

It also peaked at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 97 for the week ending on February 16, 2013, and peaked at number one on the week of May 18, 2013, and remained there for 5 consecutive weeks, becoming the longest running consecutive number-one of 2013, tied with Harlem Shake by Baauer (although both were later bested by Robin Thicke's " Blurred Lines", which remained atop the chart for 12 consecutive weeks). The track eventually caught the attention of Sean Lynch, a writer from The Source who initiated an interview to land Macklemore in the magazine's "Unsigned Hype" column in 2012. The album's second single, " Can't Hold Us" featuring Ray Dalton, was released on August 16, 2011. The song reached at number 40 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and number 12 on the Billboard 's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The official debut single, " Wings" was released on January 21, 2011. On September 4, 2012, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis released a video promoting the deluxe edition of The Heist, showing it as a box made out of faux-gator skin. It was announced that the song would be included on the album, as were previously released singles " Wings" and " Can't Hold Us." In an interview with The Sermon's Domain, Macklemore confirmed a collaboration with Schoolboy Q on a song about Cadillacs called " White Walls." The song titled "Jimmy Iovine" featuring Ab-Soul was also confirmed. On July 18, 2012, the duo released the Mary Lambert-assisted single " Same Love," in support of Washington state's Referendum 74 regarding gay marriage. In July 2012, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis announced that their full-length debut album will be titled The Heist, and it would be released on October 9, 2012, as well as a subsequent world tour to promote the release. As of early 2016, the album has sold 1,490,000 copies in the United States. On January 26, 2014, it won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, where it was also nominated for Album of the Year and earned Macklemore and Ryan Lewis the award for Best New Artist. The album received generally positive reviews from critics. The album sold 78,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200, and at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, while entering the Canadian Albums Chart at number four. The album's second single " Can't Hold Us" was also largely commercially successful, peaking at number one in the United States, Australia, and Sweden.
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Within each series of singles were released, before the album release from 2010 and onwards the fourth single " Thrift Shop", which was the most commercially successful – peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, number one in 17 other countries, including number one positions in New Zealand and Australia, as well as a successful run on the charts in many other countries. The album was recorded in Seattle, Washington between 20. After the album's release, the duo hired Warner Music Group's radio promotion department to help the push with their singles for a small percentage of the sales. The album was independently self-produced, self-recorded and self-released by the duo, with no mainstream promotion or support. It was released on October 9, 2012, by Macklemore LLC, distributed under the Alternative Distribution Alliance. The Heist is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
