Chris Stapleton banks his second No. 1, among five top 10s, on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart, as “You Should Probably Leave” ascends to the summit of the Feb. 12-dated list. In the tracking week ending Feb. 6, the song increased by 4% to 27.1 million impressions, according to MRC Data.
The song – which Stapleton wrote with Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley, and produced with Dave Cobb – follows Stapleton’s first Country Airplay leader, “Broken Halos,” for a week in March 2018.
Before “Probably,” Stapleton reached No. 2 with his two most recent Country Airplay entries as a lead artist: “Starting Over” (April 2021) and “Millionaire” (March 2019). He first hit the top 10 with “Nobody to Blame” (No. 10, April 2016).
The track is from Stapleton’s fourth full-length, Starting Over, which debuted as his fourth No. 1 on Top Country Albums in November 2020.
On the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart, “Probably” holds at its No. 2 high. It drew 6.9 million U.S. streams and sold 2,700 downloads in the tracking week ending Feb. 3.
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Meanwhile, “Probably” is one of three songs that Stapleton is currently charting on Country Airplay, as he’s featured on Adele’s “Easy on Me” (39-38; 1.9 million, down 4%) and Taylor Swift’s “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)” (45-44; 1.3 million, down 2%). The songs have hit Nos. 25 and 23, respectively, on the ranking.
‘DRUNK’ DIALS UP TOP 10 Elle King and Miranda Lambert’s “Drunk (and I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” climbs into the Country Airplay top 10 (11-10; 16.2 million, up 11%).
The collaboration, which King co-penned with Martin Johnson, marks her second Country Airplay top 10 in as many tries, following her featured turn on Dierks Bentley’s “Different for Girls,” which led for a week in October 2016.
King broke through with her blues-pop hit “Ex’s & Oh’s,” which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2015. The song topped Adult Pop Airplay and became her first of four top 10s on Adult Alternative Airplay.
Amid its Country Airplay climb, “Drunk” hit No. 12 on Adult Pop Airplay last September.
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Lambert lands her 15th Country Airplay top 10, a sum that includes six leaders. “Drunk” follows her own “Settling Down,” which reached No. 6 last June. Concurrently, her “If I Was a Cowboy” holds at its No. 22 high (7.9 million, up 3%).
EVEN MORE ‘DANGEROUS’ Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album dominates Top Country Albums for a 44th week, with 41,000 equivalent album units (up less than 1%).
The set takes sole possession of the third-longest reign in the history of Top Country Albums, which dates to January 1964. Luke Combs’ This One’s for You and Shania Twain’s Come on Over each ruled for a record 50 weeks, starting in June 2017 and November 1997, respectively; now in fourth place, Randy Travis’ Always and Forever led for 43 weeks beginning in June 1987.
Current Dangerous single “Sand in My Boots” steps 4-2 for a new high on Country Airplay (24.1 million, up 7%). It pushes 5-4 on Hot Country Songs, also a new best, after drawing 6.1 million streams and selling 2,600.
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‘ENDS’ BEGINS Aaron Lewis, founding member and lead vocalist of hard rock band Staind, earns his fifth Top Country Albums top 10, as Frayed at Both Ends bounds in at No. 5 with 15,000 equivalent album units earned (11,000 in album sales).
The set’s “Am I the Only One” blasted in atop Hot Country Songs last July, granting Lewis his first No. 1 on the chart.
The LP follows Lewis’ State I’m In, which opened at its No. 2 peak on Top Country Albums in April 2019. That set marked Lewis’ first country album since Sinner, which became his second Top Country Albums leader upon its debut in October 2016. He made his country debut with his EP Townline, which debuted at No. 1 in March 2011, while his first solo LP, The Road, debuted and peaked at No. 7 in December 2012.
‘OLD’ IS NEW No. 1 Restless Road earns its first No. 1 on Country Digital Song Sales with “Growing Old With You.” The ballad surged by 86% to 5,300 sold in the week ending Feb. 3, with the trio – Zach Beeken, Garrett Nichols and Colton Pack – having performed it on ABC’s The Bachelor Jan. 31.
The coronation follows the group’s team-up with Kane Brown, “Take Me Home,” which hit No. 7 in March 2020.
On Hot Country Songs, the new single arrives at No. 49, marking the threesome’s first appearance.
Restless Road is set to launch its Bar Friends Tour April 6 in Milwaukee.
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