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"Pop Style"
Song

"Pop Style" is a song by Canadian recording artist Drake, featuring American rappers Kanye West and Jay Z (the lattermost two jointly billed as The Throne, alluding to their 2011 collaborative album Watch the Throne).[2] The song was released alongside "One Dance", as singles promoting Drake's fourth studio album Views, initially for exclusive digital download on iTunes on April 5, 2016.[3][4] The album version features only Drake with a new verse.

Background

The song is a collaboration between Drake and Kanye West and Jay Z (collectively known as The Throne), the first time the three have appeared on the same track.[5] However, the contribution from Jay Z is limited in the song, with only two lines from Jay Z making the cut ("They still out to get me, they don't get it/ I can not be gotten, that's a given").[6][7] In an extended version of the song the lines by Jay Z were used as the start of a new verse.[8] Also appearing in the song is Kanye saying "Imma let you finish", referencing his controversial statement[9][10][11] during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, and the "Perfect" sample (Street Fighter II) used in his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo.[5] Kanye West has also performed the song live.[12][13]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Pop Style" debuted and peaked at No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on April 12, 2016; it sold 128,000 copies on two days of sales, also debuting atop the US Digital Songs chart.[14][15] It also debuted at No. 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs charts.[16] As of October 2016, it has sold 539,000 copies in the United States.[17]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[18] 44
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[19] 19
France (SNEP)[20] 29
Ireland (IRMA)[21] 58
Italy (FIMI)[22] 93
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 73
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ)[24] 5
Scotland (OCC)[25] 31
UK Singles (OCC)[26] 33
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[27] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[28] 16
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[29] 4

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[31] — 539,000[17]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ Jay Z and Kanye West are jointly credited as "The Throne". They are featured on the single version only.

References

  1. ^ "Drake Debuts Two New Songs Featuring Kanye West, Jay Z". April 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Drake – Pop Style Lyrics - Genius Lyrics". Genius.
  3. ^ "Pop Style (feat. The Throne) - Single: Drake". iTunes.
  4. ^ Jack Shepherd (April 5, 2016). "Drake: New tracks 'Pop Style' and 'One Dance' from 'Views from the Six' officially released". The Independent.
  5. ^ a b Matt Miller (April 5, 2016). "Drake Just Dropped His First-Ever Song With Jay Z and Kanye West". Esquire.
  6. ^ Luke Morgan Britton (April 5, 2016). "Drake's New Tracks Show The Rapper Staking His Claim To Kanye And Jay Z's Hip-Hop Throne". NME.
  7. ^ "15 of the Most Hilariously Cruel Responses to Jay Z's "Verse". Pigeon and Planes.
  8. ^ Angus Walker (April 9, 2016). "Drake - Pop Style (New Verse) [New Song]". Hot New Hip Hop.
  9. ^ "Anger over West's disruption at MTV awards - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  10. ^ Respers, Lisa (September 14, 2009). ""Anger over West's disruption at MTV awards"". CNN. CNN. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  11. ^ ""Kanye West Storms the VMAs Stage During Taylor Swift's Speech"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  12. ^ Jazz Monroe (April 11, 2016). "Watch Kanye West Debut New Song, Perform "Pop Style" for the First Time". Pitchfork.
  13. ^ Adelle Platon (April 11, 2016). "Kanye West Performs 'Pop Style' Live, Freestyles in Manila". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Rihanna Tops Hot 100, Ties the Beatles for Second-Most Total Weeks at No. 1 - Billboard". Billboard.
  15. ^ Mansell, Henry (April 16, 2016). "Hip Hop Single Sales: Drake, Desiigner & Rihanna". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  16. ^ Amaya Mendizabal (April 13, 2016). "Drake's 'Pop Style' & 'One Dance' Debut in Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart". Billboard.
  17. ^ a b "Marketshare at the Three-Quarter Pole: Top 25 Albums and Singles". Hits Daily Double. October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  18. ^ "Drake feat. The Throne – Pop Style". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  19. ^ "Drake Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  20. ^ "Drake feat. The Throne – Pop Style" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  21. ^ "Chart Track: Week 20, 2016". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  22. ^ "Top Digital - Classifica settimanale WK 20 (dal 2016-05-13 al 2016-05-19)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  23. ^ "Drake feat. The Throne – Pop Style" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  24. ^ "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  25. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  26. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  27. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  28. ^ "Drake Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  29. ^ "Drake Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  30. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
  31. ^ "American single certifications – Drake – Controlla". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
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