Jason Aldean

Jason Aldean (2014)

Jason Aldean (born February 28, 1977 in Macon , Georgia ; real life Jason Aldine Williams ) is an American country singer . His most successful songs are She's Country (2008), Big Green Tractor (2009), Don't You Wanna Stay (2010, with Kelly Clarkson) and Dirt Road Anthem (2011), all of which have received multiple platinum awards.

Life

When Jason Aldean was three years old, his parents separated and he grew up alternately in Georgia and Florida . At the age of 14 he had his first appearance in Macon, other talent shows followed, and just a year later he was part of the house band of the Nashville South Club.

After graduating from high school, he traveled as a musician through the southeastern states and produced his own promo CD in 1996. Two years later he was discovered and signed by Warner-Chappell , but initially did not make a breakthrough.

In 2005 he tried again with the independent label Bow Records and brought out his first album, which bore his name as a title. It immediately made it into the top 10 of the US country charts, and the debut single Hicktown also reached number 10 in the Hot Country Songs ; the second single Why was there already number 1. The album Jason Aldean reached platinum , both singles gold status. Two years later he was able to build on it with his second album Relentless . This time the album reached number 1 on the country and number 4 on the Billboard 200 charts , and three single releases made it into the top 15 country songs.

In December 2008 the next song from his third album was released: She's Country is his most successful single to date, not only his second country number one hit with gold award, but also a top 40 hit in the general singles charts . The album Wide Open was released in April 2009 and barely missed the top of the chart, but like all albums quickly went gold.

An attack was committed on October 1, 2017 while Aldean was performing at the Route 91 Harvest festival near Las Vegas ; more than 50 people were shot.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		CH	US	Country
2005	Jason Aldean	-	US37 platinum (104 weeks)US	Country6 (104 weeks) Country
2007	Relentless	-	US4th platinum (53 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country
2009	Wide open	-	US4th × 2 Double platinum (106 weeks)US	Country2 (78 weeks) Country
	Live Sessions EP	-	-	Country43 (3 weeks) Country
2010	My kinda party	-	US2 × 4 Quadruple platinum (171 weeks)US	Country1 (125 weeks) Country
2012	Night train	-	US1 × 2 Double platinum (106 weeks)US	Country1 (97 weeks) Country
2014	Old Boots, New Dirt	-	US1 platinum (71 weeks)US	Country1 (80 weeks) Country
2016	They don't know	-	US1 gold (59 weeks)US	Country1 (70 weeks) Country
2018	Rearview Town	CH43 (1 week) CH	US1 gold (107 weeks)US	Country1 (... week) Country
2019	9	CH69 (1 week) CH	US2 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (... week) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2005	Hicktown Jason Aldean	US68 platinum (13 weeks)US	Country10 (28 weeks) Country
	Why Jason Aldean	US43 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (32 weeks) Country
2006	Amarillo Sky Jason Aldean	US59 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country4 (32 weeks) Country
2007	Johnny Cash Relentless	US68 gold (16 weeks)US	Country6 (26 weeks) Country
	Laughed Until We Cried Relentless	US61 gold (16 weeks)US	Country6 (36 weeks) Country
2008	Relentless Relentless	-	Country15 (23 weeks) Country
	She's Country Wide Open	US29 × 3 Gold (mastertone) + triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (27 weeks) Country
2009	Big Green Tractor Country Heat 2010	US18th × 3 Platinum (Mastertone) + triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (21 weeks) Country
	The Truth Wide Open	US40 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (23 weeks) Country
2010	Crazy Town Wide Open	US51 gold (17 weeks)US	Country2 (22 weeks) Country
	My Kinda Party My Kinda Party	US39 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (24 weeks) Country
	Don't You Wanna Stay My Kinda Party	US31 × 2 Double platinum (31 weeks)US	Country1 (23 weeks) Country	with Kelly Clarkson
2011	Dirt Road Anthem My Kinda Party	US7th × 4 Quadruple platinum (27 weeks)US	Country1 (29 weeks) Country	feat. Ludacris
	Tattoos on This Town My Kinda Party	US38 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (23 weeks) Country
2012	Fly Over States My Kinda Party	US32 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (24 weeks) Country
	Take a Little Ride Night Train to Georgia	US12 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (21 weeks) Country
	The Only Way I Know Night Train to Georgia	US40 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country5 (22 weeks) Country	with Luke Bryan and Eric Church
2013	1994 Night Train to Georgia	US52 gold (11 weeks)US	Country10 (20 weeks) Country
	Night Train Night Train to Georgia	US26th platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (25 weeks) Country
	When She Says Baby Night Train to Georgia	US38 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (26 weeks) Country
2014	Burnin 'It Down Old Boots, New Dirt	US12 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
	Just Gettin 'Started Old Boots, New Dirt	US54 gold (18 weeks)US	Country5 (24 weeks) Country
2015	Tonight Looks Good on You Old Boots, New Dirt	US46 (18 weeks) US	Country6 (25 weeks) Country
	Gonna Know We Were Here Old Boots, New Dirt	US54 (16 weeks) US	Country5 (26 weeks) Country
2016	Lights Come On They Don't Know	US43 gold (19 weeks)US	Country3 (26 weeks) Country
	A Little More Summertime They Don't Know	US52 (13 weeks) US	Country5 (25 weeks) Country
	Any Ol 'Barstool They Don't Know	US52 (18 weeks) US	Country5 (26 weeks) Country
2017	They don't know, they don't know	US67 (12 weeks) US	Country8 (24 weeks) Country
2018	You Make It Easy Rearview Town	US28 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (26 weeks) Country
	Drowns the Whiskey Rearview Town	US32 platinum (19 weeks)US	Country3 (26 weeks) Country	feat. Miranda Lambert
	Girl Like You Rearview Town	US46 (19 weeks) US	Country5 (26 weeks) Country
2019	Rearview Town Rearview Town	US40 (18 weeks) US	Country4 (35 weeks) Country
	We Back 9	US62 (... weeks) US	Country8 (27 weeks) Country
	Got What I Got 9	US46 (... weeks) US	Country7 (... weeks) Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2012	This Nothin 'Town Night Train	-	Country41 (1 week) Country
	Feel That Again Night Train	-	Country45 (1 week) Country
	I Don't Do Lonely Well Night Train	-	Country47 (1 week) Country
	Staring At The Sun Night Train	-	Country49 (1 week) Country
2014	Sweet Little Somethin ' Old Boots, New Dirt	US71 (2 weeks) US	Country17 (6 weeks) Country
	Two Night Town Old Boots, New Dirt	US76 (1 week) US	Country18 (4 weeks) Country
2015	Damn Good Friends Suffer in Peace	-	Country46 (1 week) Country	Tyler Farr with Jason Aldean
2016	Reason To Love LA They Don't Know	-	Country49 (1 week) Country
	In Case You Don't Remember They Don't Know	-	Country50 (1 week) Country
	The Way A Night Should Feel They Don't Know	-	Country35 (1 week) Country
	This Plane Don't Go There They Don't Know	-	Country40 (1 week) Country
2017	I won't back down	-	Country47 (1 week) Country	Recorded live from Saturday Night Live
2018	Gettin 'Warmed Up Rearview Town	-	Country33 (1 week) Country
	High Noon Neon Rearview Town	-	Country48 (1 week) Country
	I'll Wait For You Rearview Town	-	Country32 (2 weeks) Country
	Dirt To Dust Rearview Town	-	Country50 (1 week) Country

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2013	Drivin 'Around Song Declaration of Independence	US- gold US	Country41 (15 weeks) Country	Colt Ford feat. Jason Aldean
2016	Southern Boy Southern Boy EP	-	Country41 (8 weeks) Country	Jordan Rager feat. Jason Aldean
	Forever Country	US21 (4 weeks) US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country	as part of "Artists of Then, Now & Forever"
2019	Can't Hide Red Can't Say I Ain't Country	-	Country46 (1 week) Country	Florida Georgia Line feat. Jason Aldean

Video albums

• 2009: Wide Open Live & More! (US:platinum)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 2014: for the single The Only Way I Know 2014: for the Single Night Train 2018: for the album They Don't Know 2018: for the single Any Ol 'Barstool 2018: for the single Lights Come On 2018: for the album Rearview Town 2018: for the single Drowns The Whiskey 2018: for the single Girl Like You

Platinum record  Canada 2011: for the album My Kinda Party 2014: for the album Night Train 2018: for the single You Make It Easy

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	8 × gold8th	3 × platinum3	560,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	11 × gold11	39 × platinum39	43,600,000	riaa.com
All in all	19 × gold19th	42 × platinum42

swell

1. ↑ Attack on concert in Las Vegas: death toll rises to over 50 - more than 200 injured. Der Spiegel , October 2, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: USA Switzerland

Web links

Commons : Jason Aldean  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website (English)
• Jason Aldean at Allmusic (English)