Brothers Osborne - "Nobody's Nobody"

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Artist: Brothers Osborne
Single: Nobody's Nobody
Album: Brothers Osborne
Label: EMI Nashville
Impact Date: 10th April, 2023 (Country Aircheck daily ad)
Writers: John Osborne, T.J. Osborne, Mike Elizondo & Kendell Marvel

To be released Friday as a part of the three-song sampler of the same name.

[Music Fan]

For reference, the first snippet of the song was posted on their Instagram last week (along with the other 2 songs on their sampler).

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqV5HCLjGQm

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[Music Fan]

I think I like Might as Well be Me better? We'll see how I feel once I listen to all songs again.

In any event, glad to have Brothers Osborne back and here's hoping for better success on Country radio for them!!

[jamatthews83]

Rollercoaster is comfortably my favourite.

Rollercoaster > Might As Well Be Me > Nobody's Nobody

[zaclord 🌈]

All 3 are great, but this is the correct single choice. Hopefully radio treats it like they should.

"Nobody's Nobody" has Montgomery Gentry vibes to it musically. I don't know exactly what it is, but I could really hear Eddie and Troy singing this one. Very glad these guys are back!

[tim]

While I think "Might As Well Be Me" is certifiably more aligned with their overall sound, I would agree that "Nobody's Nobody" is the more radio-friendly of the three. That said, I'm just not hearing anything that I think country radio is going to really embrace here.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

I’d say Rollercoaster is my fave, while it is not the radio single material. Nobody’s Nobody is fine and more radio friendly, but I’m not confident that even this one would become a hit. I like that they are back with new music, but overall, these three songs are not their best outputs.

[recordyear]

Most added with 80 adds and total historic adds this week.

[austin]

I really like them, and I like how this one sounds production-wise. I also love the verses overall but that chorus is corny as hell to me and basic. This one isn’t a “hit” to me.

[Music Fan]

Apr 11, 2023 8:59:14 GMT -5 austin said:

I really like them, and I like how this one sounds production-wise. I also love the verses overall but that chorus is corny as hell to me and basic. This one isn’t a “hit” to me.

I agree that the corny-ness is the problem with this one for me. But, we've had cornier songs become hits so I don't necessarily think that's an impediment, but I agree with what you're saying that it doesn't scream "hit." This has grown on me a lot!

Even if this isn't a Top 5 -- hopefully it does decent, especially with those 80 adds, and sets them up nicely for this era. I would be happy if Brothers Osborne were literally the biggest thing in Country during 2023 (of course sans Morgan since he's on a league of his own.)

[rsmatto]

The song’s off to a quick start and “Nobody’s Nobody” is the perfect single choice for today’s country radio. They performed “Rollercoaster (Forever And A Day)” at CRS during the UMG event at the Ryman. That may be the one they like best here. I like the new choice of producers and here’s hoping they have both radio AND streaming success.

[onebuffalo]

Debuts at MediaBase:

0 50 BROTHERS OSBORNE Nobody's Nobody 678 0 678 2.592

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Debut at #37 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.

[Music Fan]

Is this their best ever start?

[CoJoFan]

Apr 14, 2023 21:14:46 GMT -5 Music Fan said:

Is this their best ever start?

Yes. I believe it is.

[baltized]

I’m not seeing them in the top 50 right now. Or am I blind?

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Apr 16, 2023 21:27:59 GMT -5 baltized said:

I’m not seeing them in the top 50 right now. Or am I blind?

Rolling effect.

[collinkottke]

I'm usually all in on anything that Bros put out, but I'm not especially in love with any of the three. I enjoy all three, but I don't outright love any of them.

[.indulgecountry]

This is off to a really strong start for them and I have a feeling based on its run so far that it'll likely get them back to (at least) the top 20 for the first time since 2017's "It Ain't My Fault."

[Kanenrá:ke]

Yes I was worried they would hit a wall like they have been the last few years but the signs for this one seem positive to me!

Hoping this can return them to the top 10.

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Music video.

[raylatch98]

Unfortunately this song has hit a bit of a wall as it has started to just meander anywhere from #20 to #26 on either the Mediabase chart or Billboard as this fell back 3 spots this week on Billboard to #26 getting passed by 4 songs this week.

I do really like this song so I do hope it can preserve and make it to a Top 15/10 finish and then please release "We Ain't Good At Breaking Up" to radio.

[zdm1998]

Looks like this one is done. Crazy cause it still felt relatively young, that they could’ve tried to work it closer to the top 10.

Anyone know if it made it to the top 20? I know it teetered around 21 for a while, but wasn’t sure if one of those weeks it made it.

[raylatch98]

Jan 19, 2024 5:37:31 GMT -5 zdm1998 said:

Looks like this one is done. Crazy cause it still felt relatively young, that they could’ve tried to work it closer to the top 10.

Anyone know if it made it to the top 20? I know it teetered around 21 for a while, but wasn’t sure if one of those weeks it made it.

It almost did, the week ending in December 17th, that Sunday morning it was at #20 in the morning update,  but on the final Sunday update that day it fell back to #21 on the official published chart as this and "Glory Days" by Gabby Barrett were constantly flipping back and forth that week. 

I will say, I'm not shocked myself this song is done as it has just hit an absolute wall the last month and a half and hasn't gained any traction at all, and I imagine EMI figured it would be best to cut their losses since this wasn't doing anything. I am sad though as this was definitely one of the better songs on country radio imo. 

Bring on "We Ain't Good At Breaking Up" as it is the closest thing to a smash single and it would be nice to see Miranda Lambert on the chart (assuming she would be credited).