{"id":2091342,"date":"2025-10-14T21:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2091342"},"modified":"2025-10-14T21:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:42:20","slug":"morgan-wallen-replaces-himself-at-no-1-on-hot-country-songs-with-i-got-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/morgan-wallen-replaces-himself-at-no-1-on-hot-country-songs-with-i-got-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen Replaces Himself at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs With \u2018I Got Better\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Morgan Wallen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s \u201cI Got Better\u201d rises to No. 1 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Hot Country Songs chart (dated Oct. 18), becoming his 12th career leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The song pulled 13.2 million official U.S. streams, 31 million in radio audience (up 5% in both metrics) and 1,000 sold (up 10%) Oct. 3\u20139, according to Luminate. Boosting the song\u2019s reach, its official video premiered Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s a look at Wallen\u2019s dozen Hot Country Songs No. 1s, with \u201cI Got Better\u201d dethroning his own \u201cWhat I Want\u201d after 20 weeks on top:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI Got Better,\u201d Oct. 18, 2025 (one week to date)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhat I Want\u201d feat. Tate McRae, beginning May 31, 2025 (20 weeks)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m the Problem,\u201d Feb. 15, 2025 (one)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLove Somebody,\u201d Nov. 2, 2024 (one)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI Had Some Help,\u201d Post Malone feat. Wallen, May 25, 2024 (seven)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLast Night,\u201d Feb. 18, 2023 (25)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou Proof,\u201d May 28, 2022 (19)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThought You Should Know,\u201d May 21, 2022 (one)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDon\u2019t Think Jesus,\u201d April 30, 2022 (one)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWasted on You,\u201d Jan. 23, 2021 (11)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201c7 Summers,\u201d Aug. 29, 2020 (one)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhiskey Glasses,\u201d May 18, 2019 (two)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dating to Wallen\u2019s initial week atop Hot Country Songs with the first of his 12 No. 1s, no one else has more than four leaders in that stretch (led by Luke Combs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI Got Better\u201d marks Wallen\u2019s fourth Hot Country Songs No. 1 from his album <em>I\u2019m the Problem<\/em>, the second such feat for the superstar. <em>One Thing at a Time<\/em> produced as many, with the sets currently placing at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on Top Country Albums. Plus, with his <em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em> at No. 3, 11 of his 12 Hot Country Songs leaders appear on projects in the album chart\u2019s top three spots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Combs Drops \u2018The Prequel\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Luke Combs claims the top three ranks on Country Digital Song Sales, all with new debuts: \u201cDays Like These\u201d (No. 1; 2,800 sold), \u201cMy Kinda Saturday Night\u201d (No. 2; 2,700 sold) and \u201c15 Minutes\u201d (No. 3; 2,100 sold). The songs arrived Oct. 3, collectively packaged under the title <em>The Prequel<\/em>. He ups his totals to 11 No. 1s and 45 top 10s on the chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDays Like These\u201d concurrently opens at No. 25 on Hot Country Songs, also via 4.3 million streams, and \u201c15 Minutes\u201d enters at No. 46 (2.6 million).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Combs\u2019 current radio-promoted single, \u201cBack in the Saddle,\u201d rises 8-7 for a new Hot Country Songs high. It rides 8-5 on Country Airplay (23.9 million in audience, up 7%).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/31XsHSx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TkcoeG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TntOHq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cI Got Better\u201d rises to No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Hot Country Songs chart (dated Oct. 18), becoming his 12th career leader. The song pulled 13.2 million official U.S. streams, 31 million in radio audience (up 5% in both metrics) and 1,000 sold (up 10%) Oct. 3\u20139, according to Luminate. Boosting the song\u2019s reach, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2021507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[29110,394417,323283,24320],"class_list":["post-2091342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-billboard","tag-hot-country-songs","tag-luke-combs","tag-morgan-wallen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charli-XCX-and-George-Daniel-marry-for-second-time-in.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2091342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2091343,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091342\/revisions\/2091343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2091342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2091342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2091342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}