The Color Violet

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"The Color Violet"
Song by Tory Lanez
from the album Alone at Prom
ReleasedDecember 10, 2021 (2021-12-10)
Length3:46
Label One Umbrella
Songwriter(s)
  • Dejan Nikolic
  • Daystar Peterson
  • Michael Hernandez
Producer(s)
  • Nikolic
  • Foreign Teck
Music videos
"The Color Violet" on YouTube

"The Color Violet" is a song by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. It is the fourth track on his sixth studio album Alone at Prom , which was released on December 10, 2021 by One Umbrella.

Contents

Commercially, "The Color Violet" became a sleeper hit after going viral on TikTok. [1]

Composition

HotNewHipHop described "The Color Violet" as "a late-night cruising anthem that was a part of the 80s transformation that we saw seem to dip into on the record". [2]

Music video

The official music video for the song was released on November 6, 2023, while Lanez was in jail. [3]

Commercial performance

Following the song going viral, the song became a minor hit in some countries, debuting at number 99 on the UK Singles Chart on November 25, 2022. The song additionally reached number 63 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 24 on the Canadian Hot 100. [4] [5]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "The Color Violet"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [24] Gold45,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [25] Platinum30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [27] Platinum1,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [28] 2× Platinum4,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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