Morgan Wallen’s ‘Last Night’ Tops Hot Country Songs for 19th Week, Tying His Longest Reign
Written by djfrosty on June 21, 2023
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” adds a 19th week atop Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart (dated June 24), matching his longest command among seven career No. 1s.
“Last Night” retains the Hot Country Songs penthouse as it concurrently dominates Country Airplay for a seventh week (33 million impressions, down 2%). It also drew 29.6 million official streams and sold 7,000 in the United States June 9-15, according to Luminate.
The crossover hit also enters the top 10 on Adult Pop Airplay (11-8) and pushes to No. 9 on Pop Airplay. His ninth Country Airplay leader, it’s his first top 10 on the two pop tallies.
“Last Night” and “You Proof” are now tied with two other tracks for seventh place among the longest reigning titles since Hot Country Songs became an all-encompassing genre ranking in 1958.
Here’s a recap.
The Longest-Leading No. 1s on Hot Country Songs (since 1958):
- 50 weeks, “Meant to Be,” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, starting in December 2017
- 34, “Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt, February 2017
- 27, “I Hope,” Gabby Barrett, July 2020
- 24, “Fancy Like,” Walker Hayes, July 2021
- 24, “Cruise,” Florida Georgia Line, December 2012
- 21, “10,000 Hours,” Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber, October 2019
- 19, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, February 2023
- 19, “You Proof,” Morgan Wallen, May 2022
- 19, “The Bones,” Maren Morris, March 2020
- 19, “Walk on By,” Leroy Van Dyke, September 1961
- 18, “H.O.L.Y.,” Florida Georgia Line, May 2016
A ‘Lane’ to the Top 10
Old Dominion scores its 10th Hot Country Songs top 10 as “Memory Lane” pushes 11-10. It’s the act’s first title to reach the tier since “I Was on a Boat That Day” (No. 8 peak, October 2021).
On Country Airplay, “Memory Lane” lifts 9-7 for a new high (23 million, up 12%). Plus, it drew 7.3 million streams and sold 1,000 in the tracking week.
“Memory Lane” follows Old Dominion’s collaboration with Kenny Chesney, “Beer With My Friends,” which hit No. 35 on Hot Country Songs last September. Before that, “No Hard Feelings” reached No. 24 in August 2022. The band posted its initial top 10 with its first of 14 Hot Country Songs entries, “Break Up With Him,” which rose to its No. 3 best in October 2015.