The Diamond Collection

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The Diamond Collection
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ReleasedApril 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)
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Length62:00
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Post Malone chronology
Twelve Carat Toothache
(2022)
The Diamond Collection
(2023)
Austin
(2023)
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The Diamond Collection is the first compilation album by American rapper and singer Post Malone. It was released through Mercury and Republic Records on April 21, 2023. The album features guest appearances from Quavo, 21 Savage, Ty Dolla Sign, Swae Lee, Young Thug, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott, Doja Cat, and the Weeknd as well as production from Malone himself, Rex Kudo, Metro Boomin, Frank Dukes, Louis Bell, Illangelo, Tank God, Carter Lang, and Andrew Watt. The album was released to celebrate Malone becoming the artist with the most diamond-certified singles by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It contains all the singles that were certified diamond from his first three studio albums, Stoney (2016), Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018), and Hollywood's Bleeding (2019), as well as the lead single "Chemical" from his fifth studio album Austin (2023). [2]

Contents

On July 21, 2023, the compilation was re-released as a deluxe edition with nine additional songs that were not diamond certified at the time of release but still popular, which also included songs from his previous studio album Twelve Carat Toothache (2022). The deluxe edition of the compilation was announced on October 3, 2023, to be getting its first vinyl release for Record Store Day Black Friday 2023. [3]

Track listing

The Diamond Collection track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."White Iverson" (from Stoney , 2016)
4:16
2."Congratulations" (featuring Quavo; from Stoney, 2016)
3:40
3."I Fall Apart" (from Stoney, 2016)
Illangelo 3:43
4."Rockstar" (featuring 21 Savage; from Beerbongs & Bentleys , 2018)
  • Bell
  • Tank God
3:38
5."Psycho" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign; from Beerbongs & Bentleys, 2018)
  • Bell
  • Malone
3:41
6."Better Now" (from Beerbongs & Bentleys, 2018)
  • Bell
  • Dukes
3:50
7."Sunflower" (with Swae Lee; from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , 2018 and Hollywood's Bleeding , 2019)
  • Bell
  • Lang
2:38
8."Circles" (from Hollywood's Bleeding, 2019)
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Feeney
  • Walsh
  • Gunesberk
  • Bell
  • Malone
  • Dukes
3:34
9."Chemical" (from Austin , 2023)
3:05
Total length:32:07
The Diamond Collection deluxe tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."Go Flex" (from Stoney, 2016)
  • Rex Kudo
  • Charlie Handsome
2:59
11."Candy Paint" (from Beerbongs & Bentleys, 2018)
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Rosen
  • Bell
  • Malone
3:47
12."Stay" (from Beerbongs & Bentleys, 2018)
  • Post
  • Wotman
  • Bell
  • Malone
  • Watt
3:24
13."Wow." (from Hollywood's Bleeding, 2019)
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Feeney
  • Walsh
  • Anthoine Walters
  • Bell
  • Frank Dukes
2:29
14."Goodbyes" (featuring Young Thug; from Hollywood's Bleeding, 2019)
  • Bell
  • Lee
2:54
15."Take What You Want" (featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott; from Hollywood's Bleeding, 2019)
  • Bell
  • Watt
3:49
16."I Like You (A Happier Song)" (featuring Doja Cat; from Twelve Carat Toothache , 2022)
  • Bell
  • Harris
3:12
17."One Right Now" (with The Weeknd, from Twelve Carat Toothache, 2022)
  • Bell
  • Lee
  • Bolooki
3:12
18."Feeling Whitney" (from Stoney, 2016)
  • Post
  • Wotman
  • Watt
  • Bell
4:17
Total length:62:00

Notes

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The Diamond Collection
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [20] Platinum15,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [21] Platinum300,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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