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How Shaboozey Rode ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ to A Historic Hot Country Songs No. 1


As Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" makes history replacing Beyoncé on the Hot Country Songs chart, co-manager Jared Cotter is Executive of the Week.

Why did the EMPIRE partnership make sense over a traditional Nashville-type deal, and how have you built his career in that period of time to lay the foundation for this type of moment now? What Ghazi, Nima [Etminan] and Tina [Davis] have built is nothing short of amazing — I don’t think they get enough credit for what they’ve done and continue to do in multiple genres. It’s been extremely valuable to lean on country music veterans at Range like Matt Graham, Jack Minihan and Shawn McSpadden as I navigate a new genre as a manager.

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