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Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay are charts that rank the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. Hot Country Songs ranks songs based on digital downloads, streaming, and airplay not only from country stations but from stations of all formats, a methodology introduced in 2012. [2]
Willie Nelson sets a new record as the oldest artist to achieve a number one country song at age 70. [69] 2004: 2005: The chart's name changes to Hot Country Songs. Josh Gracin becomes the first American Idol finalist to achieve a country number one. [2] [70] [71] 2006: George Strait achieves his 41st number one, breaking Conway Twitty's record.
Sam Hunt set a new record for the longest-running number-one country song when "Body Like a Back Road" spent 34 weeks atop the Hot Country Songs listing. Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay are charts that rank the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. Hot Country Songs ranks songs based on digital downloads, streaming, and airplay not only ...
The Weeknd (pictured) has four songs on the Year-End list, with "Save Your Tears" (with Ariana Grande) and "Blinding Lights" ranking at #2 and #3; in addition, "Blinding Lights", previously the biggest performing song of 2020, was crowned by Billboard as the most successful Hot 100 single of all time, dethroning Chubby Checker's "The Twist". [3]
Rodrigo's "Drivers License" was 2021's longest running number-one single by a female artist, with eight consecutive weeks atop. Taylor Swift scored her career's eighth number-one song this year with " All Too Well (Taylor's Version) ", which broke the 49-year-old Hot 100 record of Don McLean 's " American Pie " (1972) to become the longest song ...
At the end of a year, Billboard will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot 100 chart based on the information. For 2017, the list was published on December 11, calculated with data from December 3, 2016 to November 25, 2017. [1]
August 8 – Glen Campbell, 81, country and pop singer and musician from the 1960s onwards, best known for songs such as "Gentle on My Mind", "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights" (Alzheimer's Disease). August 16 – Jo Walker-Meador, 93, first ever full-time employee of the Country Music Association who later became its longest-serving ...
January 4 – Florida Georgia Line duo members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley announce plans to release solo music, but will not be separating. [1]January 20 – Following the release of his album Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen becomes the first artist to have six songs in the top ten of the Hot Country Songs charts at the same time. [2]