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Single by Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa | ||||
from the album Traumazine | ||||
Released | March 11, 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Genre | Pop rap [1] | |||
Length | 3:21 | |||
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"Sweetest Pie" on YouTube |
"Sweetest Pie" is a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion and English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa,released on March 11,2022,through 1501 Certified and 300 Entertainment. The song serves as the lead single from Megan Thee Stallion's second studio album Traumazine . [2]
In June 2021,Megan Thee Stallion expressed her admiration for Dua Lipa and her interest in doing a collaboration,referring to a viral mashup of her song "Fkn Around" (2020) with Lipa's 2020 hit "Levitating". [3] [4] Lipa responded on Instagram saying she would love to do a collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion. [3] Megan Thee Stallion and Lipa began teasing the collaboration in February 2022 after the latter artist addressed the former as "thee sweetest pie" when sending her a pie for her birthday. [5] That same month,Megan Thee Stallion teased that her next single would be with someone her fans might have guessed before and it was a song unexpected for her and "different". [6] [7]
On March 6,2022,Megan Thee Stallion and Lipa formally announced their collaboration. [8] [9] [10] [11] The former released a promotional image of the two artists' faces iced onto cakes while the latter shared a 5-second snippet of the track accompanied by a video of a text conversation between the two in which they shared images of them together. [12] [13] [14] They revealed the cover art and title as "Sweetest Pie" the following day. [15] The track was released on March 11,2022. [16] The remixes EP by David Guetta was released on April 22. [17]
In the US,"Sweetest Pie" debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100,becoming Lipa's highest debut on the chart,her sixth top 20 single and Megan Thee Stallion's eighth. [18] The song also charted in the top 20 in Canada and Ireland. [19] [20] On the UK Singles Chart,"Sweetest Pie" entered at number 31 with first-week sales of 12,344 units. [21]
The music video for "Sweetest Pie" accompanied the song's release and was directed by Dave Meyers,with a concept created by Megan Thee Stallion. [22] The music video is inspired by "Hansel and Gretel" by "welcoming a duo of unsuspecting men into their lair —ultimately luring them to their deaths." [23]
On March 15,2022,Lipa brought out Megan Thee Stallion during her Future Nostalgia Tour at Ball Arena in Denver,Colorado to perform the collaboration. This marks the first time they performed the song live together. [24] Megan Thee Stallion also performed "Sweetest Pie" at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 22, [25] and at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 16. [26]
Credits adapted from Qobuz. [28]
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [67] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [68] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [69] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [70] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [71] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [72] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [73] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Version(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Various | March 11, 2022 | Original | [74] | ||
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Italy | Radio airplay | Warner | [75] | ||
United States | March 14, 2022 | Adult contemporary radio |
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March 15, 2022 | Contemporary hit radio | [77] | |||
Rhythmic contemporary radio | [78] | ||||
Various | April 22, 2022 |
| David Guetta remixes | [17] |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Result |
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2023 | Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award | Collaboration | Won |
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