How Do U Want It

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"How Do U Want It"
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Single by 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo
from the album All Eyez on Me
A-side "California Love"
B-side "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
"Hit 'Em Up"
ReleasedJune 4, 1996
RecordedOctober 15, 1995
Studio Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
Genre
Length
  • 4:47(album version)
  • 3:59 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Johnny "J",G Syier Hawkins Brown & Mr. Dalvin
2Pac singles chronology
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
(1996)		"How Do U Want It"
(1996)		"I Ain't Mad at Cha"
(1996)
K-Ci & JoJo singles chronology
"If You Think You're Lonely Now"
(1994)		"How Do You Want It"
(1996)		"How Could You"
(1996)

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "How Do U Want It"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [26] Gold35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [27] Gold5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [29] 2× Platinum1,700,000 [30]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

Hot 100 number-one hits of 1996 (USA)

List of number-one singles in New Zealand (1996)

Notes

  1. ↑ 39th Grammy Awards - 1997. Rock on the Net. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rap critic sues Shakur's estate for defamation". Los Angeles Times . August 1997.
  3. ↑ "C. Delores Tucker; William Tucker, Her Husbandv.richard Fischbein; Belinda Luscombe; Newsweek Magazine; Johnnie L. Roberts; Time Inc.c. Delores Tucker; William Tucker, Appellants, 237 F.3d 275 (3d Cir. 2001)".
  4. ↑ 2Pac - How Do U Want It Official Explicit Video , retrieved 2024-02-01
  5. ↑ 2Pac - How Do U Want It (Official Music Video) ft. K-Ci & JoJo , retrieved 2024-02-01
  6. ↑ 2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo - How Do You Want It [Uncut Concert Version] (Official Video) [Explicit] , retrieved 2024-02-01
  7. ↑ "2Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Billboard: Hits of the World". Billboard . 16 November 1996. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "2 Pac feat. KC and JoJo: How Do U Want It" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  10. ↑ "2Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  11. ↑ "2Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  13. ↑ "2Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It". Singles Top 100. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  14. ↑ "2Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  19. ↑ "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  20. ↑ "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  21. ↑ "2Pac > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  22. ↑ "2Pac Chart History (TikTok Top 50)". Billboard . Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  23. ↑ "End of Year Charts 1996". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  25. ↑ "1996 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. December 28, 1996. p. YE-40. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  26. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  27. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – 2Pac – How Do You Want It?". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  28. ↑ "British single certifications – 2Pac ft K-Ci & JoJo – How Do U Want It". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  29. ↑ "American single certifications – 2 Pac – How Do U Want It/California Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
  30. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 3. January 18, 1997. p. 61. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved May 7, 2015.

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