I Was Jack (You Were Diane)’ by Jake Owen moved to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart, dated the 4th of August, as it climbed up a place from No. 2. According to Nielsen Music, the song had surprisingly witnessed a decline in audience impressions, as they were down by 3.1 percent to 40.1 million during the week that ended on the 29th of July.
The song is a nod
to ‘Jack & Dane’ by John Mellencamp, who has been credited
with writing Owen’s No. 1 song. The song by Mellencamp is a former
No. 1 itself, having spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot
100 back in 1982.
Owen has managed
to bring his tally of Country Airplay No. 1 songs to seven now,
having been the top 10 on nine different occasions. His first-ever
song to rule the chart was ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night’, which
enjoyed two weeks at No. 1 in September of 2011. His last song to
have the same honor was ‘American Country Love Song’, which was
No. 1 in September of 2016.
Meanwhile,
Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha now hold the to spend most weeks
at No. 1 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, since its
inceptions almost 60 years ago. The song with which they have claimed
this record is ‘Meant to Be’, which has been at the top of the
rankings for 35 weeks. The record previously was held by ‘Body Like
a Back Road’ by Sam Hunt, which enjoyed a run of 34 weeks in 2017.
‘Sunrise,
Sunburn, Sunset’ by Luke Bryan, was also on the rise in the Country
Airplay chart, as it climbed three places from No. 13 to finish at
No. 10 in the rankings. The song claimed 26.3 million audience
impressions, which is an increase of 13 percent from the previous
week. This is the 26th time that Luke Bryan has managed to
get into the top 10 of the Country Airplay, as well as his 25th
to be promoted back-to-back. His run of 25 successive top 10s in the
chart, started with his second song to feature in the frame back in
2008, called ‘Country Man’. This is the second-longest streak to
be currently active, with Carrie Underwood claiming 27 successive
appearances in the top 10 of the rankings.
Meanwhile, on the
Americana/Folk Album Sales chart, Lori McKenna has managed a personal
best with her new album ‘The Tree’, as the set made a debut
appearance at No. 3 in the rankings, with 4,000 units sold. Her
previous best was at No. 4, which she acquired with the set called
‘The Bird and the Rifle’ back in 2016. McKenna is no stranger to
writing popular songs, having co-written ‘Cry Pretty’ by Carrie
Underwood. The song has managed to get in to the top 10 of not only
the Country Airplay chart, but the Hot Country Songs chart as well.
McKenna said in an interview that the experience was like being with
any other girl, except that Carrie Underwood was a wonderful singer.
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