{"id":2265,"date":"2019-05-15T10:57:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T09:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:57:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T09:57:04","slug":"chase-rice-tops-us-country-airplay-charts-for-a-second-week-with-eyes-on-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/15\/chase-rice-tops-us-country-airplay-charts-for-a-second-week-with-eyes-on-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Rice tops us country airplay charts for a second week with ‘Eyes on You’"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Gold-certified hit\u00a0“Eyes On You”\u00a0earning the top spot at US Country radio for the second consecutive week on both the Mediabase and\u00a0Billboard\u00a0charts, multi-Platinum entertainer\u00a0Chase Rice<\/strong>, who performed on the main stage at C2C Festival in March, celebrates the result of years of hard work that have triumphantly culminated in his first No. 1 hit as an artist.<\/p>\n

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“From the moment we wrote ‘Eyes On You’ we felt how special it was, and then that was confirmed when we saw how strongly the fans reacted to it right away,” reflects Rice. “My career has certainly had its ups and downs, but we knew we were putting the work in to set ourselves\u00a0up for something even bigger. To have it all pay off in this way makes me so grateful that I get to make music I’m proud of every day and makes me hungry to keep pushing for more. Thank you to every single person from the fans at our shows to the people playing our music on the radio for making this crazy dream of mine come true.”<\/p>\n

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Written by Rice alongside frequent collaborators Ashley Gorley and Chris DeStefano, the singalong chorus of “Eyes On You” tells the story of a man so enamoured by a woman that the world’s most beautiful settings pale in comparison.<\/p>\n

In addition to instantly becoming a fan-favourite at live shows and a viral sensation \u2013 streamed more than 50 million times and hitting Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50 Chart before it was even announced as a single, then landing on\u00a0Rolling Stone’s “10 Best Country and Americana Songs of the Week” upon its release \u2013 “Eyes On You” has now been streamed more than 130m times and has also earned critical praise as evidence that Rice’s unique journey and hard work thus far is paying off.<\/p>\n

After a scorching start to his career as a songwriter on Florida Georgia Line’s Diamond-certified No. 1 crossover hit “Cruise” in 2012, Rice quickly climbed the charts on his own with both debut single “Ready Set Roll” and follow-up “Gonna Wanna Tonight” hitting the Top 5 and earning Platinum certifications.<\/p>\n

“When you start out that hot, you sometimes miss opportunities to have deeper relationships with people. And that’s what we’ve fixed,” Rice recently shared with\u00a0Taste of Country.<\/p>\n

In the period defined by a lack of radio airplay which followed that initial wave of success, Rice focused on rebuilding from the ground up. As the\u00a0Tennessean\u00a0described, “he switched record labels, fought his way back to country radio relevance and [nabbed] his first No. 1 hit with ‘Eyes on You.'”<\/p>\n

He also focused on engaging with his passionate fans at live shows, continuously growing his audience and selling out shows across the country before returning to the airwaves with new music. The resulting two-week No. 1 has shown that his strategy paid off, with\u00a0Sounds Like Nashville\u00a0describing “Eyes On You” as “a testament to his growth in the genre [which] shows promise of all that he has left to do.”<\/p>\n

“‘Eyes On You,'”\u00a0Billboard\u00a0proclaims, “has proven his instincts were right.”<\/p>\n