Aaron Dupree Tippin (born July 3, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter. AllMusic describes his music as a mixture of honky-tonk songs, sentimental ballads and patriotic working-class anthems. Before becoming a recording artist, he was a staff songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, where his compositions were recorded by artists including Charley Pride, Mark Collie and David Ball. He signed with RCA Nashville in 1990, and his debut single, "You've Got to Stand for Something", became a top-ten country hit during the Gulf War.

Tippin has had three number-one singles on the Billboard country chart: "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio" (1992), "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" (1995) and "Kiss This" (2000). After five studio albums for RCA, he recorded for Lyric Street Records from 1998 to 2005 and later released music independently. In 2026, he signed with 8 Track Entertainment and released the single "American Sky".

Tippin was born in Pensacola, Florida, and grew up on a family farm near Greer, South Carolina. He graduated from Blue Ridge High School near Greer. He began playing guitar at age ten and learned to fly from his father, a former pilot. Tippin received a pilot's license at 15 and was licensed for commercial multi-engine aircraft at 20, after which he worked as a corporate pilot.

After leaving aviation, Tippin played banjo in the Dixie Ridge Runners and later fronted Tip and the Darby Hill Boys, which performed in clubs across a four-state region. At age 22, he obtained a commercial driver's license and hauled dry freight for Carolina Western and Cooper Motor Lines. He also worked as a farmhand, pipe welder and heavy-equipment operator.

Tippin competed unsuccessfully on TNN's talent series You Can Be a Star. When he began pursuing songwriting in Nashville around 1986, he brought a video of that appearance with him. With songwriter and publisher Charlie Monk's assistance, Tippin secured a songwriting agreement and later a staff position at Acuff-Rose Music. His compositions were recorded by Charley Pride, David Ball, Mark Collie and the gospel group the Kingsmen. A demo tape led to his recording contract with RCA in 1990.

Tippin signed with RCA Records Nashville in 1990 after performing in a Nashville nightclub. His debut single, "You've Got to Stand for Something", was released that October, and the album of the same name followed on January 22, 1991. The song reached number six on the Billboard country chart. It also became associated with the Gulf War, and Tippin performed for troops on a Bob Hope-organized USO tour. Reviews of the album emphasized its traditional country sound and Tippin's working-class perspective.

His second album, Read Between the Lines, appeared in 1992. "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio" spent three weeks at number one, while "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way" and "My Blue Angel" reached numbers five and seven, respectively. The album sold more than one million copies and became his first top-ten country album.

Call of the Wild followed in 1993. Its lead single, "Workin' Man's Ph.D.", reached the country top ten, and the title track reached the top 20. The 1994 album Lookin' Back at Myself was less successful commercially, although "I Got It Honest" peaked at number 15.