Montana (album) explained

Montana
Type:studio
Cover:French Montana - Montana.png
Artist:French Montana
Released:December 6, 2019[1]
Length:67:00
Label:Montana Entertainment, Coke Boys, Bad Boy, Epic
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Prev Year:2019
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Montana (stylized in all caps)[2] is the third studio album by American rapper French Montana. It was released on December 6, 2019 through Epic Records, Bad Boy, Coke Boys and Montana Entertainment.[3] The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Harry Fraud, Louis Bell, London on da Track, Cardo, Rvssian and Murda Beatz among others. The album also features guest appearances by Post Malone, Swae Lee, Kodak Black, Cardi B, Chris Brown, PartyNextDoor, ASAP Rocky and many others.

Montana was supported by seven singles: "No Stylist", "Slide", "Wiggle It", "Suicide Doors", "Writing on the Wall", "Twisted" and "Out of Your Mind".[4] [5] It also includes the singles "Lockjaw" featuring Kodak Black and "No Shopping" featuring Drake, which were previously released on Montana's 2016 mixtape MC4. The album received mixed reviews from music critics and poor commercial performance. It debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 25,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

Promotion

French Montana shared a trailer for the album directed by Kid Art, which features him "surrounded by a line of women in thigh-high red boots and dark burqas" and was called "connecting with his Muslim roots".[4] [6]

Commercial performance

Montana debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 25,000 album-equivalent units (including 6,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.[7] This became Montana's lowest first week sales and lowest charting album to date.[7] On December 5, 2019, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.[8]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://twitter.com/FrencHMonTanA/status/1201995744820883457 Twitter
  2. Web site: French Montana: MONTANA. Pitchfork.
  3. Web site: Watch: French Montana Drops 'Montana' Mini-Movie as an Album Trailer for His Upcoming LP. The Source. Higgins. Keenan. September 23, 2019. September 26, 2019.
  4. French Montana Connects With His Roots For Cinematic Album Trailer: Watch. Billboard. Saponara. Michael. September 23, 2019. September 26, 2019.
  5. French Montana's 'Writing on the Wall,' Feat. Post Malone, Cardi B & Rvssian. 2019-10-11. 2021-03-19. Billboard. Mamo. Heran.
  6. Web site: French Montana Announces "Montana" Album. HipHopDX. Ivey. Justin. September 23, 2019. September 26, 2019.
  7. Web site: Roddy Ricch, XXXTentacion & French Montana First Week Sales. December 10, 2019. March 1, 2020.
  8. Web site: MONTANA / French Montana. Tidal. December 8, 2019.
  9. Web site: Top Albums (Week 50, 2019). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. December 17, 2019.

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