Who Ruled 2020 Year-End Sales? Luke Combs, Gabby Barrett, Morgan Wallen, Maren Morris, Dan + Shay
Pictured (L-R, top row): Maren Morris, Gabby Barrett; (L-R, bottom row): Luke Combs, Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, Morgan Wallen
According to Nielsen, Gabby Barrett tops the Top 5 on-demand audio Streaming Country Songs for 2020, with her breakout single, “I Hope,” garnering 409 million streams.
Maren Morris follows Barrett, with “The Bones” earning 342 million streams. Morgan Wallen‘s collaboration with Diplo and Julia Michaels on “Heartless” comes in at No. 3 with 340 million; and his “Chasin’ You” is at No. 4 with 303 million streams. Dan + Shay‘s collaboration with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours,” rounds out the Top 5 on-demand audio Streaming Country Songs for 2020 with 281 million streams.
Notably, each song in the top five—apart from Wallen’s “Chasin’ You”—has a pop radio remix or collaboration. Barrett’s remix of “I Hope” that included Charlie Puth went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 all-genre chart and No. 1 on their Adult Top 40. Morris’ remix of “The Bones” with Hozier was a No. 1 Adult Top 40 song. Diplo and Wallen’s “Heartless” has been certified 3x-Platinum.
Dan + Shay and Bieber’s “10,000 Hours” made history on Billboard‘s Streaming Songs chart by becoming the highest-charting non-holiday country song in the history of the chart, beating Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise.”
As far as albums, there were 19 country titles in the top 200 overall for 2020. Luke Combs‘ What You See Is What You Get is the highest ranking country album at No. 10 in the top 200. His This One’s For You is the second highest title, at No. 25.
Other country albums in the top 200 for 2020 include:
Morgan Wallen’s If I Know Me (No. 27)
Sam Hunt’s SOUTHSIDE (No. 62)
Chris Stapleton’s Traveller (No. 65)
Blake Shelton’s Fully Loaded: God’s Country (No. 71)
Gabby Barrett’s Goldmine (No. 100)
Maren Morris’ Girl (No. 106)
Luke Bryan’s Born Here Live Here Die Here (No. 107)
Kenny Chesney’s Here And Now (No. 112)
Dan + Shay’s Dan + Shay (No. 125)
Kane Brown’s Experiment (No. 133)
Carrie Underwood’s My Gift (No. 137)
Jason Aldean’s 9 (No. 138)
Zac Brown Band’s Greatest Hits So Far… (No. 141)
Kane Brown’s Kane Brown (No. 156)
Old Dominion’s Old Dominion (No. 159)
Kane Brown’s Mixtape Vol. 1 (No. 168)
Lee Brice’s Hey World (No. 175)
