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Jeff Braun
Jeff Braun in his studio
Jeff Braun in his studio
Background information
Born (1989-08-09) August 9, 1989 (age 35)
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota
GenresPop, Rock, Country, Alternative, Indie
Occupation(s)Mix Engineer, Engineer
Years active2012–Present
Websitemixedbyjeffbraun.com

Jeff Braun (born August 9, 1989) is an American mixing engineer. He has mixed records for Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Nelly, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, Russell Dickerson, Elle King, Chris Young, The Band CAMINO, Ingrid Andress, Adam Doleac, Ben Rector, Seaforth, Lindsay Ell, Hunter Hayes, Granger Smith, LoCash, Sam Tinnesz and more.[1] Braun has mixed eighteen #1 songs, over a dozen #1's on Sirius XM's The Highway, and a CMA Award for "Single of the Year"[2] with Jason Aldean's "If I Didn't Love You" featuring Carrie Underwood. He currently[when?] resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Early years and personal life

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Braun was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was drawn to music at an early age, picking up the drums at 12 years old. While in school at Lakeville North High School, Braun was the captain of the drumline. He also joined a band where he performed in acts sharing the stage with bands such as Cartel, Gym Class Heroes and Quietdrive; as well as playing on the Vans Warped Tour. At age 18, Braun started recording and mixing local bands.

After high school, Braun attended Middle Tennessee State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Audio Production.[3] His studio was involved in the AES recording competition in the "Traditional Studio" category.[4] He also represented MTSU in Shure's 8th annual Fantastic Scholastic recording competition in which he won for the university over $11,000 in microphones.[5]

After graduation, he co-founded Forty-One Fifteen, a multi room studio facility located in East Nashville, Tennessee. After a few years of tracking he transitioned into mixing full time. Braun currently works out of his private mix room, "Anthem House".[6]

In May 2018, Jeff celebrated his first #1 song with Jason Aldean's song "You Make It Easy".[7] He was also nominated for his first CMA Award for "Single of the Year", with Aldean's song "Drowns the Whiskey (featuring Miranda Lambert)".[8] Shortly after, he was able to achieve another #1 with Mitchell Tenpenny's song "Drunk Me"[9] followed by two more #1's with Aldean for his songs "Drowns the Whiskey (featuring Miranda Lambert)" and "Girl Like You".[10] As of September 2023 Braun has mixed eighteen #1 songs on country radio and was recently nominated for CMA Single of the Year with Jelly Roll's "NEED A FAVOR."

Braun's mixes have also been used in movies and trailers such as The Emoji Movie, Pitch Perfect 3, The Walking Dead, Pretty Little Liars, Parenthood, Nashville, Shameless, and amongst many others.[11]

Mixing Discography

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Songs mixed by Jeff Braun.  
Mixing Discography
Year Artist Album Song Additional Info
2023 Jason Aldean Single Try That In A Small Town • #1 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• #1 Billboard Hot 100

• #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

Let Your Boys Be Country
Whiskey Drink
Tough Crowd
Kane Brown

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FAST X Soundtrack My City
Mitchell Tenpenny Single Bigger Mistakes
Tyler Hubbard Single A Lot With a Little
Jelly Roll Single Need A Favor - Rock Mix • #1 Hot Rock & Alternative - Billboard
Chris Young Single Looking For You • #13 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #37 Hot Country Songs - Billboard

Russell Dickerson ft. Needtobreathe Single Red Dirt Church
The Band Camino The Dark Told You So
Last Man In The World
What Am I Missing?
Adam Doleac Single Wrong Side of a Sunrise
Alana Springsteen Single Ghost In My Guitar
Single Twenty Something
Twenty Something: Messing It Up You Don't Deserve A Country Song
Goodbye Looks Good On You feat. Mitchell Tenpenny ATMOS Mix
Tennessee Is Mine
Should To Cry On
Mickey Guyton ft. Kane Brown Single Nothing Compares to You
Seaforth Single Been Better
Loud Music
Breland Single Thirsty
Tyler Farr Rednecks Like Me - EP Tell You About That
Questions
Silverado Gold
Jenna Paulette The Girl I Was Truck Boy
Anywhere The Wind Blows
You Ain't No Cowboy
Sun Keeps Coming Back Up
Stop And Smell The Horses
Fiddle And The Violin
One Two Step Away
We Know How To Friday Night
Make The World A Small Town
The Girl I Was
Home On The Range (Intro / Outro)
Dylan Scott Single I'll Be a Bartender
Levi Hummon, Walker Hayes Single Paying For It
Kimberly Perry Single Hallelujah
David J Single Traffic On a Backroad
Erin Kinsey Bet My Heart Stayed A Summer
Little More Cowboy
Bet My Heart
Alee Single Stop Making Trucks
John Morgan Remember Us - EP Won't Be As Good
Remember Us
Friends Like That
Cold Summer in San Antone
It Ain't the Leavin'
Ain't Been There Yet
Renee Blair Single Hillbillies & Betties
Tigerlilly Single Falalala Falling
Bryce Leatherwood Single The Finger
Austin Williams Single Stuck On Me
MaRynn Taylor Single Make You Mine
Jordana Bryant Jordana Bryant - EP Penniless & Broke
Riley Thomas Single I'll be Damned
2022 Jelly Roll Whitsitt Chapel Need a Favor • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs - Billboard • #1 Canada Country - Billboard

• #1 The Highway - Sirius XM • #3 Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• #3 US Rock Airplay - Billboard

Russell Dickerson Russell Dickerson Blame it on Being Young
She Likes It • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM

• #13 Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• #16 US Country Airplay - Billboard

RIAA Certified Platinum

• ATMOS Mix

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Over and Over
She's Why
Restless Road Single Sundown Somewhere
Single I Don't Want To Be That Guy
Single Growing Old With You • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM
Nightly I Wish You Loved Me I Wish You Loved Me
Lauren Weintraub This is Your Brain on Love Boston
Ex Appeal
Over Here Over Here
Before We Knew Too Much
Betty Who BIG! Big Co-Mixed
Weekend
Hey, It's Betty
Blow Out The Candle
I Can Be Your Man
She Can Dance
Someone Else
The Hard Way
One Of Us Co-Mixed
Amelia's Voicemail
Grown Ups Grow Apart
Jason Aldean Christmas in Dixie Christmas in Dixie
Georgia Whiskey Me Away
Trouble With A Heartbreak • #1 Three Weeks US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 Country Digital Song Sales - Billboard

• #4 Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• #2 Canada Country - Billboard

The State I'm In
Midnight And Missin' You
Ain't Enough Cowboy
God Made Airplanes
My Weakness
Holy Water
Rock And Roll Cowboy
Your Mama
Adam Doleac Barstool Whiskey Wonderland Don't It Sound Alright
Where Country Music Comes From
Barstool Whiskey Wonderland
Drinkin' It Wrong
Fake Love
Way Over You
What Kinda Night
Famous
Somewhere Cool With You
Mitchell Tenpenny This Is The Heavy This Is The Heavy
Good Place
Always Something With You
We Got History • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM

• #28 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #37 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

Truth About You • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 Canada Country - Billboard

• #1 The Highway - Sirius XM

• #33 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

Sleeping Alone
More Than Whiskey Does
Obsession
Good and Gone
Do You
Bucket List • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM
Cry Baby
Miss You Cause I'm Drinking
Elephant In The Room (feat. Teddy Swims)
Happy and I Hate It
Now We're Talking
Losers
Still Thinking 'Bout You
Long As You Let Me
That's How She Goes
The Low Light Sessions Horseshoes And Hand Grenades
Dear Jesus
Mama Raised The Hell Out Of Me
My Next Sad Song
I Know Something She Don't Know
I Can't Get Another You
Don't Make Me Choose
The Way You Are
Ben Rector What Makes A Man - Single What Makes A Man (feat. Thomas Rhett)
Lindsay Ell Right On Time - Single Right On Time • #8 Canada Country - Billboard

CCMA Single of the Year

Cole Swindell Stereotype Down To The Bar (feat. HARDY)
Stereotype • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM
Every Beer
Alana Springsteen History Of Breaking Up (Part Two) While You're At It
That Was All You
Jenna Paulette Slow Drawl - Single Slow Drawl
Bear Bailey Put Your Heart On My Tab - Single Put Your Heart On My Tab
Ben Gallaher Country In The House - Single Country In The House
Priscilla Block Off The Deep End - Single Off The Deep End
Seth Ennis Hair Ties (I Don't Wanna) - Single Hair Ties (I Don't Wanna)
Dylan Schneider Single Ain't Missin' You
College Town - EP College Town
Lost In A Small Town
21 And Over
Renee Blair Spf Me - Single Spf Me
Nightly Hate My Favorite Band - Single Hate My Favorite Band
On Your Sleeve - Single On Your Sleeve
2021 Elle King Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) - Single Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) (feat. Miranda Lambert) • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 The Highway - Sirius XM

• #1 Three Weeks Country Digital Song Sales - Billboard

• #4 Hot Rock & Alternative Songs - Billboard

• #6 Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• #12 Adult Top 40 - Billboard

• #11 Australia Country Hot 50 (TMN)

RIAA Certified Platinum

Mitchell Tenpenny Midtown Diaries To Us It Did • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM
Good Thing
I Can't Love You Any More
Bucket List • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM
Truth About You • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 Canada Country - Billboard

• #1 The Highway - Sirius XM

• #33 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

A Girl's Love
Don't Let Me Let You
She Hates Me Too
Naughty List Neon Christmas
Snow Angels
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Naughty List
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Don't Hang The Mistletoe
Joy To The World
Jingle Bell Rock
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
I Hope It Snows
O Holy Night
Jason Aldean Macon After You
Over You Again
That's What Tequila Does • #5 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #8 US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles - Billboard

• #30 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

Small Town Small
If I Didn't Love You • #1 Three Weeks US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 Country Digital Song Sales - Billboard

• #2 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• #1 Canada Country - Billboard

#4 Australia Country Hot 50 (TMN)

• #15 Hot 100 - Billboard

RIAA Certified Platinum

Story For Another Glass
Heaven
This Bar Don't Work Anymore
The Sad Songs
Watching You Love Me
Kane Brown Memory - Single Memory (feat. Blackbear) • #9 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• #17 Mainstream Top 40 - Billboard

• #12 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)

• Vocal Production / Engineered

Blessed and Free - Single Blessed and Free (feat. H.E.R.) Vocal Engineer
Chris Young Famous Friends At The End Of A Bar (feat. Mitchell Tenpenny) • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 Canada Country - Billboard

• #1 The Highway - Sirius XM

Love Looks Good On You
One Of Them Nights
Nelly Heartland Lil Bit (feat. Florida Georgia Line) • #1 Three Weeks Country Digital Song Sales - Billboard

• #1 Country Streaming - Billboard

• #3 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• #23 US Hot 100 - Billboard

• #16 US Top 40 - Billboard

• #20 Adult Top 40 - Billboard

• #35 Canadian Hot 100

RIAA Certified 3× Platinum

Music Canada Certified Platinum

Ms. Drive Me Crazy (feat. Darius Rucker & City Spud)
Grits & Glamour (feat. Kane Brown) Vocal Production / Engineered
Lindsay Ell It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Single It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
The Band CAMINO The Band CAMINO EVERYBODYDIES
Roses
Underneath My Skin
I Think I Like You • #12 Hot AC Charts
Who Do You Think You Are?
Sorry Mom
Just A Phase
Song About You
Damage
Look Up
Help Me Get Over You
Get It Your Way
Hastings Hastings - EP Blank Me
Right Now
Heart's Not In It
Restless Road Took One Look At Her Momma - Single Took One Look At Her Momma
Bar Friends - Single Bar Friends
Hometown Tonight - Single Hometown Tonight
Headlights - Single Headlights
Nightly Lose My Number - Single Lose My Number
Seth Ennis I Still Do - Single I Still Do
U-Turn - Single U-Turn
So Much / Just A Little - Single So Much
Just A Little
2020 Kane Brown Mix Tape Vol. 1 - EP Be Like That (feat. Swae Lee & Khalid) • #1 Two Weeks Canada CHR/Top 40 - Billboard

• #5 Canada Hot AC - Billboard

• #6 Canadian Hot 100 - Billboard

• #8 US Mainstream Top 40 - Billboard

• #11 US Adult Top 40 - Billboard

Vocal Engineering

Mitchell Tenpenny Can't Go To Church - Single Can't Go To Church • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM
Broken Up - Single Broken Up • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM
Granger Smith Country Things Country Things
Holler (feat. Earl Dibbles Jr.)
Workaholic (feat. Earl Dibbles Jr.)
Lindsay Ell Heart Theory Hits Me
How Good
I Don't Love You • #6 Canada Country - Billboard
Want Me Back • #1 Canada Country - Billboard

Music Canada Certified Gold

Get Over You
Wrong Girl
Body Language Of A Breakup
Good On You
The Other Side
Go To
Make You
Ready To Love
Seaforth Talk About - Single Talk About
Close Enough - Single Close Enough
Restless Road Restless Road - EP Take Me Home (feat. Kane Brown)
One Step Ahead
Tyler Farr Only Truck In Town - EP Only Truck In Town
Rachel Wammack What He Does - Single What He Does
ADONA Birds of Prey: The Album Hit Me With Your Best Shot
The Band CAMINO Crying Over You - Single Crying Over You (feat. Chelsea Cutler)
The Wolfe Brothers Kids On Cassette No Brakes • #1 Australia Country Radio
Tim Hicks Wreck No Truck Song • #1 Canada Country - Billboard

Music Canada Certified Gold

Gone West Canyons R & R
Jordan Rager Somebody's Summer - Single Somebody's Summer
2019 Jason Aldean 9 (RIAA Certified Gold) Tattoos and Tequilla
Blame It On You • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 Two Weeks Canada Country - Billboard

• #5 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

Champagne Town
Some Things You Don't Forget
Got What I Got • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 Canada Country - Billboard

• Five Weeks #1 Country Streaming - Billboard

• #2 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

RIAA Certified 2× Platinum

Keeping It Small Town
Camouflage Hat
Came Here To Drink
We Back • #1 Canada Country - Billboard

• #6 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #8 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

Dirt We Were Raised On
I Don't Drink Anymore
Cowboy Killer
One For The Road
Talk About Georgia
The Same Way
She Likes It
Kane Brown Like A Rodeo - Single Like A Rodeo RIAA Certified Gold
Good As You (Stripped) - Single Good As You (Stripped)
Mitchell Tenpenny Drunk Me (Acoustic) - Single Drunk Me (Acoustic)
Just To See You Smile - Single Just To See You Smile
Alcohol You Later (Acoustic) - Single Alcohol You Later (Acoustic) RIAA Certified Gold
Anything She Says - Single Anything She Says (feat. Seaforth) • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM

RIAA Certified Gold

Granger Smith Holler - Single Holler
Heaven Bound Balloons - Single Heaven Bound Balloons
LoCash Brothers Feels Like A Party • #26 US Country Airplay[12] - Billboard
God Thing
The Band CAMINO Tryhard What I Want
Hush Hush
Honest
See Through
Haunted
Farsighted
Break Me
Something To Hold On To - Single Something To Hold On To
Ingrid Andress Lady Like Both
Adam Doleac Famous - Single Famous • #1 The Highway - Sirius XM

RIAA Certified Gold

Jordan Rager Color Blind - Single Color Blind
The Wrong Ones - Single The Wrong Ones
Jon Mero Fun - Single Fun
Chase Martin Love Without You - Single Love Without You
Renee Blair Wearin' It Well - Single Wearin' It Well
Summadat - Single Summadat
Better Off - Single Better Off
Baylee Littrell 770 Country Boxes
Grow Up
2018 Jason Aldean Rearview Town• #1 Billboard 200

• #1 Top Country Albums - Billboard

Dirt to Dust
Set It Off
Girl Like You • Two Weeks #1 US Country Airplay[13] - Billboard

• #1 Canada Country - Billboard

• #5 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

RIAA Certified Platinum

You Make It Easy • Two Weeks #1 US Country Airplay[14] - Billboard

• Five Weeks #1 Country Digital Streaming - Billboard

• #1 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

• Two Weeks #1 Canada Country - Billboard

RIAA Certified 6× Platinum

Music Canada Certified 3× Platinum

Gettin' Warmed Up
Blacktop Gone
Drowns the Whiskey (feat. Miranda Lambert) • Two Weeks #1 US Country Airplay[15] - Billboard

• #1 Two Weeks Canada Country - Billboard

• #3 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

RIAA Certified Platinum

Rearview Town • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #1 Canada Country - Billboard

• #4 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

RIAA Certified Platinum

Love Me or Don't
Like You Were Mine
Better at Being Who I Am
I'll Wait for You
Ride All Night
Up in Smoke
High Noon Neon
Mitchell Tenpenny Telling All My Secrets Truck I Drove In High School
All On You
Goner
Chance Worth Taking
I Get The Picture
Drunk Me • #1 US Country Airplay - Billboard

• #6 US Hot Country Songs - Billboard

RIAA Certified 2× Platinum

Music Canada Certified Gold

Somebody's Got Me
Somebody Ain't You
Telling All My Secrets
Walk Like Him
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Single Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Hunter Hayes This Girl - Single This Girl
Josh Gracin Good For You - Single Good For You
Tim Hicks New Tattoo New Tattoo
1975
If The Beat's Alright
What A Song Should Do • #1 Canada Country - Billboard

Music Canada Certified Gold

Loud • Top 5 on Canada Country - Billboard

Music Canada Certified Gold

Gettin' To Me
The Worst Kind
Throw A Ball
Best I Can
Jon Mero Hey Marjorie - Single Hey Marjorie
Sam Tinnesz Hold Me Up - Single Hold Me Up
The Band CAMINO Fool Of Myself - Single Fool Of Myself
Know Me - Single Know Me
Less Than I Do - Single Less Than I Do
Kane Brown What Ifs (Remix) - Single What Ifs (Remix)
Heaven (Acoustic) - Single Heaven (Acoustic)
Amy Stroup Far Side Of The Sea - Single Far Side Of The Sea
Lost Ones - Single Lost Ones
Renee Blair Gotta Quit Drinking - Single Gotta Quit Drinking
Me Tonight - Single Me Tonight
Rajiv Dhall Empty Whiskey Glass - Single Empty Whiskey Glass
Happier - Single Happier
2017 Dylan Schneider Single How Does It Sound RIAA Certified Gold
Wave And Rome Be My Girl - Single Be My Girl
Nick Fradiani Where We Left Off We Live Forever
2016 Dylan Schneider 17 - EP Love The Girls
How Bad Could One Kiss Hurt
Gimme A Red Light
Want You Back
We've Been Here Before
Wannabe - EP You Heard Wrong
Two Black X's
50 Cent Lighter
Ruelle Game of Survival - Single Game of Survival
Madness - Single Madness
Nick Fradiani Hurricane Forget2ForgetU

RIAA Certifications

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Recording Industry Association of America's certified sales related to music mixed by Jeff Braun.[16]  
Certified Sales Song Artist Certification

Date

6× Platinum "You Make It Easy" Jason Aldean Sep 1, 2022
3× Platinum "Lil Bit" feat. Florida Georgia Line Nelly Sep 23, 2022
3× Platinum "Be Like That" feat. Swae Lee and Khalid Kane Brown Oct 27, 2022
2× Platinum "Got What I Got" Jason Aldean Sep 1, 2022
2× Platinum "Drunk Me" Mitchell Tenpenny Oct 10, 2019
Platinum "If I Didn't Love You" Jason Aldean Sep 1, 2022
Platinum "Rearview Town" Jason Aldean Dec 9, 2020
Platinum "Rearview Town" Album Jason Aldean Dec 9, 2020
Platinum "Drowns The Whiskey" feat. Miranda Lambert Jason Aldean Aug 8, 2019
Platinum "Girl Like You" Jason Aldean Dec 9, 2020
Platinum "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" feat. Miranda Lambert Elle King Mar 1, 2022
Platinum "Memory" feat. Blackbear Kane Brown May 9, 2022
Gold "Like A Rodeo" Kane Brown Feb 24, 2021
Gold "Anything She Says" feat. Seaforth Mitchell Tenpenny Oct 20, 2020
Gold "Alcohol You Later" Mitchell Tenpenny Jun 5, 2020
Gold "9" Album Jason Aldean Sep 1, 2022
Gold "Famous" Adam Doleac May 20, 2021

References

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  1. ^ "Jeff Braun - Credits". All Music. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ "CMA Award Nominees". CMA Awards. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Alumni, former students help keep MTSU in spotlight again at 2018 CMA Awards". Middle Tennessee State University - News. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ^ "API awards A2D to winner of AES student recording competition". API Audio. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ^ "MTSU Students Win National Competition". Music Row. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Story". Forty-One Fifteen - News. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. ^ "The Country Music Association Announce the 52nd Annual CMA Awards Nominees - News". Michael Knox - News. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. ^ "CMAs 2018 winners list: See who took home awards in country music". USA Today. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Mitchell Tenpenny Packs Tin Roof To Celebrate "Drunk Me"". Music Row. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Jason Aldean Commemorates 22nd Career No. One "Girl Like You" With Nashville Celebration". Jason Aldean - News. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Jeff Braun - News". Jeff Braun - News. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Billboard Country Airplay Charts - April 13, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Jason Aldean Hits #1 With "Girl Like You"". All Access. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Jason Aldean Scores 20th No. 1 as "You Make It Easy" Tops Country Charts". Nash Country Daily. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Jason Aldean Marks 21st No. Single With "Drowns The Whiskey"". Taste of Country. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Home". RIAA. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
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