John Morgan Earns His First Country Airplay No. 1 With ‘Kid Myself’
Plus, a new top 10 for Luke Combs, and Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley debut.
John Morgan's song "Kid Myself" achieved a significant milestone by becoming his first No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, climbing to the top two weeks after its debut. The track garnered 31.3 million audience impressions, a 12% increase from the previous week, during the Oct. 2-8 reporting period. "Kid Myself" is Morgan's second Country Airplay entry, following "Friends Like That" (featuring Jason Aldean) which reached No. 2 in April 2025.
The song's 66-week climb to the top spot is the second-longest in the chart's 36-year history, only surpassed by Justin Moore's "Time's Ticking" (67 weeks, 2025-26). The length of time it takes for a song to reach No. 1 has increased over the years, from an average of 12 weeks in the 1990s to 32 weeks in the 2020s. Morgan, who grew up playing bluegrass festivals with his family before moving to Nashville as a songwriter, cowrote "Kid Myself" with Tyler Hubbard and Jordan Schmidt.
Luke Combs also made history this week, earning his 28th Country Airplay top 10 with "Rethink Some Things," which climbed 11-10 (19.2 million, up 13%). Combs' previous No. 1, "Be By You," remains in the top tier at No. 7. Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley's collaboration "Snakeskin Boots" debuted at No. 31, proving to be a hit with 4.4 million first-week listeners.
The song, cowritten by Langley with help from Frasure, Hemby, and Brendan McLoughlin, is the lead single from Lambert's new album, Crisco.
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