Jason Davis/FilmMagic Tim McGraw attends the 50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 2, 2016 in Nashville. Lori McKenna's ballad became McGraw's 26th leader on the list. On April 23, 2016, Tim McGraw's "Humble and Kind" jumped from No. 4 to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The song became the most recent of his 26 leaders on the list. McGraw performed the ballad at the 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2016, with a string section, recreating the uplifting vibe of the studio recording. The song surged by 69% to 64,000 sold and 26% to 2.1 million U.S. streams in the tracking week ending April 7, according to MRC Data, sparking its chart coronation.