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For the first time in 51 weeks, a woman has the No.
1 song at country radio.
It saves country radio the embarrassment of going a full year without a woman having the genres most-listened-to song.
Since Drunk, women have accounted for just six No.
Other than Langleys, all of those tracks have skewed toward the emotional, sentimental, or dramatic.
These are ballads about cheating and addiction, and reflections on wistful memories and true love.
Yes, theres room for all of that in country music.
Of course, men have never needed to worry about that.
But women aiming for hits dont get the same chance to be multifaceted.
- or Megan Moroneys breezy ex-girlfriend anthem Im Not Pretty (which peaked at No.
14 and looks likely to eclipse Honey next week.
Wilson has her share of playful and upbeat tracks, but all four of her radio No.
1s thus far have been more sentimental.
1s, spanningacidic breakup storiestosunny love songs.
It seemed like the paths to success for women were widening.
But radio quickly decided that progress was too much, leading to a drought.
This has happened before in the genre, when the early 2000s brought a record low for No.
1s by women, after the record highs of the 1990s.
Again, women went nearly three years without a fun No.
You look like you love me is a positive sign.
Women will keep making them regardless its up to country programmers to join the fun.
