Shaboozey notches his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Good News” ascends a spot to the top of the Sept. 6-dated tally. It increased by 4% to 31.1 million audience impressions Aug. 22-28, according to Luminate.
Shaboozey cowrote the song with Sean Cook, Michael Pollack, Sam Roman, Nevin Sastry and Jake Torrey. It’s from his album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which arrived at its No. 2 high on Top Country Albums and its No. 5 best on the all-genre Billboard 200 in June 2024.
The Northern Virginia native (born Collins Obinna Chibueze) sent his first Country Airplay entry, the multi-genre smash “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” to No. 1 for seven weeks beginning last August — surpassing Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel” in 2006 as the longest-leading hit on the chart ever to establish a country career (counting acts’ first titles on the chart as a lead artist or their initial songs promoted to country radio).
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” also ran up 45 weeks atop the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart starting in May 2024, the longest command for a song by a single artist; overall, it trails only Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be.” Plus, it ruled the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for a record-tying 19 weeks.
Shaboozey has charted two other songs on Country Airplay: “Highway” reached No. 49 in January and “Amen,” with Jelly Roll, hit a No. 54 high in July.
‘Friday Night’ Pardi
Jon Pardi notches his 11th Country Airplay top 10 as “Friday Night Heartbreaker” lifts 11-10 (16.7 million, up 6%). It marks his first top 10 since “Your Heart or Mine,” which rose to No. 4 in September 2023. He has earned five No. 1s, beginning with “Head Over Boots” in August 2016.