Better Off Alone (album)

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Better Off Alone
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 17, 2024
Recorded2023–2024
Length57:42
Label
Producer
  • 254Bodi
  • AJ Ruined My Record
  • Andyr
  • ATL Jacob
  • AyoPeeb
  • Bobby Raps
  • CashMoneyAP
  • Crater
  • Cutz
  • Daniel Moras
  • Deezy Beats
  • Dez Wright
  • DJ Bandz
  • Doc McKinney
  • DY Krazy
  • FnZ
  • Fridayy
  • Gabe Lucas
  • Harper
  • Haze
  • Hendrix Smoke
  • Hitmaka
  • JoeFromYO
  • London on da Track
  • Luca Beats
  • Magic
  • Musik MajorX
  • Nico Baran
  • Nuki
  • Philip Cornish
  • ProdByReid
  • Prod. JPBeatz
  • Qriley
  • Sam Jackson Willows
  • Scott Storch
  • S.Dot
  • Sean Momberger
  • Sebastian Lopez
  • Tariq Beats
  • T Kee
  • Tone Deaf
  • TrePounds
  • Tsurreal
  • Zaytoven
A Boogie wit da Hoodie chronology
Alone
(2024)
Better Off Alone
(2024)
Singles from Better Off Alone
  1. "Steppas"
    Released: March 29, 2024

Better Off Alone is the fifth studio album by American rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie. It was released on May 17, 2024, through Atlantic Records and Highbridge. The album features guest appearances from Young Thug, Cash Cobain, Future, Lil Durk, Fridayy and Mariah the Scientist. The album debuted and peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album dropped to number 82 in its second week and dropped to number 190 in its third week. The album exited the chart entirely in its fourth week.

Contents

Promotion

A Boogie wit da Hoodie announced the album on January 29, 2024, accompanying a new world tour, named likewise with a release date set for May 17, 2024. The world tour started on April 10, 2024, in Auckland, New Zealand, and then moved into other Australian and New Zealand arenas, before heading to Europe, and after to the United States. [1]

The promotional EP Alone was released on April 22, 2024. [2]

Track listing

Better Off Alone track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Better Off Alone"
  • Artist Dubose
  • Arthur Putman
  • Tyler Kee
  • Oriel Bitton
  • Moises Marin
  • Jordan Holt-May
  • AJ Ruined My Record
  • T Kee
  • Bitton on the Beat
  • Biirthplace
2:19
2."Dark King"
  • Dubose
  • Sebastian Lopez
  • Reid Taylor
  • Troy Wall
  • Sebastian Lopez
  • ProdByReid
  • Yachti
3:19
3."Let's Go Away" (featuring Young Thug)
2:21
4."Body" (featuring Cash Cobain)
  • Dubose
  • Cashmere Small
  • Corey Nutile
  • Luca Fano-Caroti
  • Nicolas Baran
  • Jaucquez Lowe
  • Cutz
  • Luca Beats
  • Nico Baran
3:12
5."Somebody" (featuring Future)
3:33
6."Steppas"
3:21
7."Headaches"
  • Dubose
  • Jengis Rahmanoski
  • Cleary-Krell
  • Harper Gordon
  • Joseph Zoumboulias
  • Chuck Taylor
  • Dez Wright
  • Harper
  • JoeFromYO
1:59
8."Spotlight" (featuring Lil Durk)
  • London on da Track
  • Dinero
2:58
9."Need You Around" (featuring Fridayy)
2:53
10."One Shot"
  • London on da Track
  • AyoPeeb
  • Vitals
  • Phil
  • Nuki Beats
2:21
11."They Shooting"
  • Andyr
  • DJ Bandz
  • Magic
2:54
12."Feel Like Dying"
  • Dubose
  • Christian Ward
  • Altariq Crapps
  • Christopher Dotson
  • Quinton Lamar Cook
  • Holt-May
  • Hitmaka
  • Tariq Beats
  • Musik MajorX
  • Q Riley
2:51
13."P&E" (featuring Mariah the Scientist)
2:30
14."Tiffanys"
3:08
15."No More Questions"
  • Crater
  • Tsurreal
3:18
16."How to Love"
  • Dubose
  • Rahmanoski
  • Zoumboulias
  • Ian Viitala Jacobsen
  • Oliver Larsson
  • Chuck Taylor
  • JoeFromYO
  • JPBeatz
1:51
17."D.T.N."
  • Dubose
  • Thomas
S.Dot2:46
18."Did Me Wrong"
  • Dubose
  • Thomas
  • Isaac Hayes
  • Anderson
  • S.Dot
  • 254Bodi
2:57
19."Her Birthday"
  • Dubose
  • Holmes
  • Sean Momberger
  • Williams
  • Brandon Casey
  • Brian Casey
  • Bryan-Michael Cox
  • Kevin Hicks
  • Holt-May
  • London on da Track
  • Sean Momberger
  • Philip Cornish
  • Tone Deaf
2:34
20."Booby Trap"
  • London on da Track
  • Zaytoven
  • Deezy Beats
  • Tone Deaf
2:16
21."I Already Know"
  • Dubose
  • Thomas
  • Kim
  • Luka Berman
  • S.Dot
  • Crater
  • Gabe Lucas
2:21
Total length:57:42

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Better Off Alone
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 53
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [4] 11
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [5] 42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 157
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 65
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 72
US Billboard 200 [9] 18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [10] 5

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