Inside Oliver Anthony's 'Rich Men North of Richmond' and its path to Billboard's Hot 100 chart

Country music's summer on top of Billboard's all-genre Hot 100 chart continues as Oliver Anthony — a previously unknown, rural-born, red-bearded country artist — has surged from seeming anonymity to potentially reaching the pinnacle of Billboard pop stardom via his new acoustic guitar-driven lament "Rich Men North of Richmond."

Tuesday's Billboard Hot 100 chart could find Anthony's politically charged blue-collar anthem, which levies anti-taxation, anti-welfare and anti-Washington-based Federal government claims in the same Top 5 of Billboard's pop singles chart as Luke Combs' cover of Tracy Chapman's 1989 folk-rock anthem "Fast Car" and Morgan Wallen's soulful country ballad "Last Night."

Two months ago marked the first time in 42 years that two country singles — Combs' and Wallen's — were America's No. 1 and No. 2 singles on Billboard's Hot 100.

Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town," which was Billboard's Hot 100 chart-topper only three weeks prior.