Big Loud heavy-hitter
HARDY is #1 as an artist for the first time, sitting atop both the Billboard and Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country radio airplay charts this week with “ONE BEER” feat. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson.
Penned by HARDY with Jake Mitchell and Hillary Lindsey, and produced by Joey Moi with co-production by Derek Wells, “ONE BEER” is “a massive hit on country radio” (
PEOPLE), telling “the story of teenage innocence turning into grown-ass responsibilities” (
Rolling Stone) that “came down like a shot in the dark” (
American Songwriter).
“I am so thankful for the writers and my label for helping me take this song all the way to #1,” HARDY shares. “My first #1 as an artist means so much to me and it’s a feeling I’ll never forget.”
“ONE BEER” marks milestones across the board for HARDY and his label, Big Loud Records. The newly minted #1 is his 8th chart-topper as a songwriter, recently cracking the Top 10 on
Billboard’s all genre Hot 100 Songwriters chart and further establishing the CMA Triple Play Award recipient as “one of Nashville’s most trusted songwriters” (
MusicRow). For Big Loud Records, “ONE BEER” yields the first set of back-to-back #1 Country radio hits with different songs taking the top spot for a record label in 2020, following Morgan Wallen’s “More Than My Hometown” last week which was also written by HARDY.
In September, the chart-rising upstart released his debut album
A ROCK, which was quickly praised as “one of the most self-assured full-length debut albums in years” (
Billboard). With over 263 MILLION on-demand streams to date, the project was entirely co-written by HARDY, “issuing his first major statement as an artist” (
ABC News Radio).
American Songwriter put it simply: “HARDY is a lyrical genius, and he proves it on ‘A Rock.’”
