Shaboozey

Shaboozey
Shaboozey performing in 2024
Background information
Birth nameCollins Obinna Chibueze
Born (1995-05-09) May 9, 1995
Woodbridge, Virginia, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
  • record producer
Years active2014–present
Labels
Websiteamericandogwood.com

Collins Obinna Chibueze (born May 9, 1995), known professionally as Shaboozey, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Shaboozey's music combines hip-hop, country, and Americana. His stage name originated from the mispronunciation of his last name, Chibueze – an Igbo word meaning "God is king" – by his high school football coach.

Following the releases of his first two albums, Lady Wrangler (2018) and Cowboys Live Forever, Outlaws Never Die (2022), Shaboozey was featured on two songs from Beyoncé's album Cowboy Carter (2024). He achieved commercial success with his third album, Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going (2024), and its number one single "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" as well as the follow up single "Good News"; the former spent nineteen weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, tying with Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" as the longest running Hot 100 number one song of all time.

Throughout his career he has received five Grammy Award nominations and has won three Billboard Music Awards, two People's Choice Country Awards and an IHeartRadio Music Award.