Country music star Jason Aldean breaks his silence after Billboard snub as wife Brittany blames 'wokeness'

Jason Aldean has spoken retired aft being snubbed by Billboard's top state artists of all-time list, admitting that helium has a spot connected his shoulder.

Earlier this week, the outlet published an extended database of 100 champion state acts from the past century, factoring successful commercialized success, longevity, and enduring influence.

Dolly Parton topped the ranking astatine fig one, followed by Johnny Cash successful 2nd place, and Willie Nelson successful third.

Meanwhile Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams Sr, George Jones, Garth Brooks, Charley Pride, George Strait, and Merle Haggard completed the apical 10.

Despite having 27 singles connected the Hot Country Songs oregon Country Airplay charts, Jason was wholly overlooked connected the ranking – overmuch to the upset of his fans, his woman Brittany, and himself.

Jason, 47, voiced his uproar aft songwriter Kurt Allison, who penned his celebrated deed Try That successful a Small Town, slammed Billboard connected Instagram.

In a grid post, Kurt wrote: 'What a gag @billboard - but not astonishing considering the source.

'Despite holding the crown arsenic the reigning ACM Artist of the Decade with 28 fig 1 hits successful his backmost pocket, @jasonaldean was someway not listed arsenic 1 of Billboard's 100 Greatest Country Artists of All-Time.'

Responding to the upload, Jason said: 'This shouldn't travel arsenic a daze @kurtallison.

'And radical inquire if we inactive person a spot connected our enarthrosis and consciousness similar we person thing to prove???

'Hell yea we bash and this is simply a premier illustration why!! We'll conscionable support hammerin and bash what we do. Same arsenic we ever have.' [sic] 

Jason's woman of 9 years Brittany was arsenic furious by the snub and blamed Billboard's 'wokeness' for the oversight.

'Remember erstwhile I said it's been a travel lasting up for what we judge in?' she wrote connected her Instagram Stories.

'This is simply a premier illustration of Jason being near retired of things successful the industry.

'[Billboard] your wokeness evidently overrides your quality to springiness recognition wherever it's due, and it's sad.'

Jason's dismissal came conscionable weeks aft helium 'proudly' voted for Donald Trump successful the 2024 US Election.

'As a begetter and an American citizen, I privation to spot our state get backmost to its values and principles that made america large to statesman with,' helium wrote connected Instagram.

'Vote truthful our kids tin person a harmless and unafraid future. 

'I proudly voted for Trump and promote everyone to get retired contiguous and vote! It matters #noregrets.'

Earlier this week, Brittany predicted that recently re-elected President Trump volition 'do truly large things for this country' once he's sworn into bureau connected January 20.

'We cognize Trump personally, and he's conscionable specified an awesome man,' the 36-year-old make-up creator gushed to Fox News Digital connected Monday.

'But he's evidently going to bash truly large things for this state on with Elon [Musk] and RFK. 

'I mean, there's conscionable specified a slew of awesome radical close present that are, you know, going to assistance america each out, and we're each acceptable for a change, and we cannot hold for adjacent year.'

'We were precise supportive connected the run trail. We've really been supportive for years and years and years,' Brittany noted.

'And we received a ton of backlash initially. But I deliberation everybody's coming astir and things are – the tide is turning, and it's truly awesome to spot since we've been connected that vessel for a agelong time.'

This isn't the archetypal clip of precocious that Billboard has been called retired for its rankings.

Last month, Hailey Bieber slammed the outlet for standing her hubby Justin Bieber astatine fig 8 connected the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century list.

Furious by the placement, the Rhode Skincare laminitis wrote successful the comments of Billboard's Instagram post: 'Billboard is simply a f**king gag arsenic per usual!'