Jordan Davis Celebrates Career Milestone, Opens Up About CMA Fest & Next Musical Chapter [Exclusive]

When Jordan Davis moved to Nashville in 2012, he had one simple goal: to have a No. 1 song. Now, the country hitmaker is celebrating his 10th career chart-topper after “Turn This Truck Around” reached the top of the charts, a milestone he says feels “pretty special.”

“I remember moving to town just wanting one number one and so everyone after that has just been a true blessing. I’ve loved this song since the day we wrote it,” Davis told us while chatting backstage at CMA Fest.

While celebrating the success of his latest hit, Davis also took the CMA Fest stage at Nissan Stadium, a moment he says feels just as special as his very first CMA Fest appearance.

“I mean, this whole week, it’s just an awesome week, but tonight, getting to play the stadium is something that you dream of whenever you play your first CMA Fest. And it’s just as special tonight as it was that first night. Hopefully I won’t sweat as much as I did and be as nervous,” he joked. “But it’s hard not to look out and see so many just passionate country music fans and not get a little excited but yeah, I’m stoked.”

Over the years, Davis has worked his way through the various CMA Fest stages and reflected on his first time playing one of the festival’s smaller stages, where the crowd was much smaller.

“First one was … I mean, I don’t even know if there was 80 people out there,” he laughed.

CMA Fest was a busy week for Davis, who revealed he spent part of the week celebrating with fans in Nashville and the other part in the studio working on new music.

“We’re moving on to a new project. I’m excited about some of the songs I’ve written. We actually just cut our first batch of songs for this next record yesterday,” he revealed. “This week’s been half CMA Fest, half studio.”

He added, “We cut eight songs and I’ll be honest with you, I love all eight of them.”

As he prepares for the next chapter of his career, Davis will spend much of the summer on the road, with his family joining him for select shows.

“I’ll be on the road pretty much all summer. They’re coming out for a couple of shows.”

Now a seasoned performer on the Nissan Stadium stage, Davis will appear during “CMA Fest presented by SoFi” alongside Bailey Zimmerman, Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Deana Carter, Ella Langley, Fetty Wap, Florida Georgia Line, Gretchen Wilson, HARDY, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan, Michael McDonald, Molly Tuttle, The Red Clay Strays, Ricky Skaggs, Riley Green, Russell Dickerson, Shaboozey, Shay Morgan, Stephen Wilson Jr., Tim McGraw, Tucker Wetmore and Zach Top.

Hosted by Riley Green and Lara Spencer, the special airs Thursday, June 25, at 8/7c on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.