Global InformationJason Aldean information
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| Birth name | Jason Aldine Williams |
| Born | February 28, 1977 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Broken Bow |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica Ann Ussery
(m. 2001; div. 2013)Brittany Kerr (m. 2015) |
| Website | jasonaldean |
Jason Aldine Williams (born February 28, 1977),[2] known professionally as Jason Aldean, is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to Broken Bow Records, a record label for which he has released eleven albums and 40 singles. His 2010 album, My Kinda Party, is certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His 2012 album Night Train is certified double-platinum, while his 2005 self-titled debut, 2007 album Relentless, 2009 album Wide Open, and 2014 album Old Boots, New Dirt are all certified platinum. Aldean has received five Grammy Award nominations throughout his career, twice for Best Country Album.
27 of Aldean's 38 singles have reached #1 on either the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts with "Why", "She's Country", "Big Green Tractor", "The Truth", "Don't You Wanna Stay" (a duet with Kelly Clarkson), "Dirt Road Anthem", "Fly Over States", "Take a Little Ride", "The Only Way I Know" (a collaboration with Luke Bryan and Eric Church), "Night Train", "When She Says Baby", "Burnin' It Down", "Just Gettin' Started", "Tonight Looks Good on You", "Lights Come On", "A Little More Summertime", "Any Ol' Barstool", "You Make It Easy", "Drowns the Whiskey" (a duet with Miranda Lambert), "Girl Like You", "Rearview Town", "Got What I Got", "Blame It on You", "If I Didn't Love You" (a duet with Carrie Underwood), and "Trouble with a Heartbreak".
In 2023, he released "Try That in a Small Town", which was the subject of widespread media attention. Its music video was criticized for invoking imagery related to the 2020 George Floyd protests and for including clips filmed in front of the Maury County courthouse, the site of a 1946 race riot and a 1927 lynching of a Black man. The song became Aldean's first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ Rosen, Jody (August 11, 2013). "Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro-Country". Vulture.com. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.