WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE… TAKE TIME DEBUTS AT #5 ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS CHARTS
GIVĒON’S NEW ALBUM
WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE… TAKE TIME
DEBUTS AT #5 ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS CHARTS
“HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY” LANDS AT #30 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100
“LIKE I WANT YOU” CERTIFIED PLATINUM (1X GOLD CANADA)
(Los Angeles – March 22nd 2021) Arriving as the consummate 21st century R&B star, GRAMMY® nominated and RIAA platinum-certified Long Beach singer/songwriter GIVĒON bows at #5 (#15 CAN) on the Billboard Top 200 with his deluxe album When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time. This marks his first Top 10 debut on the Top 200. Additionally, it lands at #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart. The album moved 32,000 equivalent albums, generating 43.56 million streams in under a week. Meanwhile, cumulative streams for the project eclipse half-a-billion. His singles “Heartbreak Anniversary” and “Like I Want You” land at #30 and #87 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Get it HERE via Epic Records/Not So Fast.
Maintaining unprecedented momentum, his breakthrough smash “Like I Want You” also just earned a platinum certification from the RIAA (1X GOLD CAN). The track has racked up 73.3 million Spotify streams as he now surpasses 19.8 million monthly listeners on the platform. Not to mention, he teamed up with Daniel Caesar to appear on “Peaches” from Justin Bieber’s brand-new blockbuster Justice.
When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time comprises his 2020 GRAMMY® Award-nominated debut EP TAKE TIME, the critically acclaimed follow-up EP When It’s All Said and Done, and the new single “All To Me.” Right out of the gate, “All To Me” earned unanimous critical acclaim. In addition to plug from Complex and more, UPROXX raved, “The song is so good it’s a wonder why it wasn’t included on either project originally, or perhaps Giveon just never misses.” The song has already racked up 3.7 million Spotify streams worldwide and counting.
To accompany the Deluxe Album, he also dropped the new version of the music video for the recent RIAA Gold Certified (1X GOLD CAN) single “Heartbreak Anniversary” directed by Salomon Ligthelm and featuring Samantha Logan from CW’s hit television series All American.
Watch the NEW music video for “Heartbreak Anniversary” HERE on VEVO/YouTube.
TAKE TIME was released during height of the pandemic in March 2020 and yielded fan favorites such as “Like I Want You” as well as “Heartbreak Anniversary,” “Favorite Mistake,” and more. He also incited widespread tastemaker applause. UPROXX and OkayPlayer touted TAKE TIME among “The Best Albums of 2020 So Far.” Not to mention, he joined forces with Drake for “Chicago Freestyle,” which generated 250 million Spotify streams and counting.
Stay tuned for more from GIVĒON this year.
ABOUT GIVĒON
Twenty-six year old EPIC Records/Not So Fast singing sensation GIVĒON is gearing up for a big year in 2021. The Long Beach native had a whirlwind 2020, with the release of his Certified Platinum (1X GOLD CAN) single “Like I Want You.” The video was met with over 54 million views on YouTube alone, and the single has reached over 104.5M worldwide streams to date across streaming platforms, cracking the Top Ten of both Billboard’s US R&B and Adult R&B charts. He kept the momentum going with his second Certified Gold single “Heartbreak Anniversary,” which reached the Top 30 of Billboard’s US Adult R&B chart and saw major global success, as Spotify’s Number One single in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, along with Top 20 Global, US, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, & South Africa. He even grabbed a song placement on Season 4 of HBO’s Insecure with his track “World We Created.” His debut EP TAKE TIME is currently nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
GIVĒON was the inaugural artist for Spotify’s Are & Be Spotify Singles campaign, as well as a Spotify RADAR artist. His second EP “When It’s All Said And Done, picked up where TAKE TIME left off, detailing the peaks and valleys of a love story gone awry. The 4-track work hit the Number 9 spot on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart, as the wunderkind was named Apple Music’s Up Next Artist as well as Pandora and Amazon Music the 2021 Artist To Watch.
GIVĒON’s latest release is the Deluxe Album “When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time“ which combines both of his 2020 critically acclaimed EP’s and also features the new song “All to Me.” The album debuted at #5 (#15 CAN) on the Billboard 200 Charts marking GIVĒON’s first top 10 debut.
GIVĒON was also nominated for an NAACP Award for Outstanding New Artist. To date, his streams are nearly 682 million globally. GIVĒON is a force, and his reach is only growing. With a Rat Pack-style vibe and elevated storytelling woven tightly through his music, GIVĒON is here to give R&B the re-up it needs. And he’s just getting started.
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