‘Again’ for the First Time: Chase Matthew Hits Country Airplay Top 10 With His Debut Single

Chase Matthew reaches the top 10 of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as his rookie single, “Love You Again,” rises a spot to No. 10 on the Aug. 10-dated survey. During the July 26-Aug. 1 tracking week, the track increased by 3% to 16.3 million audience impressions, according to Luminate.

The 26-year-old Matthew, from Sevierville, Tenn., co-wrote the song with Casey Brown and Taylor Phillips. It’s from his album Come Get Your Memory, which entered at its No. 8 peak on Heatseekers Albums in June 2023, becoming his second top 10; Born for This hit No. 2 in February 2022.

Meanwhile, “Love You Again” reaches the Country Airplay top 10 in its 62nd chart week, completing the second-longest trip to the tier in the chart’s 34-year history. Brett Young’s “You Didn’t” hit its No. 10 best in April 2023 in its 70th frame.

Currently on tour, Matthew makes his next stop in Scranton, Pa., on Aug. 3.

Two-Week No. 1 ‘Song’

Shaboozey leads Country Airplay for a second week with “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The track, up 4% to 32.6 million in reach, is only the fourth of the 17 singles that have hit No. 1 in 2024 to have dominated for multiple weeks.

The song by the Virginia native (born Collins Obinna Chibueze) also bullets at No. 3 on Rhythmic Airplay and No. 5 on both Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay. Check out Billboard’s deep dive into the song’s historic radio crossover and how it and other tracks are scoring at multiple formats, as well as Hit Songs Deconstructed’s analysis of its sonic composition.

On lists dated Aug. 3, “A Bar Song” spent its seventh frame at No. 1 on the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart and a third week atop the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.