Commercial and Mainstream Exposure
Despite Boy Better Know's underground success, they have had limited exposure towards the commercial and mainstream audiences, however, this is not to be said they haven’t had any at all.
- In the summer of 2008 Wiley released a single entitled "Wearing my rolex" which peaked at the Uk singles chart at #2 for 20 weeks. this was quickly followed by a track by skepta entitled "Rolex sweep", which despite having moderate online popularity, (with over a million YouTube views) it peaked in the uk singles chart at a disappointing #86.
- In the same year Wiley released two more singles in the success of "wearing my rolex", "Summertime", which peaked at #45, and "Cash in My pocket" featuring Daniel Merriweather which peaked at #19.
- In 2009 Wiley teamed up with producer Chew Fu and released a track entitled "Take that", Which peaked at #20 in the Uk singles chart, in the same year skepta released a track entitled "Sunglasses at night" which peaked at #17 in the Uk R&B singles chart.
- In 2010 Wiley teamed up with Producer Naughty boy and singer Emeli Sandé for the track "Never Be Your Woman" which peaked at #8 in the Uk singles chart, in the same year Skepta released three singles, "Bad boy" which peaked at #8 in the uk R&B singles chart, "Rescue me" which peaked at #6 in the uk R&B singles chart and "Cross my heart" Featuring Preeya Kalidas which peaked at #8 in the uk R&B Singles chart.
- In 2011 Skepta released two singles, "So Alive" featuring N-Dubz which peaked at #26 on the Uk R&B singles chart, and "Amnesia" which peaked at #3 on the Uk R&B singles chart.
- In January 2012 JME released a single entitled "96 F**Kries", Which peaked at #3 in the Uk indie charts, #7 in the Uk dance charts, and was reported only "10 copies away from entering the top 40 official Uk singles chart", surprisingly uncommon for a track which can be labelled as Grime, on 13 May 2012, Skepta released a single entitled "Make Peace Not War'" which peaked at #8 on the Uk R&B singles chart.
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