Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” matches the longest No. 1 run of the 2020s on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, adding a 27th week atop the tally (dated Dec. 28).
The track, co-written by the Virginian (born Collins Obinna Chibueze), first hit the summit in May and now ties Gabby Barrett’s rookie 2020-21 smash “I Hope” for the decade’s top mark.
The two songs are tied for third place overall since Hot Country Songs became an all-encompassing genre ranking in 1958. Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant To Be” ruled for a record 50 weeks starting in December 2017, surpassing Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road,” which led for 34 weeks beginning that February 2017. (All four songs became hits at both country and pop radio formats.)
Shaboozey’s smash totaled 63.8 million airplay audience impressions, 17.5 million official streams and 5,000 sold in the U.S. Dec. 13-19, according to Luminate.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” on American Dogwood/EMPIRE, with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music, ruled Country Airplay for seven weeks beginning in August — the longest No. 1 stay for an initial entry — and ranks in the top 10 for a 25th week. The song also became the first to hit the top five on Country Airplay, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Rhythmic Airplay.
On the all-genre, multimetric Billboard Hot 100, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” spent 19 weeks at No. 1 between July and November, tying Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, for the longest command in the chart’s 66-year history.
Shaboozey’s sophomore single being promoted to country radio is “Highway,” which he also co-wrote. In its second week on the ranking, it rides 60-55 (989,000 in audience, up 24%).
Barber, Anna Hit Top 10
Sam Barber’s “Indigo,” featuring Avery Anna, jumps 17-8 in its second week on Hot Country Songs, marking the first top 10 for each artist.
The track, which the pair penned with Andy Sheridan, is from Barber’s LP Restless Mind, which arrived at its No. 13 high on Top Country Albums dated Nov. 16.
“Indigo” drew 9.3 million streams (up 49%) and sold 1,000 (up 15%) Dec. 13-19.
The 21-year-old Barber, from Frohna, Mo., previously hit Hot Country Songs with “Straight and Narrow,” which reached No. 33 in May. Anna, 28, from Flagstaff, Ariz., also makes her second appearance, after “Narcissist” hit No. 22 in June 2022.
