Certified Hitmaker
Certified Hitmaker is the second studio album by American rapper Lil Mosey. It was released on November 8, 2019, by Mogul Vision Music and Interscope Records. This serves at the follow up to his 2018 release "Northsbest". The production the album was primarily handled by Royce David. The album contains features from Chris Brown, Trippie Redd, Gunna, and AJ Tracey. The deluxe of the album adds additional features from Lil Baby and Lunay. "Certified Hitmaker" was supported by 3 singles: "G Walk", "Stuck in a Dream", "Live This Wild". It debuted at number 12 on the US "Billboard  200, earning 23,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. The album was reissued on February 7, 2020, coinciding with the release of the single Blueberry Faygo". A deluxe of the album, marketed as "Certified Hitmaker (AVA Leak)" was released on August 14, 2020, supported by 2 singles: "Back at It" and "Top Gone". 3 new songs were added to the tracklist, "Bands Out Tha Roof", "My Dues", and "Focus on Me", with the latter being self-produced by Lil Mosey. Background. On October 20, 2019, Lil Mosey released the first teaser to "Certified Hitmaker" which showcases an introduction to  an artificial intelligence known as AVA who guides Mosey on his mission on Earth after leaving his homeworld. On October 29, an official album trailer was released which also announced his third upcoming studio album The Land of Make Believe. "Certified Hitmaker" was eventually released on November 8 containing features from Gunna, Trippie Redd, AJ Tracey, and Chris Brown after being supported by 3 singles "G Walk", "Stuck in a Dream", and "Live This Wild". A deluxe edition of the album titled Certified Hitmaker (AVA Leak) was released on August 14, 2020, which included 5 new songs: "Back at It , Top Gone", "Bands out tha Roof", "My Dues", and "Focus on Me" with new features from Lunay and Lil Baby. The deluxe features a story that AVA leaked the extra tracks to satisfy Mosey fans until the released of his upcoming second mixtape titled "Universal", which is expected to be released in 2022. "Universal" would serve as a continuation from a story that began from "Northsbest", from which he left his homeworld "The Land of Make Believe" to Earth for a mission before returning home. Singles. "Certified Hitmaker" was supported by six singles. The first single, "G Walk" was released  on June 7, 2019. The song features a guest appearance from Chris Brown and failed to chart on Hot 100 chart. The second single, "Stuck in a Dream" featuring Gunna was released on September 17, 2019. The music video was also released on Lil Mosey's YouTube channel the same day. The single peaked at number 62 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 dated November 23, 2019. The single also peaked at number 34 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. The third single, "Live This Wild" was released on November 5, 2019. The music video was released on November 14 , 2019. The single failed to peak on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, but managed to peak at number 80 on the Canadian Hot 100. The fourth single, "Blueberry Faygo" was originally a unreleased song that was leaked online. It was being uploaded on to Spotify and other platforms under many different names. For a period of time the song kept being posted and taken down. Eventually, the song became one of the biggest trending songs on Spotify. The song was officially released on February 7, 2020, and was later added as the album's fourth single on the album's  reissue on the same day. The music video was released on March 26, 2020, and was directed by Cole Bennett. The single became Lil Mosey's most successful song to date, peaking at number 8 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. In Canada, the song peaked at number 8 on the Canadian Hot 100. It also managed to peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart and number 62 on "Billboard"'s Global 200 charts respectively. The fifth single, "Back At It" featuring Lil Baby was released on June 26, 2020. The single peaked at number 9 on the  US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. The final single, "Top Gone" featuring Lunay was released on August 5, 2020. "Certified Hitmaker" debuted at number 12 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, earning 23,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. This became Lil Mosey's highest-charting album to date. The album also debuted at number 9 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album ranked number 72 on the "Billboard" 200 year-end chart of 2020.