Chart Rewind: In 2019, Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber’s ‘10,000 Hours’ Clocked In at No. 1

On Oct. 19, 2019, Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber’s “10,000 Hours” began a 21-week command on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.

The duo of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney landed the most recent of its three Hot Country Songs No. 1s, following “Speechless” (for nine weeks in 2018-19) and “Tequila” (four, 2019).

Pop superstar Bieber reigned with his only Hot Country Songs entry to date.

In its first full week of tracking, “10,000 Hours” totaled 33.3 million official U.S. streams, 19.6 million in all-format airplay audience and 53,000 sold, according to Luminate.

The song was written by Smyers, Mooney, Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Jessie Jo Dillon and Jordan Reynolds, and Smyers produced it. 

After learning that “10,000 Hours” had hit No. 1, Smyers told Billboard, “We wrote this song about our wives, and we’re glad that it means as much to our fans as it does to us. The reaction has been incredible.”

“10,000 Hours” also topped the Country Airplay chart, where Dan + Shay boast 11 No. 1s, between 2015 and 2021. Plus, the song hit No. 4 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top 10 on Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary.

On Hot Country Songs, which became an all-encompassing genre ranking in 1958, “10,000 Hours” is the seventh-longest-leading No. 1. Another country/pop crossover hit holds the record: Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” dominated for 50 weeks starting in December 2017.

Dan + Shay’s latest single, “Bigger Houses,”  ranks at its No. 16 high on the Oct. 26-dated Country Airplay chart.