Rapper BigXthaPlug’s team-up with featured artist Bailey Zimmerman, the genre-bending “All the Way,” debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart (dated April 19).
Released April 4, the collaboration launches with 24.1 million official U.S. video and audio streams, 30,000 in radio airplay audience and 8,000 sold in the week ending April 10, according to Luminate.
The track concurrently opens atop the all-genre Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales lists, and at No. 3 on Hot Rap Songs.
As previously reported, “All the Way” soars in at No. 4 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, marking BigXthaPlug’s first top 10 and Zimmerman’s second.
BigXthaPlug (real name Xavier Landum), from Dallas, tops Hot Country Songs in his first appearance, while Zimmerman, from Louisville, Ill., earns his initial leader among five top 10s. They each crown Streaming Songs and Digital Song sales for the first time.
BigXthaPlug has notched 16 titles on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, beginning in late 2023. He has sent three tracks to the chart’s top 20: “Mmhmm,” his first entry (No. 11 peak); “The Largest” (No. 16); and “2AM” (No. 18). On Hot Rap Songs, the No. 3 start for “All the Way” marks a new career best, joining two other top 10s of his: “Mmhmm” (No. 8) and “The Largest” (No. 10).
The new track, which is being promoted to pop radio, previews BigXthaPlug’s forthcoming country-focused collection.
“It gives me a better feeling how they’ll feel about the [country] project,” BigXthaPlug tells Billboard about the first-week reception for “All the Way.” “I knew that song was gonna do something.”
Additional reporting by Michael Saponara.
