Popcaan’s ‘TWIST & TURN’ With Drake, PartyNextDoor Certified Gold In The US

Popcaan’s TWIST & TURN, featuring Drake and PartyNextDoor, is now certified Gold in the United States.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the song Gold on Thursday (November 14) after it reached the sales and streaming equivalent of 500,000 units sold in the US.

Released in August 2020, TWIST & TURN was the first single from Popcaan’s FIXTAPE album (OVO Sound/Warner Records). The track was produced by Canadian producer Anthony Paul Jefferies, professionally known as Nineteen85, who is also behind Drake’s hits Hotline Bling, One Dance, and Too Good with Rihanna.

TWIST & TURN (along with  ALL I NEED ) marked Popcaan’s first official collaboration with Drake, though the two had previously worked on unreleased tracks, including a version of Controlla. In 2023, they reconnected on We Caa Done, which appeared on Popcaan’s Great Is He album.

Despite lacking an official music video, TWIST & TURN has over 17 million views on YouTube.

In the US, the song spent one week at No. 19 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100, five weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, peaking at No. 36, and five weeks on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.

It also spent two weeks on the Canadian Hot 100, peaking at No. 47, and six weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 69.

The track was certified Silver in the UK after surpassing 200,000 units in December 2022.

Popcaan’s previous gold certification came from his feature on the Jamie XX single I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times), which also includes rapper Young Thug. The song was certified gold by the RIAA in March 2021.