"Lonely Tonight" is Blake Shelton's 14th consecutive chart topper, but it’s his duet partner Ashley Monroe’s first time.
Blake Shelton may be used to getting chart topping singles out there, but his duet partner on Billboard’s # 1 “Lonely Tonight” certainly is not! The single is Ashley Monroe’s first number one and she is very grateful to her old friend Blake Shelton for bringing her in on his success.
“I’ve known Ashley literally since she was … 18 years old … and she’s been a part of my family ever since then,” a proud Shelton told CMT Hot 20 Countdown.
“Her and Miranda have become best friends … and Ashley has had a lot of success as a songwriter and as an artist with the Pistol Annies projects that they did together, but I wanna see her get her due as a solo artist.”
The track is also nominated at the upcoming 50th annual ACM Awards, where Shelton is set to resume co-hosting duties for the fourth year in a row. “Lonely Tonight” is the second hit from Shelton’s Bringing Back the Sunshine album, and the singer says he returned to his roots for the project.
“I think this album is different because it’s similar to what I used to do,” he said.
“‘Cause I’ve kind of gotten so far away, you know? Every album I’ve ever made, I try to change it up a little bit and push the boundaries and try to just reinvent myself all the time.”