"Hello" is a song by Australian DJs and producers
Stafford Brothers
Stafford Brothers are Australian DJs and producers from the Gold Coast, Queensland known for blending the genres of house, electro, and progressive house music. Currently based in Los Angeles, California, the brothers were the first electron ...
, which features
Young Money Entertainment
Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne in 2005. It was launched as an imprint of Cash Money Records — a joint venture colloquially branded as Young Money Cash Money Billionaires (abbreviated as YMCMB ...
's
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He is often regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, as well as one of the greatest rappers of all ...
and
Christina Milian
Christina Milian ( , Flores; born September 26, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Following a number of minor television and film roles in the late nineties, Milian made her recording debut on American rapper Ja Rule's 20 ...
. It was released as a single in the United States on 18 December 2012,
and Australia on 4 January 2013.
The single was certified double platinum in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
and hit number 1 on the Australian artist singles chart, dance chart, club chart and
iTunes
iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating s ...
dance chart. It peaked at number 4 on the overall singles chart, spending 20 weeks inside the top 50. A remix package was released internationally on
Beatport
Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards disk jockey, DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that ...
in which two of the remixes reached number 1 in their respective genres. "Hello" was the Stafford Brothers' first US release.
Music video
The video for "Hello" was released on the Stafford Brothers'
VEVO
Vevo LLC ( , an abbreviation for "Video Evolution", stylized in all caps until 2013) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational video hosting service, best known for providing music videos to YouTube. The service is also available ...
account on 24 May 2013. The video features Christina Milian and Lil Wayne, and was directed by
Yasha Malekzad
Yasha Malekzad (born 1 October 1984) is an English music video director and producer from Beccles, Suffolk, England, who has worked with international artists including Enrique Iglesias, Will Smith, Pitbull, Usher, Lil Wayne, Sharon Stone, Nic ...
.
The setting is a pool party and features both Milian and Lil Wayne along with blow-up and real kangaroos.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certification
Accolades
"Hello" was nominated for
Song of the Year at the
2013 ARIA Music Awards; however, it lost to "
Resolution" by
Matt Corby
Matthew John Corby (born ) is an Australian singer-songwriter. He achieved his commercial breakthrough with his fourth EP, ''Into the Flame'' (2011), which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Singles Chart, and by April 2012, was certi ...
.
References
{{authority control
2012 debut singles
2012 songs
2013 singles
Cash Money Records singles
Christina Milian songs
Lil Wayne songs
Songs written by Alex James (songwriter)
Songs written by Christina Milian
Songs written by Harry Sommerdahl
Songs written by Whitney Phillips
Stafford Brothers songs