Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay are charts that rank the top-performing country songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. Hot Country Songs ranks songs based on digital downloads, streaming, and airplay from radio stations of all formats, a methodology introduced in 2012. [1] Country Airplay, which was first published in 2012, is based solely on country radio airplay, a methodology that had previously been used from 1990 to 2012 for Hot Country Songs. [1]
The year began with "I Remember Everything" by Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart and Nate Smith's "World on Fire" topping the Country Airplay listing, both songs retaining that position from the last issue of 2023. [2] [3] Both songs remained at number one throughout January, with the latter retaining its position on the airplay chart throughout the entirety of February as well. In the issue dated February 24, Beyoncé, a singer primarily associated with R&B and pop music, gained her first country number one when "Texas Hold 'Em" topped Hot Country Songs, [4] making her the first African-American female artist to achieve a chart-topper in the genre. [5] [6] After ten weeks in the top spot, it was displaced by "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey, who had guested on Beyoncé's 2024 album Cowboy Carter . It was his first country number one and marked the first time that two African-American artists had topped the listing back-to-back in its 66-year history. [7] In the issue dated May 25, Post Malone, another singer not traditionally associated with country music, gained his first number one in the genre when "I Had Some Help", featuring Morgan Wallen, topped Hot Country Songs. [8] As of the issue dated November 16, every song to top the Hot Country Songs listing during the year has also topped Billboard's all-genre multimetric songs chart, the Hot 100, [9] highlighting country music's unprecedented level of mainstream success in 2024. [10]
In the issue dated February 24, "World on Fire" logged its tenth consecutive week atop Country Airplay, tying the record for the longest-running number one based solely on country radio plays held by Wallen's 2022 song "You Proof". [11] A week later, it was replaced by Warren Zeiders' debut single "Pretty Little Poison", the first of eight consecutive one-week chart-toppers. It was the first debut single to top the chart since Smith's "Whiskey on You" thirteen months earlier. [12] In April, Chayce Beckham, winner of the 2021 season of TV's American Idol , gained his first number one with "23". It was the first country radio number one to be solely written by the singer who performed it since Taylor Swift's "Ours" in 2012. [13] In July, Ernest achieved his first number one as a performer when he collaborated with Wallen on "Cowgirls"; Ernest had written nine previous number ones for other artists. The song displaced "I Had Some Help" at the top, making it the first time since 2002 that an act scored back-to-back number one singles based on country radio play, and only the second time that such a distinction had been accomplished since Billboard began publishing a chart based on airplay on country stations in 1990. [14] In addition to its success on Hot Country Songs and the Hot 100, when "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" spent its seventh week at number one on Country Airplay in the issue dated September 14, it became the longest-running number-one debut single on that chart. [15] In contrast to the artists reaching number one for the first time, when Kenny Chesney topped Country Airplay with "Take Her Home" in June it extended his own record for the most number ones based on plays at country music radio to 33 over a span of 27 years. [16] Three months later, Blake Shelton scored his 29th number one single when his collaboration with Malone, "Pour Me a Drink", reached number one, tying him with Tim McGraw for the second-most number ones based on airplay. [17] Wallen has had the most number one singles during 2024, having had six songs top one or both charts. Jelly Roll has had three chart-toppers and Malone and Kane Brown are the only other acts to achieve more than one number one single during the year, with two each.
The Radio Songs chart is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres. It is one of the three components, along with sales and streaming activity, that determine the chart positions of songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 positions but was shortened to 50 positions in October 2012.
Country Airplay is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States since October 20, 2012, although the magazine also retrospectively recognizes the Hot Country Songs charts from January 20, 1990, through October 13, 2012, as part of the history of the Country Airplay listing. The chart lists the 60 most-listened-to records played on 150 mainstream country radio stations across the country as monitored by Nielsen BDS, weighted to each station's Nielsen ratings.
"Perfect" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran from his third studio album, ÷ (2017). After the album's release, it charted at number four on the UK Singles Chart. On 21 August 2017, Billboard announced that "Perfect" would be the fourth single from the album. The song was serviced to pop radio on 26 September 2017 as the third single from the album in the United States. The second version of the single, titled "Perfect Duet", with American singer Beyoncé, was released on 1 December 2017. Another duet with Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, titled "Perfect Symphony", was released on 15 December 2017.
Morgan Cole Wallen is an American country pop singer and songwriter. He competed in the sixth season of The Voice, originally as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team. After being eliminated in the playoffs of that season, he signed to Panacea Records, releasing his debut EP, Stand Alone, in 2015.
"Whiskey Glasses" is a song written by Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish, and recorded by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was first included on his 2016 EP The Way I Talk, and was released as the third single from his 2018 studio album, If I Know Me.
American singer Morgan Wallen has released three studio albums, four EPs, 25 singles, seven promotional singles, and 13 music videos. On the US Billboard Hot 100 as of October 2024, Wallen has garnered three number-one songs: “Last Night", "I Had Some Help" and “Love Somebody”. Wallen also has charted 69 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 32 reaching the top-40, 20 reaching the top-20, 11 reaching the top-10, and four reaching the top-5. On the US Billboard 200, as of October 2024, Wallen has accumulated two number one albums with both peaking the chart for ten consecutive weeks or longer, and has accumulated 29 weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200, with only Garth Brooks having more weeks at number one for a country music artist.
"Chasin' You" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released in July 2019 as the fourth single from his 2018 studio album, If I Know Me. Wallen wrote the song, along with Jamie Moore and Craig Wiseman.
"Wasted on You" is a song by American country music singer Morgan Wallen, released to country radio on March 7, 2022, as the fourth single and final single from his 2021 album Dangerous: The Double Album. Wallen wrote the song with Ryan Vojtesak, Ernest Keith Smith, and Josh Thompson. Before its release as a single, "Wasted on You" topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at the time of the album's release in January 2021.
"Sand in My Boots" is a song recorded by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released to country radio on August 23, 2021 as third single from his second studio album Dangerous: The Double Album.
"You Proof" is a song by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released as a promotional single on May 13, 2022, before being released to country radio on July 18, 2022. The song was written by Wallen, along with Ashley Gorley, Ernest Keith Smith, and Ryan Vojtesak and is the lead single from Wallen's third studio album One Thing at a Time.
"Cuff It" is a song by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé from her seventh studio album, Renaissance (2022). It was released as a single after the album as a digital download, followed by a 7" vinyl release in 2023. The song was written and produced by Beyoncé, Nova Wav, Morten Ristorp, Raphael Saadiq and The-Dream, with additional writing by Nile Rodgers. The song contains an interpolation of "Ooo La La La", written by Teena Marie and Allen McGrier and performed by Teena Marie. It impacted rhythmic and urban contemporary radio in the United States on October 4, 2022.
"Last Night" is a song written by John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Ryan Vojtesak. It was recorded by American country music singer Morgan Wallen, the third single from his 2023 album One Thing at a Time. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs in February 2023.
"I Had Some Help" is a song by American rapper and singer Post Malone featuring American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released through Republic and Mercury Records as the lead single from Malone's sixth studio album, F-1 Trillion, on May 10, 2024. Malone and Wallen wrote the song with producers Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, and Hoskins, alongside Ernest, Ashley Gorley, and Chandler Paul Walters.