Shaboozey Hits 10 Weeks At No. 1 on Billboard Canadian Hot 100
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" is the song of the summer in Canada, where the J-Kwon-quoting country anthem has reigned atop the chart for ten non-consecutive weeks.
Someone pour him up a double shot of whiskey: Shaboozey just hit a chart milestone in Canada.
The Virginia singer has notched his tenth week atop the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 with "A Bar Song (Tipsy)." The song is also still on top in the U.S., though only for its fourth week.
In Canada, it's the clear song of the summer. Briefly knocked from its top spot by Morgan Wallen and Post Malone's "I Had Some Help" and then Eminem's "Houdini," "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has held the spot consecutively since the week of June 22.
It's maybe an unusual candidate for song of the summer, less peppy and optimistic than "I Had Some Help" or Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso." But "A Bar Song" has a folk-country sound that's always done well in Canada and a thematic depth that helps it resonate.
The song interpolates J-Kwon's 2004 hip hop track "Tipsy," replacing its synth line with an acoustic guitar strum. Shaboozey transforms a hype track for the club into a melancholy country anthem about working too hard and not making ends meet. It's no surprise that "A Bar Song" is connecting widely amidst a cost-of-living crisis.
(It also helps that one of Shaboozey's primary challengers for song of the summer in the U.S., Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," isn't as popular in Canada, for obvious reasons).
The 10-week achievement adds to Shaboozey's list of accomplishments in a year when he has featured on Beyonce's Cowboy Carter and is set to headline a North American tour for the first time. He'll play Toronto on Sept. 13 and Quebec City on Sept. 14. Can he keep the streak going until then?
Elsewhere on the chart this week, Drake and Gordo debut at No. 44 with "Sideways," while Indian rapper Hanumankind debuts "Big Dawgs" with Kalmi at No. 33.
Further down the chart, Osheaga standout Chappell Roan arrives at No. 84 with "Femininomenon," while Tory Lanez, currently incarcerated for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, has a new entry at No. 85 with "Wish I Never Met You (Prison Tapes).
Gigi Perez debuts at No. 94 with the viral lesbian ballad "Sailor Song," and Canadian country singer Josh Ross has a new entry with "Single Again" at No. 97.
Check out the full chart here.
