American-Haitian singer “Fridayy” makes our selection for the AOTW

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Francis Leblanc, known professionally as Fridayy, is an American-Haitian singer, rapper, and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who is currently signed to Def Jam Recordings. Leblanc started playing instruments including piano, the bass, and the guitar at the age of 6. His father is a pastor and he credits his passion for music to his days in the church sanctuary. Leblanc is of Haitian decent which he mentions on his Twitter account.

Four: Forever feat. FRIDAYY

“Forever” is a song by American rapper Lil Baby featuring fellow American rapper and singer Fridayy, from the former’s third studio album It’s Only Me (2022) which was released on the 14th of October, 2022.  It was written by the artists alongside Vory, Bizness Boi, and Fortune, the latter two producing it with Fridayy. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. It garnered over 19M views on its official music video on YouTube.

Three: Blessings feat. Asake

With over 2M views on its official official music video on YouTube, “Blessings” is a song by American-Haitian artist, Fridayy featuring Nigeria’s best afrobeats artist Asake. This song is a remix which was released on the 9th of December, 2022. The song was written by FRIDAYY, Asake, Edras-Jean Louis and Olamide and produced by FRIDAYY, Magicsticks and Penthouse Parti.

Two: Don’t give it away feat. Chris Brown

Don’t Give It Away” is a song by American singers Fridayy and Chris Brown. It was released on June 2, 2023, through Def Jam Recordings as the lead single from Fridayy’s self-titled first album. The official music video garnered over 6.5M views on YouTube. The song was produced by Aidan Brody, KVRIM and FRIDAYY. The song peaked at the 11th spot on New Zealand Hot singles Chart, also number 32 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs(Billboard).

Nominations

On his appearance on the song “God Did” by DJ Khaled, the song earned him nominations at the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.

Discography

Fridayy (2023)

Lost in Melody (2022) (EP)

One: God Did by DJ Khaled feat. Fridayy

God Did” is a song by American producer DJ Khaled featuring fellow American musicians Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend, and Fridayy from the former’s thirteenth studio album of the same name (2022). The song earned three nominations at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. It was released on the 25th of August, 2022. The official audio garnered over 26M views on YouTube. “God did” has been certified Gold in the United States selling over 500,000 units. The song did well on the charts, peaking at number 6 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs(BillBoard), number 11 on New Zealand Hot Singles and more.