All the Times 2 or More Single of the Year Nominees at the CMA Awards Were Top 10 Hot 100 Hits: Full List
Three of the five nominees for single of year at the upcoming 60th annual CMA Awards made the top five on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.
It’s the first time that has happened since 1975, when, remarkably, all five nominees had made the top five.
If you missed last week’s announcement, this year’s nominees for single of the year are Ella Langley ’s “Choosin’ Texas,” which has logged a record-tying 22 weeks at No.
1 on the Hot 100; Taylor Swift ’s “I Knew It, I Knew You,” which spent two weeks on top in June; Langley’s “Be Her,” which spent two weeks at No.
2 in May; Cody Johnson ’s “The Fall,” which peaked at No.
26 in April; and Lainey Wilson ’s “Somewhere Over Laredo,” which topped out at No.
36 in December 2025.
Related Ella Langley Leads Nominations for 2026 CMA Awards: Full List In 1975, four of the single of the year nominees had reached No.
1.
Glen Campbell ’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” spent two weeks on top, while B.J.
Thomas ’ “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” Freddy Fender ’s “Before the Teardrops Falls” and John Denver ’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” each topped the chart for one week.
The lowest -charting single of the year nominee that year was Jessi Colter ’s “I’m Not Lisa,” which peaked at No.
4.
Looking back at the rate of country crossover hits on the Hot 100, you realize it ebbs and flows.
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