Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” Tops the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart for 15th Week

Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” Tops the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart for 15th Week

Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (streaming, sales and airplay-based) for the 15th week, which is the second-longest run by a solo female artist in the history of the chart. Only Maren Morris’ “The Bones” enjoyed a longer reign with 19 weeks atop the chart.

The longest run on the Hot Country Songs chart is Bebe Rexha’s “Meant to Be,” featuring Florida Georgia Line, which spent 50 weeks at No. 1 in 2017-2018.

Penned by Gabby, Zachary Kale and Jon Nite, “I Hope” is featured on Gabby’s 2020 debut album, Goldmine. “I Hope” topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart in April.

Gabby is nominated for New Artist of the Year at the upcoming CMA Awards on Nov. 11, while “I Hope” is nominated for Single of the Year. Gabby is also nominated for Favorite Female Artist – Country at the upcoming American Music Awards on Nov. 22.

photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com

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