Warner Music Nashville powerhouse GABBY BARRETTcame out of the gate hot with a statement-making debut at Country radio. Raved-about sass bomb “I Hope” is now spinning on radio playlists nationwide as the most-added single from a new artist this week.

Barrett wrote the “captivating drama that pulls the listener in with each passing line” (CMT) alongside Jon Nite and Zachary Kale. 

Download and stream “I Hope” HERE.

The sizzling breakup anthem has already claimed the #1 spot on SiriusXM “The Highway’s” Hot 30 Countdown chart, as well as Radio Disney’s Country Top 50 chart. The blistering tune has garnered over 34.9 MILLION+ on-demand streams and counting, while its music video is closing in on 10 MILLION views on YouTube alone. 

Recently named Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing artist, joining the ranks of previous picks KELSEA BALLERINI, CAMILA CABELLO, ALESSIA CARA and many more, the on-fire riser claimed national media attention with two televised performances of “I Hope,” making her return to light up ABC’s American Idol, then doubling down at Disney’s ARDYs: A Radio Disney Music Celebration. Watch a clip of the performance here.

Barrett charges on this summer, touring the festival circuit nationwide opening shows for DIERKS BENTLEY, JAKE OWEN, TOBY KEITH, and more, while headlining a few dates of her own. On October 18, she will open for KANE BROWN at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.

ABOUT GABBY BARRETT:
Warner Music Nashville powerhouse Gabby Barrett came into national prominence as a finalist on ABC’s American Idol in 2018, and has since burst on to the scene with debut single, "I Hope.” Tapped as a “Highway Find” by SiriusXM’s “The Highway,” one of Rolling Stone Country’s “10 Best Country and Americana Songs To Hear Now,” and a CMT Artist Discovery member, Barrett and her “sizzling slow burner” (Sounds Like Nashville) are garnering serious attention from fans and media alike. Making her first return performance on Idol for the national TV debut of the track, and taking it to Disney’s “ARDYs: A Celebration of Music,” “I Hope” claimed the #1 spot on SiriusXM’s “The Highway” Hot 30 Countdown and on Radio Disney’s Country Top 50 chart, notching 34.9 MILLION+ on-demand streams and solidifying Barrett as “a voice you must hear” (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review). A native of Munhall, Pennsylvania, and one of eight children, Barrett began singing in her local gospel choir at the age of nine, started playing shows at age 11 and performed 136 shows in 2017 alone, before rising to fame on Idol. She has recently shared the stage with superstars like Luke Bryan, Chris Lane, Dustin Lynch, Jake Owen, Bebe Rexha, Sugarland, and Carrie Underwood and is currently in the studio with GRAMMY-nominated producer Ross Copperman working on her debut album release.