Lil Skies

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Lil Skies (born August 4, 1998 in Chambersburg , Franklin County , Pennsylvania ; real name Kimetrius Foose ) is an American rapper .

life and career

Kimetrius Foose was born in Pennsylvania in August 1998 . At the age of four he began to write his own lyrics. In his childhood, he was mostly inspired by artists like 50 Cent , Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa . His father Michael Burton, Jr. was also known as a rapper by the name Dark Skies . His first mixtape Good Grades, Bad Habits 2 was released in February 2016 and his second mixtape Alone was released in January 2017 . Neither of them could place themselves in the charts. In June 2017 the first single of his third mixtape, Red Roses ( German  Rote Rosen ) was released. The second single Nowadays ( German  Nowadays ) was released in December. Both singles were able to place on the Billboard Hot 100 . In April 2018, Red Roses was awarded a gold record in the USA. In March 2019 his debut album Shelby was released.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2018 Life of a Dark Rose - - UK-
silver
silver
UK
US10
platinum
platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2018US
First published:
Jan 10, 2018 Sales: + 1,060,000
2019 Shelby AT56 (1 week)
AT
CH93 (1 week)
CH
UK30 (2 weeks)
UK
US5 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2019US
First published: March 1, 2019

Mix tapes

  • 2016: Good Grades.Bad Habits 2
  • 2017: Alone

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US
2018 Red Roses
Life of a Dark Rose
- US69
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(20 weeks)US
First published: June 26, 2017
Sales: + 2,000,000; feat. Landon Cube
Nowadays
Life of a Dark Rose
UK-
silver
silver
UK
US55
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(13 weeks)US
First published: December 17, 2017
Sales: + 2,200,000; feat. Landon Cube
Lust
Life of a Dark Rose
UK-
silver
silver
UK
US87
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(4 weeks)US
First published: February 12, 2018
Sales: + 2,200,000
I know you - US79
gold
gold

(3 weeks)US
First published: May 31, 2018
Sales: + 500,000; feat. Yung Pinch
2019 I
Shelby
UK93 (1 week)
UK
US39
platinum
platinum

(4 weeks)US
First published: February 28, 2019
Sales: + 1,040,000

More songs with awards

  • 2017: Welcome To The Rodeo (US:goldgold)
  • 2018: Creeping (US:goldgold)
  • 2019: Fr Fr (US:goldgold)
  • 2020: Cloudy Skies (US:goldgold)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2018: for the single Welcome to the Rodeo
    • 2018: for the album Life of a Dark Rose
    • 2019: for the single I.

Platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2018: for the single Lust
    • 2018: for the single Nowadays
    • 2018: for the single Red Roses

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 360,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 8 × platinum8th 9,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 3 × silver3 0! G- 0! P- 460,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 3 × silver3 Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th Platinum record icon.svg 11 × platinum11

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  1. ^ New TSP Artist Alert: Lil Skies Releases Video For "Some Way" . In: The Stokey Project . April 1, 2017. Accessed on May 31, 2018.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.thestokeyproject.com  
  2. CUFBOYS: Mom Interviews Lil Skies. Retrieved December 14, 2018 .
  3. Chris Mench: From Waynesboro To The Web: Lil Skies Is On The Verge Of Breaking Out . In: Genius . December 5, 2017. Accessed May 31, 2018.
  4. Shawn Jackson: Lil Skies Drops 'Alone' An AyRap Delicacy . In: Drill King . January 25, 2017. Accessed May 31, 2018.
  5. Xander Zellner: Lil Skies Makes Billboard Hot 100 Debut With 'Nowadays' & 'Red Roses' . In: Billboard . January 17, 2018. Accessed May 31, 2018.
  6. RIAA Certifications | Lil Skies - Red Roses . In: Recording Industry Association of America . April 26, 2018. Accessed May 31, 2018.
  7. a b AT CH UK US