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Primary artist

Drake

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Album

Take Care (Deluxe Version)

Release date

August 9, 2011

Duration

3:56

Genres

Hip-Hop/Rap

Label

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Chart performance

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Producers

40, Boi‐1da

Songwriters / credits

40, Boi‐1da, Drake, Anthony Palman

Sourced context

"Headlines" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake. It is the second single from Drake's second studio album Take Care. The song, produced by Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, and Noah "40" Shebib, first premiered on Drake's blog October's Very Own on July 31, 2011, and was sent to all radio formats in the US on August 9, 2011. It was released on iTunes and Amazon on August 9, 2011 in the U.S. The song debuted and peaked on the Billboard charts at number 13, becoming one of his highest charting songs at the time of release. It was re-released to US Top 40/Mainstream radio on October 18, 2011. As of December 17, 2025, "Headlines" surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.

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