Nate Smith posts third straight career top 10 opener Advertising signCountry Airplay chart as “Bulletproof” reaches No. 10 on the June 8 survey. During the tracking week of May 24-30, the single rose 7% to 18.6 million audience impressions, according to Luminate.
The song, written by Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson and Hunter Phelps, is the lead single from 38-year-old Smith's seven-song set. Through the smokewhich opened at its No. 34 high on April's Top Country Albums.
Smith, from Paradise, Calif., crowned Country Airplay for 10 weeks starting in December with “World on Fire” — tying Morgan Wallen's “You Proof” in 2022 for the longest reign in the chart's history, which dates to since 1990. “Whiskey on You” premiered for two weeks in February 2023.
Smith won Best New Male Vocalist at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas, on May 16 and performed “Bulletproof” with Avril Lavigne at the festivities.
'The End' Continues
Bailey Zimmerman tops Country Airplay for a second week with “Where It Ends,” which gains 1% to 33.6 million streams.
The 24-year-old from Louisville, Ill., adds his second multi-week reign among his four consecutive Country Airplay No. .
Zimmerman's debut hit “Fall in Love” ruled Country Airplay for a week in December 2022, while his third No. 1, “Religiously,” topped the charts for a week in September 2023.
Of the 12 songs to reach No. 1 on Country Airplay in 2024, “Where It Ends” is just the second to hold the multi-week reign, joining Sam Hunt's “Outskirts,” which spanned three weeks beginning in April . In contrast, 12 of the chart's 19 No. 1s in 2023 each led for more than one frame.
