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'Small Town' Goes Big! Jason Aldean Song Hits Number One on Billboard Hot 100

By Eric Bolling Staff

PASADENA, CA - JULY 25: Jason Aldean performs during Kenny Chesney's The Big Revival Tour & Jason Aldean's Burn It Down 2015 at Rose Bowl on July 25, 2015 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Aldean has beaten cancel culture.

According to a Newsmax report, country music singer Jason Aldean’s song Try That in a Small Town has hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; the song had 30.7 million streams, 8.8 million radio airplay audience impressions, and sold 175,000 copies from July 21-27.

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Some seriously big numbers.

From Newsmax:

Aldean in May sparked uproar with the release of the song, which draws comparisons between city life and country life. The corresponding music video was recently made public.

Critics have raised concerns about certain lyrics in the song that they believe may promote gun violence. Particularly, there is a section where Aldean narrates a story about a gun he received from his grandfather, and he sings, “they say one day they’re gonna round up/Well, that s*** might fly in the city, good luck.”

Furthermore, concerns have been raised regarding the content of the accompanying music video, which depicts various scenes featuring protesters, some engaged in confrontations with the police.

Aldean responded to critics in a statement shared on social media.

“In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests,” Aldean wrote in a statement. “These references are not only meritless, but dangerous.”

He added: “There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.”



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