{"id":2092417,"date":"2025-10-15T08:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2092417"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:04:11","slug":"country-hitmaker-replaces-himself-in-the-no-1-spot-with-another-chart-topper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/country-hitmaker-replaces-himself-in-the-no-1-spot-with-another-chart-topper\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Hitmaker Replaces Himself in the No. 1 Spot with Another Chart-Topper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/controversy-cost-morgan-wallen-net-204900079.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Morgan Wallen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Morgan Wallen<\/a><\/strong> has dethroned himself on Billboard&#8217;s Hot Country Songs chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After a 20-week run in the No. 1 spot with his song &#8220;What I Want&#8221; featuring <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/tate-mcrae-honors-popular-60s-062729812.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tate McRae;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Tate McRae<\/a><\/strong>, the country hitmaker replaced himself at the top of the list with the rise of another one of his songs, &#8220;I Got Better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\ud83c\udfac<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>SIGN UP for Parade&#8217;s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/morgan-wallen-i-got-better-number-one-hot-country-songs-1236089543\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Billboard<\/em><\/a>, &#8220;I Got Better&#8221; rose to the top of the country chart this week after garnering 13.2 million streams in the U.S. from Oct. 3\u20149.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The song originally came out over the summer as part of Wallen&#8217;s fourth studio album, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/watch-miranda-lambert-sing-morgan-021238029.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:I'm the Problem;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">I&#8217;m the Problem<\/a><\/em>, but the recent uptick in streaming is believed to be connected to the release of the song&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hwUixddbmrQ?si=M_KOTyRMnxB5-mjy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:music video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">music video<\/a>, which premiered on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I Got Better&#8221; is Wallen&#8217;s 12th song to reach No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prior to &#8220;What I Want&#8221; spending 20 weeks at the top, Wallen&#8217;s last No. 1 song was the title track from <em>I&#8217;m the Problem<\/em>, which was released as a single in January and reigned at the top of the chart for one week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also topped the chart twice in 2024, first with his and <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/946704\/parade\/post-malone-net-worth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Post Malone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Post Malone<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;I Had Some Help,&#8221; for seven weeks, followed by &#8220;Love Someone&#8221; for one week in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2023, Wallen&#8217;s hit song &#8220;Last Night&#8221; spent a whopping 25 weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Three of his 2022 releases also peaked on the Hot Country Songs chart, with &#8220;Don&#8217;t Think Jesus,&#8221; &#8220;Thought You Should Know&#8221; and &#8220;You Proof&#8221; each spending a week at the top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In January 2021, &#8220;Wasted on You&#8221; spent 11 weeks at No. 1, following his one-week chart-topper &#8220;7 Summers&#8221; in August 2020. Wallen&#8217;s first-ever No. 1 song on Billboard&#8217;s Hot Country Songs chart was &#8220;Whiskey Glasses,&#8221; reigning at the top for 2 weeks in May 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/fans-beg-morgan-wallen-teases-023615494.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Fans \u2018Beg\u2019 Morgan Wallen After He Teases Major Career Announcement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Related: Fans \u2018Beg\u2019 Morgan Wallen After He Teases Major Career Announcement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/morgan-wallen-dethrones-himself-no-1-country-charts-i-got-better\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Oct 15, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. 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After a 20-week run in the No. 1 spot with his song &#8220;What I Want&#8221; featuring Tate McRae, the country hitmaker replaced himself at the top of the list with the rise of another one of his songs, &#8220;I Got Better.&#8221; \ud83c\udfacSIGN UP for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2092418,"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":[394417,24320],"class_list":["post-2092417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-hot-country-songs","tag-morgan-wallen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Country-Hitmaker-Replaces-Himself-in-the-No-1-Spot-with.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092417","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=2092417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2092419,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092417\/revisions\/2092419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2092418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2092417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2092417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}