Shaboozey orders up a 35th frame atop Billboard’s multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart with his crossover smash, “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
As it holds atop the tally dated March 1, the track breaks out of a tie with Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road,” which led for 34 frames in 2017, to become the sole longest-leading title by a single act since Hot Country Songs became the genre’s singular songs ranking in 1958.
Overall, only Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s duet “Meant to Be” has led longer: for 50 weeks, beginning in December 2017.
“A Bar Song” totaled 59.8 million in all-format airplay audience, 16.2 million official U.S. streams and 4,000 sold Feb. 14-20, according to Luminate.
The track, co-written by the Virginian (born Collins Obinna Chibueze), first hit the Hot Country Songs summit last May. It also logged a record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and a record-shattering 27 weeks atop the all-format Radio Songs chart.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” on American Dogwood/EMPIRE, with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music, additionally ruled Country Airplay for seven weeks beginning last August, the longest reign for an artist’s initial entry on the chart.
Plus, it became the first song to crossover to the top five, or even top 10, on Country Airplay, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Rhythmic Airplay.
Meanwhile, when “A Bar Song” initially reached the Hot Country Songs apex, it dethronedBeyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” marking the first time that two Black artists have led the list back-to-back.
Here’s a look at the 10 longest-leading No. 1s on Hot Country Songs (since 1958):
50 weeks, “Meant to Be,” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, starting December 2017
35 weeks, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, May 2024
34 weeks, “Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt, February 2017
27 weeks, “I Hope,” Gabby Barrett, July 2020
25 weeks, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, February 2023
24 weeks, “Fancy Like,” Walker Hayes, July 2021
24 weeks, “Cruise,” Florida Georgia Line, December 2012
21 weeks, “10,000 Hours,” Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber, October 2019
20 weeks, “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves, September 2023
19 weeks, “You Proof,” Morgan Wallen, May 2022
19 weeks, “The Bones,” Maren Morris, March 2020
19 weeks, “Walk On By,” Leroy Van Dyke, September 1961
