Now that Sam Barber has your attention, he’s looking forward to holding onto it a while.

“I love making anything that can affect someone emotionally,” Barber says.

The 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Southeast Missouri has already seen his career begin on a meteoric rise, and his debut album, Restless Mind, released in November 2024, is poised to send him into orbit. The ongoing Restless Mind Tour has already featured Barber’s SOLD-OUT Ryman Auditorium debut and a showcase slot at the GoldenSky Festival. The tour will reach the U.S., Europe and Australia in 2025 introducing tens of thousands of new fans to Barber’s energetic and emotional live show.

Barber is also entering 2025 on a high note following the release of “Indigo (feat. Avery Anna),” which marked his debut on the Billboard Hot 100 while amassing more than 250 MILLION global streams (and counting), and notching 1 BILLION+ views and 500,000+ creates on TikTok.

After the success of his 2X PLATINUM-certified 2023 single “Straight and Narrow,” Barber combines raw honesty and youthful enthusiasm in a way that has forced him into nearly every conversation about the future of country music. In the wake of the Restless Mind album and tour, that future may well belong to Barber.