{"id":1988534,"date":"2023-08-02T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outrage-over-jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-backfires-as-song-tops-hot-100\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:38:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:38:58","slug":"outrage-over-jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-backfires-as-song-tops-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outrage-over-jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-backfires-as-song-tops-hot-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8216;Try That in a Small Town&#8217; Sparks Outrage, but Tops Hot 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foutrage-over-jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-backfires-as-song-tops-hot-100%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1988534&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Outrage\u200b Over Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8216;Try That in a Small\u200b Town&#8217; Backfires as Song Tops Hot\u2062 100<\/h2>\n<p>So, how\u2019s that social quarantine of \u201cTry That in a Small Town\u201d working?<\/p>\n<p>Weeks after Jason Aldean\u2019s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kids-are-more-likely-to-see-cardi-b-grinding-on-a-pole-than-dumbo-or-peter-pan-what-could-go-wrong\/\" title=\"Kids Are More Likely To See Cardi B Grinding On A Pole Than Dumbo or Peter Pan. What Could Go Wrong?\">hit song<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/popular-country-artist-goes-fully-woke-new-queer-love-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was accused<\/a> of being a \u201cdog\u2063 whistle\u201d for racist \u201cviolence\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outrage-over-jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-backfires-as-song-tops-hot-100\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' Sparks Outrage, but Tops Hot 100\">numerous mainstream\u2063 media \u2063publications<\/a> after its video \u200bwas\u200c published, the\u2062 country song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 \u2063singles chart\u2064 on Monday, giving Aldean his first\u200b single atop the\u2063 chart.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/jason-aldean-try-that-in-a-small-town-number-one-hot-100-country-hits-top-three-1235382220\/#recipient_hashed=87c91cb6f7c3bef8843b8e6fb6ffdcd835afd691d65df61a4fac92057c7f00dc&#038;recipient_salt=4ae5808f87b76ecdc83d2b728ac1c6c34add20ed3c6409345fd9815afa9fdc88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard<\/a> report on Monday announcing the \u2062latest Hot 100, \u2063this is the first time that country music has held the \u2063top\u200c three spots on the wider singles chart. \u2062Not only that, but all \u200dthree spots are held by songs and\/or artists that drive the left mad more than your usual ode to pickup trucks or \u2062small-town living.<\/p>\n<h3>Top Three Spots on the Chart<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Jason\u200d Aldean \u2062- \u200c&#8221;Try That in a\u200b Small Town&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Morgan Wallen &#8211; &#8220;Last Night&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Luke Combs &#8211; &#8220;Fast Car&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>However,\u2064 the\u200b jump\u200b from \u2063No. 2 last week to No. 1 this week was a huge\u200b one for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-goes-way-slam-jason-aldean-tony-bennett-obit-tribute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aldean<\/a>. Streams\u2062 for \u201cTry That\u201d were up 165 percent compared to last week, according to Billboard, and it also was up 21 percent in \u200bradio airplay\u200c impressions,\u2063 although straight-up\u200c sales were down 23 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The song still tops \u200cthe digital sales chart \u2062at that lower number, however, and it jumped from No. 37 to No. 3 in terms of streaming songs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Aldean managed to\u2062 set a record for\u200d longest time between first appearance on the Hot\u2063 100 and first No. \u200b1 single at less than\u200d a month\u2063 short of 18\u2064 years.<\/p>\n<p>Since\u200d \u201cHicktown\u201d debuted on the\u2064 chart on Aug. 13, 2005, Aldean has had 40 entries on the Hot 100 \u2014 but none have topped the \u2062charts.<\/p>\n<p>And\u200d ascension didn\u2019t come despite controversy, but rather because of\u200d it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn July 18, Billboard confirmed that CMT\u200c had pulled the official\u2064 video for \u2018Try That in a Small Town\u2019 \u2062after three days in rotation; \u2064the network declined \u2062to say why. \u200bFollowing CMT\u2019s decision, Aldean\u2064 posted \u2062a message \u2064to his Instagram Stories \u2063regarding the contrasting\u2064 reactions that the song \u2062and video have faced,\u201d \u2062Billboard noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe song\u2019s \u200bvideo was \u200dreleased on July 14, featuring footage of an American flag burning,\u2063 protesters in confrontation with police,\u200b looters breaking\u2062 a \u200cdisplay\u2062 case and thieves\u2063 robbing a convenience store; it has since been edited,\u200c cutting six seconds. The clip has prompted a firestorm of \u2064opinions about \u2063it and the song\u2019s intent and\u2063 messaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That \u201cfirestorm of opinions\u201d included a denunciation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rolling-stones-slam-jason-aldean-goes-sideways-flashback-support-ice-ts-cop-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by\u2063 Rolling Stone<\/a> \u2014 a music publication that once defended \u2064the singer behind \u201cCop Killer,\u201d\u2064 Ice-T. Because apparently \u201ctry that in\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">small town<\/a> \/ \u2063see how far \u200byou make it down the\u200d road\u201d is\u2062 much more offensive than \u201ccop killer, I know your momma\u2019s grieving (f*** her!) \/ cop killer, but tonight we get even, yeah! \u2064\/ Die, \u200ddie, die \u2063pig, die \/ F*** \u200bthe \u200bpolice, f*** the police, f*** the\u2062 police, f*** the\u200c police.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is \u2064the outlet \u2063that \u2063celebrated and defended Ice-T\u2019s \u201cCop Killer\u201d, and put him\u200b on\u2062 the\u200d cover in regards to that \u2063call for violence. Today, they are melting down\u2064 when Jason Aldean does not call out for violence directly.\u2062 Grow \u200dthe hell up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A0MOX7pYoN\">https:\/\/t.co\/A0MOX7pYoN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0uPqzs6x4n\">pic.twitter.com\/0uPqzs6x4n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cBrad\u200d Slager:\u2064 CNN+\u2063 Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartiniShark\/status\/1682098815858364416?\">July \u206420, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, while the music media keeps on wringing its hands, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jason-aldean-relates-small-town-song-boston-marathon-bombing-guys-get-better-anybody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans keep \u200don voting<\/a> \u2063with what they\u2019re \u200dlistening to \u2014 which, again, is country music at \u200cthe \u200ctop of a\u200c chart that usually sees pop acts at its upper echelons.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200dAldean\u2019s wife \u2064Brittany noted \u2062on \u2064Instagram, the media\u2019s agenda didn\u2019t pan \u2064out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvaWHYXp-Ck\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post \u2064on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvaWHYXp-Ck\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Brittany Aldean (@brittanyaldean)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWell,\u200d yesterday was a monumental \u200cday for @jasonaldean,\u201d she wrote Tuesday. \u201c#1 on the Billboard Hot 100\u200d Chart!!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA career first,\u201d she said, before adding: \u201cThat sure did backfire, didn\u2019t it?? The best fans EVERRRR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And gaining more\u200c every day, it seems \u2014 much to the horror of\u2062 mainstream \u2063and legacy music outlets who are more than willing to \u2062stand up \u200bfor\u200d the most heinous music, \u200bprovided it backs their worldview, \u2063but tries\u2062 to\u200d damn \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-crowd-erupts-jason-aldean-accepts-fans-gift-try-small-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Aldean<\/a> over a\u200b relatively mild song\u2062 simply because it refutes it.<\/p>\n<p>The post\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/outrage-jason-aldeans-try-small-town-backfires-song-tops-hot-100\/\">Outrage Over Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8216;Try That in a Small Town&#8217; Backfires\u2063 as Song Tops Hot 100<\/a> \u200dappeared first \u2064on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, how&#8217;s the social quarantine of &#8220;Try That in a Small Town&#8221; going? 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