MORGAN WALLEN, LUKE COMBS ACHIEVE CHART FEAT NOT DONE IN 42 YEARS

MORGAN WALLEN, LUKE COMBS ACHIEVE CHART FEAT NOT DONE IN 42 YEARS

Morgan Wallen continues to set chart records with every passing week – but to accomplish this latest chart feat, he would need a little help.

For the first time in over 42 years, two country songs occupy the top two slots on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Wallen’s “Last Night” has held down the top spot for twelve straight weeks – and rising from #3 to #2 this week, Luke Combs with his cover version of Tracy Chapman‘s 1988 hit “Fast Car”. Multi-platinum artists like Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, The Band Perry and more have done well on the pop charts, but it’s been over four decades since country music had a 1-2 punch that carried over to the pop charts. The last time? When Eddie Rabbitt’s “I Love a Rainy Night” and Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” held down the top two slots on the pop charts on March 7, 1981.

  • It’s not the only chart feat Morgan Wallen has pulled off this week. His album “One Thing At A Time” marks a 14th nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 1), marking the most weeks at No. 1 for any album since Adele‘s “21” logged 24 non-consecutive weeks on top of the album charts in 2011-12.

Source: Billboard

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