Remember When Jason Aldean Released His Debut Album? Jason Aldean was just another country singer looking for a break when he released his debut album on July 26, 2005, but the runaway success of the record changed that practically overnight. The Georgia native was already a veteran of more than one record deal that didn't pan out, and as he recalled at the opening of his exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2017, he was on the verge of moving back to Georgia when a start-up indie label named Broken Bow Records offered him a deal. Born Jason Aldine Williams, the singer changed his name to Jason Aldean because of a well-known Nashville session player named Jason Williams and titled his debut album