List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2017
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File:Sam Hunt at C2C Festival 2014.png set a new record for the longest-running number-one country song when "Body Like a Back Road" spent 34 weeks atop the Hot Country Songs listing.|alt=Singer Sam Hunt]]
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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.|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|url-access=limited}} 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. In 2017, seven different songs topped the Hot Country Songs chart and 34 different songs topped Country Airplay in 52 issues of the magazine.
In the issue of Billboard dated February 25, singer Sam Hunt reached number one with the song "Body Like a Back Road", which would remain in the top spot through the issue dated October 14. In August, the song broke the record for the most weeks spent at number one on the Hot Country Songs listing, surpassing the 24 weeks spent in the top spot by Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" in 2012 and 2013.{{cite web|title=Sam Hunt's 'Body Like a Back Road' Sets a Country Record|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/sam-hunts-body-like-a-back-road-billboard-record/|first=Billy|last=Dukes|date=July 31, 2017|work=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|access-date=October 24, 2018|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025031319/http://tasteofcountry.com/sam-hunts-body-like-a-back-road-billboard-record/|url-status=live}} Hunt's song was finally knocked from the top of the chart in the issue dated October 21 by "What Ifs" by Kane Brown featuring Lauren Alaina. Two months later, "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line entered the Hot Country chart at number one, only the fourth time a song had debuted in the top position of the Hot Country Songs chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/on-the-charts-bebe-rexha-florida-georgia-line-achieve-rare-country-feat-123699/|title=On the Charts: Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line Achieve Rare Country Feat|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Stephen L.|last=Betts|date=December 5, 2017|access-date=October 24, 2018|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024113350/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/on-the-charts-bebe-rexha-florida-georgia-line-achieve-rare-country-feat-123699/|url-status=live}} The song would go on to break Hunt's record the following summer when it spent a 35th consecutive week at number one.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8467605/meant-to-be-breaks-record-longest-rule-hot-country-songs-history|title='Meant To Be' Breaks Record For Longest Rule In Hot Country Songs Chart's History|magazine=Billboard|first=Jim|last=Asker|date=July 30, 2018|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730220345/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8467605/meant-to-be-breaks-record-longest-rule-hot-country-songs-history|url-status=live}} On the Country Airplay chart, Dustin Lynch had the longest run at number one of 2017, spending four consecutive weeks at the top with "Small Town Boy". Lynch tied with Blake Shelton for the highest total number of weeks at number one on that chart, both artists spending five weeks in the top spot. Shelton took three different songs to number one, a feat also achieved by Thomas Rhett. No act achieved more than one chart-topper on the Hot Country Songs listing.
Ten acts gained their first country number ones in 2017. Lauren Alaina topped the airplay chart for the first time in April with "Road Less Traveled"{{cite news|last1=Konicki|first1=Lisa|title=Lauren Alaina Ugly Cries, Then Celebrates After Hearing "Road Less Traveled" Hit The No. 1 Spot|url=http://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2017/04/08/lauren-alaina-ugly-cries-then-celebrates-after-hearing-road-less-traveled-hit-the-no-1-spot/|access-date=October 26, 2018|work=Nash Country Weekly|publisher=American Media|date=April 8, 2017|archive-date=April 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410155702/http://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2017/04/08/lauren-alaina-ugly-cries-then-celebrates-after-hearing-road-less-traveled-hit-the-no-1-spot/|url-status=live}} and was subsequently featured on "What Ifs", which was the first chart-topper for Kane Brown,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1791396/kane-brown-toasts-first-no-1-what-ifs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222155305/http://www.cmt.com/news/1791396/kane-brown-toasts-first-no-1-what-ifs/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-02-22|title=Kane Brown Toasts First No. 1 "What Ifs"|first=Edward|last=Morris|publisher=CMT|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=October 26, 2018}} reaching the top spot of both charts. Luke Combs topped the airplay chart in May with "Hurricane", his debut single,{{cite web|title=Luke Combs Explains How His No. 1 Hits Changed His Life|url=http://theboot.com/luke-combs-no-1-songs-fans-songwriting/|first=Carena|last=Liptak|date=February 9, 2018|access-date=October 27, 2018|work=The Boot|publisher=Townsquare Media|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017223052/http://theboot.com/luke-combs-no-1-songs-fans-songwriting/|url-status=live}} and was immediately followed into the top spot by another debut chart-topper, Brett Young's "In Case You Didn't Know".{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1782102/brett-young-scores-first-top-song-with-in-case-you-didnt-know/|title=Brett Young Scores First Top Song with "In Case You Didn't Know"|publisher=CMT|first=Edward|last=Morris|date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020221956/http://www.cmt.com/news/1782102/brett-young-scores-first-top-song-with-in-case-you-didnt-know/|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=October 20, 2018}} In July, Backstreet Boys, an internationally successful pop act since the 1990s,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/backstreet-boys-mn0000765595/biography|title=Backstreet Boys Biography & History|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101546/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/backstreet-boys-mn0000765595/biography|url-status=live}} gained their first and only country number one when they collaborated with Florida Georgia Line on the song "God, Your Mama, and Me".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/backstreet-boys/chart-history/csa/|title=Backstreet Boys Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 28, 2018}} Two weeks later, Maren Morris made her debut at number one thanks to her featured performance on Thomas Rhett's song "Craving You",{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/maren-morris/chart-history/csa/|title=Maren Morris Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=March 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304231122/https://www.billboard.com/artist/maren-morris/chart-history/csa/|url-status=live}} which was replaced in the top spot by "My Girl", the first number one for Dylan Scott.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/dylan-scott-scores-first-ever-number-one-with-my-girl-200873/|title=Dylan Scott Scores First Ever Number One With 'My Girl'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101505/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/dylan-scott-scores-first-ever-number-one-with-my-girl-200873/|url-status=live}} In November, Carly Pearce took her debut single "Every Little Thing" to number one,{{cite web|title=Carly Pearce Pushes Past Nine Years of Struggle With First No. 1|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/carly-pearce-every-little-thing-first-no-1-hit/|first=Cillea|last=Houghton|work=Taste of Country|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=March 21, 2018|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=October 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030184457/http://tasteofcountry.com/carly-pearce-every-little-thing-first-no-1-hit/?|url-status=live}} and the following week, the band Lanco gained its first chart-topper with "Greatest Love Story".{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1790007/lanco-celebrates-its-first-no-1-greatest-love-story/|title=LANCO Celebrates Its First No. 1 "Greatest Love Story"|first=Edward|last=Morris|date=January 5, 2018|publisher=CMT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106233808/http://www.cmt.com/news/1790007/lanco-celebrates-its-first-no-1-greatest-love-story/|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=January 6, 2018}} The final artist to reach number one for the first time in 2017 was Bebe Rexha. More closely associated with the pop music and R&B genres,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bebe-rexha-mn0002992951/biography|title=Bebe Rexha Biography & History|first=Aneet|last=Nijjar|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=November 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102163208/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bebe-rexha-mn0002992951/biography|url-status=live}} Rexha's collaboration with Florida Georgia Line was her first and only country hit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/02/14/bebe-rexha-makes-history-on-the-country-chart-on-her-first-try/#4a39eba0394a|title=Bebe Rexha Makes History On The Country Chart (On Her First Try)|first=Hugh|last=McIntyre|work=Forbes|date=February 14, 2018|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101812/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/02/14/bebe-rexha-makes-history-on-the-country-chart-on-her-first-try/#4a39eba0394a|url-status=live}}
Chart history
File:Bebe_Rexha_live_at_Staples_Center,_Los_Angeles_15_(cropped).jpg went straight into number one on Hot Country Songs in December with "Meant to Be", a collaboration with Florida Georgia Line.|alt=A young woman with long blonde hair, wearing a red dress, singing into a microphone]]
File:Luke_Combs.jpg" by Luke Combs topped both charts.|alt=A bearded young man wearing a baseball cap and a dark shirt]]
File:Carly Pearce.jpg gained her first chart-topper with "Every Little Thing".|alt=A young woman with long blonde hair wearing a black top and talking into a microphone]]
File:Dylan Scott Pre National Anthem at a Dodgers Game.jpg" gave Dylan Scott his first number one.|alt=A dark-haired and bearded man standing in a baseball stadium wearing a shirt with "Dodgers" printed on it]]
