Ashtrays and Heartbreaks
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"Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" is a song by American recording artist Snoop Lion featuring American recording artist Miley Cyrus. It was released on April 4, 2013 by Berhane Sound System, Vice Records, Mad Decent, and RCA Records as the lead single from his twelfth studio album Reincarnated (2013).
Background
The song premiered of Major's Soundcloud on April 3, 2013 gathering 1 million streams in its first day. The feature was Miley Cyrus's first single since 2012. It was officially released on April 4, 2013 by Berhane Sound System as a promotional single on iTunes. Later it was announced that the song would be released as the album's first official single and that will have a music video. An audio and a lyric video were uploaded to Snoop's official YouTube VEVO channel. On April 4, 2013, "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" featuring Miley Cyrus, produced by Major Lazer, Ariel Rechtshaid and Dre Skull, was made available for purchase via digital download as the lead single from the album.[1] [2] It officially impacted U.S. Rhythmic contemporary radio on April 29, 2013[3] and then U.S Top 40/Mainstream radio on May 28.[4]
Music video
The video was filmed in April, 2013 by director P.R. Brown and premiered on Snoop Lion's VEVO on May 30, 2013. [5]
Charts
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[6] | 51 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[7] | 20 |
| US Reggae Digital Songs (Billboard)[8] | 1 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela (APFV)[9] | Gold | 5,000^ |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | April 4, 2013 | Digital download | RCA Records | [10] |
| United Kingdom | [10] | |||
| United States | [10] | |||
| United States | April 29, 2013 | Rhythmic contemporary radio | ||
| May 28, 2013 | Mainstream radio | |||
| Italy | May 10, 2013 | Contemporary hit radio | Sony | [11] |
References
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Ashtrays and Heartbreaks (feat. Miley Cyrus) - Single by Snoop Lion". iTunes. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
- ^ "Snoop Lion - Ashtrays and Heartbreaks (feat. Miley Cyrus)". Homegrownradio.net. 2013-04-03. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
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- ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates". Allaccess.com. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
- ^ http://www.videostatic.com/production/2013/04/23/snoop-lion-ashtrays-and-heartbreaks-pr-brown-dir
- ^ "Snoop Lion feat. Miley Cyrus – Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ^ "Snoop Lion feat. Miley Cyrus – Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ^ "Reggae Digital Songs week: 2013-04-20". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Association of Venezuelan Phonograph Producers - Snoop Lion". Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ a b c https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ashtrays-heartbreaks-feat./id632362728
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
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