Rewind: 2021 MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart No 1s

Since 2002, the MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart has crowned No. 1 songs in the secondary country radio marketplace, celebrating 42 songs in 2021. MusicRow congratulates each artist, songwriter and label for its accomplishments this year.

Luke Combs earned 3 No. 1s this year. “Forever After All” and “Cold As You” each spent 2 weeks occupying No. 1. He also received a credit for his duet with Jameson Rodgers, “Cold Beer Calling My Name.” Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood‘s duet, “If I Didn’t Love You,” spent an incredible 3 weeks at the top of the chart in September. Thomas Rhett earned two 2-week No. 1s for “What’s Your Country Song” and “Country Again.”

The most spun song of 2021 was Jon Pardi‘s “Tequila Little Time,” which went No. 1 in July and received a total of 53,458 cumulative spins.

Four artists received their first CountryBreakout No. 1s this year: Lainey Wilson, “Things A Man Oughta Know;” Priscilla Block, “Just About Over You;” Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like;” and MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You.” Niko Moon earned his first No. 1 credit as an artist for “Good Time,” as did Ryan Hurd for his duet with Maren Morris, “Chasing After You.”

The winners of the 20th Annual MusicRow CountryBreakout Awards, which are based on radio airplay reported by stations on MusicRow’s radio panel, will be revealed on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022.

2021 MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart No. 1s:
Jan. 8: Jordan Davis, “Almost Maybes”
Jan. 15 & Jan, 22: Thomas Rhett, “What’s Your Country Song”
Jan. 29: Morgan Wallen, “7 Summers”
Feb. 5: Brett Young, “Lady”
Feb. 12: Eric Church, “Hell Of A View”
Feb. 19: Dierks Bentley, “Gone”
Feb. 26: Niko Moon, “Good Time”
March 5: Jake Owen, “Made For You”
March 12: Keith Urban, P!nk, “One Too Many”
March 19: Gabby Barrett, “The Good Ones”
March 26: Tim McGraw, Tyler Hubbard, “Undivided”
April 2: Miranda Lambert, “Settling Down”
April 9: Blake Shelton, “Minimum Wage”
April 16: Sam Hunt, “Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s”
April 23 & April 30: Luke Combs, “Forever After All”
May 7: Chris Young, Kane Brown, “Famous Friends”
May 14: Carly Pearce, “Next Girl”
May 21: Jason Aldean, “Blame It On You”
May 28: Justin Moore, “We Didn’t Have Much”
June 4 & June 11: Thomas Rhett, “Country Again”
June 18 & June 25: Luke Bryan, “Waves”
July 2: Lee Brice, “Memory I Don’t Mess With”
July 9: Lady A, “Like A Lady”
July 16: Chase Rice, Florida Georgia Line, “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen.”
July 23: Jon Pardi, “Tequila Little Time”
July 30: Old Dominion, “I Was On A Boat That Day”
Aug. 6: Jameson Rodgers, Luke Combs, “Cold Beer Calling My Name”
Aug. 13: Lainey Wilson, “Things A Man Oughta Know”
Aug. 20: Priscilla Block, “Just About Over You”
Aug. 27 & Oct. 22: Luke Combs, “Cold As You”
Sept. 3, Sept. 10 & Sept. 24: Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You”
Sept. 17: Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”
Oct. 1: Ryan Hurd, Maren Morris, “Chasing After You”
Oct. 8: Zac Brown Band, “Same Boat”
Oct. 15: Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”
Oct. 29: Jordan Davis, Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
Nov. 5: Eric Church, “Heart On Fire”
Nov. 12: Morgan Wallen, “Sand In My Boots”
Nov. 19 & Nov. 24: Dustin Lynch, MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”
Dec. 3: Kane Brown, “One Mississippi”
Dec. 10: Parker McCollum, “To Be Loved By You”
Dec. 17: Blake Shelton, “Come Back As A Country Boy”