Jason Aldean. The single that launched that album? "Hicktown." "Hicktown" was Aldean's first offering to country radio ever, and it peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Aldean has the eighth-most Country Airplay top 10s since the chart launched in 1990. Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and George Strait are tied for first with 61 each. He also scores simultaneous Country ...

John Morgan connected with Jason Aldean through an Uber driver he started writing with more than a year after they first met.