The Recording Academy has withdrawn its 2025 Grammy nominations for J-Kwon (Jerrell C. Jones), Joe Kent and Mark Williams, who wrote J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy,” which was inserted into Shaboozey’s hit In the song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”.
On November 8, the genre-crossing hit received Grammy nominations for Song of the Year and Best Country Song. The writer of the original “Tipsy” will receive the award.
The decision was made on December 12 and announced at the Academy’s Grammy Awards Update Center, where legend has it: “Each year, the Recording Academy reviews the nominees as necessary after they are first announced. Make adjustments. Common changes are usually the result of updating credits and may include spelling corrections, title modifications, adding nominees not included in the original submission, and other modifications.
Grammy rules state that “songs containing samples or interpolations are eligible” for song of the year. But they also made a distinction between songwriters of new songs, who are eligible for a Grammy, and “publishers and songwriters of sampled or inserted material (if applicable),” who are only eligible for a certificate.
The lyrics in “Bar Song (Drunk)” are “One, two to three to four people are coming” and “Everyone in the bar is drunk”, these lines are borrowed from “Drunk” . J-Kwon shined at the BET Awards on June 30 alongside Shaboozey. said.
J-Kwon told us in a Q&A posted on April 26 that the song entered the Hot 100 at No. 36. advertising billboardMichael Saponara said he was well compensated for the lift. “I got a crazy percentage… let’s put it this way, we did this together and I’m proud of him.”
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” spent 19 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, tying Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) for the longest stay at No. Chart’s 66-year history. “Old Town Road” also has borrowed elements. It features a sample of Nine Inch Nails’ “34 Ghosts IV,” which was co-written by the band’s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. “Old Town Road” didn’t receive a Grammy nomination in the songwriting category, but it did Enter Song of the Year. The list does not indicate that Reznor and Ross were co-writers, which is in line with Grammy rules. (“Old Town Road” won two Grammy Awards – Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video – and was nominated for Record of the Year.)
If the Grammys decision disappoints J-Kwon and his “Tipsy” costars, they might want to head to the nearest open bar to drown their troubles. They might even make a good song out of it.
