As “I Can’t Love You Anymore” rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, Morgan Wallen advances on the list of country acts with the most leaders. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 20: Morgan Wallen performs onstage for night one of his One Night At A Time tour at Neyland Stadium on September 20, 2024 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for Morgan Wallen’s One Night At A Time 2024)
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In the span of less than a decade, Morgan Wallen has gone from a relatively unknown singer-songwriter trying to find his audience to one of country music’s biggest stars. He has only released four full-length albums, but all of them have produced many hit songs – more than some acts will manage throughout an entire career. These days, he seems to be in an untouchable phase, where nearly anything he chooses as a single rises all the way to No. 1.
Wallen is once again in charge of the Country Airplay chart, and he makes history this frame in multiple ways. As one Wallen cut replaces another in the uppermost rung, the singer moves up on the ranking of artists with the most leaders of all time on what can be considered perhaps the most competitive of Billboard’s country radio rundowns.
Morgan Wallen Returns to No. 1
Wallen returns to the summit of the Country Airplay chart alongside Ella Langley, who has broken out as not just a country favorite, but a superstar and hitmaker this year thanks in part to “Choosin’ Texas.” The two take “I Can’t Love You Anymore” to the top spot a little more than three months after it debuted. In its fifteenth frame on the tally, the collaboration becomes Langley’s fifth ruler and Wallen’s twenty-second.
Here are all of Morgan Wallen’s No. 1s on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
- “20 Cigarettes”
- “Chasin’ You”
- “Cowgirls” with Ernest
- “Don’t We”
- “I Can’t Love You Anymore” with Ella Langley
- “I Got Better”
- “I Had Some Help” with Post Malone
- “I’m the Problem”
- “Just in Case”
- “Last Night”
- “Lies Lies Lies”
- “Love Somebody”
- “Mamaw’s House” with Thomas Rhett
- “Man Made a Bar” with Eric Church
- “More Than My Hometown”
- “Sand in My Boots”
- “Thinkin’ Bout Me”
- “Thought You Should Know”
- “Up Down” with Florida Georgia Line
- “Wasted on You”
- “Whiskey Glasses”
- “You Proof”
Morgan Wallen Passes Keith Urban and Thomas Rhett
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 06: Thomas Rhett performs onstage during the 2024 CMA Music festival at the Nissan Stadium on June 06, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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With 22 No. 1 hits on the Country Airplay chart to his name, Wallen advances once more on a historic ranking. Last week, he sat side-by-side with Keith Urban and Thomas Rhett, as the three men jointly claimed the eighth-most leaders ever. Now, Wallen holds that distinction on his own, while Urban and Rhett drop into a tie for ninth place.
Morgan Wallen Is Four No. 1s Away From His Next Leap
Wallen will have to rack up four additional No. 1 hits before he advances again on the same all-time ranking. Alan Jackson, George Strait and Luke Bryan are all tied for the fifth-most rulers with 26 apiece. Kenny Chesney continues to lead all acts with 33 No. 1s. He is followed by Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean, who have earned 30, 29 and 27 appearances at No. 1, respectively.
Morgan Wallen Has Scored Three No. 1s in 2026
So far in 2026, Wallen has collected three new No. 1 hits on the Country Airplay chart. In addition to “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” both “20 Cigarettes” and “Don’t We,” singles from his I’m the Problem album, have led the charge. Last year, four cuts from the same full-length — “I Got Better,” “I’m the Problem,” “Just in Case” and “Love Somebody” — reached the throne on the same ranking.
2026 is now tied with 2023 and 2022, as Wallen also earned three new Country Airplay champions in each of those years. 2024 remains his most successful period on the calendar, with an incredible five new No. 1 songs on the radio tally.
Morgan Wallen Replaces Himself at No. 1
Just last week, Wallen dominated the Country Airplay chart with his solo cut “Don’t We.” This frame, as that single makes way for “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” it falls from No. 1 to No. 3.