A new No. 1 hit has risen to the top as the American country chart resumes its usual merry-go-round of weekly hits. This week’s top song is Dan + Shay’s “Glad You Exist,” which easily moved past last week’s top song, Chase Rice’s “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen.” into the lead spot. “Glad You Exist” is the year’s 16th No. 1 hit, and it’s the fifth song to claim the top of the chart in the last seven weeks. The entire Top 5 was jumbled as Luke Bryan’s “Waves” and Lainey Wilson’s “Things a Man Oughta Know” both moved up one spot to No. 3 and No. 4 respectively. “We Didn’t Have Much” by Justin Moore is new entry in the Top 5 this week.
Cole Swindell’s “Single Saturday Night,” which held No. 1 for three weeks and was No. 2 a week ago, fell out of the Top 5 and Top 10 all the way to No. 13. It had been in the Top 5 since June 23.
There was one notable exit from the chart this week. Miranda Lambert’s “Settling Down,” which had been on the country chart for 32 weeks, was holding on at No. 39 a week ago but finally exited this week. The song had been on the chart since we started tracking on January 6, and it peaked at No. 5.
Other trends in this week’s chart:
Biggest mover:
- “My Boy” by Elvie Shane (up four from No. 13 to No. 9)
Biggest drops:
- “Single Saturday Night” by Cole Swindell (down 11 from No. 2 to No. 13)
- “Famous Friends” by Chris Young (down 10 from No. 8 to No. 18)
- “One Too Many” by Keith Urban & P!nk (down 22 from No. 18 to No. 40, down 32 in the last two weeks)
Debuts:
- “Heart on Fire” by Eric Church (No. 37 — two weeks on the Side Burner chart)
- “That’s What Cowboys Do” by Garth Brooks (No. 38 — one week on the Side Burner chart)
- “Best Thing Since Backroads” by Jake Owen (No. 39 — one week on the Side Burner chart)
Exits:
- “Settling Down” by Miranda Lambert (32 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 5, last week No. 39)
- “Beers on Me” by Dierks Bentley (one week on the chart, last week No. 38)
- “Memory” by Kane Brown & blackbear (one week on the chart, last week No. 40)
Here are this week’s “Personal Picks” — songs that haven’t appeared in either of our charts but that we think deserve at least one listen.
| Personal Picks | |
| (Songs that haven’t appeared in our charts … but they deserve a listen.) | |
| Song | Artist |
| 7500 OBO | Tim McGraw |
| I Can’t | Caitlyn Smith & Old Dominion |
| On a Good Night | Hank Ruff |
Here is the updated chart for the week of August 19, 2021. Each song is linked to its official video on YouTube, where possible. To listen to the full playlist of these songs, visit our page on Spotify.
| Pos | Song | Artist | LW | Chg | Wks | Peak |
| 1 | Glad You Exist | Dan + Shay | 3 | 2 | 27 | 1 |
| 2 | Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen | Chase Rice | 1 | -1 | 26 | 1 |
| 3 | Waves | Luke Bryan | 4 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Things a Man Oughta Know | Lainey Wilson | 5 | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| 5 | We Didn’t Have Much | Justin Moore | 6 | 1 | 30 | 5 |
| 6 | Country Again | Thomas Rhett | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| 7 | Cold Beer Calling My Name | Jameson Rodgers | 10 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | You Time | Scotty McCreery | 11 | 3 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | My Boy | Elvie Shane | 13 | 4 | 24 | 9 |
| 10 | I Was On a Boat That Day | Old Dominion | 9 | -1 | 11 | 9 |
| 11 | Memory I Don’t Mess With | Lee Brice | 12 | 1 | 17 | 11 |
| 12 | Chasing After You | Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris | 14 | 2 | 19 | 12 |
| 13 | Single Saturday Night | Cole Swindell | 2 | -11 | 29 | 1 |
| 14 | Forever After All | Luke Combs | 15 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 15 | Next Girl | Carley Pearce | 16 | 1 | 31 | 15 |
| 16 | If I Didn’t Love You | Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood | 19 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 17 | Knowing You | Kenny Chesney | 17 | 0 | 15 | 17 |
| 18 | Famous Friends | Chris Young | 8 | -10 | 32 | 1 |
| 19 | Like a Lady | Lady A | 20 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 20 | Cold As You | Luke Combs | 23 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 21 | Freedom Was a Highway | Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley | 21 | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 22 | Tequila Little Time | Jon Pardi | 22 | 0 | 11 | 22 |
| 23 | Fancy Like | Walker Hayes | 24 | 1 | 8 | 23 |
| 24 | Whiskey and Rain | Michael Ray | 25 | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 25 | You Should Probably Leave | Chris Stapleton | 27 | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 26 | Just About Over You | Priscilla Block | 26 | 0 | 21 | 25 |
| 27 | Same Boat | Zac Brown Band | 28 | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 28 | Thinking ‘Bout You | Dustin Lynch | 29 | 1 | 7 | 28 |
| 29 | Buy Dirt | Jordan Davis | 31 | 2 | 6 | 29 |
| 30 | It’s ‘Cause I Am | Callista Clark | 30 | 0 | 9 | 30 |
| 31 | Home Sweet | Russell Dickerson | 32 | 1 | 10 | 31 |
| 32 | Half of My Hometown | Kelsea Ballerini | 35 | 3 | 11 | 32 |
| 33 | Lil Bit | Nelly & Florida Georgia Line | 34 | 1 | 20 | 9 |
| 34 | To Be Loved By You | Parker McCollum | 33 | -1 | 7 | 33 |
| 35 | Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) | Elle King & Miranda Lambert | 36 | 1 | 19 | 16 |
| 36 | Give Heaven Some Hell | Hardy | 37 | 1 | 3 | 36 |
| 37 | Heart on Fire | Eric Church | New | New | 1 | 37 |
| 38 | That’s What Cowboys Do | Garth Brooks | New | New | 1 | 38 |
| 39 | Best Thing Since Backroads | Jake Owen | New | New | 1 | 39 |
| 40 | One Too Many | Keith Urban & P!nk | 18 | -22 | 32 | 8 |
There are seven songs that show signs of invading the chart in the coming weeks. Songs that appeared on this list previously are marked with an asterisk for each week they’ve been on the list. (You can listen to them in our “On the Side Burner” playlist on Spotify):
| On the Side Burner | |
| (Songs that haven’t appeared in our chart but were closest to making it this week) | |
| Song | Artist |
| Sand in My Boots | Morgan Wallen |
| Steal My Love | Dan + Shay |
| That Ain’t Me No More****** | Matt Stell |
| Magic City Cowboy* | Jamie Ray |
| Ride the Lightning (717 Tapes)***** | Warren Zeiders |
| Tennessee Whiskey****** | Chris Stapleton |
| Good Things* | Dan + Shay |
The American charts all have their whims. We look across the pop music landscape to put together a reliable snapshot of what is truly trending today. We are currently tracking 76 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2021 Doug DeBolt.
