Blanco Brown hits No. 1 on a Billboard chart for the first time, as he rises 3-1 on the Emerging Artists tally (dated June 29), becoming the top emerging act in the U.S. × Skip to main content ...

In its fifth week on the Hot Country Songs chart, "The Git Up" jumped from No. 4 to No. 1. According to Billboard, the track climbed to No. 1 on that chart faster than any song has since 2017 ...

Notably, “The Git Up” completes the quickest trip to the Hot Country Songs summit since Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” pushed 2-1 in its second week on the Feb. 25, 2017-dated tally ...

According to Billboard, "The Git Up" also galloped from No. 66 to No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and hit an impressive 13.7 million streams in the United States.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica about the country rap song that's tearing up the charts, "The Git Up." ...

I think The Git Up" has a couple things going for it. One, Blanco Brown is signed to a country label. He signed to BBR, so I think it smooths the entry a little bit.