Winning the war on ‘woke’: Country music holds top three spots on Billboard Hot 100 for the first time
Asher Notheis
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In what could be considered a victory for conservatives in the war against “woke culture,” three country music songs sit atop the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in the chart’s history.
Jason Aldean’s “Try That In A Small Town” has continued its streak of popularity, taking the top spot after being removed from CMT roughly two weeks ago.
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Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” is second on the list, and Luke Combs’s cover of the Tracy Chapman 1988 hit “Fast Car” came in third.
In addition, “Try That In A Small Town” has topped Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart for a second week.
The country song’s latest feat comes a week after its on-demand audio and video streams went up by 999% over the week prior, going from 987,000 to 11.7 million, according to statistics from Luminate. The song’s sales also drastically increased, going from selling just 1,000 a week prior to its censorship to 228,000 the week after, according to a report.
It is not known why CMT pulled the song from its rotation on July 17, though footage in the song’s music video included a U.S. flag burning, someone holding a Molotov cocktail, and people breaking into jewelry displays.
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“Cuss out a cop, spit in his face / Stomp on the flag and light it up / Yeah, ya think you’re tough / Well, try that in a small town / See how far ya make it down the road,” the song’s lyrics read.
Last week, the song’s music video was edited to remove television footage of the Black Lives Matter riots from 2020. Fox had contacted the song’s production company and asked them to remove 6 seconds of footage to avoid any legal action, according to a report by TMZ.