Beautiful Mind (album) explained

Beautiful Mind
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rod Wave
Cover:	Rod Wave - Beautiful Mind.png
Released:	August 12, 2022
Length:	68:20
Label:	Alamo
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Beautiful Mind is the fourth studio album by American rapper and singer Rod Wave. It was released through Alamo Records on August 12, 2022, and features guest appearances from Jack Harlow and December Joy. The album was supported by four singles: "By Your Side", "Cold December", "Stone Rolling", and "Alone". The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 115,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Rod Wave's second consecutive number-one album and fourth Top-10 album.^[1]

Critical reception

Beautiful Mind received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on five reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Dylan Green of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.9 out of 10, complimenting the variety of topics covered in the songs but complaining of many of them "bleeding together" as well as the "overreliance of piano and guitar beats".

Commercial performance

In the United States, Beautiful Mind debuted atop the Billboard 200, earning 115,000 album-equivalent units (including 2,000 in pure sales) in its first week. It became Wave's second number-one on the chart and fifth top-ten. The album also accumulated a total of 157.73 million on-demand streams of its songs.^[1] In its second week, the album dropped to number two on the chart, moving an additional 57,000 units.^[2]

Track listing

Sample credits

• "Alone" contains samples from "U.N.I.", written by Ed Sheeran and Jake Gosling, and performed by the former.
• "No Deal" contains samples from "People Watching", written by Conan Gray and Daniel Nigel, and Julia Michaels, and performed by Gray.
• "Pieces" contains samples from "Singing Without You", written by Eylie.

Charts

Year-end charts

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Position
US Billboard 200^[3]	107
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	42

Chart (2023)! scope="col"

Position
US Billboard 200^[5]	71
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	47

Notes and References

1. Rod Wave's 'Beautiful Mind' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart. Billboard. Caulfield. Keith. August 21, 2022. August 22, 2022.
2. Keith. Caulfield. Bad Bunny Ties 'Encanto' for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200 in 2022. Billboard. August 28, 2022. April 1, 2024. August 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220828225234/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/bad-bunny-encanto-tie-most-weeks-2022-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235131892/. live.
3. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 3, 2022.
4. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 3, 2022.
5. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 23, 2023.
6. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 23, 2023.