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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.
[1]
Country Airplay, which was published for the first time in 2012, is based solely on country radio airplay, a methodology which had previously been used for several decades for Hot Country Songs.
[1]
At the start of the year, the number one song on the Hot Country Songs listing was "
Cruise
" by the duo
Florida Georgia Line
. After falling from the top spot at the end of January, the song rebounded to the top in April, beginning a run of 19 consecutive weeks at number one. Its final total was 24 weeks at the top of the chart, breaking the record which had stood since the 1940s for the most cumulative weeks spent atop one of
Billboard
'
s country song charts.
[2]
[3]
This revival of the song's fortunes was due to the late spring release of a remix featuring rapper
Nelly
, which proved extremely popular on pop music radio.
[4]
[5]
[6]
Thanks to the incorporation into the chart's methodology of airplay data from all radio formats, this support from top 40 radio allowed "Cruise" to hold the top spot throughout the summer.
[5]
[7]
The remix did not prove as popular on country radio, however, and by the late summer, the song was in the unusual position of topping the Hot Country Songs chart but receiving so few plays on country stations that it did not appear in the 60-position airplay listing at all.
[8]
"Cruise" was followed into the top spot on the Hot Country Songs chart by "
That's My Kind of Night
" by
Luke Bryan
, which spent 12 weeks at number one. Both acts were associated with
bro-country
, an emerging subgenre which incorporated elements from
hip hop music
and emphasized lyrics about partying, drinking, and attractive young women.
[9]
The dominance of the two songs on Hot Country Songs contributed to most of the chart-toppers on the Country Airplay chart not reaching the top of the other listing. Of the 31 songs which topped the airplay chart during 2013, only five also topped Hot Country Songs, and on only four occasions during the year was the same song at number one on both charts. Four acts who topped the airplay listing during the year achieved the first number ones of their careers. In February
Randy Houser
gained his first number one with "
How Country Feels
".
[10]
Pistol Annies
, a
supergroup
composed of female singers
Miranda Lambert
,
Ashley Monroe
, and
Angaleena Presley
, reached number one for the first time in June when they were featured on the song "
Boys 'Round Here
" by
Blake Shelton
,
[11]
Lambert's then-husband.
[12]
Brett Eldredge
was a first-time chart-topper when "
Don't Ya
" spent two weeks in the top spot at the end of August.
[13]
Finally, the band
Parmalee
reached number one for the first time when "
Carolina
" topped the chart in the issue of
Billboard
dated December 21.
[14]
Gary Allan
scored his first number one in more than eight years when "
Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)
" topped both the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts in February.
[15]
Chart history
[
edit
]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
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a
b
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May 24,
2013
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(1996).
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.
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b
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October 14,
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Jessen, Wade (August 1, 2013).
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.
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.
Archived
from the original on October 15, 2018
. Retrieved
October 14,
2018
.
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a
b
"Country Airplay chart for August 24, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on August 23, 2013
. Retrieved
August 19,
2013
.
- ^
Rosen, Jody
(August 11, 2013).
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.
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.
Archived
from the original on May 2, 2014
. Retrieved
June 18,
2020
.
- ^
Hudak, Joseph (March 14, 2016).
"How Randy Houser Is Putting the Voice Back in Country"
.
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.
Archived
from the original on October 15, 2018
. Retrieved
October 15,
2018
.
- ^
"Pistol Annies Chart History"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
October 15,
2018
.
- ^
"How Randy Houser Is Putting the Voice Back in Country"
.
Rolling Stone
. July 15, 2015.
Archived
from the original on July 10, 2018
. Retrieved
October 15,
2018
.
- ^
McClellan, Laura (July 9, 2017).
"10 Greatest Brett Eldredge Songs"
.
Taste of Country
.
Townsquare Media
.
Archived
from the original on October 15, 2018
. Retrieved
October 15,
2018
.
- ^
"Parmalee Chart History"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 17, 2021
. Retrieved
October 15,
2018
.
- ^
Trust, Gary (February 1, 2013).
"Weekly Chart Notes: Gary Allan's No. 1 Drought Ends With 'Rain'
"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 15, 2018
. Retrieved
November 14,
2018
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for January 5, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
December 27,
2012
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for January 5, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on January 4, 2015
. Retrieved
December 31,
2012
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for January 12, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
January 3,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for January 12, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2013
. Retrieved
January 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for January 19, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
January 10,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for January 19, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 30, 2013
. Retrieved
January 14,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for January 26, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
January 17,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for January 26, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 30, 2013
. Retrieved
January 21,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for February 2, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 25, 2014
. Retrieved
January 24,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for February 2, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 30, 2013
. Retrieved
January 28,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for February 9, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
January 31,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for February 9, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2013
. Retrieved
February 4,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for February 16, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on February 17, 2013
. Retrieved
February 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for February 16, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2013
. Retrieved
February 11,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for February 23, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on February 23, 2013
. Retrieved
February 14,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for February 23, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on February 22, 2013
. Retrieved
February 18,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for March 2, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 4, 2013
. Retrieved
February 21,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for March 2, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 6, 2013
. Retrieved
February 25,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for March 9, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 5, 2013
. Retrieved
February 28,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for March 9, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 18, 2013
. Retrieved
March 4,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for March 16, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 19, 2013
. Retrieved
March 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for March 16, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 18, 2013
. Retrieved
March 11,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for March 23, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 20, 2013
. Retrieved
March 14,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for March 23, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on May 26, 2013
. Retrieved
March 18,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for March 30, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
March 21,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for March 30, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 28, 2013
. Retrieved
March 25,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for April 6, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
March 28,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for April 6, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on May 27, 2013
. Retrieved
April 1,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for April 13, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
April 4,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for April 13, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on May 27, 2013
. Retrieved
April 8,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for April 20, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
April 18,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for April 20, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on January 28, 2014
. Retrieved
April 15,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for April 27, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 17, 2014
. Retrieved
April 18,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for April 27, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 11, 2014
. Retrieved
April 25,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for May 4, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
April 25,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for May 4, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on April 30, 2013
. Retrieved
April 29,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for May 11, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
May 2,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for May 11, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2013
. Retrieved
May 6,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for May 18, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on May 13, 2013
. Retrieved
May 16,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for May 18, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on May 13, 2013
. Retrieved
May 13,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for May 25, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
May 16,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for May 25, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 30, 2013
. Retrieved
May 16,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for June 1, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 10, 2014
. Retrieved
May 23,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for June 1, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
May 27,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for June 8, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
May 30,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for June 8, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 28, 2013
. Retrieved
June 3,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for June 15, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
June 6,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for June 15, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 28, 2013
. Retrieved
June 11,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for June 22, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 21, 2014
. Retrieved
June 13,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for June 22, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2013
. Retrieved
June 17,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for June 29, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 10, 2014
. Retrieved
June 20,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for June 29, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 28, 2013
. Retrieved
June 24,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for July 6, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 24, 2014
. Retrieved
June 27,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for July 6, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 8, 2014
. Retrieved
July 1,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for July 13, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
July 4,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for July 13, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 28, 2013
. Retrieved
July 8,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for July 20, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
July 11,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for July 20, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2013
. Retrieved
July 15,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for July 27, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on August 1, 2013
. Retrieved
July 18,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for July 27, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2013
. Retrieved
July 22,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for August 3, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
July 25,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for August 3, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 11, 2014
. Retrieved
July 29,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for August 10, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
August 1,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for August 10, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 31, 2013
. Retrieved
August 6,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for August 17, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
August 8,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for August 17, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 17, 2014
. Retrieved
August 12,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for August 24, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
August 15,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for August 31, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on August 26, 2013
. Retrieved
August 22,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for August 31, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on August 28, 2013
. Retrieved
August 26,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for September 7, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
August 29,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for September 7, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on April 29, 2014
. Retrieved
September 9,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for September 14, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 15, 2014
. Retrieved
September 5,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for September 14, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 8, 2013
. Retrieved
September 9,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for September 21, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on January 5, 2015
. Retrieved
September 12,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for September 21, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 15, 2014
. Retrieved
September 16,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for September 28, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 15, 2014
. Retrieved
September 19,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for September 28, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 22, 2013
. Retrieved
September 23,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for October 5, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
September 26,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for October 5, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on October 4, 2013
. Retrieved
September 30,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for October 12, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
October 3,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for October 12, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 7, 2014
. Retrieved
October 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for October 19, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 11, 2014
. Retrieved
October 10,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for October 19, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 24, 2014
. Retrieved
October 14,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for October 26, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on January 17, 2015
. Retrieved
October 17,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for October 26, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on June 22, 2014
. Retrieved
October 21,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for November 2, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 11, 2014
. Retrieved
October 24,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for November 2, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 3, 2014
. Retrieved
October 28,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for November 9, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 26, 2014
. Retrieved
October 31,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for November 9, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 3, 2014
. Retrieved
November 4,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for November 16, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on January 4, 2015
. Retrieved
November 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for November 16, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 10, 2014
. Retrieved
November 11,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for November 23, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on January 14, 2015
. Retrieved
November 14,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for November 23, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 16, 2021
. Retrieved
November 18,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for November 30, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 11, 2013
. Retrieved
November 21,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for November 30, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 8, 2014
. Retrieved
November 25,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for December 7, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 24, 2014
. Retrieved
November 28,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for December 7, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on July 13, 2014
. Retrieved
December 3,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for December 14, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on January 1, 2015
. Retrieved
December 5,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for December 14, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 24, 2014
. Retrieved
December 9,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for December 21, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
December 12,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for December 21, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on December 14, 2013
. Retrieved
December 16,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Songs chart for December 28, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on November 16, 2014
. Retrieved
December 19,
2013
.
- ^
"Country Airplay chart for December 28, 2013"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on March 24, 2014
. Retrieved
December 23,
2013
.
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