Jason Aldean's song, 'Try That In A Small Town,' rose to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It marked the country star's first No. 1 song on the Hot 100.
Billboard reported"Try That In A Small Town" had drawn 30.7 million streams, up 165% over the week of July 21-27, per Luminate, which tracks streams and music sales. Over that period, the song also received 8.8 million radio airplay audience impressions, up 21%, and had sold 175,000 units, down 23%.
Aldean has strongly denied the claims. Critics have also blasted Aldean over the music video, the majority of which was filmed at a Tennessee courthouse that was the site of the 1927 lynching of an 18-year-old Black man named Henry Choate and a pivotal site during the Columbia race riot in 1946. TackleBox, the company that produced the music video, told Fox News Digital the courthouse is a"popular filming location outside of Nashville" that has been featured in a number of music videos and movies.
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