Music News ! Luke Bryan Locks Up Nos. 1 And 2 On Country Airplay Chart ! The star becomes the first act in the charts 24-year history to command the top two spots simultaneously. Luke Bryan dominates Billboards Country Airplay chart with his ninth No. 1, as Play It Again lifts 3-1 in its 12th chart week. The ascent matches Bryans quickest to the top, tying Crash My Party, which rose to No. 1 on July 13, 2013. Hed most recently reached the summit with Drink a Beer, which spent its first of two weeks at No. 1 on the Feb. 15 tally. With the coronation, Bryan makes history: As hes featured on Florida Georgia Lines This Is How We Roll, which bullets for a second straight week at its No. 2 peak to date, Bryan becomes the first artist ever to monopolize the charts top two spots simultaneously, dating to the lists Jan. 20, 1990, inception. (Bryan and Florida Georgia Line performed Roll together on Sunday nights [May 18] Billboard Music Awards, after which Bryan returned to perform Play solo.) On the airplay/sales/streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart, Bryan has claimed Nos. 1 and 2 concurrently with Play and Roll for four of the past five weeks. Dating to 1958, when multiple country rankings were rolled into a singular chart, only two other artists have so doubled up: Taylor Swift and classic-country legend Buck Owens. Source: Billboard Magazine
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 04:03:05 +0000
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