''Certified Hitmaker'' is the second

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by American rapper

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. It was released on November 8, 2019, by Mogul Vision Music and

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. This serves at the follow-up to his 2018 release '' Northsbest''. The album contains features from

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, Gunna,

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and

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. Every song on its standard edition was produced by Royce David, who also produced the majority of songs on '' Northsbest''. It was reissued on February 7, 2020, coinciding with the release of Mosey's hit single " Blueberry Faygo". A deluxe edition, marketed as ''Certified Hitmaker (AVA Leak)'', was released on August 14, 2020, and includes additional features from

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and Lunay. ''Certified Hitmaker'' was supported by three

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: " G Walk", " Stuck in a Dream" and "Live This Wild", as well as two additional

: "Back At It" and "Top Gone", in the lead up to the release of its deluxe. ''Certified Hitmaker'' debuted at number 12 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, earning 23,000

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s in its first week.

Background

A deluxe edition, marketed as ''Certified Hitmaker (AVA Leak)'', was released on August 14, 2020. It was supported by two singles: "Back at It" and "Top Gone". Three new songs were also added to the tracklist, "Bands Out Tha Roof", "My Dues", and "Focus on Me".

Singles

''Certified Hitmaker'' was supported by a total of six

. The first single, " G Walk" was released on June 7, 2019. The song features a guest appearance from

. While the high-profile collaboration was initially unexpected, Mosey had notably sampled Brown's 2005 hit single "

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" in "Greet Her", the seventh song on ''Northsbest''. The second single, " Stuck in a Dream" featuring Gunna was released on September 17, 2019. The music video was also released on Lil Mosey's YouTube channel the same day. The single peaked at number 62 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 dated November 23, 2019, as well as number 34 on the

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chart. The third single, "Live This Wild" was released on November 5, 2019, a few days before the release of ''Certified Hitmaker''. Its music video was released a week later on November 14, 2019. Although it failed to chart on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it managed to peak at number 80 on the

. The fourth single, " Blueberry Faygo" was originally an unreleased song that was leaked online. It was being uploaded on to

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and other platforms under many different names. For a period of time the song kept being posted and taken down. Eventually, the song became one of the biggest trending songs on Spotify. The song was officially released on February 7, 2020, and was later included on the album's reissue on the same day. The music video was released on March 26, 2020, and was directed by

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. The single became Lil Mosey's most successful song to date, peaking at number 8 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In Canada, the song peaked at number 8 on the Canadian Hot 100. It also managed to peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart and number 62 on ''Billboards

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charts respectively. The fifth single, "Back At It" featuring

was released on June 26, 2020, in the lead up to the album's deluxe. The song reached number 9 on the US

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chart. The final single, "Top Gone" featuring Lunay was released on August 5, 2020. ''Certified Hitmaker'' debuted at number 12 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 23,000

s in its first week. This became Lil Mosey's highest-charting album to date. The album also debuted at number 9 on the US

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chart. It ranked number 72 on the ''Billboard'' 200 year-end chart of 2020.

Track listing

Personnel

– primary artist *Mike Tucci – mastering engineer *Patrizio Pigliapoco – mixer *Michael Garcia – music video director *Patrizio Pigliapoco and Royce David – recording engineers *Royce David – studio personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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