Luke Combs has added another chart leader to his career as Be By You reaches No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart. Billboard data shows the song drew 32.8 million audience impressions during the August 14-20 tracking week, an increase of 3%.
The milestone gives Combs his 21st No. 1 on the chart and places him alongside Thomas Rhett and Keith Urban among artists who have reached that total. Be By You is also the third Country Airplay leader from Combs’ album The Way I Am, following Back in the Saddle and Sleepless in a Hotel Room.
The song stands out from much of Combs’ catalog because he is not one of its writers. Dan Alley, Sam Banks and Nick Walsh wrote Be By You. It becomes only the third Country Airplay No. 1 recorded by Combs that he did not help write.
The latest chart achievement continues a long run of radio success for Combs, who has remained one of country music’s most consistent hitmakers in recent years.