind of radio-ready, big-production ballad that record companies tend to force on their artists when they sense that their careers are in trouble....[I]t sticks out like a sore thumb in his body of work."<ref name=mitchellNoTime /> On the other hand, a review in ''Time'' magazine thought the duet helped Black show his emotions more intensely.<ref name=farley>{{citation |last=Farley |first=Christopher John |title=A Bluer Shade of Black |date=August 23, 1993 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979064,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113074628/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979064,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2005 |access-date=April 24, 2009 |newspaper=Time}}</ref> Some reviewers also noted that in some of the more serious songs on the album, Black's voice sounded strained.<ref name=mitchellNoTime /> On January 30, 1994, Black performed as part of the "Rockin' Country Sunday" [[halftime show]] at [[Super Bowl XXVII]], along with Judd, [[Tanya Tucker]], [[Travis Tritt]], and Naomi Judd.{{cn|date=October 2025}}

''[[One Emotion]]'' followed in late 1994. Also a platinum certified album in the US, this album accounted for five straight top five hits. First was the number four "Untanglin' My Mind", a [[Merle Haggard]] co-write. After it came the number three "Wherever You Go", three-week number one "[[Summer's Comin']]", the number two title track and finally the number four "[[Life Gets Away]]." The latter two were also number one country hits in Canada.{{cn|date=October 2025}}

In 1996, Black became the fourth country music singer to earn a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Clint Black earns his star |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 13, 1996 |page=C11}}</ref><ref group=Note>The first three were [[Gene Autry]], [[Roy Rogers]], and [[Garth Brooks]].</ref> Later that year, he released his first greatest-hits package. This was led off by the chart-topper "[[Like the Rain]]", which spent three weeks at number one. After it came the number six "Half Way Up", his first single since "One More Payment" to miss the top five.

Black's next album, 1997's ''[[Nothin' but the Taillights]]'', was released to mediocre reviews. Thom Owens of [[AllMusic]] said that the album made no attempt to change his sound, and was "sturdy" but less country than his previous efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r307586|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Nothin' but the Taillights'' review|last=Owens|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|access-date=2009-06-06}}</ref> Lead-off single "Still Holding On", a duet with labelmate [[Martina McBride]], became his first single to land outside the top 10, with a number 11 peak that year. He soon recovered his chart momentum with the number two "[[Something That We Do]]" followed by two straight chart-toppers in the album's [[Steve Wariner]]-penned [[Nothin' but the Taillights (song)|title track]] and "[[The Shoes You're Wearing]]". The next two singles – the number 12 "Loosen Up My Strings" and number 29 "You Don't Need Me Now" – were less successful.

In 1998, he made a brief foray into [[big band jazz]] when he recorded a cover of the [[Christmas song]] "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" for the soundtrack of the animated movie [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie|of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8USN7o2O7PA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/8USN7o2O7PA| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer performed by Clint Black|website=YouTube|date=December 8, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1999, Black released ''[[D'lectrified]]'', which relied completely on [[acoustic music|acoustic]] instruments.  Nevertheless, ''USA Today'' thought the "album sounds as full and brash as an electric album since he used creative arrangements and horn sections".<ref name=usatoday>{{citation |title=Nashville sound: Dixie Chicks |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/lmds756.htm |access-date=April 9, 2009 |date=October 27, 1999 |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Three of the songs on the albums were remakes of previous Black singles.  Several others featured guest appearances by some of Black's idols, including [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Kenny Loggins]], and [[Eric Idle]].  The songs tended to be longer than most of those played on country radio, with many stretching more than five minutes.<ref name=usatoday />

===1999–2013: Later career===
Black and Hartman welcomed their first child, Lily Pearl Black, in May 2001.<ref name="Lily Pearl Black">{{citation |title=Welcome Lily Pearl Black |newspaper=Country Weekly Magazine |date=May 13, 2001 |url=http://www.countryweekly.com/news/377 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> Black took a three-year break from the music industry to stay home with his daughter.  He explained that "it ended up not being a smart career move, but it was a real smart dad move. ...  I wouldn't go back and try to do anything for my career in exchange for that."<ref>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Regina |title=CLINT BLACK Musician, actor, family man scheduled for Durant show |newspaper=KLBC BUZZ |location=Durant, OK |page=11 |publisher=KLBC |date=June 2012 |url=http://klbcfm.com/images/buzzitems/june12/clintblack.pdf |access-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6BSDIGsmM?url=http://klbcfm.com/images/buzzitems/june12/clintblack.pdf |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

During his sabbatical, Black spent time reassessing his career.  After deciding he was unwilling to work within the current recording industry system, he formed his own record label, [[Equity Music Group]].  Black admitted that it was difficult to leave RCA.  In his 14 years with the label, he had sold over 20&nbsp;million records.<ref name=clark />

The new label operated under very different rules than those Black had begun his own career under.  Artists were guaranteed ownership of their songs and were granted an equity stake in the label.<ref name=clark>{{citation |last=Clark |first=Michael D. |title=Clint Black's getting back to his (grass) roots |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=March 4, 2004 |page=Houston section, p. 10 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3740871 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> The first release from the new label was Black's next album, ''[[Spend My Time]]''; his eighth studio album was Black's first release in five years.  The ''Houston Chronicle'' called it "arguably the most adventurous of his career".<ref name=clark />

In 2005, Black released ''[[Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic]]''.  Black chose the title of the album to limit himself to simple topics in his past. He explained: "I went out and bought all the music I grew up on that I didn't already have and spent three months listening to only that. Only stuff from before I started making records, so it was pre-1989—[[Waylon Jennings|Waylon]], [[Willie Nelson|Willie]], [[Buck Owens]], [[Merle Haggard|Haggard]], [[Don Williams]], [[Jim Croce]]. And what I discovered was a simplicity in song that I had moved away from. It was quite an emotional journey because these were all the songs that moved me and inspired me to do what I've been doing ever since."<ref>{{cite web |title=Clint Black – Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic |url=http://magazine.angrycountry.com/article.php?story=20051011140923681 |publisher=AngryCountry.com |date=October 11, 2005 |access-date=July 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626220445/http://magazine.angrycountry.com/article.php?story=20051011140923681 |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[File:ClintBlackperforming.jpg|thumb|right|Black performing at a benefit concert]]
Black has continued to record new material, however.  In 2007, he released the single "The Strong One" the first original song he has recorded that he did not write.<ref name=guerra>{{citation |last=Guerra |first=Joey |title=Clint Black: soft but strong |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=September 28, 2007 |page=Star, p. 1 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4432364 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> The song was included on his first digital EP, released on March 11, 2008. Titled "The Long Cool EP," the collection features Black's single, "[[Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)|Long Cool Woman]]", "The Strong One" and a duet with his wife titled "You Still Get to Me".<ref>{{cite web |title=Long, cool Clint Black goes digital route |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=1410 |publisher=COUNTRY Standard Time |date=February 19, 2008 |access-date=July 13, 2012}}</ref> Equity Music Group closed its doors in December 2008 due to economic difficulties.<ref name=paxman>{{citation |title=Clint Black's Label Closes |newspaper=Country Weekly Magazine |date=December 17, 2008 |last=Paxman |first=Bob |url=http://www.countryweekly.com/news/clint-black%E2%80%99s-label-closes |access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref>

Black was also a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prlog.org/10244858-bostons-own-debbie-and-friends-among-the-8th-annual-independent-music-awards-vox-populi-winners.html |title=Boston's Own Debbie And Friends Among The 8th Annual Independent Music Awards Vox Populi Winners |author=Debbie and Friends |work=PRLog |date=May 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=8th Annual IMA Judges |url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/judges/8th-annual-ima-judges/ |publisher=IMA |access-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129195553/http://independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2009.asp |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

===2013–present: Return to music===
Since the closure of his label in 2008, Black had intermittently hinted at a new album that never materialized.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/clint-black-is-back-readies-first-new-album-in-7-years-473861/ |title=Clint Black Is Back: Readies First New Album in 7 Years |first=Chuck |last=Dauphin |date=December 5, 2012 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>  In 2013, he issued a [[Cracker Barrel]]-exclusive album which featured re-recorded versions of some of his biggest hits as well as three new songs.  Black stated that he hired the same musicians that had played on the original versions to perform the new ones, and that some songs were approached from a "fresh angle" while others were made to be as close to the originals as possible.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/clint-black-reflects-on-new-album-cracker-barrel-partnership-5638079/ |title=Clint Black Reflects On New Album & Cracker Barrel Partnership |first=Chuck |last=Dauphin |date=August 2, 2013 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

In early 2015, Black appeared with [[Joe Nichols]] on the ''ACM Superstar Duets'' special, which featured modern artists teaming up with older icons that had influenced their music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clintblack.com/blog_index&postid=1560765 |title=ACM Superstar Duets |work=ClintBlack.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731012926/http://clintblack.com/blog_index%26postid%3D1560765 |archive-date=July 31, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  In July 2015, it was reported that Black had signed a new record deal with independent label [[Thirty Tigers]] to release an album of new studio material in the Fall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/07/36485-clint-black-release-new-album/ |title=Clint Black To Release A New Album |first=Matt |last=Bjorke |date=July 21, 2015 |work=RoughStock}}</ref>  The record title was revealed shortly thereafter as ''On Purpose,'' with a release date of September 25.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Purpose-BLACK-CLINT/dp/B0130HVMWE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440025878&sr=8-1&keywords=clint+black+on+purpose |title=Clint Black - On Purpose |work=Amazon.com|date=February 15, 2024 }}</ref> Black's next album, ''Out of Sane'', was released in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clint Black on Upcoming Album 'Out of Sane': I Try 'to Make Music That's Not Trendy' (Exclusive)|url=https://popculture.com/country-music/news/clint-black-upcoming-album-out-of-sane-try-make-music-not-trendy-exclusive/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Country Music|date=September 4, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Songwriting==
Few country singers fill their albums primarily with their own material, and although RCA Records often pushed Black to record the material of other artists, he refused.<ref name=mitchell1991 /><ref name=mitchell1992 /> Black recorded only his own songs until 2007, when he released the single "The Strong One".<ref name="guerra" /> Many of his songs were the result of a collaboration with [[Hayden Nicholas]]. Their first collaboration, "Straight From the Factory", took them only 20 minutes to write, although Nicholas would later comment that "most of 'em weren't that easy".<ref name=mitchell1993>{{citation |last=Mitchell |first=Rick |title=Back-seat guitarist: Songwriter comfortable in Clint Black's shadow |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=February 24, 1993 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1993_1113294 |access-date=April 9, 2009 |page=Section Houston, p 1}}</ref>

Many listeners were incredulous that such a young man (27 at the release of his first album) could have such "a remarkably mature perspective".<ref name=mitchell1989 /> According to Black, "To me, a song is more than just something to sing. It's something to learn from. It's somebody else's true feeling. I'm always trying to get at the meaning.&nbsp;... When I write a line, I'm doing the same thing. I'm looking at it from the perspective of if I was driving down the road listening to it, what am I gonna get out of it?"<ref name=mitchell1989 />

Many of his songs make clever use of puns and other creative turns of phrase.<ref name=nydailynews /> While the wordplay in many of the songs on his earlier albums was widely appreciated, by the fourth album reviewers felt that the songs were not as high in quality. Rick Mitchell of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' stated his opinion that ''[[The Hard Way (Clint Black album)|The Hard Way]]'' "clever wordplay is no substitute for heartfelt emotion".<ref name=mitchellNoTime>{{citation |last=Mitchell |first=Rick |title=Clint Black: 'No Time' to stand still |date=July 11, 1993 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |page=Zest, p. 10 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1993_1140763 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref>

==Film and television==
Shortly after his music career took off, he began receiving offers for acting roles. He turned down every request until 1994, when he was offered a bit part in the star-studded comedy film ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]''. Although the part required very little actual acting, after the movie's release Black received an increasing number of calls from directors who thought he would be perfect for a particular role. Black has appeared in several television shows, including ''[[Wings (NBC TV series)|Wings]]'' and ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''.<ref name=dean>{{Citation |last=Dean |first=Nicholas L. |title=More Than Just Music |date=April 19, 2009 |newspaper=The Post-Journal |url=http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/528426.html |access-date=April 24, 2009 |location=Jamestown, New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715110714/http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/528426.html |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has since starred in the 1998 television film, ''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack'', based on the rodeo star Jack Favor, who was falsely accused of double murders in [[Haughton, Louisiana|Haughton]], Louisiana, in 1967. Lisa Hartman Black portrayed Ponder I. Favor, Jack's wife. Black had a major role in another television movie ''Going Home'', and appeared briefly in the 2003 film ''[[Anger Management (film)|Anger Management]]''.<ref name=actingcw /> In 2000, Black and Hartman guest starred on an episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]''.

He has also had a presence on various reality television shows. In 2003, Black appeared on ''[[Nashville Star]]'', where he acted as a mentor to the contestants. Later that year, Clint also appeared on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom [[Hope & Faith]] in the episode "Hope and Faith Get Randy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0604825/|title=Hope and Faith Get Randy|website=IMDb|access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref> He later produced the debut album of series winner [[Buddy Jewell]].<ref name=lipton>{{citation |last1=Lipton |first1=Michael |title=The Daddy Two-Step |newspaper=People |date=March 29, 2004 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20149671,00.html |access-date=April 9, 2009 |volume=61 |issue=12 |last2=Grisby |first2=Lorna}}</ref> In 2004, Clint appeared as himself in the TV show ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''. In 2008, Black was a contestant on a short-lived CBS reality show, ''[[Secret Talents of the Stars]]'', in which he practiced stand-up comedy.  The following year, he competed on the second season of ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. season 8)|Celebrity Apprentice]]''. He was fired after the eleventh task, placing himself in fifth place, although he returned as a member of [[Joan Rivers]]'s victorious team in the season finale.<ref name=dean /> In 2009, Black appeared on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]''.{{cn|date=October 2025}}

Black has enjoyed his television experiences, describing acting as "another way for me to expand my creative canvas.&nbsp;... I love to challenge myself."<ref name=actingcw>{{citation |title=Country Comes to Hollywood |url=http://www.countryweekly.com/vault/country-comes-hollywood |access-date=July 9, 2012 |date=June 16, 2004 |newspaper=Country Weekly Magazine}}</ref> He believes that most of his fans "just see me as a musician who is stepping into [television and film] temporarily and either doing it alright or not".<ref name=dean /> More recently, he appeared in the movies ''[[Flicka 2]]'' in 2010 and ''[[Flicka: Country Pride]]'' in 2012.{{cn|date=October 2025}}

On July 4, 2012, Black appeared on an episode of [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]'s reality series, ''[[Coming Home (2012 TV series)|Coming Home]]'', which documents servicemen and women returning to their loved ones in surprise reunions. In the episode, he is featured helping two children write a song about their Army captain father, who is returning from Afghanistan to surprise his family.<ref name="theboot">{{citation |last=Thompson |first=Gayle |title=Clint Black 'Coming Home' to Small Screen |work=The Boot |date=July 3, 2012 |url=http://www.theboot.com/2012/07/03/clint-black-coming-home/ |access-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref>

On July 24, 2012, Black is surprised by ''[[History Detectives]]'' on [[PBS]]. In the episode, the show pays a visit to his [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] residence, to uncover the story behind an artifact given to him by his wife decades ago.<ref name=theboot />

In 2020, Black and Lisa appeared in [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 4|season four]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'' as "Snow Owls", notably competing as the series' first duet competitors while riding in an egg-shaped vehicle.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/the-masked-singer-snow-owls-clint-black-lisa-hartman-black-interview/|title=''The Masked Singer''{{'}}s Snow Owls might release a Snow Owlbum inspired by their time on the show|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|author=Lauren Huff|date=November 11, 2020|access-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref>

Clint Black participated in the seventh season of ''[[Finding Your Roots|Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.]]'' His episode aired in 2021.{{cn|date=October 2025}}

Black co-wrote and performed the song ''"Devil's Den"'', which was part of the soundtrack for the first season of the [[Paramount+]] show ''[[Landman (TV series)|Landman]]''.{{cn|date=October 2025}}

==Musical styles and legacy==
{{expand-section|Voice type, song themes, etc.|date=September 2025}}
[[Merle Haggard]], [[Waylon Jennings]], [[George Strait]], and [[Willie Nelson]] are Black's biggest musical influences.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clint Black's musical influences run deep |url=http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20120202/ENT/302020025/Clint-Black-s-musical-influences-run-deep |publisher=RGJ |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref> His musical style encompasses traditional country,<ref>{{cite web |title=Clint Black Biography |url=http://www.bandbiographies.com/clint_black/biography.htm |access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref> honky-tonk and [[Western swing]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/08/05/clint-black-in-haggards-shoes/3a7d8bae-5684-4057-84de-0b0c0ca36db8/ |title=CLINT BLACK, IN HAGGARD'S SHOES |last=Joyce |first=Mike |date=August 5, 1991 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> His voice is described as a smooth baritone and was initially compared to Merle Haggard's.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Wolff |first1=Kurt |last2=Duane |first2=Orla |name-list-style=amp|title=The Rough Guide to Country Music |publisher=Rough Guides |page=509 |year=2000 |isbn=978-1858285344}}</ref> Black was self-taught on harmonica, guitar and bass at an early age.<ref name=graff /> On his studio albums he plays acoustic and electric guitars as well as harmonica.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clint Black Killin' Time |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/killin-time-mw0000199871/credits |publisher=Rovi |year=2012 |access-date=July 13, 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Black began dating actress [[Lisa Hartman]] in 1990.<ref name=mitchell1992 /> The couple kept their relationship very quiet. The first picture of the two of them together was not published until the week they were engaged.<ref>{{citation |last=Hodges |first=Ann |title=Clint Black will marry Lisa Hartman |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=October 1, 1991 |page=City and State, p. 1 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_813248 |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> The couple married in [[Katy, Texas]], in October 1991.<ref name=mitchell1992 />

Black and Lisa Hartman Black have a daughter, Lily Pearl Black, born in 2001. As of 2002, he and his wife reside in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], Tennessee, after living in [[Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles]], California.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanz |first1=Cynthia |title=Playing House |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20108470,00.html |website=People |access-date=December 28, 2014 |date=August 24, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lipton |first1=Michael |title=The Daddy Two-Step |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20149671,00.html |website=People |access-date=December 28, 2014 |date=March 29, 2004}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
[[File:Clint Black Walk of Fame 4-20-06.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Clint Black's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
=== Grammy Awards ===

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|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[32nd Grammy Awards|1990]]
|"[[Killin' Time (Clint Black song)|Killin' Time]]"
|[[Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance|Best Male Country Vocal Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|"[[A Better Man (Clint Black song)|A Better Man]]"{{efn-ua|name=fn1}}
|[[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]]
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[34th Grammy Awards|1992]]
|"Hold on Partner"{{efn-ua|name=fn2}}
|rowspan=2| [[Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals|Best Country Collaboration with Vocals]]
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[36th Grammy Awards|1994]]
|"[[A Bad Goodbye]]"{{efn-ua|name=fn3}}
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[39th Grammy Awards|1997]]
|"[[Like the Rain]]"
|rowspan=2| Best Male Country Vocal Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[40th Grammy Awards|1998]]
|"[[Something That We Do]]"
|{{nom}}
|-
|"[[Still Holding On]]"{{efn-ua|name=fn4}}
|rowspan=2| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[41st Grammy Awards|1999]]
|"Same Old Train"{{efn-ua|name=fn5}}
|{{won}}
|-
|"[[Nothin' but the Taillights]]"
|Best Male Country Vocal Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[42nd Grammy Awards|2000]]
|"[[When I Said I Do]]"{{efn-ua|name=fn6}}
|rowspan=2| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[47th Grammy Awards|2005]]
|"[[Hey, Good Lookin' (song)|Hey Good Lookin']]"{{efn-ua|name=fn7}}
|{{nom}}
|}

=== American Music Awards ===

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|-
! scope="row" |[[American Music Awards of 1990|1990]]
|rowspan=2| Clint Black
|[[American Music Award for Favorite Country New Artist|Favorite Country New Artist]]
|{{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[American Music Awards of 1991|1991]]
|[[American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist|Favorite Country Male Artist]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|''[[Killin' Time (Clint Black album)|Killin' Time]]''
|rowspan=2| [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Album|Favorite Country Album]]
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[American Music Awards of 1992|1992]]
|''[[Put Yourself in My Shoes]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Clint Black
|Favorite Country Male Artist
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[American Music Awards of 1994|1994]]
|"A Bad Goodbye"{{efn-ua|name=fn3}}
|[[American Music Award for Favorite Country Song|Favorite Country Single]]
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[American Music Awards of 1998|1998]]
|Clint Black
|Favorite Country Male Artist
|{{nom}}
|}

=== TNN/Music City News Country Awards & TNN Music Awards ===

{{awards table|caption={{Screen reader-only|TNN/Music City News Country Awards & TNN Music Awards and nominations}}}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3| [[24th TNN/Music City News Country Awards|1990]]
|rowspan=2| Clint Black
|Star of Tomorrow
|{{won}}
|-
|Male Artist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|''Killin' Time''
|Album of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[25th TNN/Music City News Country Awards|1991]]
|Clint Black
|Male Artist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[27th TNN/Music City News Country Awards|1993]]
|[[George Jones]] and Friends{{efn-ua|name=fn8}}
|rowspan=3| Vocal Collaboration of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Roy Rogers]] and Clint Black
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[28th TNN/Music City News Country Awards|1994]]
|Clint Black and [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|''[[Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles]]''
|Album of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4| 2000
|rowspan=4| "When I Said I Do"{{efn-ua|name=fn6}}
|Song of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Single of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|CMT Music Video of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Collaborative Event of the Year
|{{won}}
|}

=== Academy of Country Music Awards ===

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|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6| [[25th Academy of Country Music Awards|1990]]
|rowspan=2| Clint Black
|[[Academy of Country Music Award for New Male Artist of the Year|Top New Male Vocalist]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy of Country Music Award for Male Artist of the Year|Top Male Vocalist of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|-
|"A Better Man"
|rowspan=2| Single Record of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2| "Killin' Time"
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
|Song of the Year{{efn-ua|name=fn1}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|''Killin' Time''
|[[Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4| [[26th Academy of Country Music Awards|1991]]
|rowspan=2| Clint Black
|Top Male Vocalist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Academy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year|Entertainer of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| "[[Walkin' Away (Clint Black song)|Walkin' Away]]"
|Single Record of the Year
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
|Song of the Year{{efn-ua|name=fn11}}
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4| [[27th Academy of Country Music Awards|1992]]
|"[[Where Are You Now (Clint Black song)|Where Are You Now]]"
|Single Record of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Roy Rogers and Clint Black
|Top Vocal Duo of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=4| Clint Black
|Top Male Vocalist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| Entertainer of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3| [[28th Academy of Country Music Awards|1993]]
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
|Top Male Vocalist of the Year
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
|''[[The Hard Way (Clint Black album)|The Hard Way]]''
|Album of the Year
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5| [[29th Academy of Country Music Awards|1994]]
|"A Bad Goodbye"{{efn-ua|name=fn3}}
|Single Record of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Clint Black and [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]]
|Top Vocal Duo of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|''Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles''
|Album of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=4| Clint Black
|Top Male Vocalist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| Entertainer of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[30th Academy of Country Music Awards|1995]]
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
|Top Male Vocalist of the Year
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[33rd Academy of Country Music Awards|1998]]
|"Something That We Do"{{efn-ua|name=fn9}}
|Song of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[34th Academy of Country Music Awards|1999]]
|"Same Old Train"{{efn-ua|name=fn5}}
|rowspan=2| Top Vocal Event of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3| [[35th Academy of Country Music Awards|2000]]
|rowspan=2| "When I Said I Do"
|{{won}}{{efn-ua|name=fn6}}
|-
|Song of the Year
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
|Clint Black
|Top Male Vocalist of the Year
|{{shortlisted}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[40th Academy of Country Music Awards|2005]]
|"Hey Good Lookin'"{{efn-ua|name=fn7}}
|Top Vocal Event of the Year
|{{nom}}
|}

=== Country Music Association Awards ===

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|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3| [[1989 Country Music Association Awards|1989]]
|Clint Black
|[[Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year|Horizon Award]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2| "A Better Man"
|[[Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]{{efn-ua|name=fn1}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4| [[1990 Country Music Association Awards|1990]]
|rowspan=2| "Killin' Time"
|{{nom}}
|-
|Song of the Year{{efn-ua|name=fn1}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| Clint Black
|[[Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year|Male Vocalist of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year|Entertainer of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3| [[1991 Country Music Association Awards|1991]]
|''Put Yourself in My Shoes''
|[[Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| Clint Black
|Male Vocalist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Entertainer of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[1992 Country Music Association Awards|1992]]
|"Hold on Partner"{{efn-ua|name=fn2}}
|rowspan=3| [[Country Music Association Award for Musical Event of the Year|Vocal Event of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[1993 Country Music Association Awards|1993]]
|"[[I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair]]"{{efn-ua|name=fn10}}
|{{won}}
|-
|"A Bad Goodbye"{{efn-ua|name=fn4}}
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[1994 Country Music Association Awards|1994]]
|''Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles''
|rowspan=2| Album of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|''[[Rhythm, Country and Blues]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[1997 Country Music Association Awards|1997]]
|"Still Holding On"{{efn-ua|name=fn4}}
|rowspan=3| Vocal Event of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[2000 Country Music Association Awards|2000]]
|"When I Said I Do"{{efn-ua|name=fn6}}
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[2004 Country Music Association Awards|2004]]
|"Hey Good Lookin'"{{efn-ua|name=fn7}}
|{{nom}}
|}

{{notelist-ua|refs=
{{efn-ua|name=fn1|Nominated alongside co-writer [[Hayden Nicholas]]}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn2|Nominated alongside Roy Rogers}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn3|Nominated alongside [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]]}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn4| Nominated alongside [[Martina McBride]]}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn5|Nominated alongside [[Joe Diffie]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Alison Krauss]], [[Patty Loveless]], [[Earl Scruggs]], [[Ricky Skaggs]], [[Marty Stuart]], [[Pam Tillis]], [[Randy Travis]], and [[Dwight Yoakam]]}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn6| Nominated alongside [[Lisa Hartman Black]]}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn7|Nominated alongside [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Kenny Chesney]], [[Alan Jackson]], [[Toby Keith]], and [[George Strait]]}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn8|George Jones' "Friends" also includes: [[Vince Gill]], [[Mark Chesnutt]], [[Garth Brooks]], [[Travis Tritt]], Joe Diffie, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, [[T. Graham Brown]] and Patty Loveless}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn9|Nominated alongside co-writer [[Skip Ewing]]}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn10|Nominated alongside George Jones and Friends}}
{{efn-ua|name=fn11|Nominated alongside co-writers [[Hayden Nicholas]] and Dick Gay}}
}}

==Discography==
{{main|Clint Black discography}}
;Studio albums
*1989: ''[[Killin' Time (Clint Black album)|Killin' Time]]''
*1990: ''[[Put Yourself in My Shoes]]''
*1992: ''[[The Hard Way (Clint Black album)|The Hard Way]]''
*1993: ''[[No Time to Kill]]''
*1994: ''[[One Emotion]]''
*1995: ''[[Looking for Christmas]]''
*1997: ''[[Nothin' but the Taillights]]''
*1999: ''[[D'lectrified]]''
*2004: ''[[Spend My Time]]''
*2004: ''[[Christmas with You (Clint Black album)|Christmas with You]]''
*2005: ''[[Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic]]''
*2007: ''[[The Love Songs (Clint Black album)|The Love Songs]]''
*2015: ''[[On Purpose (album)|On Purpose]]''
*2020: ''Out of Sane''

===''Billboard'' number-one hits===
*"[[A Better Man (Clint Black song)|A Better Man]]" (1 week, 1989)
*"[[Killin' Time (Clint Black song)|Killin' Time]]" (1 week, 1989)
*"[[Nobody's Home (Clint Black song)|Nobody's Home]]" (3 weeks, 1990)
*"[[Walkin' Away (Clint Black song)|Walkin' Away]]" (2 weeks, 1990)
*"[[Loving Blind]]" (2 weeks, 1991)
*"[[Where Are You Now (Clint Black song)|Where Are You Now]]" (2 weeks, 1991)
*"[[When My Ship Comes In (song)|When My Ship Comes In]]" (2 weeks, 1993)
*"[[A Good Run of Bad Luck]]" (1 week, 1994)
*"[[Summer's Comin']]" (3 weeks, 1995)
*"[[Like the Rain]]" (3 weeks, 1996)
*"[[Nothin' but the Taillights (song)|Nothin' but the Taillights]]" (2 weeks, 1998)
*"[[The Shoes You're Wearing]]" (1 week, 1998)
*"[[When I Said I Do]]" (2 weeks, 1999)

==Filmography==
* ''[[The Masked Singer (American season 4)|The Masked Singer]]'' (2020) - Snow Owls (with wife Lisa)
* ''[[Flicka: Country Pride]]'' (2012) – Toby
* ''[[Flicka 2]]'' (2010) – Toby
* [[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]] "Good Run of Bad Luck" (2004) - Himself
* ''[[Anger Management (film)|Anger Management]]'' (2003) – Masseur
* ''[[The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch]]'' (2002) – Himself 
* ''[https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0200668/ Going Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040512180118/http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0200668/ |date=May 12, 2004 }}'' (2000) – Dr. Warren
* ''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack'' (1998) – [[Jack Favor|Cadillac Jack Favor]]
* ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'' (1994) – Sweet-Faced Gambler
* ''[[Wings (NBC TV series)|Wings]]'' "I Love Brian" (1993) – Himself
* ''Montana Christmas Skies'' (1991) – Clint Black, with [[John Denver]], [[Kathy Mattea]], [[Patty Loveless]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{citation |last=Brown |first=R.D. |title=Clint Black: A Better Man |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-671-86546-7}}

==External links==
* [http://www.clintblack.com/ Official website]
* {{IMDb name | id = 0004756}}

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