Post Malone & Morgan Wallen Need No ‘Help’ Ruling Country Airplay for Fourth Week
Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, commands Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated July 20) for a fourth week, becoming the first song to lead that long among the 15 singles that have scored their initial weeks atop the tally in 2024.
The collaboration increased by 1% to 33 million audience impressions July 5-11, according to Luminate.
The song became Post Malone’s first Country Airplay No. 1 (and Wallen’s 13th), after he notched 10 leaders on Rhythmic Airplay and five on Pop Airplay beginning in 2016. His new album, F-1 Trillion, is due Aug. 16; second single “Pour Me a Drink,” featuring Blake Shelton, ranks at No. 34 on Country Airplay (3 million, up 37%).
Post Malone “deserves to be a superstar in country music, primarily because he is being real,” WJVC Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y., program director Phathead tells Billboard. “He’s put together a team that created one of the best songs we’ve heard, while singing it with the biggest act in the format. And he has a monster to follow with Shelton. A good boss in any business is only as good as the people around them. Great to see Post put his ego aside.”
Wallen 1, 2 for 3rd Week
For the first time in Country Airplay’s 34-year history, an act has ranked at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously for three weeks, as Wallen’s “Cowgirls,” featuring Ernest, holds at its No. 2 high (31.6 million, up 4%). Luke Bryan locked up the top two spots for two weeks in May-June 2014, while Luke Combs landed such a double-up for a week in September 2023.
Speaking of Combs, he earns his 21st consecutive career-opening top 10 single on Country Airplay as “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” pushes 11-10 (17.5 million, up 8%). The song introduces the soundtrack to the film Twisters, with both due July 19.
Baldridge Makes History
Drew Baldridge’s “She’s Somebody’s Daughter (Reimagined)” rises 10-8 on Country Airplay (19.3 million, up 5%). After becoming only the second self-released single ever to reach the top 10, it’s now the sole highest-charting, passing Aaron Watson’s “Outta Style,” which peaked at No. 10 in 2017.
