"Faded" is a song by American rapper

Tyga Michael Ray Nguyen-StevensonMicheal Ray Stevenson ...

featuring

Young Money Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne. Young Money's president is Lil Wayne's lifelong friend and fellow rapper Mack Maine. The label was an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by Republi ...

-founder

Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman, joining ...

. The song was first released on January 13, 2012 as the fourth single from the rapper's debut studio album, '' Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' (2012). For the chart dated May 27, 2012, "Faded" debuted at number 36 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and peaked at number 33, marking Tyga's second highest-charting single after "

Rack City "Rack City" is a song by American rapper Tyga. First released on December 2, 2011, the song served as the third single from his second studio album, '' Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' (2012). It was produced by Mustard and Mike Free. It r ...

"; which peaked at number seven. It was released to US rhythmic radio stations on March 13, 2012.

Complex Complex commonly refers to: * Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible interactions are difficult to describe ** Complex system, a system composed of many components which may interact with each ...

named the song No. 42 of the best 50 songs of 2012.

Music video

The music video was released on March 31, 2012 on

MTV Hits MTV Hits is a music video-only spin-off cable/satellite television channel of MTV in several international markets, originally based on the pop music format of a defunct programming block on the American MTV itself. It may refer to the following ch ...

. The video features Lil Wayne and Tyga with big heads in a scene. Tyga sits on a throne and a bed full of models while rapping and a scene where he is in a box and along others too, similar to the opening to the American sitcom ''

The Brady Bunch ''The Brady Bunch'' is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC. The series revolves around a large blended family with six children. The show aired for five seasons and, afte ...

''. Fellow YM CMB artists Birdman and

Mack Maine Jermaine Anthony Preyan (born July 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Mack Maine, is an American record executive, songwriter, and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. Mack Maine has been the president of Young Money Entertainment since ...

make

cameo appearances A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly eit ...

in the video.

Chart performance

The single debuted at number 36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and peaked at number 33. On May 23, 2014, the single was certified

double platinum Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over two million units in the United States.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{authority control 2012 singles 2012 songs Tyga songs Lil Wayne songs Cash Money Records singles Music videos directed by Colin Tilley Songs written by Lil Wayne Songs written by Tyga Dirty rap songs Songs about drugs Songs about alcohol