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''Hollywood's Bleeding'' is the third studio album by the American rapper
Post Malone Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His music blends various genres including hip-hop, Pop music, pop, Contemporary R&B, R&B, Tra ...
. It was released on September 6, 2019, by
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. The album features guest appearances from
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,
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, Halsey,
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,
Lil Baby Dominique Armani Jones (born December 3, 1994), known professionally as Lil Baby, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence following the release of his 2017 mixtapes ''Harder than Hard'' and ''Too Hard'' — the for ...
,
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,
Travis Scott Jacques Bermon Webster III (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Scott has had five number-one hits on the U.S. ''Bil ...
,
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,
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, and
Young Thug Jeffery Lamar Williams II (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug, is an American rapper. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, he is considered an influential figure in modern hip hop music, hip hop and trap music ...
. The production was handled mainly by
Louis Bell Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes production for Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 5 Seconds of Summer, ...
, with contributions by Andrew Watt,
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, Brian Lee, Carter Lang,
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,
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,
Frank Dukes Adam King Feeney (born September 12, 1983), better known as Ging and by his former stage name Frank Dukes, is a Canadian musician, record producer, and songwriter. A prolific producer, he has worked with artists including Lorde for ''Melodrama'' ...
, and Malone himself, among others. ''Hollywood's Bleeding'' received generally positive reviews and debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200. It is Malone's second US number-one album, and it was supported by six singles: " Wow", " Goodbyes", "
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", " Enemies", "
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", and " Take What You Want". The first three singles peaked at number two, three, and one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively. The album also includes the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single, "
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", a collaboration with American rapper Swae Lee, from the ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' soundtrack. It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards.


Background

On June 5, 2018, six weeks after the release of his second studio album ''
Beerbongs & Bentleys ''Beerbongs & Bentleys'' is the second studio album by the American rapper Post Malone. It was released by Republic Records on April 27, 2018. The album features guest appearances from Swae Lee, 21 Savage, Ty Dolla Sign, Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy, and ...
'', it was reported that Post Malone was working on his third studio album. That November, Malone stated that he was "trying to put out a new body of work" before the end of the year, but only released the single " Wow" in that time. On July 28, 2019, Malone shared that he had finished recording his upcoming third studio album, describing it as "pretty goddamn out of sight".


Promotion


Singles

The album's lead single, "Wow", was released on December 24, 2018, one day before Christmas. The song was produced by
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and
Frank Dukes Adam King Feeney (born September 12, 1983), better known as Ging and by his former stage name Frank Dukes, is a Canadian musician, record producer, and songwriter. A prolific producer, he has worked with artists including Lorde for ''Melodrama'' ...
. It peaked at number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album's second single, " Goodbyes" featuring
Young Thug Jeffery Lamar Williams II (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug, is an American rapper. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, he is considered an influential figure in modern hip hop music, hip hop and trap music ...
, was released on July 5, 2019, one day after Malone's birthday. The song was produced by Brian Lee and Louis Bell. It peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album's third single, "
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", was released for digital download on August 30, 2019. It was later sent to
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on September 3, 2019. The song was produced by Malone himself, Louis Bell, and Frank Dukes. It peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. " Enemies" featuring
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, was sent to
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radio on September 17, 2019, as the album's fourth single. It peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "
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" was sent to
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on September 24, 2019, as the album's fifth single. It peaked at number 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. " Take What You Want" featuring
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and
Travis Scott Jacques Bermon Webster III (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Scott has had five number-one hits on the U.S. ''Bil ...
, was sent to contemporary hit radio on October 15, 2019, as the album's sixth single. It peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.


Other songs

A music video for the track "
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" was released on September 11, 2019. The song peaked at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Halsey released her own solo version of the album's seventh track, " Die for Me" in February 2023.


Tour

To further promote the album, Post announced the Runaway Tour with
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and
Tyla Yaweh Tyler Jamal Brown (born May 31, 1995), known professionally as Tyla Yaweh, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He was discovered by singer Post Malone and led to sign with his manager, Dre London's London Entertainment, an imprint of ...
joining as the opening acts. The tour had two North American legs, and began September 14, 2019, in
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and concluded March 12, 2020, in Denver.


Critical reception

''Hollywood's Bleeding'' was met with generally positive reviews. At
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, which assigns a
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rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an
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score of 79, based on 10 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.9 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Danny Wright of ''
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'' gave the album a positive review, saying "he's able to skillfully cherry pick from different genres ...But Post Malone is the post everything star the kids have called for, a musician made for the internet-age; a goofball chameleon instinctively skilled at understanding the ways genres can merge together. These are albums made as playlists that skip seamlessly between styles". Reviewing the album for ''
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'', A. D. Amorosi said the album was a blend of "
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and modern soft
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" and that Malone gives the album a "refined trap-pop vibe". Neil Z. Yeung of
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saying "More well-executed than his previous releases and undeniably catchy, ''Hollywood's Bleeding'' is a huge step forward for the guarded superstar, one that doesn't sacrifice the essential elements that made him such a surprise hitmaker, and pushes him even further into the pop-savvy landscape where he belongs". Writing for ''
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'', Mikael Wood stated, "Unlike ''
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'' and ''Beerbongs & Bentleys'', this album feels composed of discrete stylistic exercises; no longer is he boiling down rap and rock and a little bit of country into a kind of smearable paste". ''
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''s critic Nick Catucci said, "Post Malone curates as much as he creates, and there's not a misplaced feature among the 10 spread across seven of these tracks". Dan Weiss of '' Consequence'' wrote, "''Hollywood's Bleeding'' is immediately Post Malone's most listenable work and may well be the catchiest album you hear in 2019, and that includes
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". Daniel Spielberger of ''
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'' said, "Besides a few questionable features, there's nothing offensive or particularly bad about ''Hollywood's Bleeding''. It's just Malone playing it safe and betting on the likelihood that the streaming algorithms will reward him once again". Jason Greene from ''
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'' stated, "When he's not wasting time trying to glower, he proves himself surprisingly versatile. ... There are a lot of guests on ''Hollywood's Bleeding'', and all of them sound engaged".


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Industry awards


Commercial performance

''Hollywood's Bleeding'' debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 489,000
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s, of which 200,000 were pure album sales, giving Post Malone his second US number-one album. It also marks the second-biggest week of 2019 for an album only behind Taylor Swift's '' Lover'', and biggest in terms of streams. By the end of 2019 the album had sold 357,000 pure copies out of a sales total of 3.001 million combined units. ''Hollywood's Bleeding'' was the sixth best selling album of 2020 with 1.895 million album-equivalent units in the United States.


Track listing

Notes * "Wow" is stylized as "Wow."


Personnel

Musicians *
Post Malone Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His music blends various genres including hip-hop, Pop music, pop, Contemporary R&B, R&B, Tra ...
– lead vocals (all tracks) *
Kaan Güneşberk Kaan Güneşberk, commonly anglicized Kaan Gunesberk, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and composer. He is best known as a close collaborator of producer Frank Dukes, with whom he has penned hits for Post Malone (" Better Now," "Circles") and C ...
– programming, all instruments (tracks 5, 6) * Anthoine Walters – background vocals (track 13) *
BloodPop Michael Tucker (born August 15, 1990), known professionally as BloodPop (stylized as BloodPop®), is an American musician, record producer, songwriter, and gaming executive. Life and early career Tucker was born in Kansas City, Missouri, Uni ...
– background vocals (track 17) Technical *
Louis Bell Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes production for Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 5 Seconds of Summer, ...
– recording (all tracks), vocal production (all tracks) * Simon Todkill – recording (track 4) * Paul LaMalfa – recording (tracks 7, 9) * Anthony Cruz – recording (tracks 8, 10) * A. Bainz – recording (track 14) * Shaan Singh – recording (track 14) * Dave Rowland – recording (track 15) *
Manny Marroquin Manny Marroquin (born September 21, 1971) is a Guatemalan-American record mixing engineer. He has been credited on albums for high-profile pop, R&B, hip hop and rock acts. He has worked with artists including Rihanna, Kanye West, Katy Perry ...
– mixing (all tracks) * Chris Galland – mixing assistance (all tracks) * Robin Florent – mixing assistance (all tracks) * Scott Desmarais – mixing assistance (all tracks) * Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistance (all tracks) *
Mike Bozzi Mike Bozzi is an American mastering engineer at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, California. He won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for mastering Childish Gambino's " This Is America", and is a six-time nominee for the Grammy Award fo ...
– mastering (all tracks)


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


References

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