Post by backintime on Jul 13, 2008 16:32:06 GMT -5
'HOME' IS WHERE THE CHART IS: Michael Buble is No. 1 on Hot Country Songs? Yes. But as a songwriter, not an artist.
Buble topped the Adult Contemporary survey three years ago this month with his original recording of "Home." This week, Blake Shelton advances 2-1 on the country tally with his cover of Buble's hit. That makes "Home" the first song to occupy the penthouses of the AC and country charts in versions by different artists since 1992, when "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston led the AC list, after Dolly Parton achieved pole position on the country chart with her own composition in 1974 and 1982.
The last song to reach No. 1 on Hot Country Songs after topping another chart in a version by a different artist is "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," No. 1 on the Hot 100 for Aerosmith in September 1998 and No. 1 on the country survey for Mark Chesnutt in February 1999.
"Home" is Shelton's fourth song to go all the way on Hot Country Songs.
