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The cover of Jason Aldean's self-titled CD, now platinum.
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The cover of Jason Aldean's self-titled CD, now platinum.
Jason Aldean (born February 28, 1977) is a country music artist.

In January 2004, Aldean signed with Broken Bow Records. Aldean, who sings in a honky-tonk tenor, released his debut album in 2005. The album and two singles from it have been successful (see box below). It was announced recently that his album has become platinum, after selling over 1,000,000 copies.

Recently the single Why reached #1 on the U.S. Country charts. This was Aldean's first #1 single

In May 2006, Aldean won his first career award, Academy of Country Music (ACM) New Male Top Vocalist.

Aldean is married to his high-school sweetheart, Jessica, and has a daughter Keeley.

Aldean is the nephew of Jim Wooten, Associate Editorial Page Editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Discography

Albums

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;" ! width="28" rowspan="2"| Year ! width="303" rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="2"| Chart Positions ! width="303" rowspan="2"| Album |-

! width="83"| US Hot 100 ! width="83"| US Hot Country |-

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Singles

| 2005 | "Hicktown" ! #68 ! #10 | Jason Aldean |- | 2005 | "Why" ! ! #1 | Jason Aldean |- | 2005 | "Asphalt Cowboy" ! - ! - | Jason Aldean |-

 


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