List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2014

Two young blonde-haired women smiling broadly
Maddie & Tae achieved their first number-one single when they topped the Country Airplay chart with "Girl in a Country Song", a response to the prevalent bro-country style.

Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay are charts that rank the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. Hot Country Songs ranks songs based on digital downloads, streaming, and airplay not only from country stations but from stations of all formats, a methodology introduced in 2012.[1] Country Airplay, which was published for the first time in 2012, is based solely on country radio airplay, a methodology which had previously been used for several decades for Hot Country Songs.[1] In 2014, 13 different songs topped the Hot Country Songs chart and 35 different songs topped Country Airplay in 52 issues of the magazine.

Jason Aldean had the longest unbroken run at number one on the Hot Country Songs, spending 14 consecutive weeks in the top spot with "Burnin' It Down". Luke Bryan spent the most total weeks at number one during the year, however. His songs "Drink a Beer" and "Play It Again" totaled 14 weeks atop the chart and he spent a further 6 weeks in the top spot as a featured vocalist on Florida Georgia Line's chart-topper "This Is How We Roll" for a total of 20 weeks at number one. Bryan and Florida Georgia Line were the acts with the most number ones during 2014, as each act had two chart-toppers in addition to their collaboration on "This Is How We Roll". No other act had more than one number one during the year. Bryan also spent the most weeks at number one on the Country Airplay listing, but with a much smaller total of seven weeks. This figure included a run of four consecutive weeks with "Play It Again", which tied with Florida Georgia Line's "Stay" for the longest unbroken run at the top of the radio-based chart during 2014. Bryan and Florida Georgia Line were both associated with bro-country, an emerging subgenre which incorporated elements from hip hop music and emphasized lyrics about partying, drinking, and attractive young women.[2] Blake Shelton had the most chart-toppers on the airplay listing, reaching the top spot with "Doin' What She Likes", "Neon Light" and "My Eyes".

Several acts gained their first number ones during 2014, including Sam Hunt,[3] whose "Leave the Night On" topped both charts in the same week in November. Singer Cole Swindell reached the top of the Hot Country Songs listing with his debut single, "Chillin' It".[4] Frankie Ballard achieved his first career number one when he reached the peak position on Country Airplay with "Helluva Life",[5] and went on to gain his second number one on the same chart later in the year with "Sunshine & Whiskey". Gwen Sebastian, a former contestant on the second season of TV's The Voice, was a first-time chart-topper when she was featured on the song "My Eyes" by Blake Shelton, who had coached her on the show.[6][7] "Where It's At" gave Dustin Lynch his first appearance at number one in September,[8] and teenaged female duo Maddie & Tae gained their first number-one single in December with "Girl in a Country Song",[9] a retort to bro-country, and in particular the depiction of women in the style's lyrics.[10]

Chart history

A young man in a checked shirt and cowboy hat playing a guitar and singing into a microphone
Jason Aldean's "Burnin' It Down" spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one.
A young woman with long blonde hair, wearing a pink dress, singing into a microphone
Carrie Underwood topped the chart in December with "Something in the Water".
A young man wearing a red shirt, singing into a microphone
Frankie Ballard had two number ones on the airplay chart.
A young man wearing a white t-shirt and a cowboy hat, playing a guitar
Dustin Lynch achieved his first number one with "Where It's At".
Chart history
Issue date Hot Country Songs Country Airplay
Title Artist(s) Ref. Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 "Stay" Florida Georgia Line [11] "Stay" Florida Georgia Line [12]
January 11 [13] [14]
January 18 [15] [16]
January 25 "Drink a Beer" Luke Bryan [17] [18]
February 1 [19] "Sweet Annie" Zac Brown Band [20]
February 8 [21] "Whatever She's Got" David Nail [22]
February 15 [23] "Drink a Beer" Luke Bryan [24]
February 22 [25] [26]
March 1 "Chillin' It" Cole Swindell [27] "When She Says Baby" Jason Aldean [28]
March 8 [29] [30]
March 15 "Bottoms Up" Brantley Gilbert [31] [32]
March 22 [33] "Compass" Lady Antebellum [34]
March 29 "This Is How We Roll" Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan [35] "Helluva Life" Frankie Ballard [36]
April 5 [37] "I Hold On" Dierks Bentley [38]
April 12 [39] "Doin' What She Likes" Blake Shelton [40]
April 19 [41] [42]
April 26 "Play It Again" Luke Bryan [43] "Drink to That All Night" Jerrod Niemann [44]
May 3 [45] [46]
May 10 [47] "Bottoms Up" Brantley Gilbert [48]
May 17 [49] "Give Me Back My Hometown" Eric Church [50]
May 24 [51] "Get Me Some of That" Thomas Rhett [52]
May 31 [53] "Play It Again" Luke Bryan [54]
June 7 [55] [56]
June 14 [57] [58]
June 21 "This Is How We Roll" Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan [59] [60]
June 28 [61] "Beat of the Music" Brett Eldredge [62]
July 5 "Play It Again" Luke Bryan [63] "Lettin' the Night Roll" Justin Moore [64]
July 12 "Somethin' Bad" Miranda Lambert duet with Carrie Underwood [65] "My Eyes" Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Sebastian [66]
July 19 "Beachin'" Jake Owen [67] "Beachin'" Jake Owen [68]
July 26 "Dirt" Florida Georgia Line [69] "Yeah" Joe Nichols [70]
August 2 [71] [72]
August 9 "Burnin' It Down" Jason Aldean [73] [74]
August 16 [75] "We Are Tonight" Billy Currington [76]
August 23 [77] "I Don't Dance" Lee Brice [78]
August 30 [79] "Drunk on a Plane" Dierks Bentley [80]
September 6 [81] [82]
September 13 [83] "Bartender" Lady Antebellum [84]
September 20 [85] "American Kids" Kenny Chesney [86]
September 27 [87] "Where It's At" Dustin Lynch [88]
October 4 [89] [90]
October 11 [91] "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" Cole Swindell [92]
October 18 [93] "Roller Coaster" Luke Bryan [94]
October 25 [95] "Dirt" Florida Georgia Line [96]
November 1 [97] "Burnin' It Down" Jason Aldean [98]
November 8 [99] [100]
November 15 "Leave the Night On" Sam Hunt [101] "Leave the Night On" Sam Hunt [102]
November 22 "Something in the Water" Carrie Underwood [103] "Neon Light" Blake Shelton [104]
November 29 [105] "Sunshine & Whiskey" Frankie Ballard [106]
December 6 [107] "Somewhere in My Car" Keith Urban [108]
December 13 "Shotgun Rider" Tim McGraw [109] [110]
December 20 [111] "Girl in a Country Song" Maddie & Tae [112]
December 27 [113] "Shotgun Rider" Tim McGraw [114]

See also

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