Between the lines: The Billboard review is focused on commercial and radio success. It includes data from the country album and song charts from 2000-2024.
State of play: Chesney debuted on the Billboard charts in 1993, but the majority of his biggest successes came during the new millennium.
Between 2000 and 2020, he logged 17 No. 1 albums and 20 No. 1 songs.
Zoom out: Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith and Keith Urban rounded out the top five. (Of course, this list only reflects the explicitly twangy portion of Swift's career.)