Feature Performer Gabby Barrett
"Gabby Barretthas enjoyed one of the biggest breakout years of any artist in country music."
Gabby Barrett establishes herself as an artist who "has jumped to another level of stardom" (TIME) with a whirlwind week of news and accolades.
Putting the cherry on top of her breakout 2020, Barrett was the only Country artist included in Rolling Stone's 10 Biggest Breakthrough Artists of 2020, and listed as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Music.
"Wow, I'm blown away," shares Barrett. "This year has been absolutely crazy for all of us, so to have this kind of year career-wise feels surreal. I'm so grateful for every step that my team, my fans and most importantly my family have taken to bring us here. Thank you to all of you, and to Country radio, for making this possible!"
Warner Music Nashville powerhouse Gabby Barrett establishes herself as an artist who "has jumped to another level of stardom" (TIME) with a whirlwind week of news and accolades. Adding two 2021 ACM Awards nominations to her stacked resume this past Friday – with nods for New Female Artist of the Year and Single of the Year ("I Hope") – the on-fire force shows off her well-rounded talent as "the year's top new artist" (Country Aircheck) with the honors.
Building anticipation for a massive 2021, Barrett announced last month her upcoming Live From The Goldmine EP dropping March 16. The seven-song concert experience was captured last summer during Barrett's Live From The Goldmine album launch event, and serves fans with live performance tracks from her critically acclaimed debut GOLDMINE. The latest release from the project, "Footprints On The Moon" (Live From The Goldmine) Moving into Country radio's Top 10 this week, sophomore single "The Good Ones" continues its rise as "a love song for the ones worth holding onto" (The Boot).
Putting the cherry on top of her breakout 2020, Barrett was the only Country artist included in Rolling Stone's 10 Biggest Breakthrough Artists of 2020, and listed as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Music. "I Hope" was the most-streamed Country song of the year, selected as one of the best songs of 2020 by Associated Press, Billboard, Taste of Country, and Sounds Like Nashville, with the Hot AC chart-topping version featuring Charlie Puth named to Rolling Stone's 10 Best Country Collaborations of 2020 and Best Pop Collaborations of 2020. Building momentum, her Top 25-and-rising single "The Good Ones" just surpassed 100 MILLION on-demand streams and is officially certified GOLD by the RIAA. American Songwriter summarizes it all, noting simply: "there's a new wave of artists hitting Country music...and perhaps the one creating the most buzz is Gabby Barrett."
Nominated for two CMA Awards, New Artist of the Year and Single of the Year ("I Hope"), and for Favorite Female Artist
– Country at the American Music Awards, named an Amazon Music Breakthrough artist, featured in Variety's 2020 Young Hollywood Impact Report, named Radio Disney's Next Big Thing, a Billboard "Chartbreaker," a SiriusXM + Pandora All-Genre and Country Artist to Watch, and a short-listed GRAMMY contender (Forbes, Billboard), Barrett continues to prove why she's "Country music's rising star" (E!). Her meteoric debut, 3X PLATINUM "lightning-in-a-bottle single" (PEOPLE) "I Hope," is 2020's most-streamed Country song to date, winning CMT's 2020 Breakthrough Video of the Year award and cracking the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
Reigning atop the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for 14 weeks, "I Hope" was also the first debut single by a solo female artist to top the Country radio charts since 2017 and made her the youngest artist with a #1 debut at Country radio in over two decades. Adding to over 750 MILLION+ global streams, her full-length LP GOLDMINE earned more first-week debut album streams than any other Country act in history and includes the Hot AC #1 crossover version of "I Hope" feat. Charlie Puth and spiritual song "Got Me" feat. Shane & Shane.
Gabby Barrett is setting the trend. As an ACM New Female Artist of the Year nominee, one of SiriusXM's Future Five for 2021, one of CMT's 2020 Next Women of Country, a 2020 MusicRow Next Big Thing artist, a SiriusXM + Pandora All-Genre and Country Artist to Watch, Radio Disney's Next Big Thing, and an Amazon Music 2020 Artist to Watch, as well as being their best performing Country female of 2019, she continues to rise through the ranks and break glass ceilings.
Barrett's "lightning-in-a-bottle single" (PEOPLE) "I Hope" is one of Rolling Stone's "10 Best Country and Americana Songs To Hear Now," racing into the Top 20 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart, and becoming the first solo female debut single to reach Country radio's summit since 2017. "A voice you must hear," (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) the rising star has opened for Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, Chris Lane, Dustin Lynch, Jake Owen, Bebe Rexha, Cole Swindell, Sugarland, and Carrie Underwood. With over 330 MILLION on-demand streams to her credit, Barrett previewed her upcoming album, GOLDMINE, releasing "The Good Ones" and "Hall of Fame," completing a trio of releases she co-wrote. The Pennsylvania native began singing in a gospel choir at nine years old and performed 136 shows in 2017 before rising to national prominence as a finalist on ABC's American Idol. Photo credit- Robby Klein