Morgan Wallen 'Last Night Crowned As Billboard's Song Of The Summer 2023

Billboard has officially revealed its 2023 Song of the Summer - and it's Morgan Wallen's country smash hit "Last Night."

Country music has experienced a huge bump in streaming this 2023, as obviously shown by the multiple chart-topping Country music songs on various Billboard charts.

Song of the Summer 2023 is Morgan Wallen's 'Last Night'

Released February 2023, "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen, the lead single of his third album, "One Thing At A Time," the song has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 16 non-consecutive weeks, the most for a non-collaboration song.

According to Billboard, "Last Night" was officially crowned as the Song of the Summer 2023 as it topped the publications' Songs of the Summer chart. For those who do not know, the Songs of the Summer chart is generated on a weekly tally of the most popular songs based on its weekly streaming, airplay, and sales from the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It ranks the song from June 10, Memorial Day, through Labor Day, which officially ends on Sep. 9, 2023.

The song led the weekly chart for 14 weeks throughout the tracking months. Since it was released in February 2023, it has ruled the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 16 non-consecutive weeks, and 25 weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Check out the full Songs of the Summer 2023 Chart by Billboard below.

1. "Last Night," Morgan Wallen

2. "Fast Car," Luke Combs

3. "Calm Down," Rema & Selena Gomez

4. "Flowers," Miley Cyrus

5. "All My Life," Lil Durk feat. J. Cole

6. "Cruel Summer," Taylor Swift

7. "Karma," Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice

8. "Snooze," SZA

9. "Kill Bill," SZA

10. "Fukumean," Gunna

The No. 2 song, "Fast Car," by Luke Combs, is also a huge feat. Notably, the song has stayed in the second spot for a staggering eight weeks, including this week. Concurrently, it tops the Radio Airplay Chart, Country Airplay, and Adult Pop Airplay.

Country Songs A Hit In 2023

Notably, Country music has experienced a huge surge in consumption this 2023. Billboard data revealed that it was up 20.3% in the first 26 weeks of 2023, growing 2.5% on last year's genre consumption.

Since Wallen first topped the charts this year, three more Country songs have topped it - Jason Aldean's controversial "Try That In A Small Town," Oliver Anthony's overnight working class anthem, "Rich Men North of Richmond," and Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves recent country-rock collaboration, "I Remember Anything."

When Aldean clinched his first No. 1 last July 2023, it became a huge accomplishment for the Country genre as for the first time since the Billboard charts were made, it was the first time that three country songs have led the chart - Aldean at #1, Wallen at #2, and Combs at #3.

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