Expensive (song)

2020 single by Ty Dolla Sign featuring Nicki Minaj

For the song by Tori Kelly, see Unbreakable Smile. For the song by Todrick Hall, see Straight Outta Oz.

"Expensive"

Single by Ty Dolla Sign featuring Nicki Minaj
from the album  Featuring Ty Dolla Sign
Released| August 28, 2020
Recorded| 2020
Genre| Hip hop
Length| 2:16
Label| Atlantic
Songwriter(s)|

* Tyrone Griffin, Jr.
* Onika Maraj
* James Royo
* Alexander Krashinsky
* Jazaée De Waal
* Jordan Jackson
* Nye Lee Jr
* William Van Zandt

Producer(s)|

* Ty Dolla Sign
* BlueySport
* Will VZ

Ty Dolla Sign singles chronology
| "Yacht Club"
(2020)  | "Expensive"
(2020)  | "Hit Different"
(2020)

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Nicki Minaj singles chronology
| "Move Ya Hips"
(2020)  | "Expensive"
(2020)  | "Do We Have A Problem?"
(2022)

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Music video
"Expensive" on YouTube

"Expensive" is a song by American singer Ty Dolla $ign featuring Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj. The song was released on August 28, 2020, as the second single from the former's third studio album, Featuring Ty Dolla $ign.[1][2] The song was released alongside an official music video.[1]

## Background

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Ty previewed the record along with another off Dream House that featured the rapper YG on April 12, 2020.[3] The original version of the song featured G-Eazy and leaked in full August 6, 2020.[4] The final version with Minaj was released on August 28, 2020.[5][6][7]

## Music video

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The official music video coincided with the single release.[1] It features Ty's girlfriend coming home with a luxury vehicle full of gifts and wrapped boxes. Minaj uses green screen technology and only appears from the waist up.[8]

## Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[9]

* Ty Dolla Sign – lead artist, producer
* Nicki Minaj – featured artist
* OkayJJack – additional production
* BlueySport – producer
* WILLVZ – producer
* James Royo – producer
* Nicolas De Porcel - mastering
* Mixed by Ali - mixing

## Charts

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Chart (2020)  | Peak
position

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New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[10] | 19
US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 83
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12] | 27
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[13] | 31
US Rolling Stone Top 100[14] | 71

## Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Expensive"  Region  | Date  | Format  | Label  | Ref.

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Various  | August 28, 2020  |

* Digital download
* streaming

| Atlantic | [15]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Ty Dolla Sign (confirmed account) [@tydollasign] (August 27, 2020). "Expen$ive @NICKIMINAJ single + video drops tonight 9pm PT 💎💲👸🏽" (Tweet). Retrieved August 27, 2020 – via Twitter.
2. ^ "Expensive (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Single". AudioDorks. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
3. ^ "Ty Dolla Sign Previews New Music With YG & Nicki Minaj". Hot New Hiphop. 13 April 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
4. ^ "Ty Dolla Sign & G-Eazy - Expensive". Hype New Hiphop. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
5. ^ "Ty Dolla Sign Previews Unreleased Music featuring Nicki Minaj". The Source. 13 April 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
6. ^ "Ty Dolla $ign Announces New Single 'Expensive', Featuring Nicki Minaj". NME. 28 August 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
7. ^ "Watch Ty Dolla $ign and Nicki Minaj's New Video For "Expensive"". Revolt. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
8. ^ "Ty Dolla $ign - Expensive (feat. Nicki Minaj) [Official Music Video]". 27 August 2020 – via www.youtube.com.
9. ^ "Expensive (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Ty Dolla Sign". Tidal. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
10. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
11. ^ "Ty Dolla $ign Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
12. ^ "Ty Dolla $ign Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
13. ^ "Ty Dolla $ign Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
14. ^ "Top 100 Songs, August 28, 2020 - September 3, 2020". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
15. ^ "Expensive (feat. Nicki Minaj) by Ty Dolla $ign". Apple Music. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.

* v
* t
* e

Ty Dolla Sign

Discography

Studio albums|

* Free TC (2015)
* Beach House 3 (2017)
* Featuring Ty Dolla Sign (2020)

| Collaborative albums|

* MihTy (with Jeremih) (2018)
* Cheers to the Best Memories (with Dvsn) (2021)
* Vultures 1 (with Kanye West as ¥$)
* Vultures 2 (with Kanye West as ¥$)

|

EPs|

* Beach House EP (2014)
* Talk About It in the Morning (with Wiz Khalifa) (2015)

Mixtapes|

* Campaign (2016)

Singles|

* "Paranoid"
* "Or Nah"
* "Shell Shocked"
* "Stand For"
* "Drop That Kitty"
* "Blasé"
* "Saved"
* "Wavy"
* "Sucker for Pain"
* "Campaign"
* "Zaddy"
* "Love U Better"
* "So Am I"
* "Ex"
* "Pineapple"
* "OTW"
* "Treehouse"
* "Midnight Hour"
* "Ego Death"
* "Expensive"
* "Spicy"
* "The Business, Pt. II"
* "By Yourself"
* "Willing to Trust"
* "Vultures"
* "Talking / Once Again"
* "Carnival"
* "Slide"

Featured singles|

* "Toot It and Boot It"
* "Nobody"
* "You and Your Friends"
* "My Main"
* "Play No Games"
* "Fade"
* "Work from Home"
* "Bacon"
* "Gone"
* "Money Showers"
* "Are You Sure?"
* "I Think She Like Me"
* "Blessings"
* "Fallen"
* "So Good"
* "Ain't Nothing"
* "Swalla"
* "It's a Vibe"
* "Vitamin D"
* "F with U"
* "Trap Paris"
* "Whatever You Need"
* "Something New"
* "Ego"
* "Say Less"
* "Psycho"
* "Me So Bad"
* "Accelerate"
* "All Mine"
* "Bottled Up"
* "Nights Like This"
* "Think About Us"
* "Got Me"
* "Hot Girl Summer"
* "Speed Me Up"
* "Hit Different"
* "No Tomorrow, Pt. 2"
* "Chosen"
* "WusYaName"
* "Lifetime"
* "Friends"

Promotional singles|

* "Real Friends"
* "The Distance"

Other songs|

* "Violent Crimes"
* "Freeee (Ghost Town, Pt. 2)"
* "New Body"
* "Everything We Need"
* "Stars"
* "Back to Me"
* "Hoodrat"
* "Paperwork"
* "Fuk Sumn"
* "Beg Forgiveness"
* "Good (Don't Die)"
* "Fried"
* "Promotion"
* "River"

Related groups|

* TGOD Mafia
* ¥$

Category

* v
* t
* e

Nicki Minaj songs

* Discography
* Songs

Beam Me Up Scotty|

* "I Get Crazy"
* "Best I Ever Had" (remix)

Pink Friday|

* "Roman's Revenge"
* "Did It On'em"
* "Right Thru Me"
* "Fly"
* "Moment 4 Life"
* "Check It Out"
* "Blazin'"
* "Your Love"
* "Super Bass"
* "Girls Fall Like Dominoes"
* "BedRock"

Pink Friday:
Roman Reloaded|

* "Roman Holiday"
* "Come on a Cone"
* "I Am Your Leader"
* "Beez in the Trap"
* "Roman Reloaded"
* "Champion"
* "Right by My Side"
* "Starships"
* "Pound the Alarm"
* "Whip It"
* "Automatic"
* "Marilyn Monroe"
* "Stupid Hoe"
* "Turn Me On"
* "Va Va Voom"

The Re-Up|

* "Freedom"
* "High School"
* "The Boys"

|

The Pinkprint|

* "All Things Go"
* "Get on Your Knees"
* "Feeling Myself"
* "Only"
* "Anaconda"
* "The Night Is Still Young"
* "Pills n Potions"
* "Bed of Lies"
* "Truffle Butter"

Queen|

* "Ganja Burn"
* "Majesty"
* "Barbie Dreams"
* "Rich Sex"
* "Hard White"
* "Bed"
* "Chun-Li"
* "Good Form"
* "Barbie Tingz"
* "Fefe"

Queen Radio: Volume 1|

* "Do We Have a Problem?"
* "Bussin"
* "We Go Up"

Pink Friday 2|

* "FTCU"
* "Needle"
* "Everybody"
* "Red Ruby da Sleeze"
* "Super Freaky Girl"
* "Bahm Bahm"
* "Last Time I Saw You"
* "Love Me Enough"

Other songs|

* "Roger That"
* "Dark Fantasy"
* "Massive Attack"
* "Roman in Moscow"
* "Yasss Bish"
* "Bang Bang"
* "Black Barbies"
* "Make Love"
* "Changed It"
* "Regret in Your Tears"
* "No Frauds"
* "MotorSport"
* "Violent Crimes"
* "Boo'd Up" (remix)
* "Megatron"
* "Tusa"
* "Yikes"
* "Trollz"
* "What That Speed Bout!?"
* "Blick Blick"
* "Love in the Way"
* "Tukoh Taka"
* "WTF"
* "Princess Diana" (remix)
* "Alone"
* "Barbie World"
* "Big Foot"
* "AGATS2 (Insecure)"

As featured artist|

| 2009|

* "5 Star" (remix)

|

2010|

* "Up Out My Face"
* "Knockout"
* "My Chick Bad"
* "Lil Freak"
* "Get It All"
* "Hello Good Morning" (remix)
* "Woohoo"
* "All I Do Is Win" (remix)
* "Up All Night"
* "Bottoms Up"
* "2012 (It Ain't the End)"
* "Letting Go (Dutty Love)"
* "Monster"
* "I Ain't Thru"
* "Raining Men"

2011|

* "The Creep"
* "Till the World Ends (The Femme Fatale Remix)"
* "Where Them Girls At"
* "Lollipop Luxury"
* "Y.U. Mad"
* "Fireball"
* "You the Boss"
* "Make Me Proud"
* "Dance (Ass)" (remix)

2012|

* "Give Me All Your Luvin'"
* "I Don't Give A"
* "Take It to the Head"
* "Get Low"
* "Girl on Fire (Inferno Version)"
* "Out of My Mind"
* "Beauty and a Beat"

2013|

* "Freaks"
* "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" (remix)
* "Tapout"
* "Somebody Else"
* "I'm Out"
* "Twerk It"
* "Get Like Me"
* "Livin' It Up"
* "Love More"
* "I Wanna Be with You"
* "Clappers"
* "My Nigga" (remix)

2014|

* "Lookin Ass"
* "She Came to Give It to You"
* "No Love" (remix)
* "Low"
* "Flawless" (remix)
* "Touchin, Lovin"
* "Throw Sum Mo"

2015|

* "Sugar" (remix)
* "Hey Mama"
* "Bitch I'm Madonna"
* "All Eyes on You"
* "Back Together"
* "The Hills" (remix)
* "Down in the DM" (remix)

2016|

* "No Broken Hearts"
* "Do You Mind"
* "Side to Side"

2017|

* "Run Up"
* "Swalla"
* "Light My Body Up"
* "Kissing Strangers"
* "Swish Swish"
* "Rake It Up"
* "You da Baddest"
* "You Already Know"
* "The Way Life Goes" (remix)
* "Krippy Kush" (remix)
* "Plain Jane" (remix)

2018|

* "Ball for Me"
* "Big Bank"
* "The Light Is Coming"
* "Goodbye"
* "Idol"
* "Woman Like Me"
* "Dip"
* "No Candle No Light"
* "Mama"
* "Touch Down" (remix)

2019|

* "Dumb Blonde"
* "Wobble Up"
* "BAPS"
* "Extravagant"
* "Hot Girl Summer"
* "Welcome to the Party" (remix)

2020|

* "Nice to Meet Ya"
* "Say So" (remix)
* "Move Ya Hips"
* "Expensive"
* "Whole Lotta Choppas" (remix)

2021|

* "Whole Lotta Money" (remix)
* "Boyz"

2023|

* "Pound Town 2"
* "Endless Fashion"

Unreleased songs|

* "Sorry"
* "New Body"

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