Kenny Chesney lands his milestone 100th entry on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
’s Hot Country Songs chart as “Carry On” opens at No. 31 on the May 23 list. It totaled 1.5 million chart-eligible U.S. streams, 10.5 million in radio airplay audience and 2,000 sold May 8-14, according to Luminate.
Kenny Chesney Scores Record-Extending 33rd Country Airplay No. 1: ‘All the People Who Love These Songs Are Winning Too’, and previews his 21st album, due later this year. He has scored 55 top 10s, including 23 No. 1s. The song also starts at No. 20 on Country Airplay, where it’s likewise his 100th appearance. The 100-title milestone lifts Chesney into elite company among acts with 100 or more hits on Hot Country Songs, which dates to October 1958.
George Jones leads with 157. Dating to Chesney’s first charted title, “Whatever It Takes,” in December 1993, he boasts the third-most, after Morgan Wallen and Taylor Swift . On Country Airplay, which began in January 1990 and solely tracks country radio airplay, Chesney’s 100th charted title ties him for the lead with George Strait.
Garth Brooks , Tim McGraw and Alan Jackson round out the top five. Chesney also stands out among Hot Country Songs’ most prolific No. 1 artists. His 23 leaders place him 11th overall, behind Strait’s 44, Conway Twitty’s 40, Merle Haggard’s 38, Ronnie Milsap’s 35, Alabama’s 33, Charley Pride’s 29, Jackson and McGraw’s 26 each, Dolly Parton’s 25 and Reba McEntire’s 24.
In that legacy-heavy group, Chesney earned a first No. 1 most recently, with “She’s Got It All” in 1997. Chesney’s power is even more apparent at country radio. His 33 Country Airplay No. 1s put him firmly in first place, ahead of Blake Shelton , McGraw , Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Jackson, Strait , Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban , Brooks & Dunn, Luke Combs, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley and Wallen .
The milestones underscore the scope of Chesney’s career, one that has made him both a country radio standard-bearer and one of the most prolific hitmakers in the nine-decade history of
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