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Willie Nelson sets a new record as the oldest artist to achieve a number one country song at age 70. [69] 2004: 2005: The chart's name changes to Hot Country Songs. Josh Gracin becomes the first American Idol finalist to achieve a country number one. [2] [70] [71] 2006: George Strait achieves his 41st number one, breaking Conway Twitty's record.
The longest run at number one during 2001 was six weeks, achieved by two songs, "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" by Brooks & Dunn and "I'm Already There" by Lonestar. "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" was ranked number one on Billboard 's year-end chart of the most popular country songs, [8] and is the longest-running of the duo's twenty number ones. [9]
The WTA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since November 3, 1975. Since 1975, 29 women have been ranked No. 1 in singles by the WTA, of which 16 have been year-end No. 1. [1] Aryna Sabalenka is the current singles world No. 1.
The longest unbroken run at the top was the four weeks which Alan Jackson spent at number one with "Chattahoochee". In 1993, Toby Keith, who would go on to become one of the most successful artists in country music history, [2] [3] scored his first number one when "Should've Been a Cowboy" reached the top spot in June. [4]
Chely Wright achieved the only number one of her career to date in 1999. Martina McBride's two number-one hits spent a total of six weeks at the top of the chart. Kenny Chesney's "How Forever Feels" had a six-week run at number one. Mark Chesnutt topped the chart with his cover version of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".
George Strait's "Love Without End, Amen", which topped the chart for five weeks in June and July, was the nineteenth number-one country song of his career but the first to spend more than one week at the top. [9] The five weeks spent at the top by the song was the longest run at number one by a song.
Country music is one of the most popular genres in music, with its own set of stars, award shows, and hall of fame. In fact, two of the top three best-selling musicians of all time are country ...
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1991, 30 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by ...