Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves’ ‘I Remember Everything’ Tops Hot 100

Zach Bryan becomes the latest country star to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as his duet with Kacey Musgraves debuted at No. 1 this week.

“I Remember Everything” is on Bryan’s self-titled album, which debuted atop of the all-genre Billboard 200 chart last week. The song is the fourth straight country song to hold the top position on the all-genre song chart — a feat never before accomplished.

It also becomes the 24th song ever to top both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs chart (full list below).

“I Remember Everything” led all songs with 33.7 million streams.
It also nabbed 10,000 digital sales, less than one-third of the total for chart-leader “Rich Men North of Richmond.”
Oliver Anthony‘s song had led he last two Hot 100 charts, but he falls to No. 6 this week.

Country music’s dominance goes beyond the top of the chart. Luke Combs‘ “Fast Car” is the No. 2 song on the Billboard Hot 100 and Morgan Wallen‘s ”Last Night” is at No. 4. The full article at Billboard notes several other milestones “I Remember Everything” reached or broke during its debut week.

Like Anthony’s song (but unlike the Hot 100 No. 1 songs by Wallen and Jason Aldean), “I Remember Everything” reached the top with relatively little radio airplay. That’s a familiar story for Bryan’s fans: While “Something in the Orange,” a hit off of the 2022 American Heartbreak album, was a breakthrough smash on sales and streaming charts, country radio never fully committed, and it floundered to a Top 20 peak.

This new song is also being promoted as a rock song, which has allowed it to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on two different format charts, and the all-genre chart.

Every Country Music Hit to Top the Billboard Hot 100 Chart

In 2023, three songs have hit No. 1 on both the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart. Before that, just 20 songs had accomplished this. Here’s the full list of those songs, including the five artists who have done it twice.

26 Country Stars You Won’t Believe Aren’t Grand Ole Opry Members

That answer is often difficult to determine, but this list suggests reasons where appropriate. Membership into the Grand Ole Opry comes with an obligation to play the show frequently, but that’s often set aside (Barbara Mandrell is an inactive member, for example). Only living artists are considered, and once a member dies, they are no longer a member.

As of 2023, there are more than 70 members of the Grand Ole Opry. Historically, nearly 250 men, women and groups were members — so, it’s a select group that excludes several Country Music Hall of Famers.