HARDY lands his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Favorite Country Song” climbs two places to the top of the Jan. 24-dated ranking. The single delivered 30 million audience impressions (up 2%) Jan. 9-15, according to Luminate.
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The track, which HARDY cowrote with six others, reaches the Country Airplay summit nearly two years after he last led with “Truck Bed,” which topped the chart in March 2024. He first reigned in December 2020 with “One Beer,” featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson, and returned to the top in April 2022 with “Beer’s on Me,” alongside Dierks Bentley and BRELAND.
A Middle Tennessee State University songwriting alum, HARDY is building an increasingly prolific résumé. With “Favorite Country Song,” the Mississippi native logs his 15th Country Airplay No. 1 as a songwriter. Most recently, Morgan Wallen’s “I Got Better,” a HARDY cowrite with Wallen, among others, led for one week in October. Another HARDY cowrite, “I Ain’t Coming Back,” by Wallen featuring Post Malone, rises to No. 18 (11.2 million, up 3%).
The new chart achievement follows HARDY’s turn as a televised cohost on New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash on CBS, a team-up with comedian Bert Kreischer. He returns to the road Feb. 5, launching the Country! Country! Tour with support from Mitchell Tenpenny, Tucker Wetmore, Cameron Whitcomb and others.
Top 10 Gets an ‘Amen’
Shaboozey and Jelly Roll break into the Country Airplay top 10 as “Amen” rises 11-9 (19.6 million, up 2%). Shaboozey scores his third top 10, following 2024’s seven-week No. 1 “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and last year’s two-week leader “Good News.” Jelly Roll earns his ninth top 10, with his prior history also comprising only No. 1s; he last reached the tier with “Heart of Stone,” which went on to lead for two weeks in October.
