![]() ![]() Along with " The Box", Ricch became the first artist to achieve his first two number one singles in the same year since Ed Sheeran did it in 2017. It also became DaBaby's first number one and Ricch's second on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. It became DaBaby's first chart-topper and Roddy Ricch's second. "Rockstar" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in its seventh week, for the chart issue dated June 13, 2020. Reviewing the song's predecessor album for Entertainment Weekly, Sam Hockley-Smith found "Rockstar" and " Find My Way" "catchy and brooding", "allowing him to rehash harrowing moments of violence, inner turmoil, and PTSD." In Pitchfork, Dani Blum noticed DaBaby "doesn't imitate Roddy Ricch as much as adjust his tone to complement the feature," thus, "his voice becomes softer, as close as DaBaby gets to tender, as he talks about the physical jolt of PTSD." Commercial performance The song received nominations for Record of the Year, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. On June 12, 2020, DaBaby released a " BLM (Black Lives Matter) remix" of "Rockstar", which replaces the intro with an extra verse from him, before the rest of the song, regarding the George Floyd protests that started in May 2020, and his own experience with police abuse. Its music video is set in a zombie apocalypse. Outside of the United States, "Rockstar" topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Greece, New Zealand, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. "Rockstar" spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The song was released on April 17, 2020, as the second single from DaBaby's third studio album Blame It on Baby (2020). With a collective 228 million streams across his entire discography in the UK so far, DaBaby is taking far more than baby steps into the limelight." Rockstar" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper DaBaby, featuring fellow American rapper Roddy Ricch. DaBaby assists Post Malone on Enemies, an album highlight from the latter's third record Hollywood's Bleeding, he's jumped on remixes of Lil Nas X's Panini, Lizzo's Truth Hurts, and Future & Drake's Life Is Good, and he's drafted in the likes of Nicki Minaj, Ashanti and Megan Thee Stallion on his own albums. While DaBaby has caught the admiration of pop artists, he has the respect of his rap peers too, judging by how many high profile collaborations he's had in the span of just one year. It's DaBaby's most streamed song so far as a result, clocking up 46 million UK plays. While Camila released five singles from the album prior to its release (discounting Shawn Mendes collaboration Senorita which he had lead credit on) it was My Oh My that emerged as the most popular, reaching Number 13. DaBaby made a mainstream move by collaborating with Camila Cabello on My Oh My in December 2019. ![]() Rockstar may be DaBaby's highest charting single, it's not his first trip into the UK Top 40. ![]() Rockstar racked up 7.95 million UK streams in its first three weeks, and a further 5.4 million was added in the week it topped the charts, nearly its then combined total as the viral craze picked up the pace and radio added more spins of the record. Its popularity stems from hooking up with Roddy Ricch, another rapper on a upward trajectory, and the fact it has its own challenge on TikTok. MORE: The Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2020 so far Rockstar and the TikTok challengeĮntering the Official Chart at 29 in April, Rockstar climbed the Official UK Chart steadily week-on-week before reaching Number 1 in its fourth week on chart. Kirk was a modest success in the UK, cracking the Top 40 for a single week, but we have a feeling Blame It On Baby will have more longevity than its predecessor, judging by its Top 10 debut and the popularity of its big single Rockstar ft. All of those albums - Baby on Baby, Kirk and Blame It On Baby - have gone Top 10 in the US, with the latter two topping the Billboard 200 albums chart.
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