Ella Langley’s “You Look Like You Love Me,” featuring Riley Green, leaps from No. 7 to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart dated Dec. 14. The song, which the pair penned with Aaron Raitiere, increased by 18% to 26.5 million audience impressions Nov. 29-Dec. 5, according to Luminate. (The six-spot leap ties for the third-greatest to the top in the chart’s nearly 35-year history.)
Langley lands her first Country Airplay No. 1 with her second entry (on SAWGOD/Columbia/Nashville Harbor). “Strangers,” with Kameron Marlowe, spent a week at No. 56 in July. Green nets his second chart-topper, following his featured turn on Thomas Rhett’s “Half of Me,” which led for a week in November 2022.
Meanwhile, for the first time in 2024, a woman artist rules Country Airplay. Lainey Wilson last led among women, as featured on Jelly Roll’s “Save Me” for two weeks in December. Langley is the first woman to reign in a lead role also since Wilson, who spent three weeks at No. 1 in October 2023 with “Watermelon Moonshine.” Langley ends the longest break – 51 weeks – between women (including groups with prominent female vocals) topping the chart since a record 61-week shutout in 2003-04.
New Top 10s
Morgan Wallen banks his 18th Country Airplay top 10 as “Loves Somebody” lifts 11-9 (20 million, up 10%). The song is the second single from Wallen’s upcoming album, following “Lies Lies Lies,” which topped the Nov. 23-dated chart, becoming his 15th No. 1 – and his fifth of 2024, a new annual high for any artist.
Plus, Tucker Wetmore’s “Wind Up Missin’ You” becomes the singer-songwriter’s first Country Airplay top 10, as it hops 12-10 (18.1 million, up 4%). The 25-year-old previously charted with “Wine Into Whiskey” (No. 56 peak, May). The Kalama, Wash., native, who boasts 1.2 million TikTok followers, sent his debut collection, Waves on a Sunset, to No. 18 on Top Country Albums in October.
All Billboard charts dated Dec. 14 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Dec. 10.
