After 30 weeks in the Top 40, Scotty McCreery’s “Damn Strait” finally ascended to the top spot, giving the baritone crooner his first No. 1 on this chart. McCreery has had airplay No. 1s in the past, as with last year’s “You Time, ” which topped out at No. 2 overall. As McCreery moved up, Morgan Wallen’s “Wasted On You” tumbled out of the Top 5 after five weeks at the top. The rest of the Top 5 were “Like I Love Country Music” by Mitchell Tenpenny (No. 2, up one), “New Truck” by Dylan Scott (No. 3, up one), “Las Night Lonely” by Jon Pardi (No. 4, up three) and “The Kind of Love We Make” by Luke Combs (No. 5, no change).
Two former No. 1s, and the two most dominant songs to have left the chart this year, fell from the Top 40 this week. Cody Johnson’s “Til You Can’t” was on the chart for 36 weeks and hit No. 1 for two weeks in March. Jason Aldean’s “Trouble With a Heartbreak,” entered the chart on January 28 and remained there for 28 weeks, holding on to No. 1 for three weeks in May and June.
Here is the updated chart for the week of August 3, 2022. 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 | Damn Strait | Scotty McCreery | 2 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| 2 | Like I Love Country Music | Kane Brown | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | New Truck | Dylan Scott | 4 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| 4 | Last Night Lonely | Jon Pardi | 7 | 3 | 24 | 4 |
| 5 | The Kind of Love We Make | Luke Combs | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 6 | Best Thing Since Backroads | Jake Owen | 6 | 0 | 44 | 6 |
| 7 | Wasted On You | Morgan Wallen | 1 | -6 | 21 | 1 |
| 8 | At the End of a Bar | Chris Young & Michell Tenpenny | 9 | 1 | 23 | 8 |
| 9 | Circles Around This Town | Maren Morris | 10 | 1 | 30 | 9 |
| 10 | She Had Me at Heads Carolina | Cole Swindell | 12 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 11 | With a Woman You Love | Justin Moore | 11 | 0 | 23 | 11 |
| 12 | Truth About You | Mitchell Tenpenny | 13 | 1 | 19 | 12 |
| 13 | Ghost Story | Carrie Underwood | 14 | 1 | 20 | 12 |
| 14 | Wishful Drinking | Ingrid Angress & Sam Hunt | 15 | 1 | 21 | 14 |
| 15 | Don’t Come Lookin’ | Jackson Dean | 17 | 2 | 18 | 13 |
| 16 | 5 Foot 9 | Tyler Hubbard | 16 | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 17 | No Hard Feelings | Old Dominion | 19 | 2 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | You Proof | Morgan Wallen | 25 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 19 | Son of a Sinner | Jelly Roll | 22 | 3 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | Party Mode | Dustin Lynch | 24 | 4 | 25 | 20 |
| 21 | Fall In Love | Bailey Zimmerman | 28 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 22 | 7500 OBO | Tim McGraw | 8 | -14 | 37 | 4 |
| 23 | Country On | Luke Bryan | 31 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 24 | She Likes It | Russell Dickerson & Jake Scott | 29 | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 25 | Out in the Middle | Zac Brown Band | 30 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 26 | Soul | Lee Brice | 26 | 0 | 23 | 26 |
| 27 | Take My Name | Parmalee | 20 | -7 | 27 | 1 |
| 28 | Country’d Look Good On You | Frank Ray | 32 | 4 | 27 | 22 |
| 29 | Pick Me Up | Gabby Barrett | 27 | -2 | 19 | 26 |
| 30 | Half of Me | Thomas Rhett & Riley Green | 38 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 31 | Down Home | Jimmie Allen | 34 | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 32 | Everyone She Knows | Kenny Chesney | 21 | -11 | 23 | 17 |
| 33 | Heartfirst | Kelsea Ballerini | 36 | 3 | 15 | 24 |
| 34 | Rock and a Hard Place | Bailey Zimmerman | 35 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| 35 | Whiskey On You | Nate Smith | 39 | 4 | 2 | 35 |
| 36 | What My World Spins Around | Jordan Davis | Re-E | Re-E | 5 | 36 |
| 37 | Something In the Orange | Zach Bryan | 33 | -4 | 3 | 33 |
| 38 | Progress | John Rich | New | New | 1 | 38 |
| 39 | Joy of My Life | Chris Stapleton | 40 | 1 | 11 | 36 |
| 40 | Wild As Her | Corey Kent | New | New | 1 | 40 |
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 |
| Thought You Should Know | Morgan Wallen |
| Water Under the Bridge | Sam Hunt |
| Ya’ll Life | Walker Hayes |
| That’s What Tequila Does | Jason Aldean |
| Gold | Dierks Bentley |
| Dear Alcohol | Dax |
| Tomorrow Me | Luke Combs |
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 84 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2022 Doug DeBolt.
