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Hot 100 First-Timers: Country Upstart Zach Top Debuts With ‘I Never Lie’


Zach Top debuts on the Hot 100 with "I Never Lie." Get the details.

Released in April on Leo33, the song enters with 4.9 million U.S. official streams (up 16%), 261,000 radio audience impressions and 1,000 downloads sold in the Sept. 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate. In a February interview with Billboard, in which he was named Country Rookie of the Month, he explained co-writing the album with Carson Chamberlain, formerly the late Keith Whitley’s bandleader and steel guitar player. Top, from Sunnyside, Wash., first appeared on Billboard ’s charts in January, when “Sounds Like the Radio” debuted on Country Airplay.

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