Morgan Wallen’s ‘Been By Now’ Is His 23rd Country No. 1
Morgan Wallen just did it again — and this time, he did it faster than anyone in country music history.
His latest single, “Been By Now,” has reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, giving Wallen his 23rd career No. 1 on that chart, according to Hank FM.
Twenty-three No. 1s is the eighth-most in the chart’s 36-year history — and Wallen got there faster than anyone ever has. He reached 23 in just eight years, beating Luke Bryan’s pace of nearly 10 years.
He is also the first country artist with four or more No. 1s in three straight years: five in 2024, four in 2025 and four in 2026.
“Been By Now” drew 33.5 million audience impressions in the October 23–29 tracking week, and it also peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100.
His four 2026 chart-toppers are “20 Cigarettes,” “Don’t We,” “I Can’t Love You Anymore” with Ella Langley, and now “Been By Now” — his first solo release of the year. Langley, for her part, just made country radio history of her own.
The song was written by Wallen, producer Charlie Handsome, John Byron, Blake Pendergrass, Rocky Block and Taylor Phillips, and it arrived in July as the first single from his expected fifth album.
One chart-count caveat: the song also topped the Mediabase country radio chart a week earlier, which Whiskey Riff counted as his 24th No. 1 at country radio — but the Billboard count of 23 is the one behind the records above.
Photo: Morgan Wallen in concert. Photo: Paul to my Linda / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
