Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” claims a record-equaling 19th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the chart’s 66-year history, the song is now tied for the longest reign with Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), which dominated for 19 weeks in 2019.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” became Shaboozey’s first Hot 100 leader in July. It has also ruled the Hot Country Songs chart (for 23 weeks and counting), Country Airplay, Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay, among other surveys.
A fan of multiple musical styles upon discovering music, Shaboozey “found country to be the thing that resonated with me in a really strong way,” he shared for a recent Billboardcover story. “Me being from Virginia, me loving the style and the way of life and the things they talked about … it all seemed very peaceful. It seemed like I could be real. I found country music could teach people that the little things in life are where the value is. Just having a working truck that you can take your girl in to ride to a cliff and watch the sunset is enough.”
“I love hip-hop; I’m a part of their community, too,” Shaboozey added, with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” having reworked J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy.” “That’s what I want to do with my music: be disruptive and show people that music is progressing.”
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Nov. 30, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 26). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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‘Tipsy’ Airplay, Streams & Sales
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” on American Dogwood/EMPIRE (with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music), totaled 69.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (essentially even week-over-week), 19.6 million official streams (down 2%) and 8,000 sold (up 40%) in the United States Nov. 15-21. Boosting its profile during the tracking week, Shaboozey performed the song, in a medley with his newer single “Highway,” on the 58th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards Nov. 20. (The ceremony aired live on ABC and was made available for streaming on Hulu the following day.) “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” was also discounted to 69 cents in the iTunes Store during the week.
The track holds for a 17th week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart; slips 2-4 after 14 weeks atop Digital Song Sales; and holds at No. 5 following nine weeks ruling Streaming Songs. (It has led the Hot 100 and Radio Songs simultaneously for a record-extending 16 weeks, nonconsecutively.)
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” additionally extends the longest rule this year, 23 weeks, on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart. Says Hubbard Broadcasting Seattle operations manager and KPNW program director Scott Mahalick, the party anthem has become entrenched in the genre “because Shaboozey is so passionate about country music. At the end of the day, it’s an upbeat record that is fun and nonpolitical. The listeners have spoken – they love it.”
Hits With the Most Weeks at No. 1 All-Time
Below is a recap of the five longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1s, of 1,175 total leaders dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, start. (All five have led since the list adopted electronically-monitored Luminate data in November 1991, at which point longer commands than before subsequently became more common.)
19 weeks (to date), “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024
19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” holds for a fourth week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. During the tracking week, instrumental acoustic and sped-up versions were released (Nov. 20), with all versions discounted to 69 cents in the iTunes Store. (Along with its original version, acoustic, instrumental and “Live in Las Vegas” mixes were released prior to the latest tracking period.)
Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It leads the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 16th week each.
Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which topped the Hot 100 for a week in March, rises 5-4. It one-ups The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s 2021 hit “Stay” for the second-most weeks (45) logged in the top 10 all-time; only The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (57 weeks, 2020-21) has spent more time in the tier.
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” retreats 4-5 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, while her “Taste” keeps at No. 8, after it debuted at its No. 2 high.
Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” holds at its No. 6 Hot 100 high, as it leads Streaming Songs for a second week (22.8 million streams, down 3%).
Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, is steady at No. 7 on the Hot 100, following six weeks at No. 1 beginning upon its debut in May.
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Benson Boone’s No. 2-peaking “Beautiful Things” is a non-mover at No. 9, as is Wallen’s “Love Somebody” at No. 10, after it debuted at No. 1 earlier in November.
