Gabby Barrett Lights Up Live with Kelly and Ryan with No. 1 Single “I Hope”

Warner Music Nashville’s Gabby Barrett made her Live with Kelly and Ryan debut on Thursday (07/09) with her No. 1 single “I Hope.” The song comes from her debut album, Goldmine.

Barrett made history with the scorching hot, revenge single, the single even recently went 2x Platinum. Barrett has set records earning the most first-week debut album streams for any Country act in history, and exceeding any other debut Country album ever with first day streams on Amazon Music globally. Listen to the 13-track debut here.

Watch the performance below:

Skyping in from East Texas, Barrett chatted with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest about her time on Idol, life as a newlywed with husband and accompanist for the day Cade Foehner, and her ACM New Female Artist of the Year nomination, followed by the hosts delivering the surprise news that “I Hope” is officially certified 2X PLATINUM by the RIAA.

Continuing to break glass ceilings with her newly released #1 streaming debut, GOLDMINE, Barrett tallied the most first-week debut album streams for any Country act in history, while “I Hope” soars, claiming the #1 spot on Nielsen’s Country on-demand overall streaming year-to-date chart and clocking in at #4 on Pandora’s Top Spins all-genre chart this week. Her “heartfelt new single” (Forbes) “The Good Ones” rises up the charts this week with huge traction at Country radio, touting over 34.8 MILLION streams to date.