"The Color Violet" | |
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Song by Tory Lanez | |
from the album Alone at Prom | |
Released | December 10, 2021 |
Length | 3:46 |
Label | One Umbrella |
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"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.
Commercially, "The Color Violet" became a sleeper hit after going viral on TikTok.[1]
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]
The official music video for the song was released on November 6, 2023, while Lanez was in jail.[3]
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]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[23] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[26] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |