Zach Bryan is finding heaven at the top of the charts.
The American country star has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart with his new 25-track album, With Heaven On Top, which was released Jan. 9. The singer-songwriter wrote, recorded and produced his sixth studio album in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the past year.
Bryan is a giant-killer. On the chart dated Jan. 24, Bryan knocks Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl down to No. 2. The album has spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, with a brief break during the holiday season when Michael Buble’s Christmas hit No. 1 for the 9th and 10th different calendar year.
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With Heaven On Top marks Bryan’s third chart-topping album in Canada. In 2024, The Great American Bar Scene ascended to the top for one week, while 2023’s self-titled album, Zach Bryan, claimed the top spot for two weeks. With Heaven also debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, where it marks his second No. 1.
It's a chart takeover for Zach Bryan. Every single one of the album's 25 tracks has also debuted on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, with two hitting the top 20: “Plastic Cigarette” at No. 11 and “Say Why” at No. 18. In his home country, Bryan only secured 18 placements on the ranking.
On With Heaven On Top, Bryan creates a raw, expansive Americana-inspired universe that blends his signature stripped-down folk with fuller band arrangements featuring horns and strings, moving from intimate acoustic moments to rockier anthems. Still, Bryan maintains his deeply personal storytelling about life, love and loss.
The other 23 tracks debuting on the Canadian Hot 100 are:
“Appetite” (No. 25)
“Bad News” (No. 27)
“Runny Eggs” (No. 30)
“Skin” (No. 32)
“Dry Deserts” (No. 33)
“Deann’s Dream” (No. 40)
“Drowning” (No. 41)
“Santa Fe” (No. 42)
“Anyways” (No. 48)
“Slicked Back” (No. 50)
“Cannonball” (No. 51)
“South And Pine” (No. 52)
“With Heaven On Top” (No. 55)
“Rivers And Creeks” (No. 60)
“You Can Still Come Home” (No. 62)
“If They Come Lookin’” (No. 67)
“Aeroplane” (No. 69)
“Always Willin’” (No. 74)
“Miles” (No. 77)
“All Good Things Past” (No. 82)
“Camper” (No. 93)
“Sundown Girls” (No. 95)
“Down, Down, Stream” (No. 98)
A second U.S. country act, Parmalee, is hitting the charts.
The North Carolina group scores No. 100 with their track “Cowgirl.” Powered by groovy guitars and punchy drums, it’s a high-energy country-rock track with a danceable beat that makes it stand out as a modern country hit.
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Despite the Western motif of the “Cowgirl” title, the track’s unique, syncopated backbeat is imported from the U.K., where its four songwriters – James Daniel Lewis, Peter David Newman, Robbie Jay and Thomas Frank Ridley Horsley – crafted the bulk of the track, before sending it across the pond.
“We’ve been playing together for 25 years, so we call it the Parmalee groove,” the band’s bassist, Barry Knox, told Billboard in 2025. “It’s more of a laidback kick drum groove, as opposed to a heavy forward-leaning punk kick drum. There’s a little more space in the Parmalee groove.”
In their home country, the track peaked at No. 50 on the Hot 100 on the chart dated Jan. 10, but didn’t appear on this week’s ranking.
Toward the top of the chart, Olivia Dean rises to No. 2 with “Man I Need.” The British singer-songwriter has been consistently climbing the charts, as she secures five other entries on the chart.
Still, Taylor Swift's” The Fate of Ophelia” secures her 13th week at the top — it’s her longest-running No. 1 single in Canada.
