Highest in the Room

"Highest in the Room"
Single by Travis Scott
Released	October 4, 2019 (2019-10-04)
Genre	Trap
Length	2:55
Label	Cactus Jack Grand Hustle Epic
Songwriter(s)	Jacques Webster II Ozan Yildirim Nik Frascona Mike Dean
Producer(s)	OZ Nik D Dean (co.)
Travis Scott singles chronology
"Antisocial" (2019) "Highest in the Room" (2019) "Take What You Want" (2019)
Music video
"Highest in the Room" on YouTube

"Highest in the Room" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper Travis Scott. It was released as a single on October 4, 2019. ^[1] It was released in a variety of formats, including on 7-inch vinyl, cassette and as a CD single. ^[2] In its first week, it debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, for the chart dated October 19, 2019, becoming Scott's second US number-one single, following "Sicko Mode". ^[3] A remix featuring Spanish singer Rosalía and American rapper Lil Baby was released on December 27, 2019, and featured on Scott and other Cactus Jack members' compilation album JackBoys (2019) on the same day, while the original release remains off the compilation. ^[4] The remix version was released to Italian contemporary hit radio on January 7, 2020. ^[5] The song received a nomination for Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

The song was first used in Scott's girlfriend Kylie Jenner's "Kybrows" commercial on April 29, 2019, before Scott debuted the song during his set at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami on May 10–12, 2019. On August 31, 2019, Scott played a portion of the song at a concert that included a verse from Lil Baby, ^[6] but was ultimately cut in the final version because Scott wanted to express the breakup with himself and Jenner on his own. The demo version featuring Baby leaked on December 24, 2019. Baby's verse was on the remix of the song, which is on the compilation album JackBoys . However, the original version of "Highest in the Room" did not make it onto the album.

Promotion

Scott officially announced the track's release through social media on September 30, posting three covers for the song as well as a pre-order link and captioning the post "See u on the 4th". ^[7]

A music video was released on October 3, 2019, on YouTube, directed by Dave Meyers and Travis Scott himself, while it was produced by Nathan Scherrer, Randy Donaldson, and Sam Lecca. ^[8]

Commercial performance

"Highest in the Room" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated October 19, 2019, becoming Scott's second number-one single on the chart (after 2018's "Sicko Mode"), his first number-one single on its first week on the chart, and 35th single to debut at the number one position in the chart's history. "Highest in the Room" debuted atop the Streaming Songs chart with 59 million streams and debuted at number two on the Digital Songs chart with 51,000 downloads. ^[9] The song fell to number six the following week on October 26, 2019. It later returned to the top 10 on the issue dated January 11, 2020 at number eight, partly charged by sales from the remix featuring Rosalia and Lil Baby. ^{[10] [11]} Elsewhere, in Greece the song charted at number one. The UK Singles Chart number two on 17 October.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Spotify. ^[12]

• Travis Scott – vocalist, songwriting
• OZ – production, songwriting
• Nik D – production, songwriting
• ROSALÍA – songwriting
• Mike Dean – co-production, mixing, mastering
• Sean Solymar – engineering assistant
• Jimmy Cash – engineering assistant

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019–2020) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [13] 3 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [14] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [15] 30 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [16] 49 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [17] 1 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [18] 4 Denmark (Tracklisten) [19] 4 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [20] 6 France (SNEP) [21] 11 Germany (GfK) [22] 8 Global 200 ( Billboard ) [23] 83 Greece International (IFPI) [24] 1 Hungary (Single Top 40) [25] 7 Hungary (Stream Top 40) [26] 2 Ireland (IRMA) [27] 3 Italy (FIMI) [28] 11 Latvia (LAIPA) [29] 1 Lithuania (AGATA) [30] 2 Malaysia (RIM) [31] 10 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [32] 14 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [33] 2 Norway (VG-lista) [34] 2 Portugal (AFP) [35] 2 Romania (Romanian Radio Airplay) [36] 59 Scotland (OCC) [37] 44 Singapore (RIAS) [38] 12 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [39] 2 Spain (PROMUSICAE) [40] 48 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [41] 6 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [42] 2 UK Singles (OCC) [43] 2 US Billboard Hot 100 [44] 1 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [45] 1 US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [46] 21 US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [47] 1 US Rolling Stone Top 100 [48] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [49] 99 Latvia (LAIPA) [50] 32 Portugal (AFP) [51] 76 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [52] 65 US Rolling Stone Top 100 [53] 65 Chart (2020) Position Australia (ARIA) [54] 63 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [55] 49 Denmark (Tracklisten) [56] 86 France (SNEP) [57] 94 Hungary (Stream Top 40) [58] 46 Italy (FIMI) [59] 95 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [60] 50 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [61] 31 UK Singles (OCC) [62] 97 US Billboard Hot 100 [63] 45 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [64] 23 US Rhythmic (Billboard) [65] 18 Chart (2021) Position Global 200 (Billboard) [66] 186 Portugal (AFP) [67] 89

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [68]	3× Platinum	210,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [69]	Platinum	30,000‡
Belgium (BEA) [70]	Gold	20,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [71]	3× Diamond	480,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [72]	5× Platinum	400,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [73]	2× Platinum	180,000‡
France (SNEP) [74]	Diamond	333,333‡
Germany (BVMI) [75]	Platinum	400,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [76]	2× Platinum	140,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [77]	Platinum+Gold	90,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [78]	4× Platinum	120,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [79]	3× Platinum	150,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [80]	7× Platinum	70,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [81]	Platinum	60,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [82]	2× Platinum	40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [83]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [84]	9× Platinum	9,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [85]	Diamond	10,000,000†
Sweden (GLF) [86]	Platinum	8,000,000†
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	October 4, 2019	Digital download streaming	Epic	[87]
		7-inch single cassette CD single		[88] [89] [90]

Rosalía and Lil Baby remix

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"Highest in the Room" (remix)
Single by Travis Scott featuring Rosalía and Lil Baby
from the album JackBoys
Released	January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)
Length	4:05
Label	Cactus Jack Epic
Songwriter(s)	Jacques Webster Ozan Yildirim Rosalía Vila Dominique Jones Nik Frascona Mike Dean
Producer(s)	OZ Nik D Dean (co.)
Travis Scott singles chronology
"Hot" (remix) (2019) "Highest in the Room" (remix) (2020) "Give No Fxk" (2020)
Rosalía singles chronology
"A Palé" (2019) "Highest in the Room" (remix) (2019) "Juro Que" (2020)

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Discography Production discography
Studio albums	Rodeo (2015) Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016) Astroworld (2018) Utopia (2023) Collaborative albums Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho (with Quavo as Huncho Jack) (2017)
Compilation albums	JackBoys (with JackBoys) (2019)
Mixtapes	Owl Pharaoh (2013) Days Before Rodeo (2014)
Singles	"3500" "Antidote" "Pick Up the Phone" "Champions" "Goosebumps" "Beibs in the Trap" "Go Off" "Butterfly Effect" "Watch" "Sicko Mode" "Yosemite" "Wake Up" "Chopstix" "Power Is Power" "Antisocial" "Highest in the Room" "Out West" "The Scotts" "TKN" "The Plan" "Franchise" "Goosebumps (Remix)" "Durag Activity" "Bubbly" "Escape Plan" "Mafia" "Down in Atlanta" "Krzy Train" "K-pop" "Delresto (Echoes)" "Meltdown" "I Know ?" "Water" (Remix) "Née-Nah" "Fein" "Type Shit" "Parking Lot" "Oh Shhh..." "Active" "Drugs You Should Try It" "South of France" (Remix)
Featured singles	"Chimes" (RMX) "Workin" "Whole Lotta Lovin'" "Bake Sale" "Love Galore" "Portland" "Know No Better" "Sky Walker" "4 AM" "Deserve" "Dark Knight Dummo" "Krippy Kush" (remix) "Close" "Champion" "Zeze" "Mile High" "First Off" "The London" "Take What You Want" "Hot" (remix) "Give No Fxk" "Turks" "Wash Us in the Blood" "Buss It" (Remix) "Hold That Heat" "Never Sleep" "Say My Grace" "At the Party" "FTCU" (SleezeMix)
Promotional singles	"Baptized in Fire" "Stargazing"
Other songs	"90210" "Nightcrawler" "Through the Late Night" "Kelly Price" "Ghostface Killers" "Go Legend" "Carousel" "R.I.P. Screw" "Stop Trying to Be God" "No Bystanders" "Skeletons" "Can't Say" "Overdue" "What to Do?" "Gatti" "Solitaires" "Top Floor" "Hats Off" "Praise God" "Fair Trade" "Flocky Flocky" "Pussy & Millions" "Raindrops (Insane)" "Trance" "Niagara Falls (Foot or 2)" "Open Arms" "Embarrassed" "Wit da Racks" "Aye" "Hyaena" "Thank God" "Modern Jam" "My Eyes" "God's Country" "Sirens" "Topia Twins" "Circus Maximus" "Telekinesis" "Get Off Me" "Fuk Sumn" "Cinderella" "Ice Age"
Concert tours	Astroworld – Wish You Were Here Tour (2018–2019) Circus Maximus Tour (2023–2024)
Films	Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly (2019) Circus Maximus (2023)
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