''World War Joy'' is the third studio album by American DJ and production duo

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. It was released on December 6, 2019, under Disruptor and

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. The album features collaborations with

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, Bülow and 5 Seconds of Summer. World War Joy, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart.

Background

On February 7, 2019, The Chainsmokers released the album's lead single "

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", featuring Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer. In an interview with ''

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'' on March 27, 2019, they announced plans to release a new album, ''World War Joy'', in 2019. The second single from the album, titled "Kills You Slowly", was released on March 29, 2019. The third single from the album, "Do You Mean", featuring

and Bülow, was released on April 26, 2019. The fourth single from the album, "

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", featuring

, was released on May 31, 2019. On July 17, the Chainsmokers revealed the title "

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", the next single, a collaboration with

featuring

, which was released on July 24, 2019 as the fifth single of both ''World War Joy'' and Illenium's third album, ''

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''. On September 25, while performing in

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, the duo premiered a new unreleased song from the album called "

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", " P.S. I Hope You're Happy", "See the Way", and " The Reaper" were released as the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth singles from the album.

Commercial performance

The album debuted and peaked at number 65 on the ''Billboard'' 200, however it debuted atop Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart with 14,000 equivalent album units, including 2,000 from traditional album sales, according to Nielsen Music.

Track listing

Adapted from

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. Notes * signifies a co-producer * signifies an additional producer * signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal. * Adam Alpert – executive production * Alex Pall – production , songwriting * Andrew Jackson – songwriting, background vocals * Andrew Taggart – production , songwriting , vocals , backing vocals * Talay Riley – songwriting , background vocals *

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– vocals , songwriting *

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– vocals , songwriting *

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– vocals , songwriting * Michael Clifford – vocals , songwriting * Andrew Watt – production *

— vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Tour

In support of the album, the duo embarked on the ''World War Joy Tour'' in fall 2019 alongside Australian band, 5 Seconds of Summer and Canadian musician

. This tour was different from their previous shows since they are playing a fully live show, and not a hybrid DJ set/live show like the Memories...Do Not Open Tour and some of their festival performances. Matt McGuire returned as drummer as well as serving as music director. The tour took place across various arenas in 41 North American cities.

References

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