New chart moves at country show its range in full swing –– from Dan + Shay’s Taylor Swift revival to Ella Langley’s Texas grit and Morgan Wallen’s British rock spin –– proving the genre’s biggest moments can come from anywhere.
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Dan + Shay debut at No. 4 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart (dated Nov. 1) with their take on Swift’s “Back to December,” selling 2,000 downloads in its opening week (Oct. 17-23) according to Luminate. The rendition gained momentum after the pair posted a performance clip of the song at a recent soundcheck. The viral reaction prompted a studio version, which now marks the act’s 13th top 10 (fittingly) on the list. Swift’s original topped the chart for six weeks in 2010-11 and reached No. 3 on Hot Country Songs.
Meanwhile, Ella Langley earns her first top 10 debut on Hot Country Songs as “Choosin’ Texas,” co-written and co-produced with Miranda Lambert, among others, starts at No. 7 with 8 million official U.S. streams, 910,000 in radio audience and 5,000 sold. The rising Alabama-born star has now scored four top 10s overall on the multimetric survey.
Morgan Wallen also makes a notable entrance with “Graveyard Whistling,” his reworking of a 2015 track by English rockers Nothing but Thieves. The update opens at No. 11 on Hot Country Songs, led by 6.8 million streams. Wallen unveiled the cover in his Abbey Road Sessions YouTube series in March 2024, followed by an Amazon Music Original version this June. The song went wide across streaming platforms Oct. 17 and marks one of his seven currently charting titles on Hot Country Songs.
