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Zach Bryan zooms from No. 16 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Sept. 9), becoming the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time, thanks to his new LP, Zach Bryan.
The set, released Aug. 25 via Belting Bronco/Warner Records, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 200,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, according to Luminate. It becomes his first No. 1 album, after he charted five prior sets – all since only June 2022: American Heartbreak (No. 5 peak), Summertime Blues (No. 34), All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster (Live From Red Rocks) (No. 88), Elisabeth (No. 92) and Deann (No. 167).
All 16 of the new release’s tracks concurrently debut in the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, led by “I Remember Everything” featuring Kacey Musgraves at No. 1. It’s the first Hot 100 leader for each singer-songwriter.
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All 16 tracks also debut on the Hot Country Songs chart, with six in the top 10. Bryan is just the third act to land at least six in the top 10 at once, after Morgan Wallen (a record nine) and Taylor Swift (seven).
Bryan is just the second country act to top the Artist 100 in 2023, after Wallen, who has led the chart for eight weeks this year (among 13 total weeks on top). One country act ruled in 2022 (Luke Combs), after two each led in 2021 (Wallen, Eric Church), 2020 (Combs, Kenny Chesney) and 2019 (Combs, Thomas Rhett). (Still, country music is surging in 2023, thanks in large part to Wallen.)
Meanwhile, Bryan becomes just the the second country male soloist to simultaneously triple up at No. 1 on the Artist 100, Hot 100 and Billboard 200, after Wallen, who has scored four such weeks, including the most recent such frame among all artists: On the April 22 charts, he led the Artist 100 and paced the Hot 100 with “Last Night” and the Billboard 200 with One Thing at a Time.
Elsewhere on the latest Artist 100, Miley Cyrus jumps 22-7, driven by her new single “Used to Be Young.” The ballad begins at No. 8 on the Hot 100, becoming her 12th top 10.
Plus, Tyler, the Creator vaults 52-8 on the Artist 100 thanks to a new vinyl deluxe release of his former Billboard 200 No. 1 Call Me If You Get Lost. The set soars 143-11 on the Billboard 200 (37,000 units) and returns to No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart for a fifth total week on top.
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
Doja Cat has another fine chance to capture her first U.K. chart crown with “Paint The Town Red.”
Based on midweek sales and streaming data published by the Official Charts Company, “Paint The Town Red” (via Kemosabe Records/RCA Records) is in pole position.
The U.S. pop singer and rapper will hope for a different result from last week, when “Paint The Town Red” led at the midweek stage, before being outraced in the final straight by Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” (Geffen). Doja Cat’s Scarlet single finished the last chart cycle at No. 2, an equal career high (“Say So” also finished in the runner-up position).
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As it stands, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” (EMI) lifts 4-2, as “Vampire” dips 1-3.
Meanwhile, Calvin Harris and Sam Smith’s latest collaboration, “Desire” (Columbia), could climb into the top 5 for the first time. It’s up 7-5 on the Official Chart Update.
Fred Again’s “Adore U” (Atlantic) could become the red hot producer’s first Top 10 single as a solo artist. “Adore U” rises 16-10 on the chart blast.
Australia’s pop princess Kylie Minogue is readying the release of her 16th studio album, Tension (due out Sept. 22 via BMG). The title track is set to arrive at No. 19 on the national chart, for what should be Kylie’s 53rd top 40 hit in the U.K. “Tension” is the followup to “Padam Padam,” which crashed the top 10 earlier this year, reaching No. 8.
English singer and songwriter Kenya Grace has never impacted the Official Singles Chart. That could be about to change, as “Strangers” (Major Recordings) blasts to No. 22 on the midweek tally.
Finally, Nicki Minaj’s “Last Time I Saw You” (Republic Records). The Pink Friday 2 cut could bow at No. 25, for what would be the rap star’s 44th U.K. top 40 single. Minaj’s Pink Friday sequel is due out Nov. 17.
The Official U.K. Singles Chart will be presented late Friday, Sept. 8.
It’s a good time to be a country artist.
2023 has been an unusually exceptional year for country music. From Morgan Wallen to Luke Combs, Zach Bryan, Oliver Anthony Music and more, country acts are reaching historic highs across Billboard’s charts – including, most notably, on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
As of the latest list (dated Sept. 9), four country songs (defined as those that have also appeared on the Hot Country Songs chart) have hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 this year: Wallen’s 16-week juggernaut “Last Night,” Jason Aldean’s one-week leader “Try That in a Small Town,” Oliver Anthony Music’s two-week viral No. 1 “Rich Men North of Richmond,” and, as of this week, Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves. Dating to the Hot 100’s launch in 1958, only one other calendar year has brought four-or-more country No. 1s: 1975, when five reached the summit (listed below in chronological order of when they topped the Hot 100):
“(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” B.J. Thomas“Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” Freddy Fender“Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” John Denver“Rhinestone Cowboy,” Glen Campbell“I’m Sorry,” John Denver
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“Last Night” has been particularly historic, as its 16 weeks atop the Hot 100 from March to August mark the most weeks ever at No. 1 for a non-collaboration, and tie it for the second-most overall. It also became the first chart-topper by an unaccompanied solo male country artist in over 42 years, since Eddie Rabbitt’s 1981 hit “I Love a Rainy Night.”
Meanwhile, Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” has spent eight weeks at its No. 2 high on the Hot 100, becoming his top-charting song. It has also crowned the all-format Radio Songs chart, Country Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay, and has reached the top 10 on Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary.
Even further, 11 country songs have hit the Hot 100’s top 10 this year, almost quadruple the three that reached the region in all of 2022 (Combs’ “The Kind of Love We Make” and Wallen’s “You Proof” and “Don’t Think Jesus”). Three country hits also appeared in the top 10 in 2021 (Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope,” featuring Charlie Puth, Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” and Walker Hayes’ “Fancy Like”), after four did in 2020 (“I Hope,” Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber’s “10,000 Hours,” Combs’ “Forever After All” and Wallen’s “7 Summers”). “10,000 Hours” was the only country song to reach the Hot 100’s top 10 in all of 2019.
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Zach Bryan has also achieved historic heights. This week, he becomes just the second country artist to chart at least 18 songs on the Hot 100 in a single week, after Wallen. “I Remember Everything” also becomes the first song to ever to top the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts. Before this week, his breakout song “Something in the Orange” climbed to No. 10 on the Hot 100 in January, later becoming the longest-charting country song by a male artist, spending 66 total weeks on the survey.
The genre’s 2023 success doesn’t end with Wallen, Combs and Bryan, though. Multiple other country artists have also scored their first Hot 100 entries this year, including Tyler Childers (“In Your Love”), Hailey Whitters (“Everything She Ain’t”) and Warren Zeiders (“Pretty Little Poison”).
As Billboard reported in July, country music consumption in the United States increased by 20.3% year-over-year in the first 26 weeks of 2023, according to Luminate. That’s a significant improvement from the 2.5% growth that it experienced over the same period in 2022. Only K-pop (up 46.2%) and Latin (up 20.6%) saw sharper growths. While that surge is driven mostly by Wallen, a whole new crop of country artists is also contributing, including Bailey Zimmerman, Jelly Roll, and Nate Smith.
As country music continues its chart domination into 2023’s fourth quarter, here’s a look at every country music milestone and record that’s been broken on the Hot 100 in 2023, recapped in chronological order.
Most Country Songs in the Top 50 of the Hot 100 in a Single Week
Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, fittingly notches a seventh week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Sept. 9), encompassing its entire run on each ranking. Upon its debut, the song became the first leader on the lists for a member of BTS as a soloist.
Plus, Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” jumps to No. 2 on each chart; Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, opens at No. 4 on the Global 200; Miley Cyrus’ “Used To Be Young” debuts at No. 6 on the Global 200; and Karol G and Peso Pluma’s “Qlona” climbs 15-8 on Global Excl. U.S. and 12-9 on the Global 200.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
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‘Seven’ = 7 Weeks Atop Global 200
Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, aptly adds a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 97 million streams and 12,000 sold worldwide Aug. 25-31. The song is the first of 2023 to debut atop the Global 200 and spend its first seven weeks at No. 1, surpassing Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” which logged its first six weeks on the chart on top beginning in January.
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” rises 3-2 on the Global 200, with 64.2 million streams (up 29%) and 9,000 sold (up 41%) worldwide. It passes “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA (No. 3 peak, May 2021), for her best career rank on the chart.
Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” rebounds to its No. 3 Global 200 high, from No. 4.
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Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kavey Musgraves, opens at No. 4 on the Global 200 with 38.3 million streams and 11,000 sold worldwide, marking each singer-songwriter’s first top 10. Bryan previously reached a No. 23 best with “Something in the Orange” in October 2022, while Musgraves makes her first visit to the chart. As previously reported, song launches at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100, while parent album Zach Bryan bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” holds at No. 5 on the Global 200, after reaching No. 3.
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Miley Cyrus’ “Used To Be Young” starts on the Global 200 at No. 6, with 39.4 million streams and 27,000 sold worldwide from its release Aug. 25 through Aug. 31. Cyrus scores her third top 10, following “Flowers” (No. 1 for 13 total weeks) and “Without You,” with The Kid LAROI (No. 10, 2021).
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Plus, Karol G and Peso Pluma’s “Qlona” charges 12-9 on the Global 200, up 15% to 45.8 million streams worldwide. The pair’s first collaboration marks Karol G’s fifth top 10 and Peso Pluma’s fourth on the tally.
“Qlona” also leaps 15-8 on Global Excl. U.S., gaining by 23% to 34 million streams outside the U.S. It’s Karol G’s sixth top 10 on the chart and Peso Pluma’s fourth.
Jung Kook & Latto Also Lead Global Excl. U.S.
Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, concurrently tops the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a seventh week, with 88.2 million streams and 8,000 sold outside the U.S. Aug. 25-31. As on the Global 200, the song is the first this year to begin atop Global Excl. U.S. and spend its first seven weeks at No. 1, besting Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” which led in its first six chart weeks, starting in January.
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” roars 7-2 on Global Excl. U.S., with 39.8 million streams (up 36%) and 2,000 sold (up 64%) outside the U.S. She achieves her highest placement on the chart, surpassing “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA (No. 5, May 2021).
Myke Towers’ “LaLa” dips 2-3 on Global Excl. U.S., after it led for a week in July; Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” climbs to a new No. 4 best, from No. 5; and Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” drops to No. 5 from its No. 3 high.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Sept. 9, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 6, a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. yesterday, Sept. 4). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
Zach Bryan has a monstrous week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Sept. 9).
After releasing his new self-titled album Aug. 25, the set soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and all 16 songs from the album debut on the Hot 100, led by “I Remember Everything” featuring Kacey Musgraves, which likewise launches at No. 1.
The first Hot 100 leader for both Bryan and Musgraves raked in 33.7 million U.S. streams, 263,000 radio airplay audience impressions (while not being promoted as an official single) and 10,000 paid downloads in its opening week, according to Luminate. It opens as the most streamed song of the week, starting at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart.
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The song also becomes the fourth country hit to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2023. (Country songs are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.) The only year, dating to the Hot 100’s 1958 inception, with more country No. 1s was 1975, when five topped the chart: B.J. Thomas’ “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”; Freddy Fender’s “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”; John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”; Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy”; and Denver’s “I’m Sorry.”
“I Remember Everything” also becomes the first song to hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts (the lattermost of which began in 2009).
All 16 songs from Zach Bryan debut in the top 50 of the Hot 100, including five in the top 20 and 13 in the top 40. Here’s a recap (all of which are new entries except for two previously-charting songs, as noted below).
Zach Bryan on the Sept. 9-dated Hot 100:
No. 1, “I Remember Everything,” feat. Kacey Musgraves
No. 14, “Hey Driver,” feat. The War and Treaty
No. 17, “Spotless,” feat. The Lumineers
No. 18, “East Side of Sorrow”
No. 20, “Tourniquet”
No. 22, “Overtime”
No. 23, “Summertime’s Close”
No. 24, “Fear and Friday’s”
No. 29, “Ticking”
No. 31, “El Dorado”
No. 37, “Holy Roller,” feat. Sierra Ferrell
No. 38, “Smaller Acts”
No. 39, “Fear and Friday’s (Poem)”
No. 41, “Jake’s Piano – Long Island”
No. 44, “Tradesman”
No. 47, “Oklahoman Son”
No. 76, “Dawns,” feat. Maggie Rogers (holds in place; peaked at No. 42 in February)
No. 88, “Oklahoma Smoke Show” (down from its No. 81 peak)
Bryan is just the second country act to land at least five songs in the Hot 100’s top 20 simultaneously, after Morgan Wallen, who has placed five in the top 20 twice (nine on the March 18 ranking and five on March 25). Overall, Drake holds the record for the most concurrent top 20 entries, with 15 songs in the top 20 in a single week (Nov. 19, 2022).
Bryan is also just the second country act to chart at least 13 Hot 100 hits in the top 40 in a single week, after Wallen (16; March 18). The only other artists to amass at least 13 in the top 40 simultaneously are Drake (a record 21, twice), Taylor Swift, Travis Scott, Post Malone, 21 Savage, Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Uzi Vert.
Further, with 18 total songs on the Hot 100, Bryan is just the second country act to log that many songs on the chart in a single frame, after Wallen, who holds the record among all acts: 36, concurrent with the chart debut of his album One Thing at a Time in March.
Before this week, Bryan had sent four songs onto the Hot 100, starting in May 2022: his breakthrough hit “Something in the Orange” (No. 10 peak; it made history as the longest-charting country song – 66 weeks – by a male artist); “Dawns,” featuring Maggie Rogers (No. 42); “Oklahoma Smoke Show” (No. 81); and “Burn, Burn, Burn” (No. 99).
Meanwhile, thanks to their featured appearances on Zach Bryan, husband-and-wife duo The War and Treaty and Sierra Ferrell each visit the Hot 100 for the first time. (The War and Treaty’s Tanya Trotter makes a notable return: She tallied one solo entry, “Through the Rain” in 1994, under her maiden name, Tanya Blount.)
The latest Hot 100 also marks another milestone for country, in what has been an especially prominent year for the genre, as 20 country songs place in Hot 100’s top 40 for the first time. Plus, 25 country songs rank in the top 50, matching the record initially established on the March 18 chart, when Wallen’s One Thing at a Time debuted.
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” reigns as the No. 1 title on Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart for the 2023 summer season.
Notably, a country song tops the season-ending tally for the first time since 1974 — while, with Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” at No. 2, country hits claim the top two spots for the first time.
The 20-position Songs of the Summer running tally tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Billboard Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day (this year encompassing charts dated June 10 through Sept. 9).
“Last Night” claims the title on the 2023 Songs of the Summer chart after leading the weekly chart all 14 weeks this season. On the Hot 100, it dominated for 16 weeks – the most ever for a non-collaboration. It also topped the Hot Country Songs chart for 25 weeks.
The single is just the second that has hit the top 10 on both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs and won top seasonal honors on Songs of the Summer: It joins John Denver’s “Annie’s Song,” which reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 and No. 9 on Hot Country Songs in 1974.
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Here is a rundown of the Songs of the Summer chart’s top 10 for 2023:
No. 1, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen
No. 2, “Fast Car,” Luke Combs
No. 3, “Calm Down,” Rema & Selena Gomez
No. 4, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
No. 5, “All My Life,” Lil Durk feat. J. Cole
No. 6, “Cruel Summer,” Taylor Swift
No. 7, “Karma,” Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice
No. 8, “Snooze,” SZA
No. 9, “Kill Bill,” SZA
No. 10, “Fukumean,” Gunna
Meanwhile, with Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 classic “Fast Car” at No. 2 on the final 2023 Songs of the Summer chart, country hits hold the list’s top two positions for the first time (dating to the Hot 100’s 1958 inception).
Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs attend the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 5, 2019, in Nashville.
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Also, as noted above, Taylor Swift and SZA each boast two tracks in the Songs of the Summer top 10 for 2023: Swift with “Cruel Summer” and “Karma” (featuring Ice Spice), and SZA with “Snooze” and “Kill Bill,” respectively.
(“Cruel Summer” is also the first “summer”-titled Songs of the Summer chart hit since Calvin Harris’ “Summer,” which placed at No. 8 for 2014.)
Harry Styles’ “As It Was” ruled as the season-ending No. 1 on the 2022 Songs of the Summer chart, after BTS’ “Butter” glided to a top finish in 2021; DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, wrapped on top in 2020; Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, led in 2019; and Drake’s “In My Feelings” won in 2018.
Check out the top 10 summer songs every year throughout the Hot 100’s history (from the chart’s start in 1958), the top 500 Greatest of All Time Songs of the Summer and this season’s final Songs of the Summer chart in its entirety.
Continuing his chart breakthrough that began in 2022, singer-songwriter Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything” featuring Kacey Musgraves launches at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song – each singer-songwriter’s first Hot 100 leader – is from Bryan’s self-titled LP, which concurrently premieres at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” keeps at its No. 2 Hot 100 high and takes over as the most-heard song on radio, a rare feat for a country hit.
Plus, Miley Cyrus’ “Used to Be Young” debuts at No. 8 on the Hot 100, marking her 12th career top 10.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Sept. 9, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 6, a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. yesterday, Sept. 4). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Here’s a look at the coronation of “I Remember Everything,” the 1,154th song to top the Hot 100 over the chart’s 65-year history, and the 70th to debut at No. 1.
Streams, sales & airplay: Released Aug. 25 on Belting Bronco/Warner Records, “I Remember Everything” drew 33.7 million streams and sold 10,000 downloads in the tracking week ending Aug. 31, according to Luminate. Not being formally promoted to radio, it also tallied 263,000 radio airplay audience impressions, with two-thirds (175,000) from reporters to Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
The single also debuts at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart (notably, it snagged the top spot on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist upon its release) and No. 4 on Digital Song Sales.
Bryan, Musgraves’ first No. 1: Bryan and Musgraves each achieve their first Hot 100 No. 1 with “I Remember Everything.” Bryan charted four entries prior to this week, with one hitting the top 10: His first charted song, “Something in the Orange,” reached No. 10 in January; with 66 total weeks on the tally (May 7, 2022-Aug. 5, 2023), it became the longest charting country hit by a solo male in the survey’s history. Plus, the U.S. Navy veteran, born in Okinawa, Japan, and raised in Oologah, Okla., won for new male artist of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in May.
Musgraves completes over a decade’s journey to No. 1 on the Hot 100, having first reached the chart with “Merry Go ‘Round” (No. 63 peak, 2013; it’s also her lone Country Airplay top 10 to date). She previously charted highest on the Hot 100 with “Follow Your Arrow” (No. 60, 2014) and added her other entry before this week, “Rainbow” (No. 98, 2019). The Golden, Texas, native has won six Grammy Awards, with her most recent LP, 2018’s Golden Hour, claiming album of the year honors at the 61st Grammy Awards.
A Hot 100, country and rock first: “I Remember Everything” concurrently opens at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts (as well as Hot Rock Songs), which use the same methodology as the Hot 100. It’s the first song to top the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (dating to 2009, when the lattermost list began).
Bryan tops all three genre charts for a second time, after “Something in the Orange” led Hot Country Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs for six, 20 and 20 weeks, respectively. Musgraves leads each ranking for the first time.
“I Remember Everything” is the 24th song to have topped both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs (dating to 1958, when the Hot 100 originated and Hot Country Songs became the country genre’s singular Billboard chart). Four such songs have led the Hot 100 in 2023, the most in a year since 1975.
Songs to Have Hit No. 1 on Both the Hot 100 & Hot Country Songs Charts:
“I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves, 2023
“Rich Men North of Richmond,” Anthony Oliver Music, 2023
“Try That in a Small Town,” Jason Aldean, 2023
“Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023
“All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift, 2021
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift, 2012
“Amazed,” Lonestar, 1999-2000
“Islands in the Stream,” Kenny Rogers, duet with Dolly Parton, 1983
“I Love a Rainy Night,” Eddie Rabbitt, 1981
“9 to 5,” Dolly Parton, 1981
“Lady,” Kenny Rogers, 1980
“Southern Nights,” Glen Campbell, 1977
“Convoy,” C.W. McCall, 1975-76
“I’m Sorry,” John Denver, 1975
“Rhinestone Cowboy,” Glen Campbell, 1975
“Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” John Denver, 1975
“Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” Freddy Fender, 1975
“(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” B.J. Thomas, 1975
“The Most Beautiful Girl,” Charlie Rich, 1973
“Honey,” Bobby Goldsboro, 1968
“Harper Valley P.T.A.,” Jeannie C. Riley, 1968
“Big Bad John,” Jimmy Dean, 1961
“El Paso,” Marty Robbins, 1959-60
“The Battle of New Orleans,” Johnny Horton, 1959
As Billboard reported in July, country music has surged this year: consumption for the genre in the United States was up 20.3% year-over-year in the first 26 weeks of 2023, according to Luminate. (Comparatively, country grew by 2.5% over the same period in 2022.)
Four country No. 1s in a row for the first time: On the newest, Sept. 9-dated Hot 100, “I Remember Everything” supplants Anthony Oliver Music’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” at No. 1, after the latter led the last two weeks (Aug. 26 and Sept. 2). Before that, Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” rebounded for the last two of its 16 weeks on top (Aug. 12 and 19), directly following Jason Aldean’s one-week reign with “Try That in a Small Town” (Aug. 5).
Four country songs have topped the Hot 100 consecutively for the first time in the chart’s history, extending a record run for the genre. Previously, country hits reigned back-to-back twice: in 1981 (Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” and Eddie Rabbitt’s “I Love a Rainy Night”) and 1975 (Freddy Fender’s “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”).
Zach, Kacey, Kenny and Dolly: “I Remember Everything” is just the second shared Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs No. 1 by a male and female artist together. It joins Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s 1983 classic “Islands in the Stream” (written by the Bee Gees).
Zach, Kacey, Ed and Bey: Bryan and Musgraves also co-wrote “I Remember Everything,” which Bryan solely produced. It’s the first Hot 100 No. 1 by a male and female artist also boasting co-writing credit with no other billed writers since Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé’s “Perfect,” which reached the top of the chart dated Dec. 23, 2017. (Sheeran wrote and originally recorded the love song solo; Beyoncé joined for its remix and gained co-writing credit.)
Bryan begins atop Billboard 200 and Hot 100: Zach Bryan logs just the ninth instance of an act debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously. As “I Remember Everything” opens atop the Hot 100, parent LP Zach Bryan soars onto the Billboard 200, likewise as his first No. 1, with 200,000 equivalent album units.
Bryan joins only Taylor Swift, BTS, Drake and Future and having scored such a double debut. Swift initiated the club and has earned the honor four times, while Drake has done so twice.
Artists to Have Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 & Hot 100 Simultaneously:
Zach Bryan: Zach Bryan, Billboard 200 & “I Remember Everything” (feat. Kacey Musgraves), Hot 100, Sept. 9, 2023
Taylor Swift: Midnights & “Anti-Hero,” Nov. 5, 2022
Drake: Honestly, Nevermind & “Jimmy Cooks” (feat. 21 Savage), July 2, 2022
Future: I Never Liked You & “Wait for U” (feat. Drake & Tems), May 14, 2022
Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor’s Version) & “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Nov. 27, 2021
Drake: Certified Lover Boy & “Way 2 Sexy” (feat. Future & Young Thug), Sept. 18, 2021
Taylor Swift: Evermore & “Willow,” Dec. 26, 2020
BTS: BE & “Life Goes On,” Dec. 5, 2020
Taylor Swift: Folklore & “Cardigan,” Aug. 8, 2020
Zach Bryan also bows at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Americana/Folk Albums charts.
Warner back at No. 1: With “I Remember Everything,” Warner Records rules the Hot 100 for the first time since the label notched three No. 1s in 2013, when Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” (featuring Wanz) and “Can’t Hold Us” (featuring Ray Dalton) led for six and five weeks starting that February and May, respectively (with the songs on ADA/Warner); in between, Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” (Jeffree’s/Mad Decent/Warner) reigned for five frames beginning that March.
The label formed in 1958 and first reached No. 1 with The Everly Brothers’ “Cathy’s Clown” in May 1960. It rebranded from Warner Bros. to Warner Records in 2019, making “I Remember Everything” its first leader under its newer name.
Bryan’s Belting Bronco imprint scores its first placement atop the Hot 100.
We ‘remember’ ‘everything’: Here’s something to remember. Thanks to “I Remember Everything,” the word “remember” is in the title of a Hot 100 No. 1 for the first time. Previously, Madonna notched the highest charting such song, as “I’ll Remember” reached No. 2 in 1994.
Meanwhile, the word “everything” appears atop the Hot 100 for a ninth time (and for a second time by an artist with Bryan in his name):
“I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves, 2023
“Give Me Everything,” Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer, 2011
“Everything You Want,” Vertical Horizon, 2000
“(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” Bryan Adams, 1991
“I’ll Be Your Everything,” Tommy Page, 1990
“Everything She Wants,” Wham!, 1985
“I Just Want to Be Your Everything,” Andy Gibb, 1977
“Everything Is Beautiful,” Ray Stevens, 1970
“Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season),” The Byrds, 1965
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Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s self-written 1988 Hot 100 top 10 “Fast Car” adds an eighth week at its No. 2 high, steady in rank. It concurrently crowns the Radio Songs chart, rising 2-1 with 78.8 million in audience.
As it led Country Airplay for five weeks, the song is just the fifth – and the first by a solo male with no accompanying acts – to have topped the Country Airplay and all-format Radio Songs charts, dating to the surveys’ 1990 inceptions (and the latter list’s 1998 expansion to include country panelists, among other format reporters). Here’s a recap, with all five songs having achieved both country and pop radio success.
Radio Songs No. 1s That Also Topped Country Airplay:
“Fast Car,” Luke Combs, one week to date atop Radio Songs, 2023
“I Hope,” Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth, one, 2020 (Barrett was solely credited on Country Airplay; Puth joined for its pop remix)
“Meant to Be,” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, five weeks, 2018
“Need You Now,” Lady A, two, 2010
“You Belong With Me,” Taylor Swift, two, 2009
(As a writer, Chapman previously peaked as high as No. 2 on Radio Songs with her own single “Give Me One Reason,” in 1996.)
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” pushes from No. 5 to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high, as it wins top Airplay Gainer honors (up 25% to 28.2 million in airplay audience). It leads the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a second week each.
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” descends 3-4 on the Hot 100, following 16 weeks at No. 1 – the most ever for a non-collaboration; Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” slips 4-5, after reaching No. 3; and Oliver Anthony Music’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” falls to No. 6 after spending its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1 (down 8% to 21.2 million streams and 71% to 34,000 sold, although it leads Digital Song Sales for a third week; it’s up 7% to 2.4 million in radio audience).
SZA’s “Snooze” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, at a new No. 7 best, from No. 11, up 64% to 17.3 million streams following the Aug. 25 premiere of its official video, good for the chart’s top Streaming Gainer award. It leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a seventh week.
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Miley Cyrus’ “Used to Be Young” bounds onto the Hot 100 at No. 8, with 25.9 million in airplay audience, 17.8 million streams and 19,000 sold from its release Aug. 25 through Aug. 31. It opens at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales, No. 9 on Streaming Songs and No. 19 on Radio Songs – it’s the second song to start in the Radio Songs top 20 this year, after Cyrus’ “Flowers” began at No. 18 in January (on its way to an 18-week command, the longest ever for a song by a woman).
Cyrus collects her 12th Hot 100 top 10. Her previous top 10s, including one under her former Hannah Montana alter ego: “Flowers” (No. 1, eight weeks, 2023); “Without You,” with The Kid LAROI (No. 8, 2021); “Malibu” (No. 10, 2017); “Wrecking Ball” (No. 1, three weeks, 2013); “We Can’t Stop” (No. 2, 2013); “Can’t Be Tamed” (No. 8, 2010); “Party in the U.S.A.” (No. 2, 2009); “He Could Be the One” (Hannah Montana; No. 10, 2009); “The Climb” (No. 4, 2009); “7 Things” (No. 9, 2008); and “See You Again” (No. 10, 2008).
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” holds at No. 9, after reaching No. 7, and Gunna’s “Fukumean” drops 7-10, after hitting No. 4.
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Royal Blood is flowing in the U.K., where the British rock duo is favorite for the chart crown with Back to the Water Below (via Warner Records).
Comprising Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher, Royal Blood takes a solid advantage into the second half of the week. According to the Official Charts Company, Back to the Water Below is currently outselling its nearest rival, The 1975’s self-titled LP, by a ratio of more than 2 to 1.
If it stays on course, Back to the Water Below will mark Royal Blood’s fourth consecutive leader, a streak that dates back to, and includes, their eponymously titled debut from 2014.
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The 1975 (Dirty Hit/Polydor) blasts to No. 2 on the midweek tally thanks to a multi-format reissue, timing to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The album originally debuted at No. 1 following its release in 2013, triggering the British band’s own streak of five consecutive No. 1 studio albums.
A midweek podium place is snagged by Everything Is Alive (Dead Oceans), the fifth album from veteran British shoegaze exponents Slowdive. It’s new at No. 3 on the Official Chart Update, and is set to give the Reading-raised band their first appearance in the U.K. top 10. Slowdive has cracked the top 40 on two occasions, with 1991’s Just for a Day (No. 32) and their 2017 comeback effort, Slowdive (No. 17).
Meanwhile, Sigur Rós’s latest release Atta (BMG) is on track for a No. 4 debut, for what would be the Icelandic act’s fourth top 10 appearance on the national tally.
Further down the chart blast, Jethro Tull’s 14th studio album The Broadsword and the Beast (Parlophone) is poised for a return at No. 6, thanks to its 40th anniversary reissue. The album peaked at No. 27 after its original release back in 1982.
Also eyeing a top 10 berth is Rivers of Heresy (Roadrunner), the first album from Empire State Bastard, a collaboration of Biffy Clyro vocalist Simon Neal and former Oceansize frontman Mike Vennart. It’s new at No. 7 on the midweek chart.
Finally, veteran Scottish pop band Deacon Blue could bag a seventh top 10 album with All The 45s: The Very Best of Deacon Blue (Cooking Vinyl). The career retrospective is set to drop in at No. 8, just in time for Deacon Blue’s new U.K. tour.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published late Friday, Sept. 8.
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Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” (via Geffen) hasn’t lost any of its bite. The U.S. pop phenomenon’s GUTS-era hit finds new wings as it lifts 3-1 on the latest U.K. chart, published Friday, Sept. 1.
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That’s the first stint at the summit for “Vampire,” which previously peaked out at No. 2. And it gets there in its ninth week on the tally.
With its latest flight, “Vampire” gives Rodrigo a trio of U.K. No. 1s, following “drivers license” and “good 4 u,” which both summited in 2021.
Rodrigo is now the female solo artist with the most U.K. No. 1 singles this decade, the Official Charts Company reports.
Since bursting onto the scene with her debut album SOUR and its singles, Rodrigo has set a handful of U.K. chart records. When SOUR and “Good 4 U reached No. 1 in the same week in May 2021, she became the youngest solo artist in history to nab the chart double, at 18 years and 3 months.SOUR also set a U.K. benchmark for the most first-week streams for a debut album. The following month, in June 2021, Rodrigo became the first female solo artist to claim three simultaneous U.K. top 5 singles with “Good 4 U,” “Déjà vu” and “Traitor.”
“Vampire” bumps Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” (Ministry of Sound), which had led at the midweek stage and finishes the chart cycle up 4-2, for a new peak position.
It’s another “Girl Powered” Official U.K. Singles Chart, as solo female artists dominate positions 1-5.
The top debut on the survey this week belongs to Miley Cyrus, whose ballad “Used To Be Young” (Columbia) bows at No. 12 for the U.S. pop star’s 23rd top 40.
Also making its mark for the first time is “Cheat On Me,” taken from Afrobeats star Burna Boy’s U.K. No. 1 album I Told Them… “Cheat On Me” (Atlantic) is new at No. 19, with another album cut, “City Boys” opening its account at No. 31. The Nigeria-born artist now boasts 12 U.K. top 40 singles.
Finally, Selena Gomez grabs her 20th U.K. top 40 appearance with “Single Soon” (Interscope), a new entry at No. 21.