Billboard Country Airplay Chart Has All Kinds of Cool Streaks Right Now

by NCD Staff | June 11, 2020

Check out a few fun streaks from the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

Thomas Rhett’s recent single, “Beer Can’t Fix, became his 15th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in May. “Beer Can’t Fix” is Thomas Rhett’s ninth consecutive No. 1 single, the longest ACTIVE streak on the Airplay chart.

With his latest No. 1 single, “Does to Me,” Luke Combs is the first country artist in history whose FIRST eight singles have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

Blake Shelton owns the Billboard Country Airplay chart ALL-TIME record for consecutive No. 1 singles with 17, starting with “Hillbilly Bone” in 2010 and ending with “Came Here to Forget” in 2016.

Billboard created the Airplay chart in 1990.

And if you really want your mind blown . . . Alabama scored 21 CONSECUTIVE No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, starting with “Tennessee River” in 1980 and ending with “You’ve Got the Touch” in 1987.

photos by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com

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