Welcome back to Country Music 4 Ever! In December 2023 Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll were at the number one spot on Billboard’s country airplay chart. At the time, it didn’t seem like a big deal considering they are some of the biggest country artists right now, but that was the last time a woman was at the number one spot on the country chart. That is until now. Ella Langley just ended this dry spell for women this week by going to number one with her Riley Green duet “You Look Like You Love Me.”
Considering there are only a couple of weeks left in this year, it’s crazy to think Ella is the first woman to have a number one country song this year. It has been 51 weeks since Lainey was at number one with Jelly Roll. This is the longest break between women at the number one spot since 2003-2004 when there was a 61-week shutout for women.
This song has proved many things about the current state of country music. Number one is that it proves real country music is still alive. I never thought a song with such a country sound would have any success on the radio, let alone go all the way to number one. And the second thing is that you don’t have to be a superstar to have one of the biggest songs of the year. This is only Ella’s second charting single, and Riley has only had a couple hit songs. I guess when a song is good, it doesn’t matter who sings it.
There are so many great female artists in country music right now, but they aren’t being supported like they should be. Right now, it seems worse than other years. It’s awesome to see a new artist like Ella have such huge breakout success.
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