Aldean announces "9"

"Early on I always thought if we ever got to make nine albums, I'm going to call it '9.' It was my baseball number growing up, and it's just kind of always been my lucky number," said Aldean. "I remember cutting the first album and thinking 'that's forever away,' and now here we are. I don't know, it's really special we made it this far - so, it's more for me than anybody else - but, it means a lot."

Aldean offers fans a preview of the new album today with the release of four of its tracks. "Blame It On You," "I Don't Drink Anymore," "Keep It Small Town" and the lead single "We Back."

"When I came into country music and made my mark, it was with a banger," Aldean adds. "But we haven't put out a lot of that stuff over the last couple years. So we got this song and to me it just says what it says: 'Thought we were gone, but you're wrong - now it's on.'"

Aldean's last album was "Rearview Town," which came out in April 2018.