2017
“Body Like a Back Road” by Sam Hunt broke two Billboard Hot Country Songs chart records for #1 longevity within a month of each other. On July 22, upon spending its 22nd week at #1, “… Back Road” became the longest-running #1 song by a male artist since the start of the charts in 1944. On August 12, the song’s 25th week at #1, Hunt bumped Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” for lengthiest #1 run (previously 24 weeks) in chart history; the song eventually logged 34 weeks at the top. The song’s long-running popularity was attributed in part due to downloads and live streaming, and its #6 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, all without a music video for the track.