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| Released | 13 September 2019 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2017–2019[1] | |||||||||
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| Length | 50:53 | |||||||||
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Charli is Charli XCX's third studio album. The album contains singles like "1999" with Troye Sivan, "Blame It on Your Love" featuring Lizzo, and "Gone" with Christine and the Queens. "Cross You Out" featuring Sky Ferreira, "Warm" featuring Haim, "February 2017" featuring Clairo and Yaeji, and "2099" also featuring Sivan.
Year-end lists
[change | change source]| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Consequence of Sound | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 30
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| The Guardian | The 50 Best Albums of 2019 | 21
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| NME | The 50 Best Albums of 2019 | 47
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| Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2019 | 42
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| Stereogum | The 50 Best Albums of 2019 | 22
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| Uproxx | The Best Albums of 2019 | 32
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| The 35 Best Pop Albums of 2019 | 10
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| Variety | The Best Albums of 2019 | 1
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| Vice | The 100 Best Albums of 2019 | 10
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Commercial performance
[change | change source]Charli debuted at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart with sales of 4,177 combined units.[12] It opened at number forty-two on the US Billboard 200 with sales of 13,200 album-equivalent units, of which 5,500 were pure album sales.[13]
Track listing
[change | change source]| Charli track listing | |||||||||
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| 1. | "Next Level Charli" | Cook | 2:37 | ||||||
| 2. | "Gone" (with Christine and the Queens) |
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4:06 | ||||||
| 3. | "Cross You Out" (featuring Sky Ferreira) |
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3:28 | ||||||
| 4. | "1999" (with Troye Sivan) |
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3:09 | ||||||
| 5. | "Click" (featuring Kim Petras and Tommy Cash) |
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3:53 | ||||||
| 6. | "Warm" (featuring Haim) | Cook | 3:45 | ||||||
| 7. | "Thoughts" | Cook | 3:11 | ||||||
| 8. | "Blame It on Your Love" (featuring Lizzo) | 3:11 | |||||||
| 9. | "White Mercedes" |
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3:23 | ||||||
| 10. | "Silver Cross" | Cook | 3:28 | ||||||
| 11. | "I Don't Wanna Know" | Cook | 3:05 | ||||||
| 12. | "Official" |
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3:04 | ||||||
| 13. | "Shake It" (featuring Big Freedia, Cupcakke, Brooke Candy, and Pabllo Vittar) |
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4:35 | ||||||
| 14. | "February 2017" (featuring Clairo and Yaeji) |
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2:33 | ||||||
| 15. | "2099" (featuring Troye Sivan) |
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3:25 | ||||||
Total length: |
50:53 | ||||||||
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| 16. | "Gone" (Clarence Clarity remix) (with Christine and the Queens) | 3:51 | |||||||
| 17. | "Blame It on Your Love" (Kat Krazy remix) (featuring Lizzo) | 2:30 | |||||||
| 18. | "1999" (Alphalove remix) (with Troye Sivan) |
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3:55 | ||||||
Total length: |
61:09 | ||||||||
Notes
- ^[a] signifies an additional producer
- ^[b] signifies a vocal producer
- ^[c] signifies a remix producer
- Physical releases of Charli credit Troye Sivan as a featured artist instead of a co-lead artist on "1999".
- "Next Level Charli" interpolates a section of "Selecta" by Mz. Bratt.
Personnel
[change | change source]Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[15]
Musicians and vocals
[change | change source]- Charli XCX – vocals
- A. G. Cook – programming (1–3, 5–7, 9–16), backing vocals, synthesizers (12)
- Christine and the Queens – vocals (tracks 2, 16)
- Lotus IV – programming (2, 3, 16)
- Nicolas Petitfrère[upper-roman 1] – programming (2, 5, 13, 15, 16)
- Sky Ferreira – additional vocals (3)
- Troye Sivan – additional vocals (4, 15, 18)
- Oscar Holter – programming, keyboards, bass, guitar (4, 18)
- Kim Petras – additional vocals (5)
- Tommy Cash – additional vocals (5)
- Dylan Brady – soft synths, drum programming, harsh noise (5)
- Umru – drum programming, vocal processing, bass, synth sound design, "vibes" (5)
- Haim – additional vocals (6)
- Lizzo – additional vocals (8, 17)
- Mikkel Eriksen – all drums, guitar, piano, synths, programming (8, 17)
- Tor Erik Hermansen – all drums, guitar, piano, synths, programming (8, 17)
- Andrew Watt – keyboards, guitar, programming (9)
- Happy Perez – keyboards, guitar, programming (9)
- Chad Smith – drums (9)
- Noonie Bao – backing vocals (12)
- Finn Keane – backing vocals, guitar, programming (12)
- Patrik Berger – synths, programming (12)
- Big Freedia – additional vocals (13)
- Cupcakke – additional vocals (13)
- Brooke Candy – additional vocals (13)
- Pabllo Vittar – additional vocals (13)
- Clairo – additional vocals (14)
- Yaeji – additional vocals (14)
- Planet 1999 – drum programming, synths, bass (14)
Technical
[change | change source]- Charli XCX – executive production
- A. G. Cook – executive production, engineering (1, 5–7, 10–14)
- Geoff Swan – mixing (1–3, 5–7, 10–16)
- Şerban Ghenea – mixing (4, 9, 18)
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (8, 17)
- John Hanes – mix engineering (4, 9)
- Niko Battistini – mixing assistance (1–3, 5–7, 10–16)
- Joe Burgess – mixing assistance (1–3, 5–7, 10–16)
- Michael Freeman – mixing assistance (8, 17)
- Matt Wolach – mixing assistance (8, 17)
- Umru – engineering (5)
- Aaron Joseph – engineering (5)
- David Rodriguez – engineering (9)
- Blake Mares – engineering (10)
- Gethin Pearson – engineering (12)
- Ben Lorio – engineering, recording for Big Freedia (13)
- Nömak – engineering (13)
- Planet 1999 – engineering (14)
- Katherline Yaeji Lee – engineering (14)
- Kourosh Poursalehi – engineering (15)
- Sean Klein – engineering (15)
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering (1–3, 5–15)
- Randy Merrill – mastering (4)
- Clarence Clarity – mastering (16)
- AYA – mastering (17)
- Kevin Grainger – mastering (18)
- Lotus IV – recording for Sky Ferreira (3)
- Noah Passovoy – vocal recording (4, 18)
- Peter Carlsson – vocal recording, vocal production (4, 18)
- Mikkel Eriksen – recording (8, 17)
- Thomas Warren – recording (8, 17)
- Oscar Schiller – recording for Brooke Candy (13)
- Bastien Doremus – vocal engineering for Christine and the Queens (2, 16)
- Tommy Cash – vocal engineering (5)
- Oscar Holter – vocal production (4, 18)
- Andrew "Schwifty" Luftman – production coordination (9)
- Zvi "Angry Beard Man" Edelman – production coordination (9)
- Sarah "Goodie Bag" Shelton – production coordination (9)
- Drew "Grey Poupon" Salamunovich – production coordination (9)
- Jeremy "Jboogs" Levin – production coordination (9)
- David "Dsilb" Silberstain – production coordination (9)
- Samantha Corrie "SamCor" Schulman – production coordination (9)
Design and artwork
[change | change source]- Jed Skrzypczak – creative design
- Ines Alpha – digital art
Charts
[change | change source]| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] | 7 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18] | 73 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] | 55 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] | 54 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21] | 50 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[22] | 92 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] | 91 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[24] | 21 |
| Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[25] | 46 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[26] | 86 |
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[27] | 63 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] | 26 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[29] | 9 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[30] | 28 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] | 54 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[32] | 14 |
| US Billboard 200[33] | 42 |
Notes
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Maicki, Salvatore (19 September 2019). "Charli XCX is making space for the pop music we deserve". The Fader. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ↑ Briones, Isis (27 November 2019). "What Working On A Music Video With Charli XCX Is Actually Like". Forbes. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2019". Consequence of Sound. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ "The 50 best albums of 2019: 11-50". The Guardian. 10 December 2019. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ↑ "The 50 best albums of 2019". NME. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". Paste (magazine). 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2019". Stereogum. 3 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ "The Best Albums Of 2019". Uproxx. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ "The Best Pop Albums Of 2019". Uproxx. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ↑ Aswad, Jem; Barker, Andrew; Willman, Chris (5 December 2019). "The Best Albums of 2019". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ "The 100 Best Albums of 2019". Vice. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ↑ "Charts analysis: Sam Fender rockets to summit". Music Week. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ "Report: Charli XCX's "Charli" Debuts With 5.5K US Sales, 13.2K Total US Units". Headline Planet. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ↑ "チャーリーXCX、最新アルバムの国内盤にはボートラ3曲が追加". Rolling Stone Japan (in Japanese). 7 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ↑ Charli (Media notes). Charli XCX. Asylum Records. 2019.
((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Moen, Matt (2 April 2019). "The French Producer Channeling Myspace-Era Blog House". Paper. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Charli XCX – Charli" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Charli XCX – Charli" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Charli XCX – Charli" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ↑ "Charli XCX Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 38, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Charli XCX – Charli" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Charli XCX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019/9/23". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ "チャーリーXCX". Oricon. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ "Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ↑ "Charts.nz – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ↑ "Charli XCX Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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