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Kelly earns three Soul Train award nods", "Mariah, John Legend Top Soul Train Awards", "2006 Nominees for Outstanding Creative Achievement", "BMI Honors The Bee Gees as Icons at 55th Annual Pop Awards", "Kanye's 'Gold Digger' Still Strong On Billboard Charts", "Gold & Platinum â Kanye West â Gold Digger", "Music: Top 100 Songs â September 17, 2005", "Kanye West â Gold Digger â Chart History", "Music: Top 100 Songs â November 26, 2005", "Week Ending May 8, 2011. Approximately 80,000 digital downloads of "Gold Digger" were sold through legal music services such as iTunes and Napster in that first week, making it the most successful digital sales debut ever. [6] As of January 2011, the song has sold over 3,000,000 copies in the United States. [13], It was ranked third on NME's list of the best songs of 2005. Why is the song titled âGold?â ... Kiiaraâs song âGoldâ achieved its titleâs status and has since eclipsed it, The RIAA awarding the single 3x Platinum on September 6, 2018. – Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs. As of May 2011, the song has sold 3,083,000 copies in the US. "Chop Suey!" peaked at No. As an artist, Charles topped the Hot 100 three times in the 1960s, but always with other writers' songs. [citation needed] By reaching number one, "Gold Digger" gave Charles his first Hot 100 chart-topper as a songwriter, credited as a result of the "I Got a Woman" sample. 7, becoming the band's first top ten single. The song is a part of Bruce Springsteen's live act, and was included in The Last Temptation of Elvis, a commemorative album of renditions by singers, and rock groups, of songs made famous by Presley. Jamie Foxx â Gold Digger", "Kanye West Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)", Lescharts.com â Kanye West feat. The single was the top selling iTunes song of 2005. The single was released in August 2001 and earned the band its first Grammy nomination in 2002 for Best Metal Performance. Video", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmOtJ3Ic2FU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvNpgwRfWCY, It's the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It, "Toxicity — System of a Down — Billboard Singles", Australian-charts.com – System of a Down – Chop Suey! "Chop Suey!" At the 2006 Grammy Awards, "Gold Digger" was nominated for Record of the Year and won the award for Best Rap Solo Performance. "Gold Digger" (Remix) featuring Jamie Foxx & Jay-Z, "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (Remix) (Radio), "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (Remix) (LP), "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (Remix) (Instrumental), "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (Remix) (3:34), "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (Remix) (Radio version) Featuring - Jay-Z, "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (Remix) (LP version) Featuring - Jay-Z, Songwriters: Kanye West, Ray Charles, Renald Richard, Recorded by: Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Tom Biller, Assistant engineers: Richard Reitz, Matt Green, Nate Connelly, Mike Mo, This page was last edited on 7 March 2021, at 06:29. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. 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[15] The song was listed as the most important rap song of 2005 in The Rap Year Book. NYC pop punk outfit Dizzy Bats have spent almost a decade finding their core sound. [40] The song spent 10 weeks at the top of the Hot 100 until Chris Brown's hit "Run It!" [36], When Late Registration was released, the album version of "Gold Digger" was first made available for download. [8] In 2003, West performed a very early version of the song at the 2nd Annual Dynamic Producer Conference in New York City.