Shaboozey Breaks Record For Most Weeks At No. 1 On Radio Songs Chart

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Shaboozey. Photo: Daniel Prakopcyk

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” extends its reign to a 27th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Radio Songs chart, surpassing The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” to claim the record for the longest time spent at No. 1 in the chart’s history.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” previously spent a record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which factors in streaming, airplay and sales, starting in July of last year.

The track remains at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart with an audience of 63.3 million for the week of Jan. 24-30, remaining mostly steady from the previous week, according to data from Luminate. The chart tracks all-format airplay across over 1,000 monitored radio stations. KDHT (Hits 95.7) in Denver has played the song the most, with over 4,000 spins to date.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” released via American Dogwood/EMPIRE with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music, topped the Country Airplay chart for seven consecutive weeks starting last August, marking the longest No. 1 streak for a debut single. It also continues to make history, remaining in the top 10 for a record-extending 31st week.

The song also made history as the first to break into the top five on Country Airplay, Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay, where it spent two weeks at No. 1 on each chart, as well as Rhythmic Airplay, where it peaked at No. 3.

“There were many, many doubters of our ability to work this record at radio,” EMPIRE COO Nima Etminan shared to Billboard. “The industry loves telling independents that there’s a ceiling to what they can do on their own, and this was no different. We were told it can’t be done, and, as we like to do, we proved them wrong. We’ve assembled a fantastic team that we had full faith in – and they delivered.”

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