Adele collaboration makes country music charts

Adele is taking the country music business by storm.

Much like her Columbia Records labelmate Lil Nas X did in 2019 with “Old Town Road,” the British vocal powerhouse has made it to the country music charts with a superstar collaboration.

“Easy On Me” (featuring Chris Stapleton) has debuted at No. 25 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart dated Nov. 27.

Released Nov. 19, the collaborative version can only be heard on country music radio outlets and via the deluxe version of Adele’s new album, “25,” which is only available at Target. To date, no streaming distribution platforms has access to the song.

Other bonus tracks exclusively available via the deluxe disc include, “Wild Wild West,” and “Can’t Be Together.”

The power piano ballad (the non-country version), which sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (the pop chart) for four consecutive weeks, makes — according to the outlet — “unprecedented airplay chart history” with 5.4 million audience impressions.

“Easy on Me” has been ranked as the most played song in U.S. radio history.

The Academy and Grammy Award winner pegged Stapleton as a “dream duet partner” during an appearance for Vogue’s popular “73 Questions.”

Earlier in her recording career, Adele covered Stapleton and the Steeldrivers single “If It Hadn’t Been for Love” for bonus versions of her 2011 album “21.”

“Basically, I’ve’ been a fan of [Stapleton] since Steeldriver days,” she recently told Rolling Stone. “I’ve’ been covering Steeldrivers for like nearly 12 years now.”

Her first time on the country airplay charts marks her 17th overall appearance on Billboard’s airplay charts.

Through the years, Adele has traversed genres with her music played in multiple formats, including Adult Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop, Adult R&B, Dance/mix Show, Latin Pop R&b/hip-hop, Smooth Jazz Airplay and Tropical Airplay.

According to Billboard, she matches Mariah Carey with visits to as many as 17 Billboard airplay charts since 1990.