Ghetto Flower

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"Ghetto Flower"
Ghetto Flower.jpg
Single by J. Williams
from the album Young Love
Released16 March 2009 [1] [2]
Genre R&B
Length3:52
Label IllegalMusik/Warner
Songwriter(s) L Williams, J Williams, I Finau
J. Williams singles chronology
"Set It Off"
(2008)
"Ghetto Flower"
(2009)
"Stand With You"
(2009)

"Ghetto Flower" is the third single from J. Williams' debut studio album, Young Love written by his sister, Lavina Williams, known as a member of New Zealand 90s girl band, MaVelle. [3] The single was released on 16 March 2009. [1] [2]

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Chart performance

The single entered the New Zealand Singles Chart of 30 March 2009 at 28th position, and peaked at 6th position for 3 non-consecutive weeks in April and May 2009.

Chart (2009)Peak
position
New Zealand Singles Chart [4] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Ranking
New Zealand Singles Chart [5] 24

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ghetto Flower – Single". iTunes Store . Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Ghetto Flower". Digirama . Retrieved 25 February 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Ghetto Flower (CD liner). J.Williams. Warner Music Group. 2009.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. "J. Williams – Ghetto Flower (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)