Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean Dedicates “Try That In A Small Town” to Donald Trump After Assassination Attempt
Jason Aldean dedicated his controversial song “Try That In A Small Town” to Donald Trump on Sunday after the former president was shot in an assassination attempt. A day after Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, PA, Aldean took the stage in Nashville, where he commented in support of the presumptive GOP presidential […]
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How Jason Aldean Cynically Built “Small Town” to Appeal to Trump Country
When Jason Aldean released “Try That in A Small Town” in May, the response was, well, small-scale. The song debuted at No. 35 on Billboard’s Hot country songs chart and fizzled out of the Top 50. Then he dropped the controversial music video, eight weeks after the song’s release, and the country star is having […]
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After Controversy, Jason Aldean Song’s Streams Jump 999 Percent as It Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100
Jason Aldean’s controversial song “Try That in a Small Town” is pulling in big numbers. Luminate, which tracks music sales and streams, says the song’s on-demand audio and video streams have increased by 999 percent — from 987,000 to 11.7 million — in the week after the chatter about the song exploded online. Sales for […]
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CMT Pulls Controversial Jason Aldean Music Video, Country Singer Defends Song
Jason Aldean is defending his new controversial song and music video that was pulled by CMT, calling claims made against the track “not only meritless, but dangerous.” After Aldean released “Try That in a Small Town” in May and its accompanying music video on Friday, it was criticized for promoting gun violence and taking aim […]
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ACM Awards: Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson Own the Night
Garth Brooks named Dolly Parton the GOAT of country music, Chris Stapleton won his first-ever entertainer of the year title and Lainey Wilson continued her rise to stardom at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards. Parton closed the two-hour awards show Thursday with a performance of her rock anthem “World on Fire,” taken from […]
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