List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2013
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File:Cheyenne Frontier Days (42860288984).jpg's song "Cruise" spent a record-breaking 24 weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart.|alt=The musical duo Florida Georgia Line]]
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/arts/music/billboards-chart-changes-draw-fire.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Changes to Charts by Billboard Draw Fire|work=The New York Times|date=October 26, 2012|first=James C.|last=McKinley, Jr.|authorlink=James C. McKinley Jr.|access-date=May 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103005222/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/arts/music/billboards-chart-changes-draw-fire.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|archive-date=November 3, 2012|url-status=live}} 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.
At the start of the year, the number one song on the Hot Country Songs listing was "Cruise" by the duo Florida Georgia Line. After falling from the top spot at the end of January, the song rebounded to the top in April, beginning a run of 19 consecutive weeks at number one. Its final total was 24 weeks at the top of the chart, breaking the record which had stood since the 1940s for the most cumulative weeks spent atop one of Billboard{{'}}s country song charts.{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|date=1996|isbn=9780823082896|publisher=Watson-Guptill|page=513|authorlink=Joel Whitburn}}{{cite web|url=http://theboot.com/florida-georgia-line-chart-record-cruise/|title=Florida Georgia Line set all-time chart record with 'Cruise'|first=Sterling|last=Whitaker|work=The Boot|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=August 1, 2013|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102174152/https://theboot.com/florida-georgia-line-chart-record-cruise/|url-status=live}} This revival of the song's fortunes was due to the late spring release of a remix featuring rapper Nelly, which proved extremely popular on pop music radio.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/04/22/heres-why-the-marshall-tucker-band-is-suddenly-back-on-your-radar/?noredirect=on|title=Here's why the Marshall Tucker Band is suddenly back on your radar|first=Emily|last=Yahr|date=April 22, 2015|access-date=October 14, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/five-years-on-america-still-doesnt-know-what-to-do-with-florida-georgia-line/|title=Five Years On, America Still Doesn't Know What to Do with Florida Georgia Line|first=Nick|last=Murray|date=May 7, 2017|access-date=October 14, 2018|work=Noisey|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207062902/https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/mgmvjb/five-years-on-america-still-doesnt-know-what-to-do-with-florida-georgia-line|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/florida-georgia-line-cruise-top-songs-of-the-century/|title=No. 9: Florida Georgia Line, 'Cruise' - Songs of the Century|work=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|first=Billy|last=Dukes|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=October 14, 2018|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014204030/http://tasteofcountry.com/florida-georgia-line-cruise-top-songs-of-the-century/|url-status=live}} Thanks to the incorporation into the chart's methodology of airplay data from all radio formats, this support from top 40 radio allowed "Cruise" to hold the top spot throughout the summer.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5529872/florida-georgia-lines-cruise-sets-record-for-longest-no-1-run-on|title=Florida Georgia Line's 'Cruise' Sets Record For Longest No. 1 Run On Hot Country Songs|first=Wade|last=Jessen|date=August 1, 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 14, 2018|archive-date=October 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015045023/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5529872/florida-georgia-lines-cruise-sets-record-for-longest-no-1-run-on|url-status=live}} The remix did not prove as popular on country radio, however, and by the late summer, the song was in the unusual position of topping the Hot Country Songs chart but receiving so few plays on country stations that it did not appear in the 60-position airplay listing at all.
"Cruise" was followed into the top spot on the Hot Country Songs chart by "That's My Kind of Night" by Luke Bryan, which spent 12 weeks at number one. Both acts were associated with bro-country, an emerging subgenre which incorporated elements from hip hop music and emphasized lyrics about partying, drinking, and attractive young women.{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/rise-of-bro-country-florida-georgia-line.html|title=Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro-Country|last=Rosen|first=Jody|date=August 11, 2013|work=Vulture|access-date=June 18, 2020|authorlink=Jody Rosen|archive-date=May 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502025914/http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/rise-of-bro-country-florida-georgia-line.html|url-status=live}} The dominance of the two songs on Hot Country Songs contributed to most of the chart-toppers on the Country Airplay chart not reaching the top of the other listing. Of the 31 songs which topped the airplay chart during 2013, only five also topped Hot Country Songs, and on only four occasions during the year was the same song at number one on both charts. Four acts who topped the airplay listing during the year achieved the first number ones of their careers. In February Randy Houser gained his first number one with "How Country Feels".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/how-randy-houser-is-putting-the-voice-back-in-country-35654/|title=How Randy Houser Is Putting the Voice Back in Country|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Joseph|last=Hudak|date=March 14, 2016|access-date=October 15, 2018|archive-date=October 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015114643/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/how-randy-houser-is-putting-the-voice-back-in-country-35654/|url-status=live}} Pistol Annies, a supergroup composed of female singers Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley, reached number one for the first time in June when they were featured on the song "Boys 'Round Here" by Blake Shelton,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pistol-annies/chart-history/csa/|title=Pistol Annies Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 15, 2018}} Lambert's then-husband.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/blake-shelton-miranda-lamberts-decade-of-highs-and-lows-a-timeline-47682/|title=How Randy Houser Is Putting the Voice Back in Country|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 15, 2015|access-date=October 15, 2018|archive-date=July 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710071300/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/blake-shelton-miranda-lamberts-decade-of-highs-and-lows-a-timeline-47682/|url-status=live}} Brett Eldredge was a first-time chart-topper when "Don't Ya" spent two weeks in the top spot at the end of August.{{Cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/brett-eldredge-songs/|title=10 Greatest Brett Eldredge Songs|first=Laura|last=McClellan|date=July 9, 2017|work=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|access-date=October 15, 2018|archive-date=October 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015153023/http://tasteofcountry.com/brett-eldredge-songs/|url-status=live}} Finally, the band Parmalee reached number one for the first time when "Carolina" topped the chart in the issue of Billboard dated December 21.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/parmalee/chart-history/csa/|title=Parmalee Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 15, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117215624/https://www.billboard.com/artist/parmalee/chart-history/csa/|url-status=live}} Gary Allan scored his first number one in more than eight years when "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)" topped both the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts in February.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1537530/weekly-chart-notes-gary-allans-no-1-drought-ends-with-rain|title=Weekly Chart Notes: Gary Allan's No. 1 Drought Ends With 'Rain'|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=February 1, 2013|access-date=November 14, 2018|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115091422/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1537530/weekly-chart-notes-gary-allans-no-1-drought-ends-with-rain|url-status=live}}
Chart history
File:LukeBryanApr10.jpg spent twelve weeks at number one on Hot Country Songs with "That's My Kind of Night".|alt=A young man with dark hair wearing a black shirt, speaking into a microphone and holding a trophy]]
File:Allan, Gary (2007).jpg gained his first number one for more than eight years with "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)".|alt=A man wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans singing into a microphone]]
File:Thomas_Rhett.jpg achieved his first number one with "It Goes Like This".|alt=A bearded man wearing a black baseball cap back to front, a green t-shirt and blue jeans, playing a guitar and singing into a microphone]]
File:Miranda Lambert 3.jpg collaborated with Keith Urban on the number one "We Were Us". She is also a member of the group Pistol Annies, who performed with Blake Shelton on the chart-topper "Boys 'Round Here".|alt=A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans, playing a guitar and singing into a microphone]]
See also
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