Lil Skies
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 | CH | UK | US | |||
2018 | Life of a Dark Rose | - | - |
UK-
silver
UK
|
US10
platinum
(… Where.)US |
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) US |
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 | US | |||
2018 | Red Roses Life of a Dark Rose |
- |
US69 × 2
(20 weeks)US |
First published: June 26, 2017
Sales: + 2,000,000; feat. Landon Cube |
Nowadays Life of a Dark Rose |
UK-
silver
UK
|
US55 × 2
(13 weeks)US |
First published: December 17, 2017
Sales: + 2,200,000; feat. Landon Cube |
|
Lust Life of a Dark Rose |
UK-
silver
UK
|
US87 × 2
(4 weeks)US |
First published: February 12, 2018
Sales: + 2,200,000 |
|
I know you | - |
US79
gold
(3 weeks)US |
First published: May 31, 2018
Sales: + 500,000; feat. Yung Pinch |
|
2019 | I Shelby |
UK93 (1 week) UK |
US39
platinum
(4 weeks)US |
First published: February 28, 2019
Sales: + 1,040,000 |
More songs with awards
- 2017: Welcome To The Rodeo (US:gold)
- 2018: Creeping (US:gold)
- 2019: Fr Fr (US:gold)
- 2020: Cloudy Skies (US:gold)
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
|||||
Canada (MC) | - | 3 × gold3 | 3 × platinum3 | 360,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | - | 5 × gold5 | 8 × platinum8th | 9,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × silver3 | - | - | 460,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 3 × silver3 | 8 × gold8th | 11 × platinum11 |
swell
- ^ 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 archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CUFBOYS: Mom Interviews Lil Skies. Retrieved December 14, 2018 .
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Shawn Jackson: Lil Skies Drops 'Alone' An AyRap Delicacy . In: Drill King . January 25, 2017. Accessed May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Xander Zellner: Lil Skies Makes Billboard Hot 100 Debut With 'Nowadays' & 'Red Roses' . In: Billboard . January 17, 2018. Accessed May 31, 2018.
- ↑ RIAA Certifications | Lil Skies - Red Roses . In: Recording Industry Association of America . April 26, 2018. Accessed May 31, 2018.
- ↑ a b AT CH UK US
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lil Skies |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foose, Kimetrius (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American rapper |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1998 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chambersburg , Franklin County , Pennsylvania , United States |