1. Jason Aldean Aldine Williams was born in Macon, Georgia, on February 28,1977.
44 Facts About Jason Aldean
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Jason Aldean was raised by his mother in Macon, and during the summer he spent time with his father in Homestead, Florida.
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Jason Aldean attended Windsor Academy, a private Christian school in Bibb County, Georgia.
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Jason Aldean sang John Anderson's song "Seminole Wind" and Tracy Lawrence's "Sticks and Stones".
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Jason Aldean then began performing at area talent contests and local fairs.
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Jason Aldean was approached by Michael Knox, then of the Warner-Chappell song-publishing company.
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Jason Aldean was offered a recording contract but was dropped.
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Jason Aldean signed with another label but again was dropped in 2000 after his label postponed his recording sessions repeatedly.
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Frustrated and discouraged with his struggling career, Jason Aldean gave himself six months before planning to leave Nashville and return home to Georgia.
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Shortly after the release of his self-titled debut album, Jason Aldean picked up his new agent Kevin Neal.
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Jason Aldean earned the title "Top New Male Vocalist" at the 2006 ACM Awards.
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Jason Aldean spent most of January 2007, in the studio with producer Michael Knox to finish his second album, Relentless.
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The song was Jason Aldean's lowest-charting single both in the US and Canada, failing to reach the Top 10 on the country charts.
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Jason Aldean released his seventh single titled "She's Country" on December 1,2008.
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Jason Aldean performed with Bryan Adams on an episode of CMT Crossroads in the beginning of May, and the episode premiered on June 26,2009.
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At the 2010 CMT Music Awards, Jason Aldean picked up 3 nominations in Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for "The Truth", as well as Collaborative Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year for his performance of "Heaven" with Bryan Adams.
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Jason Aldean collaborated with Kelly Clarkson on the intimate duet "Don't You Wanna Stay".
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Jason Aldean collaborated with Ludacris for the song at the 2011 CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on June 8,2011.
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Jason Aldean performed "My Kinda Party" at the start of the 2011 Home Run Derby, which was broadcast on ESPN.
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Jason Aldean won the CMA award for Album of the Year in 2011 as well as the Musical Event of the Year with "Don't You Wanna Stay", his duet with Kelly Clarkson.
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Jason Aldean did state that it would not be on Night Train.
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Jason Aldean performed "My Kinda Party" during the People's Choice Awards on January 9,2013.
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On June 5,2013, Jason Aldean co-hosted the 2013 CMT Music Awards with actress Kristen Bell.
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On July 22,2014, Jason Aldean released a new single "Burnin' It Down".
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Jason Aldean is one of only three artists to achieve RIAA platinum sales certification on an album released this year.
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At the 2016 ACM Awards, Jason Aldean was awarded Entertainer of the Year for the first time in his career.
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Jason Aldean would go on to win that award in 2017 and 2018.
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In March 2017, Jason Aldean announced that he is working on his eighth album, titled Rearview Town, which was released on April 13,2018.
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Jason Aldean confirmed two other songs would appear on the album: "Gettin' Warmed Up" and "Set It Off".
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On October 1,2017, Jason Aldean had just begun performing "When She Says Baby" at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, when Stephen Paddock began firing into the crowd from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort.
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Jason Aldean performed at the 2019 Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum Concert and Induction Ceremony.
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On July 23,2021, Jason Aldean released the single "If I Didn't Love You", featuring Carrie Underwood.
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On July 18,2022, Jason Aldean released "That's What Tequila Does" to country radio as the third and final single off Macon, Georgia.
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In November 2022, Jason Aldean released his version of Alabama's "Christmas in Dixie".
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On May 19,2023, Jason Aldean released "Try That in a Small Town" as the lead single from his eleventh album.
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On September 30,2012, Jason Aldean admitted to having "acted inappropriately at a bar" with former American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr, responding to reports linking her and Jason Aldean.
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Jason Aldean owns part of a hunting company, Buck Commander, in partnership with former Major League Baseball players Adam LaRoche, Ryan Langerhans, and Tom Martin; Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty; and fellow country singers Luke Bryan and Tyler Farr.
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Jason Aldean owns Jason Aldean's Kitchen + Rooftop Bar, which opened in Nashville in 2018.
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Jason Aldean is a co-owner of the E3 Chophouse in Nashville with Luke Bryan and Adam LaRoche.
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Jason Aldean was the seventh highest-earning country musician making about $32.5 million in 2017.
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In 2017, Jason Aldean was on Forbes' Celebrity 100 list, being ranked at 98.
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Jason Aldean has supported raising awareness for breast cancer research since 2004, after losing a close friend to the disease.
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Jason Aldean has raised close to $4 million for cancer research through donating a portion of each ticket sale, special merchandise, VIP meet and greets, a donate button on his website, and his annual Concert for the Cure, most of which he has contributed to Susan G Komen for the Cure.
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Jason Aldean endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election.