Gabby Barrett

Biography

Gabrielle Bernadette Barrett (born March 5, 2000) is an American country music singer. She finished third on the sixteenth season of American Idol. Her debut single "I Hope×I Hope25 January 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Hope3:29" was the first top 10 Hot Country Songs debut by an unaccompanied woman singer since October 2017. It became a top three hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified 9× platinum by the RIAA. Her debut album Goldmine×Goldmine19 June 2020 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1I Hope3:312Thank God2:593Write It on My Heart3:004Footprints on the Moon3:105You’re the Only Reason3:006Goldmine2:427The Good Ones3:358Jesus & My Mama3:319Hall of Fame3:2110Got Me3:5611Rose Needs a Jack2:4612Strong3:2613I Hope3:30 was released on June 19, 2020.

Early life

Barrett is one of eight children born to Blaise and Pam Barrett. She attended Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport, Pennsylvania southeast of Pittsburgh but transferred to being an online student at Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School.
She began singing at nine and doing shows at eleven. In 2014, she won the Kean Quest Talent Search. At 14, her father encouraged her to sing in an all-black choir, which prompted her to join the Lamb of God Christian Ministries group in Homestead, Pennsylvania close to McKeesport.

2017–2018: American Idol, post-Idol

Barrett auditioned for the sixteenth season of American Idol in Nashville, Tennessee. She advanced to the final before being voted off.

2019–2021: Goldmine

In 2019, Barrett independently released "I Hope×I Hope25 January 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Hope3:29", which was co-written by Jon Nite and Zachary Kale and co-produced by Zachary Kale and Ross Copperman. She performed the song in an appearance on the seventeenth season of American Idol in May 2019. The song attracted the attention of music labels, and Barrett announced on stage after the performance she had signed with Warner Music Nashville. "I Hope" was then officially released as a single by the label on June 27, 2019. The single topped Billboard's Country Streaming Songs chart as well as the Country Airplay chart in April 2020, followed by the Hot Country Songs chart.
On April 7, 2020, a version featuring Charlie Puth was released. In 2019, Barrett opened for Toby Keith in Ohio, as well as Keith Urban.
On November 21, 2020, the single hit number three on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female country artist to do so since Taylor Swift. Puth has also been credited for the song on the Hot 100, which makes it his fourth top-ten single. As of January 2021, the single has been number one for 25 weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Her debut album Goldmine×Goldmine19 June 2020 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1I Hope3:312Thank God2:593Write It on My Heart3:004Footprints on the Moon3:105You’re the Only Reason3:006Goldmine2:427The Good Ones3:358Jesus & My Mama3:319Hall of Fame3:2110Got Me3:5611Rose Needs a Jack2:4612Strong3:2613I Hope3:30 was released on June 19, 2020. The album earned 15.98 million on-demand streams in its opening week, breaking the record for the largest streaming week ever for a debut country album by a woman. In 2021, Barrett opened up for Thomas Rhett on his Center Point Road Tour, and for the Zac Brown Band at Summerfest as part of their The Comeback Tour.
Along with performing at a Pittsburgh Pirates' game, she sang the national anthem for the Pittsburgh Steelers and at the Daytona 500. The song on the show selected for her if she won was "Rivers Deep×Rivers Deep18 May 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Rivers Deep3:48." Carrie Underwood was quoted as saying that Barrett is further along than she was at her age.
In September 2021, Barrett was nominated for four 55th Annual Country Music Association Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year ("The Good Ones×The Good Ones2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1The Good Ones3:352I Hope3:30"), Song of the Year ("The Good Ones"), and New Artist of the Year.
A deluxe edition of Goldmine was released on November 19, 2021.

2023–present: Chapter & Verse

On June 12, 2023, she released "Glory Days×Glory Days9 June 2023 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Glory Days", the lead single off her second studio album Chapter & Verse×Chapter & Verse2 February 2024 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1The Chapter3:332Cowboy Back3:123Dance Like No One's Watching3:524Glory Days2:435Had It All3:476Hard to Read3:227Growin' Up Raising You3:178Off the Highway2:599You're My Texas3:2210Jesus on a Train2:5011Grow Apart3:2912God, Money & Love3:2213All of My Life2:5914The Verse: Doxology (Amen)1:25, which was released on February 2, 2024.
On February 8, 2026, Barrett performed at Turning Point USA's All-American Halftime Show alongside Kid Rock, Lee Brice, and Brantley Gilbert, performing "I Hope×I Hope25 January 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Hope3:29" and "The Good Ones×The Good Ones2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1The Good Ones3:352I Hope3:30".

Personal life

Barrett married fellow Idol contestant Cade Foehner on October 5, 2019.
Barrett gave birth to their first child, a daughter, on January 18, 2021. Barrett gave birth to their second child, a son, on October 27, 2022. On August 30, 2023, Barrett announced that she was expecting their third child. Barrett gave birth to their third child, a daughter, on February 17, 2024.