List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2021
Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay are the two main charts that rank the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. Hot Country Songs ranks songs based on digital downloads, streaming, and airplay not only from country stations but from stations of all formats, a methodology introduced in 2012.[1] Country Airplay, which began being published in 2012, is based solely on country radio airplay, a methodology that had previously been used from 1990 to 2012 for Hot Country Songs.[1]
In the issue of Billboard dated January 2, "Big, Big Plans" by Chris Lane returned to number one on the Country Airplay chart, having previously been number one for the chart dated December 19, 2020, while "I Hope" by Gabby Barrett held the number one spot on Hot Country Songs, the song's 22nd week atop the chart.[2][3] Barrett thus continued to extend her record for the longest-running number one song on that chart by a solo female artist, having broken the record two weeks earlier.[4] The song was displaced from the top spot in the issue dated January 23 by Morgan Wallen's "Wasted on You", but went back to number one the following week.
Chart history
Issue date | Hot Country Songs | Country Airplay | ||||
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Title | Artist(s) | Ref. | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. | |
January 2 | "I Hope" | Gabby Barrett | [2] | "Big, Big Plans" | Chris Lane | [3] |
January 9 | [5] | "Champagne Night" | Lady A | [6] | ||
January 16 | [7] | [8] | ||||
January 23 | "Wasted on You" | Morgan Wallen | [9] | "Better Together" | Luke Combs | [10] |
January 30 | "I Hope" | Gabby Barrett | [11] | [12] | ||
February 6 | "Better Together" | Luke Combs | [13] | [14] |
See also
References
- McKinley, Jr., James C. (October 26, 2012). "Changes to Charts by Billboard Draw Fire". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- "Country Songs chart for January 2, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- "Country Airplay chart for January 2, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- Asker, Jim (December 15, 2020). "Gabby Barrett's 'I Hope' Breaks Record With 20th Week Atop Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- "Country Songs chart for January 9, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- "Country Airplay chart for January 9, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- "Country Songs chart for January 16, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- "Country Airplay chart for January 16, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- "Country Songs chart for January 23, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- "Country Airplay chart for January 20, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- "Country Songs chart for January 30, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "Country Airplay chart for January 26, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- "Country Songs chart for February 6, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- "Country Airplay chart for February 6, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2021.