Whiskey in a Teacup

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"Whiskey in a Teacup"
Whiskey in a Teacup.jpg
Single by Dean Brody
from the EP Black Sheep
ReleasedMarch 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)
Genre Country
Length3:02
Label
Songwriter(s) Dean Brody
Producer(s) Matt Rovey
Dean Brody singles chronology
"Dose of Country"
(2018)
"Whiskey in a Teacup"
(2019)
"Black Sheep"
(2019)

"Whiskey in a Teacup" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. [1] It was the third single off his extended play Black Sheep , [2] It is one of Brody's seven platinum-certified singles, [3] and was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2020 CCMA Awards. [4]

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Critical reception

Top Country named the song "Pick of the Week" for July 4, 2019, stating the "production is a fresh take on gritty that country music needed". [5]

Commercial performance

"Whiskey in a Teacup" was certified Platinum by Music Canada on March 16, 2020, with over 80,000 sales. [3] As of November 2020, the song had received over 9 million streams through Spotify. [6]

Chart performance

"Whiskey in a Teacup" reached a peak of number 3 on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated July 13, 2019. [7] It also peaked at number 69 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, his first charting entry there since "Love Would Be Enough" in 2015. [8]

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 69
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [9] 3

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [3] Platinum80,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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