Chayce Beckham is reportedly the first American Idol winner to release a self-penned song as his winner's single. Chayce wrote the autobiographical song in 2020 when he was living in California around the beginning of the COVID pandemic. He performed "23" for the Top 4 episode on 05/16/21. It was released on 05/21/21 as his debut single and topped the iTunes chart. Chayce won American Idol s19 on 05/23/21.
On 01/23/23, "23" was released to country radio as the lead single from his debut album. It went from No. 6 to No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart dated 04/06/24, becoming his first list leader. He's only the fourth Idol winner to top that chart. (Carrie Underwood has done it 16 times, Scotty McCreery five times, and Kelly Clarkson one time.)
It's only the sixth Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 by a solo writer in the past decade. Prior to "23," the last No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart solely written by the recording artist was "Ours" by Taylor Swift in 2012.