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) is the third studio album by American rapper French Montana. It was released on December 6, 2019 through Epic Records, Bad Boy, Coke Boys and Montana Entertainment. The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including

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and

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among others. The album also features guest appearances by

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, Swae Lee,

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, Cardi B, Chris Brown,

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and many others. ''Montana'' was supported by seven singles: " No Stylist", "

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", "Wiggle It", "Suicide Doors", " Writing on the Wall", "Twisted" and "Out of Your Mind". It also includes the singles " Lockjaw" featuring

and " No Shopping" featuring Drake, which were previously released on Montana's 2016 mixtape '' MC4''. The album received mixed reviews from music critics and poor commercial performance. It debuted at number 25 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 25,000

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s in its first week.

Promotion

French Montana shared a trailer for the album directed by Kid Art, which features him "surrounded by a line of women in thigh-high red boots and dark

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Commercial performance

''Montana'' debuted at number 25 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 25,000

s (including 6,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. This became Montana's lowest first week sales and lowest charting album to date. On December 5, 2019, the album was certified

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by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. * Mixx – recording * ADHD – recording * Jaycen Joshua – mixing * Jacob Richards – mixing , mixing assistant , engineering assistant * Rashawn McLean – mixing , mixing assistant , engineering assistant * Mike Seaberg – mixing , mixing assistant , engineering assistant * John Sparkz – mixing * Colin Leonard – mastering * Tommy Tee – writer

Charts

Certifications

References

2019 albums French Montana albums Albums produced by Cardo Albums produced by Cool & Dre Albums produced by Harry Fraud Albums produced by Juicy J Albums produced by London on da Track Albums produced by Louis Bell Albums produced by Murda Beatz {{2010s-album-stub