Carter started his performing profession at seven years old, as the lead artist of a band named Dead End. He cleared out the band following two years in light of the fact that they were inclining towards elective music and he needed to do pop. He showed up, singing a spread of The Jets' "Smash on You", during the inaugural for the Backstreet Boys in March 1997 at Berlin. After the performance was over there was a record contract, and towards the end of 1997, he discharged his first single, "Smash on You". His first full-length collection was discharged on December 1, 1997. The eponymous introduction collection accomplished gold status in Denmark, Germany, Canada, Norway, and Spain and then was discharged in the United States on June 16, 1998.

On January 23, 2011, Carter's chief Johnny Wright reported that Carter had entered a treatment office "to recuperate some passionate and profound issues he was managing." After entering the office, Carter's first message to his fans was, "The primary thing in life is not to be anxious about being human." On February 10, 2011, it was proclaimed that Carter had effectively finished a month of recovery at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Carter was booked to perform a second profit show for Audrianna Bartol on February 5, 2011 in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY and a profit for the extremist association, "Four Years. Go", was initially booked for February 24, 2011 in Manville, New Jersey.

His next collection, Aaron's Party (Come Get It) was discharged in the United States in the year 2000 under the Jive name. The collection sold more than 1.5 million duplicates in the United States. The collection incorporated the hit singles, "I Want Candy", "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "That is How I Beat Shaq" and "Skip", which the melodies got airplay on Disney and Nickelodeon. He likewise showed up on Nickelodeon and opened up a few shows for Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys. In December of that year, the collection went platinum and he started dating teenager performer Hilary Duff.

On November 22, 2013, Carter documented a liquidation request to shed more than 3.5 million USD in obligation, generally expenses owed from the cash made at the tallness of his notoriety. "This is not a negative thing," Carter marketing specialist Steve Honing told CNN. "It's quite positive. It's him doing what he needs to do to push ahead". The appeal states that Carter's greatest lender is the U.S. government; "he owes the Internal Revenue Service 1.3 million dollars in back duties from his wage in 2003, when Carter was only 16". Carter is presently on a visit, which completes in December, however he reports just acquiring around 2,000 US dollars a month. His costs downright $2,000 a month, on the grounds that he exists with a relative in Florida when he is not on tour.