Scotty McCreery<\/a> and Hootie & the Blowfish<\/a> climb two spots to the top of Billboard\u2019s Country Airplay chart (dated Oct. 4) with \u201cBottle Rockets,\u201d marking unique feats for McCreery and the band\u2019s frontman, Darius Rucker<\/a>, as well as McCreery\u2019s label, Triple Tigers.<\/p>\n The single, which features newly recorded vocals from Hootie & the Blowfish built around its classic song \u201cHold My Hand,\u201d credits 11 writers, including McCreery, Rucker and producer Frank Rogers. It increased by 14% to 30.5 million audience impressions in the Sept. 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate. \u201cHold My Hand\u201d became Hootie\u2019s first major hit, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> in 1995.<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n The ascent of \u201cBottle Rockets\u201d to No. 1 puts Rucker in exclusive company with Tyler Hubbard. They are now the only artists who have ruled Country Airplay both as solo acts and with a duo or group, dating to the chart\u2019s start in January 1990. Hubbard scored 16 leaders as half of Florida Georgia Line before earning the first of three solo No. 1s with 2022\u2019s \u201c5 Foot 9.\u201d Rucker has collected nine No. 1s as a solo artist, beginning with \u201cDon\u2019t Think I Don\u2019t Think About It\u201d in 2008.<\/p>\n Triple Tigers, launched<\/a> in 2016 as a joint venture between Thirty Tigers, Sony Music Entertainment-owned distributor The Orchard and Triple 8 Management, also notches a milestone. Directly following Russell Dickerson\u2019s two-week reign with \u201cHappen to Me,\u201d \u201cBottle Rockets\u201d gives the label its first successive Country Airplay No. 1s. To date, the imprint has powered 11 singles to the top, six by McCreery and five by Dickerson.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, \u201cBottle Rockets\u201d joins such Country Airplay No. 1s that interpolate prior hits as Cole Swindell\u2019s \u201cShe Had Me at Heads Carolina,\u201d his 2022 leader that reimagines Jo Dee Messina\u2019s 1996 breakthrough single, \u201cHeads Carolina, Tails California.\u201d<\/p>\n For the 31-year-old McCreery, \u201cBottle Rockets\u201d is his first Country Airplay leader since \u201cDamn Strait,\u201d which spent three weeks at No. 1 in 2022. He wraps his quickest trip to the top spot: 20 weeks, nearly halving his previous fastest coronation (37 weeks for \u201cThis Is It\u201d in 2018-19).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scotty McCreery and Hootie & the Blowfish climb two spots to the top of Billboard\u2019s Country Airplay chart (dated Oct. 4) with \u201cBottle Rockets,\u201d marking unique feats for McCreery and the band\u2019s frontman, Darius Rucker, as well as McCreery\u2019s label, Triple Tigers. 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