Barrett scores first No. 1 on Country Airplay by a solo woman since Carly Pearce in 2017. Gabby Barrett's debut hit "I Hope" ascends 2-1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart dated April 25, up 8% to 35.9 million audience impressions in the week ending April 19, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
The song, which Barrett co-wrote with Zachary Kale and Jon Nite, marks the first career-opening No. 1 by a woman since Carly Pearce's "Every Little Thing," which led the list dated Nov.
25, 2017. Before that, Kelsea Ballerini's "Love Me Like You Mean It" topped the July 4, 2015-dated chart, marking the first such No.
1 since Carrie Underwood's first single officially promoted to country radio, "Jesus, Take the Wheel," began a six-week reign on
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