New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Atlantic Records is proud to announce the third RIAA platinum certification of the worldwide #1 hit single, "See You Again," by Wiz Khalifa (Feat. Charlie Puth), marking sales now in excess of 3.5 million. The track - featured on "FURIOUS 7: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK," Atlantic's official musical companion to Universal's blockbuster action-thriller - is of course a global smash, with its deeply touching companion video having just reached 1 billion individual views at Wiz Khalifa's official YouTube channel - The fastest video on YouTube in 2015 to reach 1 billion views.
Featured in FURIOUS 7's touching closing tribute to the late Paul Walker, "See You Again" has entered the history books as one of the decade's biggest singles, topping Billboard's "Hot 100" for a stunning 12 weeks to tie the record set by Eminem's "Lose Yourself" for a rap single's longest run atop the chart. "See You Again" also reached #1 on a number of additional charts, standing atop both Billboard's "Hot Rap Songs" and "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs" for an amazing 14 weeks each.
"See You Again" has further proven a worldwide phenomenon, rising to #1 on the iTunes Store's "Top Songs" chart in the US along with 93 other countries including the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, India, and South Africa.
"See You Again" also shattered Spotify records, still the most streamed track ever on Spotify in a single day, with 4.2 million streams on April 13th alone. "See You Again" went on to make history, ranking at one point as Spotify's most streamed track in a single week with a stunning 21.9 million worldwide streams. What's more, "See You Again" reached #1 on Shazam's Worldwide Chart, as well as Top 200s in the US and the UK.
The "See You Again" companion video - directed by Marc Klasfeld (Jay-Z, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake) and featuring retrospective footage spanning the Fast & Furious franchise's incredible history - premiered via FURIOUS 7 star Vin Diesel's personal Facebook page and instantly drew more than 800,000 Facebook shares and a staggering 40 million views within its first twelve hours online. The GRAMMY-nominated Khalifa also posted the "See You Again" video on his own Facebook page, with Facebook's new "Donate" call-to-action button allowing fans to donate to Paul Walker's "Reach Out Worldwide (ROWW)" charity. For more info on ROWW, please visit www.roww.org.
Khalifa has celebrated the powerful track with a number of high profile TV appearances, including USA Network's WWE RAW and NBC's The Voice. Khalifa and Puth's electrifying live performances of "See You Again" on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Ellen DeGeneres Show are streaming now.
"See You Again" is now beginning to collect what is sure to be a long list of awards and honors, including a pair of 2015 Teen Choice Awards (for "Choice Music: R&B/Hip Hop Song" and "Choice Music: Song From Movie or TV Show"). What's more, the song received nominations for two 2015 MTV Video Music Awards: "Best Collaboration" and "Best Hip-Hop Video."
"FURIOUS 7: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK" is a chart-busting smash in its own right. The soundtrack topped the SoundScan/Billboard 200 while hitting # 1 on the iTunes Store's overall "Top Albums" tally in 77 countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, and India.
"FURIOUS 7: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK" gathers never-before-available tracks from some of today's most electrifying hip-hop and R&B artists, including superstars like Flo Rida and Mos Def. The soundtrack includes the first-ever album release of DJ Snake & Lil Jon's five-times RIAA platinum-certified worldwide smash, "Turn Down For What," alongside exclusive new singles like Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea's hit "Go Hard Or Go Home" and the chart-topping "Ride Out" from Kid Ink, Tyga, Wale, Y.G., Rich Homie Quan.
"FURIOUS 7: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK" was produced by Atlantic Records President of Film & TV and GRAMMY Award-winning soundtrack producer Kevin Weaver (Boardwalk Empire, The Fault In Our Stars, Girls Volumes 1 & 2, True Blood Volumes 1 & 2) and Warner Music Group President of Worldwide A&R, Mike Caren (Trey Songz, Wiz Khalifa, Ed Sheeran, T.I.), and supervised by Universal Pictures Film Music President Mike Knobloch (Fifty Shades of Grey, Pitch Perfect, Despicable Me) and SVP Rachel Levy.
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