Chris Young‘s new album, A.M., is out this week, featuring his latest hit single, “Aw Naw.” Chris recently talked about some of his goals for the album, and he said that he thinks you’ll hear the fun that went into the making of A.M. — a project that he would love to see become his second Gold album…and maybe more! (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Look for Chris’ A.M. album at your favorite music seller, including here, on iTunes!
• Get in on some of the fun of Chris’ album release week as he answers questions live on his Facebook page this Friday, September 20th, from 5 ’til 5:30pm, ET. Check it out at Facebook.com/ChrisYoungMusic!
• Chris was featured in Tuesday’s USA Today, and you can check out the story and USA Today‘s Five Questions video feature on the paper’s website here.
• Thankfully, Chris emerged just fine from his recent hospitalization, and he says that his recovery included its share of laughs, thanks to his friends. (AUDIO INFO BELOW) 

  Chris Young talks about some of his goals for his new A.M. album. (:53)
“I would be lying if I said that at some point…you know, I’ve been lucky enough to have a Gold record that at some point I don’t want a Platinum one. There’s definitely a lot more goals for me to reach and a lot of things that I need to achieve as an artist I think that are left on the board for me. There’s a lot of things left for me to do — and I think this record’s just another step in that direction. I think one of the things that I’ve always done before is have at least one or two fun tempos, but they’ve never been the songs picked as singles. And I really went out of my way to make the tempos on this record stand out. It’s why we led with ‘Aw Naw.’ And I think that’s probably the most important thing that I did on this record that makes it different from what I’ve done in the past. And it’s fun. I mean, I just had a lot of fun makin’ this record. You listen to it top to bottom, and I think you can tell.”

  Chris Young says that he got some good-natured teasing around his recent hospitalization. (:28) (note content)
“I’m still in the hospital, and people are like, ‘Aw naw!’ So it’s like, that was funny. I was crackin’ up readin’ stuff, and of course, like, all of my friends are the friends that are like, ‘Are you okay?’ and then laugh at you. So, I had one of my buddies text me, and he goes, ‘Dude, are you okay?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, they should be movin’ me out of the ICU tomorrow,’ and he went, ‘Damn! I had a whole bunch of your stuff that I was gonna unload if you weren’t doin’ so hot.’ (laughs) I was like, ‘Thank you, I really appreciate that. I’m glad you care.'”