Country Sensation Keith Anderson Starts Today Off Right with NBC Performance as One of People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors

NASHVILLE, TN. (Arista Nashville) - Dynamic new Arista Nashville recording artist Keith Anderson has been winning fans fast with a hit debut single and last month's release of Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll, an all-out, true-to-its-title showcase of Anderson's songwriting and charismatic performance style. And while his music has been turning heads, apparently that's not all, with today's announcement that Keith joins such fellow celebrities as Brad Pitt, Usher, Matthew McConaughey, Jamie Foxx, and Colin Farrell among People magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors.

Anderson's inclusion in the coveted, widely read edition was revealed this morning on NBC's Today, which featured Keith multiple times through the broadcast, including a playful Dating Game segment, as well as a 'Today's Rising Star' spotlight performance of Keith's Top 15-and-climbing hit, 'Pickin' Wildflowers,' which closed the show.

The 50 Hottest Bachelors issue of People, on stands this Friday, was unveiled on Today by People's Danielle Dubin, who hailed Keith as 'a singer who's on the rise and someone to watch for and listen to...'

Post-show enthusiasm over Anderson was enormous, with Today show viewer lines and e-mails jammed with enthusiastic ladies wanting to meet Keith, while in addition to autographs at the show, Anderson also signed photos for some 450 employees at the Time Life building, home to People magazine.

Anderson is fresh off a jam-packed schedule that found the Oklahoma native helping kick off Nashville's 2005 CMA Music Festival concerts, in addition to appearing on this past weekend's edition of GAC – Great American Country's televised Grand Ole Opry Live.

Keith's Arista Nashville debut disc, Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll, released May 3 to a welcome reception that saw the disc debut at No 13* on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, while debut single, 'Pickin' Wildflowers,' continues in full bloom this week at No 11* in R&R and No 13* in Billboard.