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HE POWER OF MUSIC
continues to blow our
minds,” says Brian Kelley
of Florida Georgia Line.
“Meant to Be,” the duo’s
collaboration with Bebe Rexha,
which reached No. 2 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and now ranks at No. 20,
breaks the record for the longest
reign on Billboard’s Hot Country
Songs chart, spending its 35th week
at No. 1. It passes Sam Hunt’s “Body
Like a Back Road,” which led for 34
weeks in 2017.
Says Rexha, who co-wrote
“Meant” with FGL’s Tyler
Hubbard, Josh Miller and David
Garcia: “Here’s to writing with your
heart and breaking boundaries.”
The song crowns the CountryStreaming Songs chart for a 31st week
(13.4 million U.S. streams, according
to Nielsen Music). It topped Country
Digital Song Sales for 22 weeks and
Country Airplay for one week. Also
promoted to pop radio, it led Adult
Top 40 for two weeks and the all-
genre Radio Songs list for ive.
Meanwhile, FGL and Rexha have
followed “Meant” with separate hits:
The former’s “Simple” holds at its
No. 36 Hot 100 high, and the latter’s
“I’m a Mess” bounds 92-64, up
27 percent to 8.5 million U.S. streams
in the week ending July 26, following
the July 19 premiere of its oicial
video. Says Hubbard, “Now, it’s time
to get back in the studio and try to
break the new record.”
—GARY TRUST and JIM ASKERRexha (center)
onstage with
FGL’s Kelley (left)
and Hubbard.Florida Georgia Line
& Bebe Rexha:
History Is ‘Meant To Be’
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