Shaboozey Replaces Beyoncé at Number One on Hot Country Songs Chart
Beyoncé lit a fire with Cowboy Carter, her latest studio album reimagining the boundaries of country music in her own vision. The record’s lead single “Texas Hold ‘Em” made her the first Black woman artist ever to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Now, one of her collaborators on the album, the Nigerian-American musician Shaboozey, has picked up the torch for another history-making feat.
Shaboozey’s single “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” jumped from Number 6 on the chart to Number 1, knocking “Texas Hold ‘Em” from the position it had held comfortably for the past 10 weeks. Shaboozey released the song on April 12 and has now topped the chart in only two weeks.
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“I cannot say thank you enough for this,” the artist wrote on Instagram when “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” made its chart debuts at Number 6 on the Hot Country Songs chart and Number 36 on the Hot 100. “Being from a small town in Northern Virginia, I never dreamed of actualizing anything even remotely close to this,” he continued. “And to know it’s truly just the beginning. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.”
The genre-spanning artist was put under a spotlight when he appeared on two Cowboy Carter deep cuts. Shaboozey is featured on “Spaghettii” alongside country legend Linda Martell and joins Beyoncé once again on “Sweet Honey Buckiin'” later on the album.
Shortly after Cowboy Carter‘s arrival, Shaboozey announced that his own album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going will be released on May 31. The record will feature the previously released singles “Annabelle,” “Let It Burn,” and “Vegas,” as well as “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
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