LA, Aug 04: A duet with Alan Jackson gives Jimmy Buffett his first country chart-topper, as "It`s Five O`Clock Somewhere" gains 471 detections and steps 2-1 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks.
In a top 10 where the average chart stay is 18 weeks, the summertime drinking song took a comparatively quick eight weeks to hit the summit. "Five O`Clock" is one of only four songs to reach No. 1 in less than 10 weeks since the beginning of 2002 and the only one of those four that doesn`t have a patriotic or politically charged theme.
At opposite ends of these rapid ascents, Darryl Worley`s "Have You Forgotten?" needed just five weeks to reach the top, while Toby Keith`s "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" took nine weeks.
Arista Nashville`s "Five O`Clock" replaces Brooks & Dunn`s "Red Dirt Road" atop the chart, marking the first time any imprint has scored back-to-back No. 1 singles on this chart since Curb took three in a row in March 2002.
Also making news in country`s top 10 this issue is Dierks Bentley`s "What Was I Thinkin`," which is the fastest-rising debut song by a new artist so far this year (11-9).
Bentley cracks the top 10 in 17 weeks, besting an 18-week ride into that part of the chart by Jimmy Wayne`s "Stay Gone." Wayne claims the highest chart peak (No. 3) of the four debut singles that have made the top 10 in 2003; the only other debut title to reach the top five so far is Aaron Lines` "You Can`t Hide Beautiful" (No. 4).
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