{"id":1318416,"date":"2020-02-25T11:54:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1818227"},"modified":"2020-02-25T11:54:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:54:43","slug":"with-kinfolks-sam-hunt-gets-reacquainted-with-radios-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/with-kinfolks-sam-hunt-gets-reacquainted-with-radios-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"With \u201cKinfolks,\u201d Sam Hunt Gets Reacquainted With Radio\u2019s Top Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:689571?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\"><br \/>\n15m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a spell, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/sam-hunt\">Sam Hunt<\/a> is back atop <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s country airplay chart with \u201cKinfolks.\u201d He last occupied that real estate in May 2017 with \u201cBody Like a Back Road,\u201d a song that set all sorts of records, including staying at No. 1 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s hot country songs rankings for 34 weeks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cKinfolks\u201d is Hunt\u2019s sixth No. 1 at country radio, his first having been \u201cLeave the Night On\u201d in 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zo_6jjiFKDM?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zo_6jjiFKDM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>And, yes, friends and neighbors, Luke Combs\u2019 persists in having the week\u2019s two best-selling albums, with <em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em> closely followed by <em>This One\u2019s for You<\/em>. The No. 3 and No. 4 albums are Blake Shelton\u2019s <em>Fully Loaded: God\u2019s Country<\/em> and Morgan Wallen\u2019s <em>If I Know Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019re dealing in gee-whiz moments, it\u2019s worth noting that Chris Stapleton\u2019s <em>Traveller<\/em> is back up to No. 5 this week, which is its 257th week on the charts. Stapleton\u2019s Oct. 2 show at Nashville\u2019s Bridgestone Arena has sold out and a second show\u2019s been added for the next night. Meanwhile, Carly Pearce\u2019s self-titled collection debuts at No. 6.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cESL0a7tBmY?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cESL0a7tBmY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>We spy two new songs as well: Kenny Chesney\u2019s \u201cHere and Now\u201d (No. 25) and Lady Antebellum\u2019s \u201cWhat I\u2019m Leaving For\u201d (No. 57).<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the Top 5 songs, in descending order, are Maren Morris\u2019 \u201cThe Bones\u201d (last week\u2019s No. 1), Jimmie Allen\u2019s \u201cMake Me Want To,\u201d Kane Brown\u2019s \u201cHomesick,\u201d and Jake Owen\u2019s \u201cHomemade.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NiFCN66k7Cs?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NiFCN66k7Cs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s all the news from Grinder\u2019s Switch. (Look it up \u2014 as we celebrate women in country music.) <\/p>\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<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1818227\/with-kinfolks-sam-hunt-gets-reacquainted-with-radios-top-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 15m ago It\u2019s been a spell, but Sam Hunt is back atop Billboard\u2019s country airplay chart with \u201cKinfolks.\u201d He last occupied that real estate in May 2017 with \u201cBody Like a Back Road,\u201d a song that set all sorts of records, including staying at No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s hot country songs rankings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1318416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 08:16:53","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}