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Better than \u201cBody Like a Backroad,\u201d I guess.<\/p>\n
Despite some competition from Apple Music, there\u2019s no doubt that Spotify has remained the top streaming platform since its official launch in the United States in July 2011. With over 696 million monthly active users, 276 million of whom pay for premium, the platform has become nothing short of a staple in terms of music consumption nowadays. Boasting over 100 million songs available to be streamed right now (excluding Garth Brooks\u2019 <\/strong><\/a>entire discography, of course), Spotify has nearly every notable song ever released over the past century.<\/p>\n Out of all the songs throughout the history of music, a little over 1,200 tracks have passed the elusive one billion-stream threshold on the platform. Out of those 1,200+ songs, until today, only 16 fall under the country category.<\/p>\n While some of these tracks can hardly be considered country, including the likes of Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201c10,000 Hours,\u201d Shaboozey\u2019s \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line\u2019s \u201cMeant To Be,\u201d you do have some actual quality songs present on the list. These, of course, include Zach Bryan\u2019s \u201cSomething in the Orange\u201d and \u201cI Remember Everything,\u201d Luke Combs\u2019 \u201cBeautiful Crazy\u201d and \u201cWhen It Rains It Pours\u201d and Chris Stapleton\u2019s double-diamond hit, \u201cTennessee Whiskey.\u201d<\/p>\n Today, we have another entry into the billion-stream club: none other than Rascal Flatts\u2019 cover of \u201cLife Is a Highway\u201d from the hit Pixar film Cars<\/em>, which is now the 17th country song in history to reach the exclusive threshold. Amazingly, it is now the oldest country song to reach one billion on the platform as well, being released on June 6, 2006.<\/p>\n Say what you will about the song itself and Rascal Flatts as a group, there\u2019s absolutely no denying how big a hit \u201cLife Is a Highway\u201d has been since its release in 2006. As a cover of Tom Cochrane\u2019s 1991 single, the song had a massive crossover, frequently being played on country and pop radio, as well as Disney-focused stations.<\/span><\/p>\n This allowed it to become the band\u2019s second Top 10 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #7 in July 2007. Though it was never issued as a single to country radio, \u201cLife Is a Highway\u201d would receive unsolicited airplay which allowed it to peak at #18 on Billboard\u2019s Hot Country Songs chart as well. Additionally, it would become one of the highest-selling country songs of all time, currently being certified 8x platinum by the RIAA.<\/p>\n A full list of country songs with a billion streams on Spotify is as follows:<\/p>\n \u201cLife Is a Highway\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n