Wetzel becomes only the sixth artist to ever earn a five-week No. 1 with Billboard County Airplay debut
Koe Wetzel continues his meteoric rise into 2025 as “High Road” featuring Jessie Murph, both artists’ first single on country radio, remains atop the Billboard Country Airplay chart for a fifth consecutive week. “High Road” is only the sixth debut single to achieve this feat since the chart’s inception in 1990 and marks the first song by two acts each chart for the first time.
“The way ‘High Road’ has connected has been unreal, and to wrap my head around the fact that it’s stayed at No. 1 for over a month now is honestly hard to do,” marvels Wetzel. “It’s a hell of a way to start 2025.”
“High Road” is the lead single off Wetzel’s fifth studio album and fourth Billboard Top 10, 9 Lives via Columbia Records, which has proven to be a defining album for the Texan renegade.
Written by Wetzel alongside Murph, Amy Allen, Carrie Karpinen, Laura Veltz, Josh Serrato, and producer Gabe Simon, the single has amassed more than 330 million global streams en route to becoming Wetzel’s fastest RIAA platinum certification to date.
As Wetzel dominates the airwaves, he’s also gearing up for another high-throttle year on the road, with upcoming headlining shows at the San Antonio Rodeo, Windy City Smokeout, Tailgates N’ Tallboys, and more, plus prominent sets at Stagecoach and CMC Rocks Australia, and more exciting tour news coming soon.
