The Jason Aldean of 2024 is a megastar with more than 25 No. 1 songs to his name and awards statues that require multiple mantels.
But it wasn&#8217;t always shiny and easy.
Aldean had a tooth-and-nail climb to success, and it was often dark, he recalls in a new interview with Taste of Country Nights: On Demand.
Before &#8220;Hicktown&#8221; became a hit, he says it was really bad.
&#8220;I was starving, I had a brand new 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢. My oldest daughter had just been born, I didn&#8217;t have any money,&#8221; Aldean remembers. Daughter Keeley Ann Williams was born in 2003.
&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t thinking longterm. It was like, &#8216;I need to get this song going just so I can generate some money to, like, keep from losing my house and to be able to buy diapers.&#8217; Those kind of things.&#8221;
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He worked hard to provide, but never could have imagined how far his star would rise.
&#8220;For it to turn into what it has, I never &#8230; I dunno, maybe I was just kind of naïve to the point of thinking that it could ever become this.&#8221;
Truly, he was just trying to survive day to day. He&#8217;d go on to sign a record deal with his longtime label home Broken Bow Records in 2005, releasing his debut album and debut single, &#8220;Hicktown,&#8221; that year, too.
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&#8220;I was very much small potatoes, going, &#8216;I need to make 5 grand, so I need to make 5 grand today somehow, how does this happen?&#8217; It was more like survival,&#8221; Aldean admits.But in 2024, a now 47-year-old Aldean can&#8217;t even count his studio albums on his fingers, and he lost the ability to count his hits long ago. He&#8217;s remarried and has four kids now, 3 girls and a son, and he has no plans to retire from music, despite being quite comfortable.

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Jason Aldean Recalls Lowest Point of His Career: ‘Starving, Brand New Baby, It Was Like Survival’