Luke Combs lands his 20th No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” ascends two spots to the top of the list dated April 18, up 9% to 30.4 million audience impressions April 3-9, according to Luminate. He earns the honor after parent LP The Way I Am debuted as his fifth No. 1 on Top Country Albums (April 4).
Written by Combs, Randy Montana and Jonathan Singleton, the new leader follows the set’s “Back in the Saddle,” which ruled for two weeks in November, extending a run that dates to “Hurricane,” Combs’ first No. 1, in May 2017.
Combs rarely misses at country radio. Of his 35 Country Airplay entries, 26 have reached the top 10 (74%), with 20, thus, having gone on to No. 1 (77%). Narrowed to the 28 songs billed solely to him, the conversion is sharper: 21 (75%) have reached the top 10 and 18 of those (86%) have climbed to No. 1.
Combs ties Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley and Morgan Wallen for the 10th most No. 1s since Country Airplay began in January 1990. Kenny Chesney leads with 33, followed by Blake Shelton (30); Tim McGraw (29)l Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson and George Strait (26 each); and Thomas Rhett and Keith Urban (21 each). Combs ranks seventh in total weeks at No. 1 (56), after Chesney (83), McGraw (80), Strait (66), Wallen (62), Shelton (61) and Jackson (60).
Meanwhile, Combs’ concurrent radio single, “Days Like These,” rises to a new No. 6 Country Airplay high (23.9 million, up 5%), while fellow The Way I Am track “Be by You” rises 54-48 (1.9 million, up 34%).
Getting Their ‘Say’
Dan + Shay debut at No. 28 on Country Airplay with “Say So,” their 20th entry. Released April 3, the song drew 6.3 million audience impressions in its first week and adds to a catalog that includes 12 top 10s and eight No. 1s across more than a decade.
