BIA’S WHOLE LOTTA MONEY ENTERS SPOTIFY VIRAL 50 CHART & DOUBLES STREAMS IN ONE WEEK, REIMAGINED VERSION OF SKATE SOUNDTRACKS THE NHL’S 2021 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS PROMOS, READ MORE ON ESPN HERE
Platinum-certified Boston-born and Los Angeles-based rapper Bia accelerates her takeover with Whole Lotta Money. The breakout single continues to climb the charts, ascending to #12 on the US Spotify Viral 50 Chart, #18 on Global Viral Spotify Charts and picking up 17 million total US streams to date. In the past week alone, it amassed 3.7 million streams, making for a 38% increase since the previous week. The video has achieved equally astounding success with 358K views in the last seven days, achieving a 51% difference from the last week. Speaking to the visual’s impact, PAPER Magazine dubbed Bia an absolute financial fatale for her flossy performance.
Not to mention, Whole Lotta Money has generated viral buzz on Tik Tok, where mega-popular celebrities from Cardi B and Lizzo to Kendall Jenner, Chelsea Handler, and Shay Mitchell have produced content featuring the song. The overall Tik Tok stats remain equally impressive, with an average of 8,000-10,000 videos per day and 206,000 videos and counting thus far.
As a result, her For Certain EP has notably reached #9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Charts.
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Landing a massive sync, a newly reimagined version of Skate soundtracks the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs tune-in promos, bumpers and game highlights during game broadcasts on NBC, NBCSN and the NHL Network in the U.S, in addition to Sportsnet, CBC and TVA Sports in Canada and the NHL’s social and digital platforms, including TikTok. The music video for the NHL remixed version of Skate prominently features footage from NHL stars from all 16 Stanley Cup Playoffs teams – including Auston Matthews, Alex Ovechkin, Nathan MacKinnon and Mathew Barzal, among others – intercut with footage of Bia in the recording studio performing the new track. The collaboration reflects the NHL’s effort to expand hockey’s reach with innovative music partnerships and original content appealing to millennials and Gen Z. The 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs began on Saturday, May 15.
Watch the reimagined version of Skate for NHL here.
Whole Lotta Money is well on its way to becoming the song of the summer!
Tracks from For Certain have cumulatively amassed over 30 million streams and counting. HotNewHipHop ranked it VERY HOTTTTT, while Complex claimed, “Bia is wrapping up 2020 with a bang.” Beyond looks from Nylon, Refinery29, and more, Flaunt put it best, Bia’s time is now! Hailing from Boston, the rising star has been grinding and putting in the work, creating nothing short of bangers for her growing fanbase.
Stay tuned for more from Bia soon.
ABOUT BIA
Spitting with agile aggression, dropping clever observations, and pouncing like a panther on every beat, Bia rips through rap with a feral intensity. Acclaimed by the likes of Wonderland Magazine and Billboard and also streamed nearly half-a-billion times to date, the platinum-certified Boston-born and Los Angeles-based artist emerges as a fierce, fiery, and focused force.
In 2019, Bia teamed up with Russ for Best On Earth. Not only did the song achieve platinum certification and reach #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on at Radio, but Rihanna also posted a video with Best On Earth playing in the background and declared it, my new fav song. Now, Bia continues her new chapter with EPIC with her latest release Same Hands featuring Chicago’s own Lil Durk.
Bia was also featured in the Good American Spring 2020 clothing campaign and was the face of the Missguided x Sean John capsule collection for Fall 2020
With new music and partnerships on the horizon, Bia continues to show that 2021 will continue to be her year.
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