Luke Combs, whose new LP, Gettin’ Outdated, was launched March 24 on River Home/Columbia Nashville, locations six titles, all from the set, on Billboard’s Nation Airplay chart (dated April 8).
Relationship to the rating’s 1990 inception, Combs ties the document for essentially the most titles within the tally’s prime 60 by a single artist directly, excluding vacation fare. The feat has been achieved simply 5 occasions – and now twice inside a month, as Morgan Wallen logged six on the March 18 survey, concurrent with the chart launch of his new album, One Factor at a Time (on Huge Loud/Mercury Republic).
Earlier than that, Blake Shelton final earned the glory in 2017, following Kenny Chesney in 2008 and Garth Brooks in 1997.
Combs’ fifteenth Nation Airplay No. 1, “Going, Going, Gone,” which led the checklist for 2 frames in March, ranks at No. 4, with 23.6 million impressions March 24-30, in line with Luminate. His others (all debuts) on the present chart: “5 Leaf Clover” (No. 48); “Love You Anyway” (No. 49); “Nonetheless” (No. 57); “Growin’ Up and Getting’ Outdated” (No. 58) and “Hannah Ford Highway” (No. 59).
Additionally on the most recent Nation Airplay chart, Wallen boasts two tracks scaling the highest 20: promoted nation single “One Factor at a Time” (18-13; 13.8 million, up 18%) and pop/nation hit, and former Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1, “Final Evening” (22-18; 10.2 million, up 28%). (The latter concurrently pushes 24-23 on Grownup Pop Airplay and 26-24 on Pop Airplay.)
For a format accustomed to acts climbing Nation Airplay with one single over months, Steve Hodges, Sony Music Nashville govt vp says, “Radio appears to appreciate the worth of exposing greater than only one music at a time from a celebrity artist.”
“I’m excited to see radio persevering with to put money into our format’s core artists,” muses Huge Loud vp of promotion Ali Matkosky. “In a time the place listeners are declaring day by day what they wish to hear [via streaming services], it makes an increasing number of sense to lean into that knowledge.”
‘Nation’ Hit
Elsewhere, Tyler Hubbard notches his second Nation Airplay prime 10 as a soloist, as “Dancin’ within the Nation” twirls 12-10 (17 million, up 23%).
The music follows “5 Foot 9,” which led for per week final November.
Florida Georgia Line, comprising Hubbard and Brian Kelley, has posted 19 Nation Airplay prime 10s, together with 16 No. 1s.
