{"id":19163,"date":"2019-10-08T09:51:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1812917"},"modified":"2019-10-08T09:51:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:51:20","slug":"matt-stell-moves-to-no-1-with-this-debut-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/matt-stell-moves-to-no-1-with-this-debut-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Stell Moves to No. 1 With This Debut Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:682923?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">24m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>And the winners are\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/matt-stell\">Matt Stell<\/a>, who crowns <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s country airplay list with his oh-so-earnest \u201cPrayed for You,\u201d and Whiskey Myers, whose self-titled album debuts at No. 1 this week on the publication\u2019s top country albums chart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrayed for You,\u201d which took 37 weeks to reach the summit, is the first major label single for the Arkansas-born Stell. Last month, it was certified gold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEJs_Bqx8_o?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEJs_Bqx8_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Although Whiskey Myers have been spinning out albums since 2008 \u2014 this is their fifth \u2014 it\u2019s the first time the Texas-based band has won the laurels.<\/p>\n<p>Two other albums debut: Jon Pardi\u2019s <em>Heartache Medication<\/em>, which checks in at No. 2, and Sturgill Simpson\u2019s <em>Sound &amp; Fury<\/em>, arriving at No. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Combs\u2019 <em>This One\u2019s for You<\/em> and the eponymous <em>Dan + Shay<\/em> round out the Top 5. Last week\u2019s No. 1 album, Zac Brown Band\u2019s <em>The Owl<\/em>, now roosts at No. 9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2E71oe0aSM?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2E71oe0aSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>There are two new songs: Dan + Shay &amp; Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201c10,000 Hours,\u201d entering at a stratospheric No. 20, and Justin Moore\u2019s \u201cWhy We Drink,\u201d staggering in at No. 54. Cody Johnson\u2019s \u201cNothin\u2019 on You\u201d returns at No. 55.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 2 through No. 5 songs are Dierks Bentley\u2019s \u201cLiving,\u201d Carrie Underwood\u2019s \u201cSouthbound,\u201d Chris Janson\u2019s \u201cGood Vibes\u201d and Chris Lane\u2019s \u201cI Don\u2019t Know About You\u201d (last week\u2019s No. 1).<\/p>\n<p>Getting any Christmas gift ideas?<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AlIOEI5WWOA?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AlIOEI5WWOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1812917\/matt-stell-moves-to-no-1-with-this-debut-single\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 24m ago And the winners are\u2026 Matt Stell, who crowns Billboard\u2019s country airplay list with his oh-so-earnest \u201cPrayed for You,\u201d and Whiskey Myers, whose self-titled album debuts at No. 1 this week on the publication\u2019s top country albums chart. \u201cPrayed for You,\u201d which took 37 weeks to reach the summit, is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 22:57:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}