Say the Gemini

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Sage the Gemini (2015)
Sage the Gemini (2015)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Remember me
  US 47 04/12/2014 (1 week)
Singles
Red nose
  US 52 
platinum
platinum
08/03/2013 (20 weeks)
Gas Pedal ( feat.Iamsu! )
  UK 100 02/01/2014 (1 week)
  US 29 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
08/10/2013 (25 weeks)
GDFR (with Flo Rida & Lookas)
  DE 7th 
platinum
platinum
December 19, 2014 (36 weeks)
  AT 12 December 19, 2014 (29 weeks)
  CH 23 
platinum
platinum
01/18/2015 (33 weeks)
  UK 3 
platinum
platinum
03/21/2015 (25 weeks)
  US 8th 
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum
11/08/2014 (35 weeks)
Good Thing (feat. Nick Jonas )
  US 75 04/07/2015 (8 weeks)
Now & Later
  DE 6th 
gold
gold
12/09/2016 (21 weeks)
  AT 18th 01/06/2017 (11 weeks)
  CH 46 12/11/2016 (16 weeks)
  UK 17th 
silver
silver
12/09/2016 (15 weeks)
  US 93 
gold
gold
02/25/2017 (1 week)

Sage the Gemini (born June 20, 1992 in San Francisco , California ; real name: Dominic Wynn Woods ) is an American rapper .

Life

Dominic Woods was born in San Francisco and moved to Fairfield with his family when he was six or seven . At the age of eleven, Sage the Gemini recorded his own songs with his brother. He posted his songs on a MySpace page and reached seven-digit hits there. He left school at 14 and joined a group called the Tree Boys with a cousin .

At 18 he became a member of the HBK Gang ( Heartbreak Gang ) of Richmond rapper Iamsu! . He not only produced his own pieces and pieces for the gang, but also worked for the R&B singer Omarion .

In 2012 he started his own career with the song Gas Pedal . Even without label support and without a real video, but with a well-maintained presence in social media , it had over three million views on YouTube this year . The following year he signed a record deal with Universal / Republic Records and released the Gas Pedal EP in August 2013 , which included the title song, among other things, Red Nose . Both pieces were very successful at the same time, placed in the middle of the US single charts and lasted for several months. On YouTube, views for the two official videos surged over 45 million. Gas Pedal achieved double platinum , red nose platinum status.

In March 2014, Sage the Gemini followed up with his debut album Remember Me . It entered the top 50 of the official album sales charts and reached number 5 on rap albums. He is assigned to the hyphy music ("hyperactive" music) of the San Francisco Bay Area and his style can be classified as "West Coast party-oriented hip hop".

His rap name Sage the Gemini is made up of his eye color gray-green like sage (English sage ) and his zodiac sign Gemini (English gemini ).

Discography

Albums

  • 2014: Gas Pedal EP
  • 2014: Remember Me

Mix tapes

  • 2013: Gang Forever (with the HBK Gang)
  • 2017: Morse Code

Singles

  • 2013: Red Nose
  • 2013: Gas Pedal ( feat.Iamsu! )
  • 2013: Swerve
  • 2013: College Drop (feat.Kool John)
  • 2014: Down on Your Luck ( feat.August Alsina )
  • 2014: Mack Down (feat.Mistah FAB)
  • 2014: Don't You
  • 2014: Guantanamera ( feat.Trey Songz )
  • 2015: Good Thing (feat. Nick Jonas )
  • 2015: Stick Up (feat.Lucky Daye)
  • 2016: Now & Later
  • 2017: pilot
  • 2017: Reverse
  • 2018: Pull Over (feat. Trina )
  • 2018: No Ex’s (feat. 03 Greedo)
  • 2018: Boujee
  • 2018: 4G
  • 2018: Hoop Dreams (feat.Yhung TO)
  • 2018: Buss It (feat. Chris Brown )
  • 2018: It Ain't My Fault
  • 2019: Humble

as a guest musician

  • 2013: Kiss It ( Dev feat.Sage the Gemini)
  • 2014: Only That Real ( Iamsu! Feat. 2 Chainz & Sage the Gemini)
  • 2014: 2AM (Adrian Marcel feat. Sage the Gemini)
  • 2014: Kiss It ( Dev feat.Sage the Gemini)
  • 2014: GDFR ( Flo Rida feat.Sage the Gemini & Lookas)
  • 2014: Drop It (Wonder Broz feat. Sage the Gemini)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2015: for the single GDFR
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2017: for the single Now & Later
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2017: for the single Now & Later

Platinum record

  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2015: for the single GDFR
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2017: for the single Now & Later

2 × platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2019: for the single Now & Later
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2018: for the single GDFR
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2016: for the single GDFR

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)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 175,000 aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 90,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 600,000 musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 125,000 fimi.it
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 240,000 musiccanada.com
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 30,000 hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 7,500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 800,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 18 × platinum18th

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  1. a b Chart sources: DE AT CH US
  2. Meet Sage The Gemini, The Bay Area Rap Scene's Surprise Breakout Star , BuzzFeed, Aylin Zafar, April 1, 2014
  3. ^ Sage The Gemini - Remember Me , Ronald Grant, Hiphop DX, April 1, 2014
  4. ^ Sage the Gemini - The Dope Mag Interview , Dope Mag, April 7, 2014

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