Luke Combs scores a historic twofer on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a second time as “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” and “Days Like These” rank at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the ranking dated May 2. The former, in its third week at No. 1, drew 32.3 million audience impressions (up nearly 1%) and the latter, up two places, totaled 29.9 million (up 15%), April 17-23, according to Luminate.
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Combs remains the only artist to have placed two titles with no billed collaborators in the top two simultaneously. He achieves the feat for a second time, following his double-up in September 2023, when “Love You Anyway” led and “Fast Car” followed at No. 2.
Only Morgan Wallen and Luke Bryan have come close. Wallen reached Nos. 1 and 2 via collaborations — “Cowgirls,” with ERNEST, and “I Had Some Help,” with lead artist Post Malone — in 2024. Bryan did so in 2014 with his own “Play It Again” and his collaboration with Florida Georgia Line, “This Is How We Roll.”
‘Look’ Here
Ontario, Canada-born and Nashville-based Josh Ross earns his second Country Airplay top 10 as “Hate How You Look” jumps 15-10 on 17 million audience impressions (up 14%). His first entry, “Single Again,” made the tier in its 60th week before peaking eight weeks later at No. 2. His latest reaches the top 10 in roughly half that time (31 weeks). (His first single, “Trouble,” missed Country Airplay but charted on Hot Country Songs in 2023.)
Marci Braun, brand manager of Audacy’s WUSN-FM Chicago, shares research on “Hate How You Look.” “Incredibly solid since the end of February,” she tells Billboard. “It has consistently ranked in the top 10.” Echoes Rich Davis, program director of iHeartMedia’s KEEY-FM Minneapolis, “Josh hasn’t missed for us.”
Lefty Right for Radio
Stella Lefty claims her first Country Airplay entry as “Boston” debuts at No. 53 (1.2 million). The start also marks the first appearance on the chart for Atlantic Outpost, which launched last summer with a focus on singer-songwriters.