Charli (album)

Charli
Charli
Studio album by Charli XCX
Released	13 September 2019
Recorded	2017–2019
Studio	Vincent Avenue (Los Angeles) and (Estonia); Lotus Lounge (Los Angeles); MXM (Los Angeles); Henson (Los Angeles); Westlake (Los Angeles); Paramount Recording (Los Angeles); PC Music (London) and (Atlanta); Sarm (London); Lotus Library (Stockholm); Wolf Cousins (Stockholm); Umroom (Hollywood); Kung Fu (Berlin); Flume's House (Los Angeles); The Stellar House (Venice, California); Gold Tooth Music (Beverly Hills, California); Below (New Orleans); Jungle City (New York City);
Genre	Avant-pop; electropop; futurepop; hyperpop;
Length	50:53
Language	English; French; Korean; Portuguese;
Label	Asylum; Atlantic;
Producer	A. G. Cook; Andrew Watt; Dylan Brady; Finn Keane; Happy Perez; Lotus IV; Nicolas Petitfrère; Oscar Holter; Patrik Berger; Peter Carlsson; Planet 1999; Stargate; Umru;
Charli XCX chronology
Singles from Charli
Singles from Charli
	"1999"; Released: 5 October 2018; "Blame It on Your Love"; Released: 15 May 2019; "Gone"; Released: 17 July 2019; "White Mercedes"; Released: 23 October 2019;
	)

Charli is Charli XCX's third studio album. The album contains singles like "1999" with Troye Sivan, "Blame It on Your Love" featuring Lizzo, and "Gone" with Christine and the Queens. "Cross You Out" featuring Sky Ferreira, "Warm" featuring Haim, "February 2017" featuring Clairo and Yaeji, and "2099" also featuring Sivan.

Year-end lists


Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Consequence of Sound	Top 50 Albums of 2019	30	^[3]
The Guardian	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	21	^[4]
NME	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	47	^[5]
Paste	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	42	^[6]
Stereogum	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	22	^[7]
Uproxx	The Best Albums of 2019	32	^[8]
Uproxx	The 35 Best Pop Albums of 2019	10	^[9]
Variety	The Best Albums of 2019	1	^[10]
Vice	The 100 Best Albums of 2019	10	^[11]

Commercial performance

Charli debuted at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart with sales of 4,177 combined units.^[12] It opened at number forty-two on the US Billboard 200 with sales of 13,200 album-equivalent units, of which 5,500 were pure album sales.^[13]

Track listing

Charli track listing
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Next Level Charli"	Cook	2:37
2.	"Gone" (with Christine and the Queens)	Cook Lotus IV Petitfrère^{[upper-roman 1]} Baseck^[a]	4:06
3.	"Cross You Out" (featuring Sky Ferreira)	Cook Lotus IV	3:28
4.	"1999" (with Troye Sivan)	Holter Peter Carlsson^[b]	3:09
5.	"Click" (featuring Kim Petras and Tommy Cash)	Cook Umru Brady Petitfrère^[a]	3:53
6.	"Warm" (featuring Haim)	Cook	3:45
7.	"Thoughts"	Cook	3:11
8.	"Blame It on Your Love" (featuring Lizzo)	Stargate Cook^[a] Keane^[a]	3:11
9.	"White Mercedes"	Andrew Watt Happy Perez Cook^[a]	3:23
10.	"Silver Cross"	Cook	3:28
11.	"I Don't Wanna Know"	Cook	3:05
12.	"Official"	Cook Keane Berger	3:04
13.	"Shake It" (featuring Big Freedia, Cupcakke, Brooke Candy, and Pabllo Vittar)	Cook Petitfrère	4:35
14.	"February 2017" (featuring Clairo and Yaeji)	Planet 1999 Cook	2:33
15.	"2099" (featuring Troye Sivan)	Cook Petitfrère	3:25
Total length:			50:53

Japanese bonus tracks^[14]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Gone" (Clarence Clarity remix) (with Christine and the Queens)	Cook Lotus IV Ö Baseck^[a] Clarence Clarity^[c]	3:51
17.	"Blame It on Your Love" (Kat Krazy remix) (featuring Lizzo)	Stargate Cook^[a] Keane^[a] Kat Krazy^[c]	2:30
18.	"1999" (Alphalove remix) (with Troye Sivan)	Holter Alphalove^[c]	3:55
Total length:			61:09

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
^{^[b]} signifies a vocal producer
^{^[c]} signifies a remix producer
Physical releases of Charli credit Troye Sivan as a featured artist instead of a co-lead artist on "1999".
"Next Level Charli" interpolates a section of "Selecta" by Mz. Bratt.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[15]

Musicians and vocals

Charli XCX – vocals
A. G. Cook – programming (1–3, 5–7, 9–16), backing vocals, synthesizers (12)
Christine and the Queens – vocals (tracks 2, 16)
Lotus IV – programming (2, 3, 16)
Nicolas Petitfrère^{[upper-roman 1]} – programming (2, 5, 13, 15, 16)
Sky Ferreira – additional vocals (3)
Troye Sivan – additional vocals (4, 15, 18)
Oscar Holter – programming, keyboards, bass, guitar (4, 18)
Kim Petras – additional vocals (5)
Tommy Cash – additional vocals (5)
Dylan Brady – soft synths, drum programming, harsh noise (5)
Umru – drum programming, vocal processing, bass, synth sound design, "vibes" (5)
Haim – additional vocals (6)
Lizzo – additional vocals (8, 17)
Mikkel Eriksen – all drums, guitar, piano, synths, programming (8, 17)
Tor Erik Hermansen – all drums, guitar, piano, synths, programming (8, 17)
Andrew Watt – keyboards, guitar, programming (9)
Happy Perez – keyboards, guitar, programming (9)
Chad Smith – drums (9)
Noonie Bao – backing vocals (12)
Finn Keane – backing vocals, guitar, programming (12)
Patrik Berger – synths, programming (12)
Big Freedia – additional vocals (13)
Cupcakke – additional vocals (13)
Brooke Candy – additional vocals (13)
Pabllo Vittar – additional vocals (13)
Clairo – additional vocals (14)
Yaeji – additional vocals (14)
Planet 1999 – drum programming, synths, bass (14)

Technical

Charli XCX – executive production
A. G. Cook – executive production, engineering (1, 5–7, 10–14)
Geoff Swan – mixing (1–3, 5–7, 10–16)
Şerban Ghenea – mixing (4, 9, 18)
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (8, 17)
John Hanes – mix engineering (4, 9)
Niko Battistini – mixing assistance (1–3, 5–7, 10–16)
Joe Burgess – mixing assistance (1–3, 5–7, 10–16)
Michael Freeman – mixing assistance (8, 17)
Matt Wolach – mixing assistance (8, 17)
Umru – engineering (5)
Aaron Joseph – engineering (5)
David Rodriguez – engineering (9)
Blake Mares – engineering (10)
Gethin Pearson – engineering (12)
Ben Lorio – engineering, recording for Big Freedia (13)
Nömak – engineering (13)
Planet 1999 – engineering (14)
Katherline Yaeji Lee – engineering (14)
Kourosh Poursalehi – engineering (15)
Sean Klein – engineering (15)
Stuart Hawkes – mastering (1–3, 5–15)
Randy Merrill – mastering (4)
Clarence Clarity – mastering (16)
AYA – mastering (17)
Kevin Grainger – mastering (18)
Lotus IV – recording for Sky Ferreira (3)
Noah Passovoy – vocal recording (4, 18)
Peter Carlsson – vocal recording, vocal production (4, 18)
Mikkel Eriksen – recording (8, 17)
Thomas Warren – recording (8, 17)
Oscar Schiller – recording for Brooke Candy (13)
Bastien Doremus – vocal engineering for Christine and the Queens (2, 16)
Tommy Cash – vocal engineering (5)
Oscar Holter – vocal production (4, 18)
Andrew "Schwifty" Luftman – production coordination (9)
Zvi "Angry Beard Man" Edelman – production coordination (9)
Sarah "Goodie Bag" Shelton – production coordination (9)
Drew "Grey Poupon" Salamunovich – production coordination (9)
Jeremy "Jboogs" Levin – production coordination (9)
David "Dsilb" Silberstain – production coordination (9)
Samantha Corrie "SamCor" Schulman – production coordination (9)

Design and artwork

Jed Skrzypczak – creative design
Ines Alpha – digital art

Charts

Chart performance for *Charli*
Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[17]	7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[18]	73
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[19]	55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[20]	54
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[21]	50
French Albums (SNEP)^[22]	92
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[23]	91
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[24]	21
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[25]	46
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[26]	86
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)^[27]	63
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[28]	26
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[29]	9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[30]	28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[31]	54
UK Albums (OCC)^[32]	14
US Billboard 200^[33]	42

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nicolas Petitfrère uses the stage names Ö and Nömak.^[16] As both stage names are credited on this release, his credits on this article are attributed to his real name for clarity.

References

↑ Maicki, Salvatore (19 September 2019). "Charli XCX is making space for the pop music we deserve". The Fader. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
↑ Briones, Isis (27 November 2019). "What Working On A Music Video With Charli XCX Is Actually Like". Forbes. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2019". Consequence of Sound. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
↑ "The 50 best albums of 2019: 11-50". The Guardian. 10 December 2019. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
↑ "The 50 best albums of 2019". NME. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". Paste (magazine). 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2019". Stereogum. 3 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
↑ "The Best Albums Of 2019". Uproxx. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
↑ "The Best Pop Albums Of 2019". Uproxx. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
↑ Aswad, Jem; Barker, Andrew; Willman, Chris (5 December 2019). "The Best Albums of 2019". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
↑ "The 100 Best Albums of 2019". Vice. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
↑ "Charts analysis: Sam Fender rockets to summit". Music Week. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
↑ "Report: Charli XCX's "Charli" Debuts With 5.5K US Sales, 13.2K Total US Units". Headline Planet. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
↑ "チャーリーXCX、最新アルバムの国内盤にはボートラ3曲が追加". Rolling Stone Japan (in Japanese). 7 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
↑ Charli (Media notes). Charli XCX. Asylum Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Moen, Matt (2 April 2019). "The French Producer Channeling Myspace-Era Blog House". Paper. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
↑ "Australiancharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Charli XCX – Charli" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Charli XCX – Charli" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Charli XCX – Charli" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
↑ "Charli XCX Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 38, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Charli XCX – Charli" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Charli XCX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019/9/23". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
↑ "チャーリーXCX". Oricon. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
↑ "Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
↑ "Charts.nz – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
↑ "Charli XCX Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

Other websites

Charli XCX Dissects Her Album, Track-By-Track, from Paper

[Nomak-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nicolas Petitfrère uses the stage names Ö and Nömak.^[16] As both stage names are credited on this release, his credits on this article are attributed to his real name for clarity.

[Fader-1] Maicki, Salvatore (19 September 2019). "Charli XCX is making space for the pop music we deserve". The Fader. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[forbes-3] Briones, Isis (27 November 2019). "What Working On A Music Video With Charli XCX Is Actually Like". Forbes. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[4] "Top 50 Albums of 2019". Consequence of Sound. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[5] "The 50 best albums of 2019: 11-50". The Guardian. 10 December 2019. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[6] "The 50 best albums of 2019". NME. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[7] "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". Paste (magazine). 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[8] "The 50 Best Albums Of 2019". Stereogum. 3 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[9] "The Best Albums Of 2019". Uproxx. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[10] "The Best Pop Albums Of 2019". Uproxx. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[11] Aswad, Jem; Barker, Andrew; Willman, Chris (5 December 2019). "The Best Albums of 2019". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[12] "The 100 Best Albums of 2019". Vice. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[13] "Charts analysis: Sam Fender rockets to summit". Music Week. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[14] "Report: Charli XCX's "Charli" Debuts With 5.5K US Sales, 13.2K Total US Units". Headline Planet. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[15] "チャーリーXCX、最新アルバムの国内盤にはボートラ3曲が追加". Rolling Stone Japan (in Japanese). 7 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

[booklet-16] Charli (Media notes). Charli XCX. Asylum Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[17] Moen, Matt (2 April 2019). "The French Producer Channeling Myspace-Era Blog House". Paper. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[ac_Australia_Charli_XCX-18] "Australiancharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[ac_Austria_Charli_XCX-19] "Austriancharts.at – Charli XCX – Charli" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

[ac_Flanders_Charli_XCX-20] "Ultratop.be – Charli XCX – Charli" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

[ac_Wallonia_Charli_XCX-21] "Ultratop.be – Charli XCX – Charli" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Charli_XCX-22] "Charli XCX Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

[23] "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 38, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[ac_Germany4_Charli_XCX-24] "Offiziellecharts.de – Charli XCX – Charli" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

[ac_Ireland2_Charli_XCX-25] "Irish-charts.com – Discography Charli XCX". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[26] "Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2019/9/23". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[27] "チャーリーXCX". Oricon. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[28] "Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

[ac_New_Zealand_Charli_XCX-29] "Charts.nz – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[ac_Scotland_-30] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[ac_Spain_Charli_XCX-31] "Spanishcharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

[ac_Switzerland_Charli_XCX-32] "Swisscharts.com – Charli XCX – Charli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

[ac_UK2_-33] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[ac_Billboard200_Charli_XCX-34] "Charli XCX Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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v t e Charli XCX
Discography Songs written Awards and nominations Live performances
Studio albums	True Romance Sucker Charli How I'm Feeling Now Crash Brat
Mixtapes	Super Ultra Number 1 Angel Pop 2
Soundtrack albums	Bottoms (with Leo Birenberg)
Extended plays	You're the One Vroom Vroom
Singles	"Nuclear Seasons" "You're the One" "You (Ha Ha Ha)" "SuperLove" "Boom Clap" "Break the Rules" "Doing It" "Famous" "After the Afterparty" "Boys" "Out of My Head" "5 in the Morning" "Focus" / "No Angel" "Girls Night Out" "1999" "Blame It on Your Love" "Dream Glow" "Gone" "White Mercedes" "Forever" "Claws" "I Finally Understand" "Spinning" "Good Ones" "New Shapes" "Beg for You" "Baby" "Hot in It" "Speed Drive" "In the City" "Von Dutch" "360" "Guess" "Apple"
Featured singles	"I Love It" "Fancy" "Drop That Kitty" "Crazy Crazy" "Dirty Sexy Money" "Girls" "Bitches" "Spicy" "Flash Pose" "Ringtone (remix)" "Out Out"
Promotional singles	"Vroom Vroom" "Unlock It" "Cross You Out" "2099" "Click"
Other songs	"3AM (Pull Up)" "911" (remix) "Girl, So Confusing"
Concert tours	Girl Power North America Tour Charli and Jack Do America Tour (with Bleachers) Charli Live Tour Crash the Live Tour Sweat (with Troye Sivan)
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