Shaboozey takes “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, marking his first top-10 hit on the chart.
The song simultaneously rebounds for a fourth week atop the Hot Country Songs chart, which uses the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100. Until now, no song by a black man, or a man known to be biracial, has reached the top of both charts. He is the second black artist to achieve the feat, following Beyoncé with “Texas Hold ‘Em” earlier this year.
Virginia native Shaboozey (born Collins Obinna Chibueze) scored two Hot 100 hits in April before “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” both from Beyoncé’s LP Carter the cowboy:“Spaghettii” (also with Linda Martell; No. 31 at the top) and “Sweet * Honey * Buckiin’” (No. 61).
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is from Shaboozey’s LP Where I’ve been is not where I’m goingwhich debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 in June. It peaked at number two on the Top Country Albums chart and topped the Americana/Folk Albums chart for a third week.
On his breakthrough this year, the 29-year-old, who has been releasing music for a decade, recently reflected on Billboard“We were pretty prepared for this moment.”
Chappell Roan also earned his first top 10 hit on the Hot 100’s latest top 10, with “Good Luck, Babe!” climbing to No. 10.
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Below is a look at the top 10 of the latest Hot 100.
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Airplay, Streams and Sales
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” on American Dogwood/EMPIRE (with country radio promotion from Magnolia Music) – all of which, like Shaboozey, are appearing atop the Hot 100 for the first time – reigns with 60 million radio airplay impressions (up 11%, earning it top Hot 100 Airplay Gainer honors), 44.8 million official streams (up 10%) and 23,000 sold (up 6%) in the U.S. from June 28 to July 4.
The single topped the Digital Song Sales chart for an eighth week, climbed 3-1 for its first week atop Streaming Songs, where it was Shaboozey’s first leader, and reached the top five (7-4) on Radio Songs.
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An unprecedented crossover success
Reflecting its mass appeal, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is the first song to reach the top 10 of these four tracks. Billboard radio charts: Country Airplay, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay, and Rhythmic Airplay. (Only 13 songs in total have appeared on all four format charts, as the charts have coexisted since March 1996.)
The song entered the top 5 on Rhythmic Airplay (7-5) and the top 10 on Country Airplay (12-6) and reached 10-8 on Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay.
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“A Bar Song” propels “Tipsy” to the top
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“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” interpolates J-Kwon’s hip-hop classic “Tipsy” — the duo performed a mash-up of the tracks on June 30 at the 2024 BET Awards.
At its peak, “A Bar Song” surpassed the Hot 100 peak of “Tipsy,” which reached number two in April 2004. The latter also topped the Hot Rap Songs chart for five weeks that year. With “A Bar Song,” J-Kwon earned his first Hot 100 No. 1 as a credited writer. Shaboozey also co-wrote the song.
“I’ve been wanting to cover a song from the 2000s for a while,” Shaboozey said. Billboard“I just said, ‘Everybody at the bar is getting tipsy…’ (One of the song’s producers) picked up the guitar and started playing the chords, and then we started writing, having fun and being creative.
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Historic #1 Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is the first song by a Black artist, or an artist known to be biracial, to top both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts. He is the second Black artist to achieve the honor, following Beyoncé with “Texas Hold ‘Em” earlier in 2024.
Meanwhile, “A Bar Song” is the 28th hit to top both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts, dating back to 1958, when the former was born and the latter became the country genre’s singular single. Billboard It’s the third such song of 2024, after four topped the Hot 100 in 2023, the most in a year since 1975. It’s also the eighth this decade, after only two topped the chart in the previous 36 years.
Songs that reached number one on the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts:
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”, Shaboozey, 2024
- “I Got Help,” Post Malone with Morgan Wallen, 2024
- “Texas Hold’Em”, Beyoncé, 2024
- “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan with Kacey Musgraves, 2023
- “The Rich Men North of Richmond,” Oliver Anthony Music, 2023
- “Try That in a Small Town,” Jason Aldean, 2023
- “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023
- “Everything’s Going Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”, Taylor Swift, 2021
- “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift, 2012
- “Surprisingly”, Lonestar, 1999-2000
- “Islands in the Stream”, duet by Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton, 1983
- “I Like Rainy Nights”, Eddie Rabbitt, 1981
- “9 to 5”, Dolly Parton, 1981
- “Lady”, Kenny Rogers, 1980
- “Southern Nights”, Glen Campbell, 1977
- “Convoy”, CW McCall, 1975-76
- “I’m Sorry”, John Denver, 1975
- “Rhinestone Cowboy”, Glen Campbell, 1975
- “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” John Denver, 1975
- “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”, Freddy Fender, 1975
- “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Song by Someone Who Hurt Someone,” BJ Thomas, 1975
- “I Can Help”, Billy Swan, 1974
- “The Most Beautiful Girl”, Charlie Rich, 1973
- “Honey”, Bobby Goldsboro, 1968
- “Harper Valley Parents’ Association,” Jeannie C. Riley, 1968
- “Big Bad John”, Jimmy Dean, 1961
- “El Paso”, Marty Robbins, 1959-60
- “The Battle of New Orleans”, Johnny Horton, 1959
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Latest number 1 “Song”
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is the 1,174th No. 1 on the Hot 100 in its nearly 66-year history, joining only 10 other songs with the word “song” in the title. It’s the first such number in more than 33 years; seven of them reached No. 1 in the 1970s.
Here’s a “song” by “song” recap:
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”, Shaboozey, 2024
- “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)”, Stevie B, 1990
- “There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)”, Billy Ocean, 1986
- “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”, Rupert Holmes, 1979-80
- “Silly Love Songs”, Wings, 1976
- “I Write the Songs”, Barry Manilow, 1976
- “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Song by Someone Who Hurt Someone,” BJ Thomas, 1975
- “Annie’s Song”, John Denver, 1974
- “He Kills Me Softly With His Song”, Roberta Flack, 1973
- “Song Sung Blue”, Neil Diamond, 1972
- “The Chipmunks Song,” The Chipmunks with David Seville, 1958-59
It is worth noting that Shaboozey never sings the full title in “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”. Neither in their hits above, nor Stevie B, Rupert Holmes, John Denver or any of the Chipmunks (Simon, Theodore or… Alvin!)
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Chappell Roan earns first Top 10
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Chappell Roan makes his first appearance in the region, closing out the Hot 100’s top 10, as “Good Luck, Babe!” jumps from No. 11 to No. 10. The song has garnered 20.9 million streams (mostly even week-over-week) and 16 million in streaming audiences (up 20%) and 15,000 copies sold (up 342%, as it wins the chart’s top sales gainer award; 11,000 physical copies were shipped in the tracking week).
The song is a standalone single from the Missouri native, as is her latest album and first Billboard 200 entry, The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princessreached the top 5 of the chart. She wrote the song with Dan Nigro and Justin Tranter; the former (who produced it exclusively) adds his seventh top 10 as a writer, the previous six having been recorded by Olivia Rodrigo, and the latter obtains his 10th.
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Post Malone and Morgan Wallen lead top 10
Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 starting in May. It tops the Radio Songs chart for a second week (79.7 million, up 4%) and the multi-metric Summer Songs chart for a sixth week.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which topped the Hot 100 in its first week in May, holds steady at No. 3. It topped the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for an eighth week and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a sixth week.
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” remains at No. 4 on the Hot 100 after peaking at No. 3, and “Please Please Please” drops from No. 5 to No. 6, two weeks after becoming her first No. 1. With those two hits and Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” at No. 10, Island Records claims three songs in the top 10 simultaneously for the first time under the label’s current organization within Universal Music Group (in place since early 2014).
Between Carpenter’s songs on the Hot 100, Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” climbs 6-5, after peaking at No. 2, as it leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 10th week.
Hozier’s “Too Sweet” is hovering at No. 7 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1 in April. It tops the multi-metric Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 14th week each and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a 13th week.
Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” which hit No. 2, holds steady at No. 8 on the Hot 100, and Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which topped the chart for a week in March, holds steady at No. 9.