74-Year-Old Country Icon With the Most No. 1's Is Surging on the Billboard Charts Again

George Strait is still climbing up the music charts, even over four decades after first kicking off his career.

45 years after putting out his first official single, the 74-year-old country icon is having a major resurgence on the current Billboard charts, particularly with his 2004 compilation album, 50 Number Ones.

Strait’s 20-year-old compilation album climbed up to No. 74 on the Billboard 200 this week, jumping up ten spots from last week’s position at No. 84, according to new chart standings dated the week of July 4.

The new feat earns the album another week on the Billboard 200, bringing its total number of weeks spent on the chart to a whopping 390.

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Released in October 2004, 50 Number Ones was Strait’s sixth compilation album, and it features some of the biggest hits of his career, like “Carrying Your Love With Me,” “All My Ex’s Live in Texas,” and his first-ever No. 1 hit, “Fool Hearted Memory.”

But Strait would go on to have more than 50 No. 1 hits in his career, and his legendary catalog now boasts 60 chart-topping hits. 44 of his most successful songs reached the summit of the Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, while 16 songs reached No. 1 on non-Billboard charts, including Radio & Records, Mediabase and The Gavin Report.

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George Strait’s 44 No. 1 Hits on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs Chart

1. “Write this Down”
2. “Living and Living Well”
3. “The Best Day”
4. “She’ll Leave You With a Smile”
5. “She Let Herself Go”
6. “A Fire I Can’t Put Out”
7. “River of Love” 
8. “You Look So Good In Love”
9. “Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind” 
10. “Right Or Wrong” 
11. “Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her”
12. “It Ain’t Cool To Be Crazy About You”
13. “The Chair” 
14. “It Just Comes Natural” 
15. “Love Without End, Amen” 
16. “Ocean Front Property” 
17. “Ace In The Hole”
18. “Let’s Fall To Pieces Together”
19. “I Just Want To Dance With You”
20. “Carrying Your Love With Me”
21. “Round About Way” 
22. “Carried Away” 
23. “One Night At A Time” 
24. “Check Yes Or No” 
25. “Blue Clear Sky”
26. “The Big One” 
27. “You Can’t Make a Heart Love Somebody”
28. “What’s Going On In Your World”
29. “I Cross My Heart”
30. “Heartland” 
31. “Easy Come, Easy Go”
32. “I’ve Come To Expect It From You”
33. “If I Know Me”
34. “If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)
35. “You Know Me Better Than That”
36. “Give It Away” 
37. “I Hate Everything”
38. “I Saw God Today”
39. “Baby Blue”
40. “Famous Last Words Of A Fool” 
41. “Fool Hearted Memory”
42. “Baby’s Gotten Good At Goodbye”
43. “Am I Blue”
44. “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” 

George Strait’s 16 No. 1 Hits on Other Charts (Mediabase, Radio & Records, The Gavin Report)

1. “Adalida” (Radio & Records)
2. “Today My World Slipped Away” (Radio & Records)
3. “We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This” (Radio & Records)
4. “Go On” (Radio & Records)
5. “Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa” (Radio & Records)
6. “Cowboys Like Us” (Radio & Records)
7. “Wrapped” (Radio & Records)
8. “I Hate Everything” (Radio & Records)
9. “You’ll Be There” (Radio & Records)
10. “She Used To Say That To Me” (The Gavin Report)
11. “Twang” (Mediabase)
12. “Give It All We Got Tonight” (Mediabase)
13. “Drinkin’ Man” (Mediabase)
14. “Here For a Good Time” (Mediabase)
15. “Love’s Gonna Make It Alright” (Mediabase)
16. “Don’t Make Me Come Over There And Love You” (The Gavin Report)

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