Lollipop (Lil Wayne Song) - Wikipedia

2008 single by Lil Wayne

"Lollipop"
Single by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
from the album Tha Carter III
Released	March 13, 2008 (2008-03-13)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Dirty rap Southern hip-hop R&B
Length	5:05 (explicit album version) 4:07 (clean album version) 2:47 (UK radio edit)
Label	Cash Money Universal Motown
Songwriters	Dwayne Carter Stephen Garrett Darius Harrison James Scheffer Rex Zamor
Producers	Deezle Jim Jonsin
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"Push" (2008) "Lollipop" (2008) "A Milli" (2008)
Static Major singles chronology
"Bus Stop Breezy"(2006) "Lollipop"(2008)
Music video
"Lollipop" on YouTube

"Lollipop" is a song by American rapper and singer Lil Wayne posthumously featuring fellow American singer Static Major. A dirty rap song with hip house, trap and R&B elements, it was released on March 13, 2008 as the lead single from the former's sixth studio album Tha Carter III.[1] The track, which heavily utilizes the Auto-Tune vocal effect, was produced by American record producers Deezle and Jim Jonsin. A remixed version with a guest appearance from American rapper Kanye West, as well as featuring new verses from Lil Wayne, was released as a bonus track for the album on iTunes.[1]

"Lollipop" became the most successful song by both artists, as it spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100.[2] Static Major died on February 25, 2008, approximately two weeks before the song's release, making it the eighth song to peak the chart after the death of a credited artist.[3] It received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling ten million units in the United States[4] and was ranked the number one hip hop song of 2008 by MTV.[5] The song reached number one on the 2008 issue of Notarized by BET. The song was ranked at number five on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.[6] With 9.1 million copies sold as of January 2009, "Lollipop" was named 2008's best-selling digital single worldwide by IFPI.[7]

Music video

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The music video for the song was directed by Gil Green and filmed in Las Vegas at Gavin Maloof's residence on December 31, 2007. He also filmed at 1700 East Flamingo Road in Las Vegas.[8][9] The video premiered via BET's Access Granted on March 12, 2008. It also reached number one on TRL in April on MTV.

The limousine that Wayne and Static get into at the start of the video is based on an International XT pickup truck.

The video is the most-viewed video on Music Choice's video on demand service.[10]

Jim Jonsin, Tyga, Jay Rock, Birdman and Mack 10 make cameos in the video.

The final frame of the video is a picture of Static praying with the words "In memory of Stephen "Static Major" Garrett".

Chart performance

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The song won a Grammy Award at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song.

Static Major died unexpectedly during a medical procedure on February 25, 2008, sixteen days before the song was released. "Lollipop" jumped 76 spots from number 85 to number 9 on the March 28, 2008 issue of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lil' Wayne's highest-charting single as a lead artist, along with being his first top ten hit on the chart as a lead artist. His previous highest-charting position as a lead artist was with "Go D.J.", which peaked at number 14 in 2004. The following week, it reached a new peak of number 7 on the Hot 100. The single reached a new peak of number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 17, 2008, making it his highest-charting single as both a lead artist or as a featured performer.[11] (Lil Wayne was a featured artist for Destiny's Child's number 3 (Hot 100) hit, "Soldier".) For the week of May 3, 2008, "Lollipop" reached the number-one spot on the Hot 100, his first number one on the chart. It is also Wayne's first number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and the Hot Rap Tracks chart. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it is the first rap song to reach number one since Ludacris' "Money Maker" in 2006. After one week, it slipped away from top spot, but returned three weeks later, making it the song with the longest break in between peaks in the Hot 100 since Usher's "U Got It Bad."[12]

The week after the release, Wayne and Mariah Carey became the number one most added and greatest gainer at both radio formats with a total of 138 adds.[13] "Lollipop" has become a crossover hit on mainstream radio, as it became his first top 40 hit as a lead artist, entering at number 36, and has so far peaked at number 5.[14] It is his first top ten on the Pop 100, where it has reached number two. It returned to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time on May 22, 2008.

The song has become a top ten success in Canada, peaking at number 10 as of May 29, 2008, and his most successful song in the UK, where it reached number 26 on downloads alone. It reached number 3 on the New Zealand charts and was certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.[15]

In 2008, "Lollipop" was the best-selling ringtone in the United States with over 2.3 million copies sold[16][17] and the second best-selling digital song with over 3.1 million copies.[18]

To date, "Lollipop" sold 4,176,000 digital copies in the United States.[19]

Remixes and covers

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The song was officially remixed featuring vocals from Static Major and a verse from American rapper Kanye West. There is an extended version of the remix that has Wayne talking over the original bridge and singing an altered hook, with West singing adlibs, along with a guitar solo near the end. Other remixes feature Young Jeezy, Gorilla Zoe, Ace Hood, Kurupt, V.I.C., Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, Tekitek, Rasheeda and Khia, who made a popular female version of the song.[20] Another remix was made commemorating the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics. It features the instrumental used in the main song.

David Banner's song "Shawty Say" samples the opening part of the Lil Wayne's second verse for its chorus. JJ uses elements of "Lollipop" in their song "Ecstasy". Wayne's protégé Drake samples this song on his song "In My Feelings" from his fifth studio album, Scorpion.

Charts

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Weekly charts [edit] Chart performance for "Lollipop" Chart (2008) Peakposition Australia (ARIA)[21] 32 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[22] 44 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[23] 6 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[24] 12 Canada Hot 100 (Billboard)[25] 10 Czech Republic Airplay (ČNS IFPI)[26] 18 Denmark (Tracklisten)[27] 33 France Airplay (SNEP)[28] 34 Germany (GfK)[29] 22 Ireland (IRMA)[30] 28 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[31] 31 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[32] 39 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[33] 3 Norway (VG-lista)[34] 14 Scotland Singles (OCC)[35] 23 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[36] 29 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 39 UK Singles (OCC)[38] 26 US Billboard Hot 100[39] 1 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[40] 1 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[41] 5 US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[42] 1 US Rhythmic Airplay (Billboard)[43] 1 Chart (2013) Peakposition France (SNEP)[44] 196

Year-end charts [edit] 2008 year-end chart performance for "Lollipop" Chart (2008) Position Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[45] 39 UK Singles (OCC)[46] 133 UK Urban (Music Week)[47] 11 US Billboard Hot 100[48] 4 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[49] 6 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[50] 33 US Rhythmic (Billboard)[51] 2 Worldwide (IFPI)[52] 1 Decade-end charts [edit] 2009 decade-end chart performance for "Lollipop" Chart (2000–2009) Position US Billboard Hot 100[53] 39 All-time charts [edit] 2018 all-time chart performance for "Lollipop" Chart (1958–2018) Position US Billboard Hot 100[54] 206

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[55]	2× Platinum	140,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[56]	2× Platinum	120,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[57]	Gold	45,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[58]	Gold	150,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[15]	2× Platinum	60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[59]	Platinum	600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[60]	Diamond	10,000,000‡
United States (RIAA)[61] Mastertone	5× Platinum	5,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Framing Hanley cover

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"Lollipop"
Single by Framing Hanley
from the album The Moment
Released	2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Hard rock alternative rock
Length	3:07
Label	Silent Majority Universal
Songwriters	Dwayne Carter Stephen Garrett Darius Harrison Jim Jonsin Rex Zamor
Producer	Framing Hanley
Framing Hanley singles chronology
"Hear Me Now" (2007) "Lollipop" (2008) "Hear Me Now (re-release)" (2009)

The post-hardcore band Framing Hanley covered the song as a bonus track on their album The Moment. It uses a slight bit of talkbox, but replaces almost all the other sound with electric guitar, and features a hard rock version of the lyrics sung by the band. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping 500,000 units in the United States.[62]

Chart (2008–09)	Peakposition
US Billboard Hot 100[63]	82
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[64]	22
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[65]	27
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[66]	62

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[62]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2008 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard Rhythmic number-one songs of the 2000s

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External links

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• "Lollipop" Official music video on YouTube

v t e Lil Wayne singles
Discography
Tha Block Is Hot	"Tha Block Is Hot"
500 Degreez	"Way of Life"
Tha Carter	"Go D.J."
Tha Carter II	"Fireman" "Hustler Musik" "Shooter"
Like Father, Like Son	"Stuntin' Like My Daddy" "Leather So Soft"
The Leak	"Gossip" "I'm Me"
Tha Carter III	"Lollipop" "A Milli" "Got Money" "Mrs. Officer" "You Ain't Got Nuthin" "Mr. Carter"
We Are Young Money	"Every Girl" "BedRock" "Steady Mobbin" "Roger That"
Rebirth	"Prom Queen" "On Fire" "Drop the World" "Knockout"
I Am Not a Human Being	"I'm Single" "Right Above It" "Gonorrhea"
Tha Carter IV	"6 Foot 7 Foot" "John" "How to Love" "She Will" "It's Good" "Mirror" "Blunt Blowin" "MegaMan"
I Am Not a Human Being II	"My Homies Still" "No Worries" "Love Me" "Rich As Fuck"
Rich Gang	"Tapout"
Tha Carter V	"Uproar" "Don't Cry" "Mona Lisa"
Funeral	"I Do It"
Tha Carter VI	"Welcome to Tha Carter" "Bells" "Hip-Hop" "Sharks" "Banned from NO" "Island Holiday" "Peanuts 2 N Elephant"
Featured singles	1999-2006 "Back That Azz Up" "Bling Bling" "#1 Stunna" "Neva Get Enuf" "Hot Boys, Hot Girls" "Soldier" "Gimme That" "Holla at Me" "You Know What" "Make It Rain" "Hollywood Divorce" "You" 2007 "We Takin' Over" "Lock U Down" "Pop Bottles" "Duffle Bag Boy" "Uh-Ohhh!" "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" "100 Million" 2008 "Push" "Love in This Club Part II" "Girls Around the World" "I Run This" "My Life" "Can't Believe It" "Let It Rock" "Shawty Say" "Swagga Like Us" "Cuddy Buddy" "Official Girl" "I'm So Paid" "Lost" "All My Life (In the Ghetto)" "Turnin Me On" "Make a Toast" 2009 "Unstoppable" "Always Strapped" "Respect My Conglomerate" "So Good" "Maybach Music 2" "Down" "Successful" "I'm Goin' In" "Money to Blow" "Heard 'em All" "I Can Transform Ya" "Give It Up to Me" "4 My Town (Play Ball)" "Revolver" "Women Lie, Men Lie" 2010 "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" "Miss Me" "Loyalty" "No Love" "Fire Flame" 2011 "Welcome to My Hood" "Look at Me Now" "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" "Hit the Lights" "Someone to Love Me (Naked)" "This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like" "Motivation" "Red Nation" "9 Piece" "I'm on One" "I'm Into You" "Dirty Dancer" "Ballin'" "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" "Y.U. Mad" "Strange Clouds" "Sweat" "The Motto" 2012 "Faded" "All Aboard" "Take It to the Head" "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)" "I Can Only Imagine" "Pop That" "Enough of No Love" "Ice" "Bandz a Make Her Dance" "Celebration" "She Don't Put It Down" "Ball" "Hello" 2013 "Karate Chop" "All That (Lady)" "Ready to Go" "High School" "No New Friends" "Wit' Me" "We Outchea" "Beware" "Good Time" "Thank You" "Loyal" 2014-2016 "We Alright" "Thug Cry" "Only" "Truffle Butter" "How Many Times" "Just Right for Me" "Bottom of the Bottle" "Switch Up" "Pillowtalk" (Remix) "Order More" (Remix) "No Problem" "Gold" (Remix) 2017-2020 "Running Back" "Light My Body Up" "I'm the One" "The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody)" "Love U Better" "Like a Man" "Codeine Dreaming" "Good Form" "Genius" (Lil Wayne Remix) "Be Like Me" "Whats Poppin" (Remix) "Iced Out Audemars" (Remix) "Pussy Talk" (Remix) 2021-2024 "Wockesha" (Remix) "Sinister "Ay! "Sunshine" "Ain't Gonna Answer" "Saturday Mornings" "Sticky"
Other singles	"Hot Revolver" "Forever" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Roman's Revenge" "Sleazy Remix 2.0: Get Sleazier" "Roman Reloaded" "Scream & Shout" (Remix) "Believe Me" "Start a Fire" "Nothing but Trouble" "Let Me Love You" "Sucker for Pain" "No Frauds" "Changed It" "Rich Sex" "Gang Gang" "Lose" "Lonely" "Feelin' Like Tunechi" "Kant Nobody" "Kat Food" "Brand New" "Presha" "Long Story Short" "Wassam Baby" "Baby Mad at Me"
Other songs	"See You in My Nightmares" "Martians vs. Goblins" "I Do It" "M's" "Smuckers" "My Window" "I Heard You're Married" "God Did" "Annihilate" "Transparency" "Miami"

v t e Framing Hanley
Kenneth Nixon Jonathan Stoye Nic Brooks Tim Huskinson Luke McDuffee Brandon Wootten Chris Vest Shad Teems Ryan Belcher
Studio albums	The Moment A Promise to Burn The Sum of Who We Are
Singles	"Lollipop"

Awards for "Lollipop"

v t e BET Award for Viewer's Choice Award 2000s "Bow Wow (That's My Name)" – Bow Wow (2001) "Uh Huh" – B2K (2002) "Bump, Bump, Bump" – B2K featuring P. Diddy (2003) "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris (2004) "O" – Omarion (2005) "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" – Chris Brown (2006) "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" – Birdman and Lil Wayne (2007) "Lollipop" – Lil Wayne featuring Static Major (2008) "Live Your Life" – T.I. featuring Rihanna (2009) 2010s "Hard" – Rihanna featuring Young Jeezy (2010) "Look at Me Now" – Chris Brown featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne (2011) "Hello" – Mindless Behavior (2012) "Started from the Bottom" – Drake (2013) "I Luv This Shit" – August Alsina featuring Trinidad James (2014) "Only" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown (2015) "Formation" – Beyoncé (2016) "Sorry" – Beyoncé (2017) "Bodak Yellow" – Cardi B (2018) "Trip" – Ella Mai (2019) 2020s "Hot Girl Summer" – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign (2020) "Savage (remix)" – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé (2021) No Award (2022) "Break My Soul" – Beyoncé (2023) "Texas Hold 'Em" – Beyoncé (2024) "Residuals" – Chris Brown (2025) v t e Grammy Award for Best Rap Song 2000s "Lose Yourself" – Jeff Bass, Eminem & Luis Resto (songwriters) (2004) "Jesus Walks" – Miri Ben-Ari, Che Smith & Kanye West (songwriters) (2005) "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" – Devon Harris & Kanye West (songwriters) (2006) "Money Maker" – Ludacris and Pharrell Williams (songwriters) (2007) "Good Life – Aldrin Davis, Faheem Najm & Kanye West (songwriters) (2008) "Lollipop" – Dwayne Carter, Stephen Garrett, Darius Harrison, Jim Jonsin & Rex Zamor (songwriters) (2009) 2010s "Run This Town" – Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Makeba Riddick, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson (songwriters) (2010) "Empire State of Mind" – Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh (songwriters) (2011) "All of the Lights" – Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West (songwriters) (2012) "Niggas in Paris" – Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West (songwriters) (2013) "Thrift Shop" – Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis (songwriters) (2014) "I" – Kendrick Duckworth, Columbus Smith & Ronald Isley (songwriters) (2015) "Alright" – Kendrick Duckworth, Kawan Prather, Mark Spears & Pharrell Williams (songwriters) (2016) "Hotline Bling" – Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies (songwriters) (2017) "Humble" – Kendrick Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & Michael Williams II (songwriters) (2018) "God's Plan" – Aubrey Graham, Ronald LaTour, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib (songwriters) (2019) 2020s "A Lot" – Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White (songwriters) (2020) "Savage" – Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Sessions Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White (songwriters) (2021) "Jail" – Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West & Mark Williams (songwriters) (2022) "The Heart Part 5" – Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Duckworth & Matt Schaeffer (songwriters) (2023) "Scientists & Engineers" – Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson (songwriters) (2024) "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Duckworth (songwriter) (2025) v t e MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video 1990s Beastie Boys– "Intergalactic" (1999) 2000s Sisqó – "Thong Song" (2000) Outkast – "Ms. Jackson" (2001) Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule – "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (2002) Missy Elliott – "Work It" (2003) Outkast – "Hey Ya!" (2004) Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop – "Lose Control" (2005) The Black Eyed Peas – "My Humps" (2006) No Award (2007) Lil Wayne featuring Static Major – "Lollipop" (2008) Eminem – "We Made You" (2009) 2010s Eminem – "Not Afraid" (2010) Nicki Minaj – "Super Bass" (2011) Drake featuring Lil Wayne – "HYFR" (2012) Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton – "Can't Hold Us" (2013) Drake featuring Majid Jordan– "Hold On, We're Going Home" (2014) Nicki Minaj – "Anaconda" (2015) Drake – "Hotline Bling" (2016) Kendrick Lamar – "Humble" (2017) Nicki Minaj – "Chun-Li" (2018) Cardi B – "Money" (2019) 2020s Megan Thee Stallion – "Savage" (2020) Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A. – "Franchise" (2021) Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby – "Do We Have a Problem?" (2022) Nicki Minaj – "Super Freaky Girl" (2023) Eminem – "Houdini" (2024) Doechii – "Anxiety" (2025) v t e IFPI Global Year-End Charts Artist of the Year One Direction (2013) Taylor Swift (2014) Adele (2015) Drake (2016) Ed Sheeran (2017) Drake (2018) Taylor Swift (2019) BTS (2020–2021) Taylor Swift (2022–2024) Album of the Year Hybrid Theory – Linkin Park (2001) The Eminem Show – Eminem (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Confessions – Usher (2004) X&Y – Coldplay (2005) High School Musical – Various Artists (2006) High School Musical 2 – Various Artists (2007) Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay (2008) I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle (2009) Recovery – Eminem (2010) 21 – Adele (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Midnight Memories – One Direction (2013) Frozen – Various Artists (2014) 25 – Adele (2015) Lemonade – Beyoncé (2016) ÷ – Ed Sheeran (2017) The Greatest Showman – Various Artists (2018) 5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019 – Arashi (2019) Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (2020) 30 – Adele (2021) Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny (2022) FML – Seventeen (2023) The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift (2024) Single of the Year "Girlfriend" – Avril Lavigne (2007) "Lollipop" – Lil Wayne featuring Static Major (2008) "Poker Face" – Lady Gaga (2009) "Tik Tok" – Kesha (2010) "Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars (2011) "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen (2012) "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell (2013) "Happy" – Pharrell Williams (2014) "See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth (2015) "One Dance" – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla (2016) "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran (2017) "Havana" – Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug (2018) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (2019) "Blinding Lights" – the Weeknd (2020) "Save Your Tears" – the Weeknd (2021) "As It Was" – Harry Styles (2022) "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus (2023) "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone (2024)

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