Djadja (song)

"Djadja"
Single by Aya Nakamura
from the album Nakamura
Released	6 April 2018
Recorded	2017-2018
Genre	Afropop dancehall soul
Length	2:50
Label	Parlophone Rec. 118
Songwriters	Aya Nakamura Le Side
Aya Nakamura singles chronology
"Le Passé" (2018) "Djadja" (2018) "Copines" (2018)
Music video
"Djadja" on YouTube

"Djadja" is a song by French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura, released on 6 April 2018, as the lead single off her second studio album Nakamura (2018). It reached number one in France, the Netherlands and Romania. The music video for the song was shot in Barcelona, Spain.

In June 2020, she released a new remix featuring Maluma adding new lyrics in Spanish. In November 2020, they performed the remix live for the MTV Europe Music Awards from separate places due to the COVID-19 restrictions. ^[1]

Commercial performance

Europe

In France, Nakamura's host country, the song began at number 22 of the French's SNEP, becoming her highest-chart entry since "Love d'un voyou" in 2015. It made a major jumping the following week and reached fourth place. Then, the song rose to number three on the podium for two weeks by the end of April 2018. Two weeks later, on May 12, 2018, "Djadja" reached the summit of the official chart, becoming Nakamura's first number one at this time. She remains in the lead for two consecutive weeks. The title remained 21 weeks in the top 10 (including seven in the top 3) and 41 weeks in the top 50. The song remained in the top 100 for almost a year. ^[2] The remixed version with rapper Loredana Zefi enters at number eighty-two on the French Chart Singles during the week of April 6, 2019. The following week, the title came out of the top 100. ^[3] In all, the song (all versions combined) remained 122 weeks in the French Singles Chart, becoming her longest-charting single in the country. The original version currently has nearly 49 millions of premium streams on Spotify, making it the eighteenth most streamed title in France.

Outside of France, and despite being a French-language song, the single met commercial success and established records internationally, being the first French female singer since French-Indian-Algerian Indila's smash hit "Dernière Danse". First reaching the top twenty and top thirty in French-language countries Belgium and Switzerland, becoming her second top twenty in the former, "Djadja" topped the Dutch charts and became the first French female singer Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien" to achieve this. ^{[4] [5]} The song spent 35 weeks in the Netherlands and spent 4 weeks at number one, becoming Nakamura's first number one, and the first number one for a French female singer since Edith Piaf and her longuest-charting single. Equally the first number one for a Malian female singer in the Dutch music history. ^[6]

"Djadja" also topped the Romanian charts, and reached the top five in Spain, becoming her first top five in the country, top twenty in Greece and Russia, top thirty in Italy and Hungary, top forty in Portugal and top fifty in Germany. ^[7]

Elsewhere

In Israel, the song peaked at the second position, and reached the top forty in a few Latin American countries, such as Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina and Costa Rica, due to the Maluma remix. In United States, despite "Djadja" didn't entered in the US Billboard Hot 100, the song entered in US Hot Latin Songs, helped by the remix with Colombian rapper and singer Maluma. ^[8]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018–2020) Peak position Argentina (Argentina Hot 100) [9] Remix featuring Maluma 26 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [10] 16 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [11] 16 CIS Airplay (TopHit) [12] 24 Colombia (National-Report) [13] Remix featuring Maluma 35 France (SNEP) [14] 1 Germany (GfK) [15] 43 Global 200 (Billboard) [16] Remix featuring Maluma 57 Greece (IFPI) [17] 15 Hungary (Single Top 40) [18] 30 Israel (Media Forest) [19] 2 Italy (FIMI) [20] Remix featuring Maluma 23 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [21] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [22] 1 Portugal (AFP) [23] 37 Paraguay (SGP) [24] Remix featuring Maluma 25 Romania (Airplay 100) [25] 1 Romania (Romania TV Airplay) [26] 1 Russia Airplay (TopHit) [27] 20 Spain (PROMUSICAE) [28] 5 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [29] 72 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] 29 US Hot Latin Songs ( Billboard ) [31] Remix featuring Maluma 43 Chart (2024) Peak position US World Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [32] 6 France (SNEP) [33] 100

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [34] 68 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) [35] 20 France (SNEP) [36] 4 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [37] 34 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [38] 5 Portugal Full Track Download (AFP) [39] 71 Romania (Airplay 100) [40] 68 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [41] 75 Chart (2019) Position France (SNEP) [42] 187 Portugal (AFP) [43] 127 Romania (Airplay 100) [44] 34 Chart (2020) Position France (SNEP) [45] 108 Italy (FIMI) [46] 69 Spain (PROMUSICAE) [47] 18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [48]	Gold	15,000‡
Belgium (BRMA) [49]	4× Platinum	160,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [50]	3× Platinum	240,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [51]	Gold	45,000‡
France (SNEP) [52]	Diamond	333,333‡
Germany (BVMI) [53]	Gold	200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [54]	2× Platinum	140,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI) [55]	2× Platinum	160,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [56]	Gold	25,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [57]	Platinum	10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [58]	4× Platinum	160,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [59]	Gold	10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [60]	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Airplay 100 number ones of the 2010s

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