Trending on BillboardRodney Atkins had a “Hell” of an accomplishment when he earned his first No. 1 single on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart dated Aug. 12, 2006. Atkins had signed with Curb nearly a decade earlier and logged five previous chart singles, earning one top five title in 2004. The singer received early affirmation from a listener who abandoned a suicide attempt when Atkins’ gritty inspiration came on the radio. When his son was scolded for using the world “hell” while singing his daddy’s song at school, Atkins penned “Watching You.”