Russell Dickerson earns his fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Happen to Me” ascends a place to the top of the tally dated Sept. 20. During the Sept. 5-11 tracking week, the single increased by 18% to 31.6 million audience impressions, according to Luminate.

The song was co-written by Jessie Jo Dillon, Chris LaCorte and Chase McGill. Dickerson co-produced it with Josh Kerr and LaCorte. It’s from Dickerson’s new LP, Famous Back Home (he’s from Union City, Tenn.), which arrived at No. 34 on Top Country Albums (Sept. 6) with 9,000 equivalent album units.

The 38-year-old Dickerson, who is based in Nashville, linked four straight career-starting Country Airplay No. 1s: “Yours” (for two weeks beginning in January 2018); “Blue Tacoma” (one week, October 2018); “Every Little Th

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