Photo credit:  Morgan Wallen performs the song “’98 Braves” at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The show airs on November 19, 2023 on BBMAs.watch. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)

 

Morgan Wallen’s new song “Love Somebody” was released a week and a half ago and has already become the #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100.

And in doing so, he has dethroned Shaboozey, who had a 15-week run of being on top with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”.  Shaboozey was only one week away from tying Morgan’s song, “Last Night”, which dominated the charts last year.

The all-time record is held by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus who saw “Old Town Road” on top of the chart for 19 weeks back in 2019.

But both Morgan and Shaboozey are in elite company.  In the 66 years since the creation of Billboard’s Hot 100, only 4% of all number one songs have led the chart for double-digit weeks.