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Single by Blxst featuring Tyga and Ty Dolla Sign | ||||
from the EP No Love Lost | ||||
Released | December 4, 2020 | |||
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Length | 2:41 | |||
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"Chosen" on YouTube |
"Chosen" is a song by American rapper and singer Blxst featuring fellow American singer Ty Dolla $ign and fellow American rapper Tyga. It was released as a single from the deluxe version of Blxst's debut EP No Love Lost on December 4,2020,through Red Bull Records and Evgle. In 2021,the song garnered attention due to Internet memes on TikTok,later gaining over 150 million views. [1]
The song contains a guitar sample from Electric Soul - Guitar Loops and Riffs by Treehouz. [2] [3] Blxst told Billboard that working on the song was just "a normal day",explaining:"I was just working. It felt fun creating it. Something about it felt different. It gave a different energy as I was recording it. Then Ty Dolla Sign laid his verse,and it was all up from there." [4]
An accompanying video was released on March 25,2021. According to a press release from Red Bull Records,the inspiration behind the video was three college films: School Daze (1988), Love &Basketball (2000) and Stomp the Yard (2007). It shows the three artists holding a party at "Evgle University","tailgating with cheerleaders at football games to partying at frat houses with the step team". [5] As of August 2022,the video has over 65 million views.
On November 4,2021,Blxst and Ty Dolla Sign performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [6]
Credits adapted from Tidal [7] and WhoSampled. [8]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [26] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [27] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [28] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [29] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [30] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [32] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
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Sweden (GLF) [33] | Gold | 4,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | December 4,2020 |
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United States | July 13,2021 | Rhythmic contemporary | [35] |
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