Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m the Problem’ Becomes 2025’s Longest-Leading Country Airplay No. 1 Hit

Morgan Wallen‘s “I’m the Problem” tops Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart for a seventh consecutive week, leading the June 7-dated survey with 29.8 million audience impressions May 23-29, according to Luminate.

The title track and third No. 1 from Wallen’s new album — which launched atop the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums (dated May 31) with 2025’s biggest week by equivalent album units (493,000 in the United States) — is the third of his 17 Country Airplay leaders to rule for seven weeks or more, following “You Proof” (10 weeks, 2022-23) and “Last Night” (eight weeks, 2023).

Wallen now claims the year’s longest No. 1 run on Country Airplay, surpassing the six-week command for Jelly Roll’s “Liar” in February-March. Wallen’s latest leader and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (seven weeks, August-September 2024) share the longest reigns since Nate Smith’s “World on Fire” dominated for 10 frames beginning in December 2023, tying “You Proof” as the longest-leading titles since the chart began in January 1990.

Meanwhile, Wallen’s latest single being promoted to country radio, “Just in Case,” lifts 13-11 on Country Airplay (16.1 million, up 9%).

Smith’s Latest Top 10 ‘Break’-Through

Nate Smith’s “Fix What You Didn’t Break” rises two spots to No. 9 on Country Airplay (17.1 million, up 6%). Smith co-authored the song with Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips and Lindsay Rimes, the lattermost of whom also produced it. It’s from Smith’s album California Gold, which arrived at its No. 12 high on Top Country Albums last October.

Smith earns his fourth Country Airplay top 10. It follows “Bulletproof,” which hit No. 3 last August. The Paradise, Calif., native’s first of four entries, “Whiskey on You,” notched two weeks at No. 1 in February 2023, followed by “World on Fire.”

Oz-some Debut for ‘Laredo’

Lainey Wilson’s newest single, “Somewhere Over Laredo,” debuts on Country Airplay at No. 21 with 7.6 million impressions in its first week of release, aided by hourly spins on participating iHeartMedia stations upon its arrival May 23.

Notably, the song borrows from the melody of “Over the Rainbow,” which was written for the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland. The credited writers of “Somewhere Over Laredo” are Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson and Dallas Wilson, with Harold Arlen and Edgar Yipsel Harburg – the co-authors of “Over the Rainbow” – also receiving credit.

Among other charted covers of the beloved ballad, Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’Ole’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” has topped Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart for 370 weeks, among an overall 802-week active run.

All charts dated June 7 will update Tuesday, June 3.