Sensational
by Chris Brown (featuring Davido)

Album: 11:11 (2023)
Charted: 45 71
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Songfacts®:

  • Here, Chris Brown is infatuated with a woman he feels is sensational. He is willing to do anything for her, even act a fool. Brown knows that love is like a riddle, but he is determined to solve it.
  • Brown teamed up with African singer-songwriters Davido and Lojay on the track. Hailing from the Nigerian city of Lagos, they deliver their verses in Nigerian Pidgin, a blend of English, Yoruba, and Hausa. Nigerian Pidgin is the most common language spoken in Lagos.
  • "Sensational" is Brown's fifth collaboration with Davido, following:

    2019 "Blow My Mind" from Davido's A Good Time
    2019 "Lower Body" from Brown's Indigio (Extended)
    2020 "Shopping Spree" from Davido's A Better Time
    2022 "Nobody Has To Know" from Brown's Breezy (Deluce)

    Brown and Lojay previously worked together when Breezy jumped on a remix of Lojay and Sarz's 2002 track "Monalisa."
  • Chris Brown, Davido and Lojay co-wrote "Sensational" with singer-songwriter Sean Kingston and the track's producer DJ Hardwerk (Camila Cabello's "Bad Kind of Butterflies," Cardi B's "Hectic").
  • Chris Brown released "Sensational" as the second single from his 11th studio album, 11:11, on October 20, 2023, via RCA Records.
  • Directed by Child, the video showcases Brown and his troupe's slick choreography in different settings. Davido and Lojay also appear in the video.
  • 11:11 is a double album split into two entities: 11am and 11pm. There are 11 tracks in each section, keeping with the theme of it being Brown's 11th solo studio album.
  • Philip "DJ Hardwerk" Constable composed and produced "Sensational" from a hospital bed while undergoing treatment and recovery from a dual-organ transplant and ongoing chemotherapy.
  • A songwriter named Steve Chokpelle brought legal action against Chris Brown over alleged unpaid royalties and credit for "Sensational." The suit also covers another Brown song, "Monalisa," for which Chokpelle claims to have written lyrics during a 2020 session at the R&B singer's home with Sean Kingston.

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