Jason Aldean's Controversial Song "Try That in a Small Town" Debuts No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100 | THR News - video Dailymotion

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Jason Aldean's controversial song "Try That in a Small Town" is pulling in big numbers. Luminate, which tracks music sales and streams, says the song's streams have increased by 999 percent — from 987,000 to 11.7 million — in the week since the controversy surrounding the song exploded online.

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00:00Jason Aldean's controversial song Try That In A Small Town is pulling in big numbers.

00:05Luminate, which tracks music sales and streams, says the song's streams have increased by 999%,

00:12from 987,000 to 11.7 million in the weeks since the controversy surrounding the song exploded online.

00:20Aldean released the music video for Try That In A Small Town on July 14th, which caused a stir online.

00:26The video features the burning of the American flag, protests, looting, and more,

00:31and some have criticized it for promoting gun violence and taking aim at the Black Lives Matter movement.

00:36CMT pulled the song's music video from its rotation last Tuesday,

00:40when the clip only had roughly 350,000 views on YouTube.

00:44Now it's been viewed over 16.6 million times.

00:48The song also debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

00:54Many public figures like Sheryl Crow criticized the track in video,

00:58while Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and others voiced their support for Aldean.

01:03Aldean, one of country music's top stars, defended the song in a lengthy statement,

01:07calling claims made against the track not only meritless, but dangerous.

01:11During his concert over the weekend, Aldean also addressed cancel culture when speaking to his audience.

01:16Cancel culture is a thing, which means try and ruin your life, ruin everything.

01:21One thing I saw this week was a bunch of country music fans that could see through a lot of the bulls**t.

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