When Harry Styles announced the dates for his upcoming Together, Together tour, many fans were ecstatic to see the long list of shows he had planned for upcoming album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, but others were confused as to why they all took place across just seven locations, as opposed to a more traditional city-by-city approach.

But in an interview with The Zane Lowe Show for Apple Music 1 posted Wednesday (March 4), the pop star opened up about his thinking behind touring in the style of mini-residencies. Quite simply, “I think it makes the show better,” Styles began. “I think you can build something that doesn’t have to travel every night.”

The Grammy winner went on to explain that staying put in one city for lengthier amounts of time allows for a healthier lifestyle — not just for him, but for his touring band as well. “I think there’s something in this that allows me to, like, stay in my life while I’m doing it,” he told Lowe. “And therefore I think [it] allows me to take care of myself better, which I think makes me better at doing the thing.”

“It’s not like I’m saying I’ll never travel again, but I want to see what it looks like if you do it a different way,” he continued. “And people in my band have families now and kids … It’s really important to me that they’re on the road, that I would love to have them. I don’t want to make it near impossible for them to be able to come do that with me.”

The interview comes more than a month after Styles announced that he’d be playing more than 60 dates spread out across seven cities: Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York City and Australia’s Melbourne and Sydney. His mini-residencies will include 30 nights at Madison Square Garden as well as a record 12 shows at Wembley Stadium.

But while some fans were happy to have more chances than ever to see Styles play at any one of the seven venues, others brought up concerns about the amount of people who would need to travel more distance than they’d needed to for past tours. The singer, however, explained to Lowe that nothing has “terrified” him quite as much as sticking to the same game plans over and over.

He’s also looking to make more opportunities for himself to open up his life to others, which requires some consistency in his whereabouts. “I want to have great friendships with people,” he told Lowe on the subject of saying “yes” to more things. “I want a family. I want these things … What do I have to do to create space to allow these things to happen? I can’t just expect them to just happen to me.”

Featuring Billboard Hot 100-topping lead single “Aperture,” Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally drops Friday (March 6). Watch Styles’ full interview with Lowe above.

Country music claims a first on Billboard’s charts, thanks to Megan Moroney and Ella Langley.

As previously reported, Moroney’s Cloud 9 debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rebounds for a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs survey, after it first led three weeks earlier.

Moroney and Langley make history as the first women who primarily record country music to rule Billboard’s premier all-genre song and album charts simultaneously, dating to the Hot 100’s August 1958 inception (after the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular weekly basis March 1956).

In just four other weeks, men/women/group combinations placed country at No. 1 on the surveys together, just not two women in the same week.

Here’s a recap of the select five frames in which country titles (defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top Country Albums or Hot Country Songs charts) have topped the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 together:

Date, Billboard 200 No. 1 / Hot 100 No. 1:

Also contributing to the chart double-up for women artists, Miranda Lambert is among the co-writers and co-producers of “Choosin’ Texas.” Langley and Lambert co-penned the song with Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor and co-produced it with Ben West. It became the first Hot 100 No. 1 for each talent; Moroney earns her first Billboard 200 leader.

Further sharing the achievement, Cloud 9 and “Choosin’ Texas” are both Sony Music Entertainment releases, the former on Megan Moroney / Columbia / Columbia Nashville / Sony Music Nashville and the latter on SAWGOD / Columbia (with country radio promotion by Triple Tigers).

Following the release of Moroney’s Cloud 9, “Choosin’ Texas” previews Langley’s album Dandelion, due April 10.

All charts dated March 7 will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 3.

This week’s crop of fresh music, includes LeAnn Rimes‘ powerhouse ballad that connects with her current role on the series 9-1-1 Nashville. Rodney Crowell teams with Emmylou Harris and Lera Lynn for a powerful collaboration about finding hope in despair. Elsewhere, Joe Nichols gets vulnerable on his latest release, while Avery Anna and Trey Pendley also offer up new music.

Check out all of these and more in Billboard‘s roundup of some of the best country, bluegrass and/or Americana songs of the week below.

LeAnn Rimes, “Wild Things Run”

LeAnn Rimes returns with a deeply affecting new ballad about exalts a love both passionate and untamed one that manages to silence any doubters. The song, inspired by her role as Dixie on the series 911: Nashville, the song unfolds over an expansive melody, blending it with Rimes’ powerhouse soprano, proving that she remains one of country music’s most dynamic vocalists.

Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris & Lera Lynn, “Go Light a Candle”

After anonymously releasing this song last year, Rodney Crowell teams up with Emmylou Harris and Lera Lynn for an official release. The song centers on finding hope in times of frustration and despair, and keeping in community with those who can offer comfort. Harris, Lynn and Crowell trade off verses and offer up luxurious harmonies on lines that both acknowledge pain and hope for a better future, such as “We’ll taste the bitter tears till the darkness disappears/ While we’re leaning on each other ’til we can hold our own.” Together, they create a stirring song of conviction and hope.

Joe Nichols, “Fighting the Good Fight”

Joe Nichols’ latest pairs a laid-back vocal and instrumentation with vulnerable, personal lyrics about overcoming his own childhood with a parent whose “tough love was a little too rough,” and ultimately finding a way to ensure his own children grow up experiencing a relationship marked by love, kindness and gentleness. As always, Nichols’ rich country vocal shines.

Avery Anna, “Man Downstairs”

Avery Anna follows recent collabs with Sam Barber and Max McNown with her newest release, which initially feels like a moody, post-breakup ballad, but quickly surges into a rage-fueled rocker with careening electric guitar and unyielding percussion. “I hope you have fun with the man downstairs,” she sings in a voice that brings a duality of honeyed sweetness and acerbic rage, making for a release that’s both elegant and assertive.

Trey Pendley, “Like a River”

On his new Podunk EP, Pendley includes this bluesy, romantic track. Over a mesh of banjo, pedal steel and organ, Pendley turns in one of his most soulful vocals to date turning a laid-back melody into a declaration of his adoration for a lover who showed up at the perfect time. “I’ll go where you wanna take me/ Couldn’t go backwards if I tried,” he sings. Straightforward and earnest, this intimate track is nicely delivered.