List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2021
![Singer Walker Hayes](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Walkerhayes2016.jpg/290px-Walkerhayes2016.jpg)
Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay are charts that rank the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. Hot Country Songs ranks songs based on digital downloads, streaming, and airplay not only from country stations but from stations of all formats, a methodology introduced in 2012.[1] Country Airplay, which began being published in 2012, is based solely on country radio airplay, a methodology that had previously been used from 1990 to 2012 for Hot Country Songs.[1]
The year began with "Big, Big Plans" by Chris Lane returning to number one on the Country Airplay chart, having previously been number one for the chart dated December 19, 2020,[2] while "I Hope" by Gabby Barrett held the number one spot on Hot Country Songs, the song's 22nd week atop the chart.[3][4] Barrett thus continued to extend her record for the longest-running number one song on that chart by a solo female artist, having broken the record two weeks earlier.[5] The song was displaced from the top spot in the issue dated January 23 by Morgan Wallen's "Wasted on You", but went back to number one the following week. In February, Taylor Swift debuted at number one on Hot Country Songs with a re-recorded version of her 2008 number one single, "Love Story". It was her first number one on that listing since 2012's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and her first to enter at the top of the chart. Furthermore, it made Swift the second artist to top the chart twice with different recordings of the same song after Dolly Parton with "I Will Always Love You".[6]
In March, Niko Moon gained his first number one as a performer when "Good Time" topped both charts; he had previously written a number of chart-toppers for the Zac Brown Band. It was the first debut single to simultaneously top both listings since 2014.[7] Walker Hayes achieved his first number one in July when "Fancy Like" topped Hot Country Songs; the song had become a viral success based on a video on social media site TikTok,[8] and by the end of the year had spent 20 weeks at number one. In September, Lainey Wilson gained her first number one when "Things a Man Oughta Know" reached the peak position on Country Airplay,[9] and the following month "My Boy" topped the same chart to give former American Idol contestant Elvie Shane his first chart-topper.[10] Canadian singer MacKenzie Porter gained her first number one in December as a featured artist on Dustin Lynch's "Thinking 'Bout You",[11] which ended the year at number one. The longest-lasting Country Airplay number one was Luke Combs's "Forever After All", which spent six weeks at the top. Combs spent a total of thirteen weeks at number one and had four chart-topping singles, both more than any other act during 2021. Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Florida Georgia Line, and Jason Aldean were the only other acts to chart more than one number one single during the year, with two each.
Chart history[]
![Singer Gabby Barrett](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gabby....jpg/170px-Gabby....jpg)
![Singer Taylor Swift](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Taylor_Swift_2_-_2019_by_Glenn_Francis_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Taylor_Swift_2_-_2019_by_Glenn_Francis_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Singer Lainey Wilson](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lainey_Wilson_2020.jpg/170px-Lainey_Wilson_2020.jpg)
See also[]
- 2021 in country music
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. country chart
- List of Billboard number-one country albums of 2021
References[]
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- ^ Liptak, Carena (December 16, 2020). "Gabby Barrett Makes History on the Billboard Hot Country Chart as 'I Hope' Returns to No. 1". Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Curto, Justin (February 22, 2021). "Taylor Gets Her First Country No. 1 Debut With 'Love Story (Taylor's Version)'". Vulture. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Nicholson, Jessica (March 9, 2021). "Niko Moon Lands First No. 1 as an Artist as "Good Time" Reaches Top of Billboard Country Chart". CMT. Archived from the original on 2021-03-16. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ G, Holly (June 20, 2021). "Walker Hayes Goes Viral With a 'Fancy Like' TikTok Dance Party, Featuring His Daughter [Watch]". Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ Zellner, Xander (September 29, 2021). "Lainey Wilson Hits No. 1 on Emerging Artists Chart Thanks to 'Things a Man Oughta Know'". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
- ^ Hollabaugh, Lorie (October 19, 2021). "Elvie Shane Scores First No. 1 With Debut Single "My Boy"". MusicRow. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
- ^ Asker, Jim (December 7, 2021). "Dustin Lynch & MacKenzie Porter's 'Thinking' Caps Country Airplay Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for May 29, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for June 5, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Country Airplay chart for June 5, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Country Songs chart for June 8, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for August 21, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for August 28, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for September 11, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for September 18, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for September 25, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for October 2, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
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- ^ "Country Songs chart for November 20, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ "Country Airplay chart for November 20, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ "Country Songs chart for November 27, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Country Airplay chart for November 27, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Country Songs chart for December 4, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "Country Airplay chart for December 4, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "Country Songs chart for December 11, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Country Airplay chart for December 11, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Country Songs chart for December 18, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
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