LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Male singers regularly photographed wearing a hat are usually covering up a receding hairline.

Jason Aldean has had six Top 10 country singles. His new album, "Wide Open," is just out.

But not Jason Aldean. He has a full head of hair, and wears a cowboy hat to signify his commitment to country music.

The same is true for his well-fitting jeans and cowboy boots.

It's a formula that seems to be working. The 32-year-old rising star has just notched his sixth Top 10 country single with "She's Country," the lead track off his third CD, "Wide Open" (Broken Bow).

We caught up with the Georgia native in his dressing room before a recent sold-out show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California. The following is an edited version of the interview.

Jason Aldean: Definitely a cowboy hat in L.A. makes you stand out a little bit.

CNN: It's a fashion statement in L.A.

Aldean: It is! You've got to wear it with confidence, too.  Watch Aldean talk about his new album »

CNN: Are you nervous about your new album?

Aldean: I wouldn't say I'm nervous. If you have an album that you're kind of on the fence about, then yeah, you would be kind of a little nervous.

CNN: Have you ever had one of those -- or if you had, would you admit it?

Aldean: When we went in to record the second album (2007's "Relentless," which went gold), I think it was a good album, but I felt like I was under a lot of pressure recording that album -- more than the other two. You hear people talking about the sophomore slump and all that stuff, and so I think all that stuff sort of got to me after a while.

Combined with being on the road 200 to 250 days [a year], I just didn't have that much fun recording it. I was exhausted. And so going into this third album, I just feel like mentally, I was back in the right place.

CNN: As an artist, do you ever really think you got it right?

Aldean: If at any point you're recording an album and you think it's the greatest thing that you've ever done, and you'll never be able to top it, then you should probably quit. Michael Jackson -- he made "Thriller," so I can see why he might have said, "I'm done." But even he kept making records.

CNN: Were you a Michael Jackson fan growing up? Did you moonwalk as a kid?

Aldean: Of course! I had my glove and everything. Used to wet my hair so it looked like a Jheri curl. (Cracks up)

CNN: Who else did you listen to as a kid?

Aldean: Guns N' Roses -- the '80s rock stuff. Then I was into John Mellencamp, and Bob Seger and a lot of the Southern rock stuff -- the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Marshall Tucker Band. I listened to a lot of different kinds of music.

CNN: Are you finding that the economy has affected ticket sales? Is it harder to sell out shows these days?

Aldean: I think everybody has kind of seen a little bit of a hit. We're no different. We've tried to make it more affordable for people to come to a show with lower ticket prices [most of the time in the $20-40 range]. Maybe go in and play a show for less money than we would normally go in to play a show for, just so people can afford to come out and buy a ticket.

I mean, you're looking at 200 bucks if you've got a wife and two kids -- and then by the time you come there and buy a couple of T-shirts, or some drinks or
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