Tyler Hubbard notches his third No. 1 as a soloist on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Park” shifts two gears to the top of the chart dated Aug. 9. The song increased by 16% to 28.9 million in audience July 25-31, according to Luminate.
“Park” is from Hubbard’s second album, Strong, released in April 2024. The Monroe, Ga., native co-wrote the track with Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley and Canaan Smith.
“Reaching the top of the chart is not something I ever take for granted,” Hubbard tells Billboard. “We hoped that the world would have as much fun listing to this song as we did writing it. It’s been awesome to open every show this summer with ‘Park’ and see the fans connect with it night in and night out. This one is special and I’m more grateful than ever.”
Hubbard previously topped Country Airplay with “Back Then Right Now” for a week in May 2024. Before that, “Dancin’ in the Country” hit No. 2 in May 2023. His first leader, “5 Foot 9,” reigned for a week in November 2022. His first of five entries, “Undivided” with Tim McGraw, reached No. 16 in May 2021.
Hubbard made 16 previous trips to No. 1 on Country Airplay, in 2012-21, as half of Florida Georgia Line with Brian Kelley, who is also working solo.
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Scotty McCreery banks his 10th Country Airplay top 10 as his collaboration with Hootie & The Blowfish, “Bottle Rockets,” lifts 11-10 (16.4 million, up 5%).
The song revisits the Darius Rucker-fronted group’s “Hold My Hand,” which hit No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995. It’s the first Country Airplay top 10 for the band and second entry; “Hold On” arrived at its No. 30 high in October 2019. The act last hit the top 10 of a Billboard airplay chart in 2006, when “One Love” rose to No. 5 on Adult Contemporary.
Meanwhile, Rucker has banked nine solo Country Airplay No. 1s, between 2008 and 2019.
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