#1 COUNTRY SONG IN THE WORLD
NASHVILLE, TENN. – After claiming the longest reign atop Billboard’s Hot 100 chart of the 2020s with hit single “Last Night,” holding the position for 16 weeks upon release, 15-time Billboard Music Award winner Morgan Wallen‘s recent single “Love Somebody” has reclaimed that top position, while simultaneously debuting No. 1 globally on 11 charts.
“Love Somebody” is Wallen’s first song as a solo artist to debut at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, and is his ninth leader – and record-extending sixth to debut at No. 1 – on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart. “Love Somebody” is also Wallen’s third to claim No. 1 simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts, breaking the record previously held by Glen Campbell, John Denver, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Taylor Swift (each with two).
Released on Oct. 18, with the live music video “Love Somebody (Live from Neyland Stadium)” premiering on Oct. 24, “Love Somebody” was written by Wallen alongside John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Elof Loelv and Ryan Vojtesak, and was produced by Joey Moi and Charlie Handsome (Dangerous: The Double Album and One Thing At A Time).
Celebrated by HITS Daily Double as a “heartbreak hit-in-the-making,” the single delivers Wallen craving something different against a neon-lit backdrop, as the East Tennessean singer/songwriter offers a candid glimpse at the difficulties of finding someone “Who ain’t hypnotized / By dollar signs and blindin’ lights,” as he searches for authenticity.
Chart Debuts
#1 Billboard Hot 100 Debut – U.S.
#1 Billboard Streaming Songs – U.S.
#1 Billboard Digital Song Sales – U.S.
#1 Billboard Hot Country Songs – U.S.
#1 Overall On-Demand Streaming – Top 200 Canada (all genre)
#1 Overall Digital Song Sales – Top 200 Canada (all genre)
#1 Country Song – Luminate Global 200 (all genre)
#1 Country Song – Top 100 Canada
#1 Country Song – Top 50 Ireland
#1 Country Song – Top 20 Norway
Radio
#1 Debut on the UK Country Airplay Chart; marking the first time a song has entered at #1
#1 Most Added All Formats in the U.S. (140 adds at country + 46 adds at Pop/Hot AC = 186 adds)
ABOUT MORGAN WALLEN
When 15-time Billboard Music Awards-winner and current CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee Morgan Wallen released his third studio album One Thing At A Time in 2023, its instant success left The New York Times proclaiming Wallen as “one of the biggest stars in pop, period.” One Thing At A Time has remained atop the all-genre Billboard 200 chart for 19 non-consecutive weeks, the most weeks at No. 1 for a Country album, and was the most-streamed album of the year on Spotify. The album’s 7x-Platinum single “Last Night” reeled in over 2.2 billion streams globally, becoming the most-streamed song of any genre in the U.S. across Apple Music and Spotify, and the longest running No. 1 solo song in Hot 100 history (16 weeks total). Recent collaboration with Post Malone, “I Had Some Help,” debuted at country radio with 167 first week adds, becoming only the second single in chart history to debut with the support of all reporting stations. Since its release, “I Had Some Help” remained No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 all-genre charts for six weeks.
With 15 chart-toppers at country radio, Wallen’s 87-show One Night At A Time World Tour, spanning two years, 10 countries/3 continents and 51 stadium plays, concluded at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium on Oct. 19. Performing to over 3.1 million fans, One Night At A Timewas named a Billboard and Pollstar Country Tour of the Year in 2023, as well as People’s Choice Country Concert Tour of 2024, surpassing attendance records in numerous stops; including Neyland Stadium and Ohio Stadium, where Wallen became the largest weekend ever for both venues. Wallen donates a portion from every ticket sold to his Morgan Wallen Foundation.
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Media Contacts for Morgan Wallen
Ebie McFarland, Carrie McDonough | Essential Broadcast Media, LLC
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Rachel Heatherly | Big Loud
Beau Benton | Republic Records
