Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” tops the Hot 100 & Janson’s “Drunk Girl” bullets at No. 10 on Country Airplay.
Welcome to the Billboard Chart Beat Podcast, the place every week co-hosts Gary Trust and Trevor Anderson, from the Billboard charts division, focus on why what’s on the charts … is on the charts, whereas additionally present chart motion in a historic context for even higher insights.
This week, upon Maroon 5 and Cardi B‘s coronation on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5’s fourth No. 1 spanning 11 years, Gary and Trevor focus on whether or not the band is constructing (or has already constructed) a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame resume. (To be continued in 2027, when the group is first eligible for induction …)
Plus, this week’s particular visitors are Chris Janson, at present bulleted at No. 10 on the Country Airplay chart with “Drunk Girl,” his third high 10, after “Buy Me a Boat” and “Fix a Drink,” and Warner Music Nashville chairman and CEO John Esposito, as interviewed by Billboard‘s Nashville-based senior chart supervisor Jim Asker.
The trio presents insights into the dynamic between an artist and a label, whereas musing about Janson’s ascent within the style, together with his three nominations on the Nov. 14 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, for tune and video of the yr for “Drunk Girl,” in addition to new artist of the yr.
“Take a drunk woman residence / Let her sleep on their own / Leave her keys on the counter, your quantity by the telephone,” Janson sings within the ballad. “Pick up her life she threw on the ground / Leave the corridor lights on, stroll out and lock the door / That’s how she is aware of the distinction between a boy and man / Take a drunk woman residence.”
Says Janson of the tune, which he wrote with Scooter Carusoe and Tom Douglas, “I had a younger man come to me in a meet-and-greet, with an envelope. I may see it was a letter. He was a highschool senior. I stated I’d learn it later, and I did. He wrote, ‘I dwell in a neighborhood that is fairly upscale. There are loads of guys my age who’ve some huge cash. When you may have more cash than some, you possibly can have extra enjoyable generally. But, it offers them a sense of entitlement, that you are able to do something, in circles with girls, as nicely, and I do not stand for that. I admire the tune being a message that my friends are listening to.’
“I believed that was wonderful,” Janson says. “It’s vital.”
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