Damn (Kendrick Lamar album)

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Damn
Kendrick Lamar - Damn.png
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
RecordedLate 2016 – 2017
Studio
Genre Conscious hip hop
Length54:54
Label
Producer
Kendrick Lamar chronology
Untitled Unmastered
(2016)
Damn
(2017)
Black Panther: The Album
(2018)
Collectors Edition cover
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Damn track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Blood"
1:58
2."DNA" Mike Will Made It 3:05
3."Yah"
2:40
4."Element"
3:28
5."Feel"
  • Duckworth
  • Spears
Sounwave3:34
6."Loyalty" (featuring Rihanna)
3:47
7."Pride"
  • Lacy
  • Top Dawg
  • Bekon [a]
4:35
8."Humble"
2:57
9."Lust"
5:07
10."Love" (featuring Zacari)
3:33
11."XXX" (featuring U2)
  • Mike Will Made It
  • DJ Dahi
  • Sounwave
  • Top Dawg
  • Bekon [a]
4:14
12."Fear"7:40
13."God"
  • Duckworth
  • Riera
  • Spears
  • Natche
  • Tannenbaum
  • Ronald LaTour
  • Tiffith
  • Daveon Jackson
  • Mike Hector
  • Walton
  • Brock Korsan
  • Riera
  • Sounwave
  • DJ Dahi
  • Bekon
  • Cardo
  • Top Dawg
  • Yung Exclusive [b]
  • Hector [b]
  • Walton [b]
4:08
14."Duckworth"
4:08
Total length:54:54

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes and AllMusic. [87]

Production and music

Technical

Art

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Damn
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [163] 2× Platinum140,000
Austria (IFPI Austria) [164] Gold7,500
Belgium (BEA) [165] 2× Platinum60,000
Canada (Music Canada) [166] 4× Platinum320,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [167] 3× Platinum60,000
France (SNEP) [168] Platinum100,000
Germany (BVMI) [169] Gold100,000
Iceland (FHF) [170] Gold3,500 [171]
Italy (FIMI) [172] Platinum50,000
Mexico (AMPROFON) [173] Gold30,000
Netherlands (NVPI) [174] Gold20,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [175] 5× Platinum75,000
Norway (IFPI Norway) [176] Platinum30,000*
Poland (ZPAV) [177] Platinum20,000
Singapore (RIAS) [178] Gold5,000*
Sweden (GLF) [179] Gold20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [180] Platinum300,000
United States (RIAA) [74] 3× Platinum3,000,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Damn
RegionDateLabel(s)Format(s)EditionRef.
VariousApril 14, 2017Standard [181]
April 21, 2017 CD [182]
JapanMay 24, 2017 Universal Music Japan CD [183]
VariousJuly 14, 2017
  • TDE
  • Aftermath
  • Interscope
Vinyl LP [184]
December 8, 2017
  • Digital download
  • streaming
  • CD
Collectors Edition [185]
JapanJuly 18, 2018Universal Music JapanCD [186]

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