List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2017

Singer Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt 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.

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. 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. 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. The song would go on to break Hunt's record the following summer when it spent a 35th consecutive week at number one. 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" and was subsequently featured on "What Ifs", which was the first chart-topper for Kane Brown, reaching the top spot of both charts. Luke Combs topped the airplay chart in May with "Hurricane", his debut single, and was immediately followed into the top spot by another debut chart-topper, Brett Young's "In Case You Didn't Know". In July, Backstreet Boys, an internationally successful pop act since the 1990s, gained their first country number one when they collaborated with Florida Georgia Line on the song "God, Your Mama, and Me". Two weeks later, Maren Morris made her debut at number one thanks to her featured performance on Thomas Rhett's song "Craving You", which was replaced in the top spot by "My Girl", the first number one for Dylan Scott. In November, Carly Pearce took her debut single "Every Little Thing" to number one, and the following week, the band Lanco gained its first chart-topper with "Greatest Love Story". 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, Rexha's collaboration with Florida Georgia Line was her first country hit.

Chart history

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Bebe Rexha went straight into number one on Hot Country Songs in December with "Meant to Be", a collaboration with Florida Georgia Line.
A bearded young man wearing a baseball cap and a dark shirt
"When It Rains It Pours" by Luke Combs topped both charts.
A young woman with long blonde hair wearing a black top and talking into a microphone
Carly Pearce gained her first chart-topper with "Every Little Thing".
A dark-haired and bearded man standing in a baseball stadium wearing a shirt with "Dodgers" printed on it
"My Girl" gave Dylan Scott his first number one.
Chart history
Issue date Hot Country Songs Country Airplay
Title Artist(s) Ref. Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 "Blue Ain't Your Color" Keith Urban "Wanna Be That Song" Brett Eldredge
January 14 "Blue Ain't Your Color" Keith Urban
January 21
January 28 "A Guy with a Girl" Blake Shelton
February 4
February 11 "Better Man" Little Big Town
February 18 "Star of the Show" Thomas Rhett
February 25 "Body Like a Back Road" Sam Hunt "Seein' Red" Dustin Lynch
March 4 "Better Man" Little Big Town
March 11
March 18 "Sober Saturday Night" Chris Young featuring Vince Gill
March 25 "Dirt on My Boots" Jon Pardi
April 1
April 8
April 15 "Fast" Luke Bryan
April 22 "Road Less Traveled" Lauren Alaina
April 29 "Any Ol' Barstool" Jason Aldean
May 6 "Body Like a Back Road" Sam Hunt
May 13
May 20
May 27 "Hurricane" Luke Combs
June 3
June 10 "In Case You Didn't Know" Brett Young
June 17
June 24 "If I Told You" Darius Rucker
July 1 "How Not To" Dan + Shay
July 8 "God, Your Mama, and Me" Florida Georgia Line featuring Backstreet Boys
July 15 "Every Time I Hear That Song" Blake Shelton
July 22 "Craving You" Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris
July 29 "My Girl" Dylan Scott
August 5 "Yours If You Want It" Rascal Flatts
August 12 "Do I Make You Wanna" Billy Currington
August 19
August 26
September 2 "Somebody Else Will" Justin Moore
September 9 "No Such Thing as a Broken Heart" Old Dominion
September 16 "Small Town Boy" Dustin Lynch
September 23
September 30
October 7
October 14 "All the Pretty Girls" Kenny Chesney
October 21 "What Ifs" Kane Brown featuring Lauren Alaina
October 28 "What Ifs" Kane Brown featuring Lauren Alaina
November 4 "When It Rains It Pours" Luke Combs
November 11
November 18 "Unforgettable" Thomas Rhett
November 25 "When It Rains It Pours" Luke Combs "Every Little Thing" Carly Pearce
December 2 "Greatest Love Story" Lanco
December 9 "Greatest Love Story" Lanco
December 16 "Meant to Be" Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line "Ask Me How I Know" Garth Brooks
December 23 "Light It Up" Luke Bryan
December 30 "I'll Name the Dogs" Blake Shelton

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