Oliver Anthony Music
Oliver Anthony is a Virginia country-folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist who rose from total obscurity to the top of the U.S. pop and country charts in August 2023 with his self-released song "Rich Men North of Richmond." Recorded outdoors at his farm with a single microphone, the song's unpolished delivery and themes of working-class struggle caused it to go viral within days of its release.
Hailing from Farmville, Virginia, Christopher Anthony Lunsford began writing music in 2021, using his grandfather's name, Oliver Anthony, to represent his songs of blue collar hardship, rural life, and personal and political beliefs. Playing a resonator guitar and singing in a passionate, rough-hewn country-folk vocal style, he began releasing singles under the moniker Oliver Anthony Music, recording them simply at his off-the-grid farm, and posting them online. He soon began to receive grassroots attention from online fans who claimed that songs like "Ain't Got a Dollar," "Doggonit," and "I Want to Go Home" had helped them with their own struggles.
On August 8, 2023, he uploaded "Rich Men North of Richmond," an everyman folk anthem decrying inflation, taxes, low wages, a centralized government, and other conservative talking points. It went viral almost immediately and within days topped the Billboard 200, making Anthony the first artist to claim that feat without any prior charting history. Despite the song's right-wing subject matter and conspiratorial tone, the artist claimed no political affiliation and denounced both the right and left for weaponizing his song. Over the next several weeks, several of Anthony's earlier songs began to chart amid the upswell of attention.
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Rich Men North of Richmond
Country - Released by Oliver Anthony Music - radiowv on 11 Aug 2023
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I Want to go Home
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 3 Apr 2023
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Aint Gotta Dollar
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 21 Sep 2022
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Feeling Purdy Good
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 31 Mar 2023
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Ive Got to Get Sober
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 31 Jul 2023
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Stuck Living in the New World
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 10 Apr 2023
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90 some Chevy
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 17 Apr 2023
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Long Gone
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 8 Jun 2023
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Rich Mans Gold
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 23 Nov 2022
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Virginia
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 16 Aug 2023
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Doggonit (Original recording)
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 15 Dec 2022
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Always love you (like a good ole dog)
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 6 Apr 2023
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Between You & Me
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 31 Mar 2023
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Cobwebs and Cocaine
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 23 Nov 2022
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Virginia (radiowv)
Country - Released by Oliver Anthony Music - radiowv on 16 Aug 2023
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Aint Gotta Dollar (Laundry Room Edition )
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 21 Sep 2022
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I Want To Go Home (live)
Country - Released by Oliver Anthony Music - radiowv on 22 Aug 2023
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Doggonit (Reupload)
Country - Released by 4408066 Records DK on 4 Dec 2022
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Hymnal Of A Troubled Man's Mind
Country - Released by Oliver Anthony Music on 31 Mar 2024
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