Baby (Aitch and Ashanti song)

"Baby"
Single by Aitch and Ashanti
from the album Close to Home
Released10 March 2022 (2022-03-10)
Length2:57
LabelCapitol UK
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Aitch singles chronology
"War"
(2022) 		"Baby"
(2022) 		"My G"
(2022)
Ashanti singles chronology
"235 (2:35 I Want You)"
(2021) 		"Baby"
(2022) 		"Falling for You"
(2022)
Music video
"Baby" on YouTube

"Baby" is a song by British rapper Aitch and American singer Ashanti. The song was released on 10 March 2022 by Capitol Records, as the lead single from his debut album, Close to Home. Ashanti is credited on the song due to "Baby" heavily sampling her song "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)", from the album Chapter II (2003).[1]

Charts

Chart performance for "Baby"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Singles (ARIA)[2] 27
Global Excl. U.S. (Billboard)[3] 109
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 5
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 2
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[6] 2

Year-end charts

2022 year-end chart performance for "Baby"
Chart (2022) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] Platinum 70,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Griffiths, George (8 March 2022). "Aitch's Baby becomes UK's Number 1 Trending Song". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Hip Hop/R&B Singles for week of 11 April 2022". Australian Recording Industry Association. 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Aitch Chart History: Global Excl. U.S." Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Aitch". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  7. ^ "End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 - 2022". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  9. ^ "British single certifications – Aitch/Ashanti – Baby". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 August 2022.