"Round of Applause" is a song by American

United States

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 hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 recording artist Waka Flocka Flame

Waka Flocka Flame

Juaquin Malphurs , better known by his stage name Waka Flocka Flame, is an American rapper signed to 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. He is a Southern hip hop artist best known for his singles "O Let's Do It", "Hard in da Paint" & "No Hands", along with his debut album, Flockaveli...

. The song, released October 14, 2011, serves as the lead single

Lead single

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 for his upcoming second studio album Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family

Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family

Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family is the upcoming second studio album by American rapper Waka Flocka Flame. It will feature artists like Drake, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Diddy, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, French Montana, OJ da Juiceman and more. The project will be released in December 31, 2011...

.It features Canadian

Canada

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 rapper Drake

Drake (entertainer)

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 and was produced by frequent collaborator Lex Luger

Lex Luger (producer)

Lexus Arnel Lewis better known by his stage name Lex Luger, is an American record producer from Suffolk, Virginia who is signed to 1017 Brick Squad.-Career:...

.

Purchasable Release

Country	Date	Format	Label	Ref
United States	August 16, 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

Background

The song leaked

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, sans Drake, in early August 2011. Drake remixed

Remix

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 the song, and released it through his official blog

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 October's Very Own, on September 11, 2011, stating: "First Lex Luger beat I ever got to rap on...feel like I got seat B60 on Southwest...everybody has gone in before me...but we made it happen!". On October 13, 2011, it was announced Waka Flocka Flame chose to master the remix and release it as the official single.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	19
US Rap Songs (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	19