Blake Shelton Scores His 30th Country Airplay Number One
Blake Shelton has scored his 30th number-one single on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with 'Stay Country or Die Tryin',' placing him second on the all-time list behind Kenny Chesney's 33 chart-topping singles since the chart's inception in 1990.
The milestone reinforces Shelton's status as one of the format's most consistent commercial hitmakers over an extended career, spanning both his solo recording output and his long-running visibility as a television personality.
Chart longevity of this kind has become an increasingly notable storyline in country music, as legacy hitmakers continue to post new commercial milestones even while younger streaming-era artists set separate records of their own across the same year.
The achievement was one of several significant Country Airplay and Hot 100 milestones logged in the opening months of 2026 alone, reflecting an unusually active period for chart history within the format.
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