2019 single by Gabby Barrett
"I Hope" is a song recorded by American country music singer Gabby Barrett. She released the single independently following her third-place finish on season 16 of American Idol. It led to her signing a deal with Warner Music Nashville,[2] and it was released on July 29, 2019, as her debut single and the first from her debut studio album Goldmine.[1] Barrett co-wrote the song with Jon Nite and Zach Kale, with Kale and Ross Copperman handling production.
A remix featuring American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth was released on April 17, 2020. It received a Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year nomination at the 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards. The song is certified 7× Platinum in the United States, 8× Platinum in Canada, and Silver in the United Kingdom. It has also been hailed as a crossover hit, topping the Billboard Country Airplay, Adult Pop Songs and all-format Radio Songs charts[3] and becoming the best-selling country song of 2020 in the United States, as well as the third-bestselling country and adult contemporary song of 2021 in the country.[4] It spent 62 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]