Lainey Wilson Scores Ninth Hot Country Songs Top 10

Lanny Wilson enters ninth top 10 board“Somewhere Over Laredo” rises 11–9 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated November 29. According to Luminate, the track pulled in 4.1 million official United States streams (up 3%), 24.6 million radio audiences (up 8%) and 1,000 sales (up 36%) during the tracking week of November 14–20.

Wilson co-wrote the Jay Joyce-produced track, which features 1939’s iconic “Over the Rainbow”.

Baskin, a Louisiana native, is quickly growing her presence among the country’s most successful women. Of the top 100 artists as counted down from the top 10 on Hot Country Songs over the past 10 years, Wilson’s nine tied with Maren Morris for third among solo females behind Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, who have scored 17 and 10, respectively. Including fifth (Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan’s 15), eighth (Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay and Florida Georgia Line’s 11), and ninth (Carrie Underwood and Old Dominion’s 10), Wilson is comfortably in the top quarter at No. 10 overall, and tied with both Maren Morris and Cole Swindell. Narrow the lens to the last five years and her rise looks even more rapid: Wilson trails only Swift among singles women and is fourth behind Morgan Wallen (37), Luke Combs and Taylor Swift (tied 14) and Zach Bryan (13).

Meanwhile, Kelsea Ballerini has made her hot country song mark with two titles. He is at number 36 with “Emerald City” (2.9 million streams). The track follows just behind “I Sit in Parks”, which rises 14% (37–32) and logs 3.3 million streams. both appear mount pleasantTheir new six-song EP, which debuts at No. 9 on Top Country Albums with 13,000 equivalent album units. “Emerald City” becomes Ballerini’s 24th charted title on the list, seven of which have made the top 10 since her 2015 breakthrough “Love Me Like You Mean It”.