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Burna Boy’s Last Last Goes Gold in USA
Burna Boy’s international hit song “Last Last” has been certified Gold in the United States, for selling over 500K units.
- Burna Boy’s “Last Last” goes Gold in the United States, for selling over 500K units
- With this achievement he becomes the first and the only African with three RIAA gold Solo certifications in the United.
- The Song has also been certified in four other countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, France and New Zealand.
Burna Boy’s international hit song “Last Last” has been certified Gold in the United States, for selling over 500K units in the country. With this achievement, Grammy award-winning Burna Boy has set a new record for the fastest certified African song in the United States. He also becomes the first and the only African artist to achieve the RIAA gold certification with three solo songs; ‘Last Last,’ ‘On The Low,’ and ‘Ye.’
“Last Last” is no doubt one of the biggest songs on the planet right now, the song was released on 13 May 2022 as the first single from Burna Boy;s sixth studio album, Love, Damini. The song samples American singer Toni Braxton’s 2000 single, “He Wasn’t Man Enough”, for which its writers LaShawn Daniels, Harvey Mason Jr., and brothers Fred Jerkins III and Darkchild are credited on “Last Last”.
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The song charted in numerous countries around the world, topping the Chart in South Africa, Nigeria and several other countries. It also Charted on the Billboard Hot 100 where it spent multiple weeks peaking at 44 and the Official UK singles chart where it peaked at no 4. It is also certified gold after selling over 400,000 units in the UK, platinum after selling over 80,000 units in Canada, and gold in France and New Zealand after selling over 100,000 and 15,000 units respectively.
The official music video for “Last Last”, directed by Burna Boy himself, was released alongside the song on 13 May 2022. The Video earned him a nomination for best Video director at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards