Elevation (Black Eyed Peas album)

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Elevation
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Studio album by
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
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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.

Contents

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

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
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Hungary (MAHASZ) [12] Gold2,000
Italy (FIMI) [13] Gold25,000
Poland (ZPAV) [14] Gold10,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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