Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” tied a record last month by spending 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The universal appeal of the song propelled the Virginia native into music stardom, and Shaboozey loves seeing everyone come together while enjoying his big hit. “It has an American feeling to it, that feeling when you think of apple pie,” Shaboozey shared. “Everybody just holding their drink up, arms around each other’s shoulders, having a damn ball. That’s America.” Producers Sean Cook and Nevin Sastry reworked J-Kwon’s 2004 debut single, “Tipsy,” with Shaboozey saying the track came together naturally.

“My two producers picked up the guitar, started playing the chords and then we started writing it,” he recalls. “I sang, ‘They know me and Jack Daniels got a history,’ and everyone was just like, ‘F**k.’” The rest is chart – and music – history, and Shaboozey’s career will never be the same, as evidenced by his high-profile performance of the song during halftime of the Detroit Lions annual Thanksgiving Day football game. (Variety)