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Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant To Be” Breaks Hot Country Songs Record

“Meant To Be” is #1 on Billboard Hot Country Songs for a 35th week.

Last year, Sam Hunt’s “Body Like A Back Road” enjoyed a record-setting 34 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

As of this week, that record no longer stands.

Bebe Rexha’s “Meant To Be (featuring Florida Georgia Line)” is celebrating a 35th consecutive week atop the chart. As such, it boasts the longest reign in the chart’s history.

The Hot Country Songs chart ranks country singles based on combined activity from sales, streams and radio airplay. The radio component includes airplay from non-country formats.

While “Body Like A Back Road” successfully crossed over to pop and hot adult contemporary radio, “Meant To Be” actually started at those mainstream formats before impacting country. It also fared far better, reaching #1 at Hot AC and #2 at pop.

Both songs, of course, hit #1 at country radio.

Certainly not a radio-only hit, “Meant To Be” has been at or near the top of the country streaming and sales charts since Billboard began classifying it as a country single this past December.

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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