Wonderful (Ja Rule song): Difference between revisions

* [[MurderThe Inc. Records|The Inc.]]

* [[DefIsland Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]

"'''Wonderful'''" is a song by American rapper [[Ja Rule]]. It was released on September 27, 2004, as the lead single from his sixth studio album, ''[[R.U.L.E.]]'' (2004), through [[Murder Inc. Records|The Inc. Records]] and [[Island Def Jam]]. The song features American [[pop music|pop]]-[[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singerssinger-songwriters [[R. Kelly]] and [[Ashanti (entertainersinger)|Ashanti]]. "Wonderful" topped the [[UK Singles Chart]], reached number five#5 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], peaked at number six#6 in both Australia and New Zealand,; andthe single became a topTop-20 hit in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

A remix iswas made available on Ashanti's fourth studio album, ''[[Concrete Rose]]'' (2004), featuring an extended verse from the singer and omitting Kelly's verse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6mMHWjLyBGPVlKGOc9izIx|title=Wonderful Remix|website=[[Spotify]] |date=January 1, 2004|access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> A video, directed by [[Hype Williams]], was madefilmed for thisand singlereleased.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/video/ja-rule/wonderful|title=Ja Rule – Wonderful (2004)|website=IMVDb|access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref>

In the United States, "Wonderful" peaked at number five#5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in November 2004, making it Ja Rule's fourth top-five hit on the chart.<ref name="hot100"/> In the United Kingdom, it topped the [[UK Singles Chart]], also making it his first numberBritish one#1-hit in Britain,<ref name="uk"/> though it iswas reportedly the country's lowest-selling No. 1 hit ever, with sales of only 65,000.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} The song haswas been[[Music recording certification|certified gold]] in the United StatesUS by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref name="uscert"/> It"Wonderful", ironically, is also notable for being the lastfinal topTop-10 hitentry, to -date, on the Hot 100 for all three artists involvedfeatured. The song ended 2005 at number #94 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s year-end chart.<ref name="usye"/>

==Charts and certifications==

!scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop SongsSingles & Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite webmagazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End: 2004|workmagazine=Billboard|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref>

!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariachartsaria.com.au/annual-charts/2005/singles-chart|title=2005 ARIA Top 100 Singles Chartfor 2005|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref>

!scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End: 2005|magazine=Billboard|url-access=subscription|access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>

===Certifications===

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Ja Rule|title=Wonderful|award=Gold|relyear=2004|certyear=2005|digital=true|access-date=March 8, 2019|refname="uscert"}}

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