Morgan Wallen Notches Fifth Country Airplay No. 1 From ‘I’m the Problem’ With ‘I Got Better’
Plus, Lainey Wilson’s “Somewhere Over Laredo” hits the top 10.
Morgan Wallen delivers his 19th career No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “I Got Better” rises two spots to top the Oct. 25-dated survey, up 13% to 32.7 million audience impressions Oct. 10-16, according to Luminate.
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The Joey Moi-produced single — with seven cowriters including Wallen, Ernest, HARDY and Blake Pendergrass — becomes the fifth No. 1 from Wallen’s album I’m the Problem, released in May. One more chart-topper from the set and he’d match the six from his 2023 LP, One Thing at a Time, which remains tied for the one-album record (discounting deluxe editions) with Luke Bryan’s 2015 Kill the Lights.
Boosting the profile of “I Got Better,” its official video premiered Oct. 1.
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I’m the Problem has led Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart for its first 21 weeks, followed at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, on the Oct. 18-dated ranking by One Thing at a Time and Wallen’s 2021 release, Dangerous: The Double Album. Together, the three projects form one of the most formidable runs in modern country music history, combining for 205 weeks at No. 1 (with a record 97 frames at the summit belonging to Dangerous).
Before topping Country Airplay, “I Got Better” completed a full-format sweep, hitting No. 1 on the Oct. 18 Hot Country Songs chart thanks to 13.2 million official U.S. streams, 31 million in radio audience and 1,000 sold. The win gave I’m the Problem four leaders on the list, equaling the output of One Thing at a Time.
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Lainey Wilson breaks into the Country Airplay top 10 (12-10) with “Somewhere Over Laredo” rising 9% to 16 million in audience. The song, which interpolates “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from the iconic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, is her ninth top 10. It’s from the September deluxe edition of her 2024 album, Whirlwind.
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