Update: Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” which is already #55 on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart, ranks as the country radio format’s most-added song this week. It scored support from 49 monitored Mediabase stations.
Josh Dorr’s new “Save Your Breath” follows with a healthy 38 adds, while Dustin Lynch’s “Hell of a Night” ranks third-most-added on the strength of its 18 pickups.
Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time” and Will Hoge’s “Middle of America” then tie for fourth-most-added. Each picked up 14 monitored stations this week.
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Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild might be singing about her “Girl Crush,” but country radio clearly has a Little Big Town crush. The group’s new single impacts as the country format’s most-added song.
According to Mediabase, “Girl Crush” received support from 49 monitored stations this week. That represents a healthy start for the song, which aims to follow in the airplay chart-topping footsteps of its predecessor “Day Drinking.”
Not simply a strong performer at country radio, “Day Drinking” also reached the top forty on the all-encompassing, all-genre Billboard Hot 100. It was only the second LBT song (after 2012’s “Pontoon”) to achieve the feat.
A full adds report is due Monday evening. It is expected to also reveal a strong count for Josh Dorr’s new “Save Your Breath.”
