ASHLEY COOKE FINDS HER "PLACE" WITH FIRST NUMBER 1 AT COUNTRY RADIO

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Big Loud/ Back Blocks Music's Country singer-songwriter, Ashley Cooke has notched her first-ever number 1 song at Country radio with her moody breakup anthem, "your place".

The "feel good, I don't need you anthem" written by Ashley Cooke, Jordan Minton and Mark Trussell is the first single from a breakout Big Loud female to claim the top spot and is only the second single to reach Number 1 from a female artist at Country radio in 2024.

Ashley is also the highest charted solo female in 2024 on Billboard Country Airplay reaching Number 2 this week.

Photo Credit: Robby Klein

“It is truly an honor to join the legacy of Country radio No. 1's,” shares Ashley Cooke. “Reaching the top of the chart has been a goal of mine since the first time I picked up a microphone and getting to ring the bell with the greatest team at Big Loud and the radio champions I now call friends is all the more rewarding.”

After first impacting radio on 11th December, the trajectory of "your place" claiming the top spot took the “promising Nashville up-and-comer” (Los Angeles Times) a short 26 weeks from debut to peak tying her as the second fastest growing solo female debut single on Country Aircheck/ Mediabase in the last ten years.
"Your place" also earned Ashley a four-week No.1 on the U.K. Country Radio Airplay chart making her the first artist to do so since the chart launched earlier this year.

Billboard predicted the song's "real potential at becoming her first radio hit" which had already reached Number 1 on SiriusXM's The Highway Hot 30 Countdown notching over 62m global on-demand streams to date.

The career milestone comes just days after Ashley's feature on Brantley Gilbert's track, "Over When We're Sober" released to country radio on Thursday 20th June for immediate airplay before releasing universally on Friday 21st June. The duet impacted country radio today at Number 31 and Number 41 on Billboard Country Airplay and Country Aircheck/ Mediabase charts respectively, the most-added single of the week crediting Ashley with two of the top three gainers on Country Aircheck/ Mediabase this week.

Earlier this year, "your place" earned Ashley her first-ever CMT Music Award win for Breakthrough Female Video of the Year. The music video released earlier this year took home the fan-voted award thanks to Ashley's rapidly growing fanbase of over 1m strong.
Directed by ACM and CMA award-winner Justin Clough, the video captures the essence of the song's raw emotions showcasing Ashley's autobiographical journey of moving forward and reclaiming her independence after a toxic breakup.

Ashley will continue sharing her critically acclaimed debut album shot in the dark on the U.S. leg of Jordan Davis' Damn Good Time Tour throughout the summer with a headline tour to be announced soon. As she grows with unstoppable momentum, the MusicRow Discovery Artist of the Year.

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