NATE SMITH NOTCHES FIVE WEEKS AT NO. 1 WITH “WORLD ON FIRE”

“WORLD ON FIRE” IS FROM NATE SMITH’S SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM AND IS HIS SECOND COUNTRY RADIO SINGLE.

Former nursing student and Christian singer Nate Smith lost everything in the November 2018 Camp Fire, which destroyed Paradise, California. Smith, who previously recorded in Nashville for Word Records before inking a deal with Sony Music Nashville, used parts of the Camp Fire loss to influence multiple songs – including his current five-week No. 1 hit “World On Fire.” The song is Smith’s second radio single from his self-titled debut album released last year. The success of “World On Fire” led to Smith’s national morning show debut last week.

“Anytime I’m thinking about the Camp Fire and stuff, it’s definitely an emotional thing,” Smith told Billboard. “There’s a lot of gratitude, too, when I think about it because in a weird way, as tough as the situation was — and it was harder on some people than me — it’s still changed the trajectory of my life.”

According to country music journalist Chris Owen, “World On Fire” is the 11th song in the last 10 years to spend five weeks or more at the top spot on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart.