-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Hip-hop and alt-country star Shaboozey had one of the biggest breakouts in music this year. The artist's song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has sat on the charts for 18 weeks, becoming the longest-running No. 1 Billboard hit this year.
According to Billboard , the song is one week away from outpacing Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus' country rap hit "Old Town Road" which had a record of 19 weeks at the top of the charts. Shaboozey even worked on two songs with Beyoncé on "Cowboy Carter." Additionally, Shaboozey was just nominated for six Grammys including song of the year.
And it initially appeared that the country music crowd had embraced him as well after he received CMA Awards nominations for new artist and song of the year. Unfortunately at the 58th CMA Awards Thursday evening, Shaboozey walked away empty-handed. The artist lost the best new artist award to Megan Moroney and the best song category to country figurehead Chris Stapleton for his song “White Horse.
” While these losses upset his fans who tuned in, what ignited a firestorm online was how Shaboozey was treated during the three-hour telecast. Related Beyoncé’s CMA snub comes as no surprise, but it's still upsetting Most of the comments aimed at Shaboozey amounted to mocking his name. At the start of the show, host Luke Bryan mentioned that the buzzy musician was performing later in the night.
Bryan referred to his song "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," joking “Yeah, we call that a .