Several of their songs have also reached the Billboard Hot 100, with the number-25 peaks of 'Ain't Nothing 'bout You' and ' Red Dirt Road' being their highest there. The latter is also the duo's longest-lasting number-one single on that chart at six weeks. Stevenson song) and ' Ain't Nothing 'bout You', were the top country songs of 19, respectively, according to the Billboard Year-End charts. Two of these number-one songs, ' My Maria' (a cover of the B.W. They also have released 50 singles, of which 20 went to number one on the Hot Country Songs charts and 19 more reached top 10. They have recorded eleven studio albums, one Christmas album, and five compilation albums for the label. The duo signed to Arista Nashville after their foundation. Brooks also released an album for Capitol Records in 1989 and wrote hit singles for other artists. Before their formation, both members were solo recording artists, having charted two solo singles apiece in the 1980s. The duo was founded in 1990 through the suggestion of songwriter and record producer Tim DuBois. Brooks & Dunn are an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters.