Post Malone's First Country Hit Has Proved To Be A Career-Defining Smash

Forbes

25-05-2025

Post Malone fills two spots on the Hot 100 this week, and both of his wins share a common thread: they're collaborations with Morgan Wallen. His pair of wins with the superstar came to him fairly early in his rise in a genre that was unfamiliar to him until about a year ago. Impressively, the bigger of the two singles is also the older, yet it seems Americans aren't tired of the behemoth tune.
"I Had Some Help" has now spent 53 weeks on the Hot 100. With just one more frame on the ranking — which measures the most consumed tracks in the U.S. by blending radio airplay, sales, and streaming — it ties as Malone's second-longest-charting tune ever. As it hits that number, the Wallen collaboration matches "Sunflower," his hit with Swae Lee.
The first of Malone's two Wallen duets will almost surely break that match soon. The single is still holding at No. 13 , which means it is unlikely to fall off the Hot 100 anytime soon.
Just last week, "I Had Some Help" was on the same level as "Better Now," which has now become Malone's third-longest-running Hot 100 success. "Better Now" keeps in that position while "I Had Some Help" moves ahead.
"I Had Some Help" will need to remain on the Hot 100 for about two more months before it catches up to Malone's longest-running hit, "Circles.' That tune, which has ranked as his longest-running smash on the tally for years now, spent 61 weeks on the list beginning in September 2019. That pop cut was largely sustained by radio airplay, and spent three weeks at No. 1.
"I Had Some Help" currently ranks more than 10 spaces above Malone's most recent Hot 100 entry, "I Ain't Coming Back." That second collaboration with Wallen is featured on the latter star's new album, I'm the Problem, while "I Had Some Help" led Malone's first country full-length, F-1 Trillion.
Amazingly, "I Had Some Help" isn't only performing well on the Hot 100. It also resides in the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary, Country Streaming Songs, and Hot Country Songs charts. It continues to climb and remains inside the top 20 on both the Streaming Songs and Radio Songs rankings as well.