Shaboozey Toasts to His 6 Grammy Nominations

It was one of the songs of the summer that persisted into the fall: ubiquitous in restaurants, grocery stores, coffee shops and, appropriately, bars.

Now, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” the foot-stomping smash that held No. 1 for 16 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, will compete for one of the Grammys’ biggest awards: song of the year.

But well before Friday’s nominations, the record helped change Shaboozey’s career. The genre-bending country singer and rapper born Collins Obinna Chibueze caught the attention of a member of Beyoncé’s team when he performed the song at a label showcase before it had been released.

Not long after, he was tapped for features on Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter.” Then came the well-timed release of his third album, “Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going.”

When his six Grammy nods rolled in — the first of his career — Shaboozey, 29, was on a tour bus in Kentucky as part of his arena tour with Jelly Roll, where each night he says he gets a rush when audiences sing, clap and stomp along to “A Bar Song.”

“It’s the same feeling I get every single night I perform that song, from the first time I played it til now,” he said in an interview on Friday following his nominations, which include nods for best new artist and for his feature on “Spaghettii,” from Beyoncé’s LP.