Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' rockets to No. 2

Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' rockets to No. 2 on charts after music video controversy
LOS ANGELES — Jason Aldean 's "Try That in a Small Town" is experiencing exponential growth following controversy over its music video.

"Try That in a Small Town," which was released in May, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week just behind BTS's Jung Kook solo single "Seven," featuring Latto. The track experienced the biggest sales week for a country song in over 10 years.

According to Luminate, the song hit 11.7 million on-demand audio and video streams between July 14 and 20, marking a 1,000% increase from the previous week. Prior to the music video release on July 14, the track accounted for 987,000 streams in the U.S.