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An Entity of Type : wsb:Classic_Song, within Data Space : covidontheweb.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • Gangsta's Paradise
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  • 12-inch single
  • CD single
  • Cassette single
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  • eng
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  • Number-one singles in New Zealand
  • Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
  • Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
  • Billboard Rap Songs number-one singles
  • 1995 songs
  • Number-one singles in Australia
  • Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles
  • Number-one singles in Norway
  • Number-one singles in Sweden
  • Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
  • Number-one singles in Austria
  • Number-one singles in Germany
  • Number-one singles in Switzerland
  • 1995 singles
  • Singles certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
  • European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
  • Number-one singles in Italy
  • Songs from films
  • UK Singles Chart number-one singles
  • Number-one singles in Finland
  • Rhythm and blues ballads
  • Number-one singles in France
  • Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles
  • Gangsta rap songs
  • Songs written by Stevie Wonder
  • Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance
  • Coolio songs
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  • %22Gangsta's Paradise%22 is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L.V.. The song was released on Coolio's album Gangsta's Paradise, as well as the Dangerous Minds soundtrack in 1995. It samples the chorus and music of Stevie Wonder's 1976 song %22Pastime Paradise%22.The song was listed at number 69 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time and number one biggest selling single of 1995 on U.S. Billboard. In 2008, it was ranked number 38 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, two MTV Video Music Award's for Best Rap Video and for Best Video from a Film and a Billboard Music Award for the song/album. The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll.The song has sold over 5 million copies in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Croatia alone, and at least 5.7 million worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. Coolio has performed this song live at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards with L.V. and Wonder, at the 1996 Grammy Awards with L.V., and also with Dutch singer Trijntje Oosterhuis.
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  • Stevie Wonder
  • Coolio
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  • USTB10250016
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  • Gold
  • Platinum
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  • 99
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  • 686064
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  • english
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wsb:record_label
  • Tommy Boy Records
wsb:recording_description
  • 1994
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  • Gangsta's Paradise
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  • TRIZNGJ128F1474511
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