Noeline Hofmann had never appeared in one Advertising sign chart before this week. But now, thanks to a new duet with Zach Bryan, the singer-songwriter is officially a Billboard Hot 100 charting artist. of the couple”Purple GasIt debuted on the June 22 Hot 100 at No. 70 with 6.9 million official US streams and 1,000 sales from June 7-13, according to Luminate.
The song was released on Belting Bronco/Warner Records and is expected to appear on Bryan's upcoming album, The Great American Bar Scene.
“Purple Gas” was originally a solo song written and recorded by Hofmann. Bryan discovered this after recruiting Hofmann for his YouTube series Belting Bronco, in which artists perform original songs in the back of his Ford truck. He has previously played actors such as Slade Coulter, Charles Wesley Godwin and Kat Hasty.
After hearing Hoffman's version, Brian took to the dance floor to transform it into a duet. Ahead of the release of the pair's new release, Bryan took to Instagram to share his thoughts. “This song brought me to tears the first time I heard it, so it meant a lot to me that Noeline gave me the privilege of singing it with her,” he wrote. “I've never covered another musician on an album and it's because I was waiting for someone to write a song like that. Noeline resonates like Gillian Welch to me, and Gillian is one of my favorite musicians ever. now it's also Noeline.”
The collaboration also opens at No. 19 on the Hot Country Songs chart, while Hofmann reaches No. 46 on the Emerging Artists.
Hofmann, 20, hails from Southern Alberta, Canada. He is currently touring with Charley Crockett and Wyatt Flores.
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