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The Top 40 Country Songs For January 2023 That You Need To Check Out

Top 40 Country Songs of January
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  • Arden is a Senior Country Music Journalist for Country Thang Daily, specializing in classic hits and contemporary chart-toppers.
  • Prior to joining Country Thang Daily, Arden wrote for Billboard and People magazine, covering country music legends and emerging artists.
  • Arden holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Tennessee, with a minor in Music Studies.

The year is just starting out, but it looks like Morgan Wallen is already conquering it – placing six of his tracks in the top 40 country songs for January 2023. Meanwhile, Zach Bryan sits in the top spot anew. Country stars Luke Combs, Cole Swindell, Jordan Davis, Bailey Zimmerman, and Kane Brown also help shape a list of established hitmakers and newcomers.

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Well, 2023 is getting on to be quite the year for country fans. So, without further ado, let’s go through the top 40 country songs for January 2023.

1. Something In The Orange by Zach Bryan

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Zach Bryan kicked off the year right with the rise of “Something in the Orange” to the top spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. It’s indeed his most recognizable hit so far, and it even earned a Best Country Solo Performance nomination during the 65th Grammy Awards. 

2. You Proof by Morgan Wallen

Several months after Morgan Wallen released “You Proof” in honor of his 29th birthday, the song is still sending fans into a frenzy. After all, many relate to its theme, which centers on drinking away the memory of a previous lover.

3. Wasted On You by Morgan Wallen

Here’s another heartbreak ballad by Wallen, “Wasted On You,” which fans truly know by heart. The country star shows off how good of a songwriter he is with the double entendre title making references to both the bourbon he is knocking back to drown his heartaches and the time and means he wasted on a failed relationship.

4. Thank God by Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown

Now, there’s this beautiful duet between Kane Brown and his wife, Katelyn Brown. Their adoration for each other is just evident, most especially when they performed the chart-climbing track for the first time ever during Brown’s The Drunk or Dreaming Tour in Canada.

5. Rock And A Hard Place by Bailey Zimmerman

Meanwhile, Bailey Zimmerman finds himself in the middle of two equally difficult and unpleasant choices in the song, where he chronicles a love gone bad. Should he go on despite the pain and tears, or should he begin cutting loss and endure the soreness of breaking up?

6. The Kind of Love We Make by Luke Combs

Luke Combs goes on with his streak of No. 1 singles with “The Kind of Love We Make,” which climbed to the top of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The steamy love song was also a treat to his fans as it’s the country star’s “first bedroom song.”

7. She Had Me At Heads Carolina by Cole Swindell

Cole Swindell collaborated with Thomas Rhett, Ashley Gorley, and Jesse Frasure to write this song that honors Jo Dee Messina’s 1996 classic “Head Carolina, Tails California,” as well as the ’90s country fans.

8. Son Of A Sinner by Jelly Roll

There’s perhaps nothing more honest than this country-rock-leaning track. Jelly Roll reflects on his edgy lifestyle being the “long-haired son of a sinner,” wrestling between God’s judgment and his urge to turn to alcohol and drugs. 

9. What My World Spins Around by Jordan Davis

While having a conversation about the changes that had happened in his life after his marriage, Jordan Davis ended up with a hit in his hands.

10. Thought You Should Know by Morgan Wallen

Wallen has tugged at a lot of heartstrings with this song, where he acknowledges the poor decisions he made that resulted from the amount of alcohol he took. Still, one thing keeps saving him – and that’s his mother’s prayers.

11. Wait In The Truck by HARDY Featuring Lainey Wilson 

HARDY and Lainey Wilson surprised everyone when they teamed up for a murder ballad in today’s modern country – and they didn’t fail to deliver. The song is a great awareness about domestic violence survivors and the prejudices they have to endure every day.

12. Going, Going, Gone by Luke Combs

Combs shows a different side of heartbreak as he likens the girl to everything that goes away in the blink of an eye – like lightning in the sky or fireworks in July.

13. Heart Like A Truck by Lainey Wilson

With her authentic country sound, Lainey Wilson compared the journey she has taken ever since she moved to Music City to a rusty old truck in “Heart Like a Truck.” It is actually one of the sixteen tracks – which Lainey Wilson co-wrote except for one – from her latest album Bell Bottom Country.

14. Blue Christmas by Kane Brown

Brown also took a crack at Elvis Presley’s classic “Blue Christmas” to help fans get into the Holiday spirit.

15. Whiskey On You by Nate Smith

Nate Smith is finally finding room on country radio ever since he gave Nashville a try fifteen years ago with the song that finds him resorting to whiskey to dull the memory of a broken relationship.

Check out some more of our latest favorites for the Top 40 country songs for January 2023.

  1. Down Home by Jimmie Allen
  2. One Thing At A Time by Morgan Wallen
  3. Pick Me Up by Gabby Barret
  4. Tennessee Orange by Megan Moroney
  5. Wild As Her by Corey Kent
  6. Half Of Me by Thomas Rhett Featuring Riley Green
  7. What He Didn’t Do by Carly Pearce
  8. Handle On You by Parker McCollum
  9. Country On by Luke Bryan
  10. Tennessee Fan by Morgan Wallen
  11. Out In The Middle by Zac Brown Band
  12. That’s What Tequila Does by Jason Aldean
  13. Oklahoma Smoke Show by Zach Bryan
  14. Human by Cody Johnson
  15. You Didn’t by Brett Young
  16. Days That End In Why by Morgan Wallen
  17. Burn, Burn, Burn by Zach Bryan
  18. Everything She Ain’t by Hailey Whitters
  19. Get To Gettin’ Gone by Bailey Zimmerman
  20. Gold by Dierks Bentley
  21. Next Thing You Know by Jordan Davis
  22. No Body by Blake Shelton 
  23. Where It Ends by Bailey Zimmerman
  24. Water Under The Bridge by Sam Hunt
  25. Way Of The Triune Gods by Tyler Childers

How about you? Which ones are your picks for the Top 40 country songs for January 2023?

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