''Collage'' is the second
extended play
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The Chainsmokers
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. It was released on November 4, 2016, through
Disruptor Records
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and
Columbia Records
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.
Singles
"
Don't Let Me Down" was released as the lead single on February 5, 2016. The song features American singer
Daya and peaked at number three on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100, and became the duo's second top ten single, the first being "
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", featuring Swedish singer Charlee Nyman, was released as the second single on April 1, 2016. Since its release, it has peaked at number 13 on the US
Hot Dance/Electronic Songs
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chart.
"
Closer", featuring singer
Halsey, was released as the third single on July 29, 2016. The song entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number nine; it became the Chainsmokers' third top ten single. Two weeks later, the song peaked atop the chart. It was both the Chainsmokers' and Halsey's first number one single, topping the chart for twelve consecutive weeks, becoming
the longest-running number-one single in 2016 in the US.
"
All We Know
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", which features
Phoebe Ryan
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, was released as the fourth single from the EP on September 29, 2016. It was dubbed by some critics as "a sequel to 'Closer'". The song peaked at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.
"
Setting Fires" was released as a single the same day of the release of the EP. The song features the vocals of American
electronic music
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duo
XYLO. It peaked at number 71 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.
Critical reception
''Collage'' garnered a very negative 3.5-out-of-ten review from ''
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'' writer Kevin Lozano, who described it as "essentially an accretion of trends" and "a packet of market research."
[Lozano, Kevin (November 9, 2016)]
"The Chainsmokers: Collage"
''Pitchfork
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''. Conde Nast
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Commercial performance
''Collage'' debuted at number six on the US
''Billboard'' 200 on the chart dated November 26, 2016, with 39,000
album-equivalent unit
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s, of which 9,000 were pure album sales.
As of December 31, 2016, the EP has sold 1,000,000 album-equivalent units in the United States.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2016 EPs
Dance music EPs
The Chainsmokers albums