Elevation (Black Eyed Peas album)

Elevation
Studio album by
Black Eyed Peas
ReleasedNovember 11, 2022 (2022-11-11)
Length56:23
Language
  • Spanish
  • English
Label
Producer
Black Eyed Peas chronology
Translation
(2020) 		Elevation
(2022)
Singles from ELEVATION
  1. "Don't You Worry"
    Released: June 17, 2022
  2. "Simply the Best"
    Released: October 28, 2022
  3. "Double D'z"
    Released: November 14, 2022
  4. "Bailar Contigo"
    Released: March 10, 2023
  5. "Guarantee"
    Released: July 21, 2023
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Daily Telegraph[2]

Elevation is the ninth studio album by American group Black Eyed Peas. It was released on November 11, 2022, via will.i.am Music Group and Epic Records.[3] It features guest appearances from J. Rey Soul, Anitta, Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, David Guetta, El Alfa, Marshall Jefferson, Nicky Jam, Nicole Scherzinger, Ozuna and Shakira.

It peaked at number 13 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the United States. It reached number 44 in Italy and number 89 in France.

Background and release

After the release of the group's previous album, Translation (2020), the band released a number of new singles.

In early November 2022 the group announced their new album entitled "Elevation" on Instagram.[4][5] and like their previous album their new album contains fifteen songs.[6]

Track listing

Elevation track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Simply the Best" (with Anitta and El Alfa)
3:56
2."Muevelo" (with Anuel AA and Marshall Jefferson)
  • will.i.am
  • Boys Noize
4:14
3."Audios"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gómez
  • Ridha
  • Yonatan Goldstein
  • Jean Baptiste
  • Terence DeCarlo Coles
  • Tatiana Randel
  • will.i.am
  • Boys Noize
  • Johnny Goldstein
3:40
4."Double D'z" (with J. Rey Soul)
  • Adams
  • Keith Harris
  • Goldstein
  • Antonin Georges Malherbe Didier
will.i.am3:20
5."Bailar Contigo" (with Daddy Yankee)
  • will.i.am
  • Johnny Goldstein
3:43
6."Get Down" (with Nicky Jam)
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gómez
  • Nick Rivera Caminero
  • Goldstein
  • Juan Salinas
  • Oscar Salinas
  • Andrés Jael Correa Ríos
  • Gerald Óscar Jiménez
  • will.i.am
  • Johnny Goldstein
3:52
7."Dance 4 U"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gómez
  • Ridha
  • Dantae Johnson
  • Amelia Payne
  • Will Simms
  • Greg Simon West
  • Daniel Ferrari-Lane
  • Kenneth Burke
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • will.i.am
  • Boys Noize
4:35
8."Guarantee"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gómez
  • Goldstein
  • Jonathan Spencer Wilson
  • will.i.am
  • Johnny Goldstein
3:40
9."Filipina Queen" (with J. Rey Soul)
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Goldstein
  • Salmin Kasimu Maengo
  • Baptiste
  • will.i.am
  • Johnny Goldstein
3:30
10."Jump"
  • Adams
  • Goldstein
  • will.i.am
  • Johnny Goldstein
3:36
11."In the Air"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gómez
  • Marco Parisi
  • Giampaolo Parisi
  • Stacy Ferguson
  • Johnny Hammond
  • Ben Cauley
  • James Alexander
  • Allen Jones
  • William McLean
  • Andrés Titus
  • will.i.am
  • Parisi
3:40
12."Fire Starter"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gómez
  • Goldstein
  • will.i.am
  • Johnny Goldstein
3:14
13."No One Loves Me" (with Nicole Scherzinger)
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gómez
  • Damien LeRoy
  • Harris
  • James Brown
  • will.i.am
  • Ammo
4:23
14."Don't You Worry" (with Shakira and David Guetta)
  • will.i.am
  • Johnny Goldstein
  • David Guetta
  • Mikkel Cox
  • Tobías Frederiksen
3:14
15."L.O.V.E." (with Ozuna)
  • will.i.am
  • Johnny Goldstein
3:57
Total length:56:23

Personnel

Black Eyed Peas

  • will.i.am – vocals on all tracks except 9 and 11, piano, keyboards, drum programming, programming
  • apl.de.ap – vocals on all tracks except 4, 10, and 11
  • Taboo – vocals on all tracks except 4, 9, and 10
  • J. Rey Soul – vocals on tracks 4, 7–9, and 12

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Elevation
Chart (2022) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[7] 89
Italian Albums (FIMI)[8] 44
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[9] 13

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Elevation
Chart (2023) Position
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 188
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] 96

Certifications

Certifications for Elevation
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Hungary (MAHASZ)[12] Gold 2,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[13] Gold 25,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[14] Gold 10,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Yeung, Neil Z. "Black Eyed Peas - Elevation Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  2. ^ French-Morris, Kate (November 11, 2022). "Christine and the Queens turns electro gothic, Wizkid is a wonder – the week's best albums". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Black Eyed Peas estrena 'Elevation', su noveno álbum de estudio". EuropaFM (in Spanish). November 11, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Cordero, Melanie (November 2, 2022). ""Elevation": El nuevo disco de Black Eyed Peas que reunirá a diversos artistas". LOS40 Chile. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "'Elevation' es el título del noveno álbum de Black Eyed Peas". www.lahiguera.net. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  6. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas: Elevation". LaHiguera.net (in Spanish). October 28, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  7. ^ "Lescharts.com – Black Eyed Peas – Elevation". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  8. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Black Eyed Peas – Elevation". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  10. ^ "2023: La dynamique de la production et de la consommation musicales en France" (in French). SNEP. January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  11. ^ "Classifica annuale 2023 (dal 30.12.2022 al 28.12.2023)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  12. ^ "Adatbázis – Arany- és platinalemezek – 2023" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  13. ^ "Italian album certifications – Black Eyed Peas – Elevation" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  14. ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 23, 2024. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter Elevation in the search box.

Black Eyed Peas – Elevation at Discogs (list of releases)