Crush (Yuna song)

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"Crush"
Verve
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Fisticuffs
Yuna singles chronology
"Broke Her"
(2014)
"Crush"
(2016)
"Lanes"
(2016)
Usher
singles chronology
"Chains"
(2015)
"Crush"
(2016)
"No Limit"
(2016)
Music video
"Crush" on
YouTube

"Crush" is a song by Malaysian artist

Usher. It was released as a single from Yuna's third international studio album, Chapters (2016).[1]

Commercial performance

The song peaked at No. 3 on the US Adult R&B Billboard chart. "Crush" was Yuna's first

RIAA certified gold song with sales of 500,000 copies[2][3] by April 2019, three years after it was released.[4]

Music video

The official music video for "Crush" was released on April 26, 2016 on Yuna's official Vevo account.[5] Since its release, it has gained over 100 million views. The black and white music video itself features Yuna and Usher singing in front of Los Angeles City Hall.[6]

Chart performance

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Malaysia (RIM)[7] 1
US
Hot R&B Songs (Billboard)[8]
21
US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard)[9] 3
US
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[10]
22

Awards and recognition

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2017 Centric Award "Crush" (feat.
Usher
)
Lost to Solange "Cranes in the Sky".

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[11] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Yuna announces third studio album". Yuna. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ^ @yunamusic (April 24, 2019). "Crush just went gold❤️ @RIAA thank you everyone for loving the song and thank you @usher! 🙏🏽✨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Yuna earns first Gold-certified record for 'Crush feat. Usher'". 25 April 2019.
  5. ^ YunaVEVO (2016-04-26), Yuna - Crush ft. Usher, retrieved 2016-04-29
  6. ^ "Go Behind The Scenes of Yuna's "Crush" Video with Usher". ThisisRnB.com - New R&B Music, Artists, Playlists, Lyrics. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  7. ^ "Recording Industry Association of Malaysia - RIM Charts". www.rim.org.my. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13.
  8. ^ "Yuna – Chart history Billboard Hot R&B Songs for Yuna". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  9. ^ "Yuna Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  10. ^ "Yuna Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  11. ^ "American single certifications – Yuna – Crush". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 16 February 2021.