Jason Aldean
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
(106 weeks)US |
Country2 (78 weeks) Country |
|
Live Sessions EP | - | - |
Country43 (3 weeks) Country |
||
2010 | My kinda party | - |
US2 × 4
(171 weeks)US |
Country1 (125 weeks) Country |
|
2012 | Night train | - |
US1 × 2
(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
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (27 weeks) Country |
||
2009 | Big Green Tractor Country Heat 2010 |
US18th × 3
(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
(31 weeks)US |
Country1 (23 weeks) Country |
with Kelly Clarkson
|
|
2011 | Dirt Road Anthem My Kinda Party |
US7th × 4
(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
(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
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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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
- ↑ Attack on concert in Las Vegas: death toll rises to over 50 - more than 200 injured. Der Spiegel , October 2, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: USA Switzerland
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Jason Aldean at Allmusic (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Aldean, Jason |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Williams, Jason Aldine (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Macon , Georgia, USA |