East Atlanta Love Letter
East Atlanta Love Letter is the second studio album by American singer 6lack. It was released on September 14, 2018 by LVRN and Interscope Records. This is the follow-up to his 2016 release, Free 6lack. The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including T-Minus, Cardiak, Joel Little and Bizness Boi among others. The album also features guest appearances from Future, J. Cole, Offset and Khalid.
East Atlanta Love Letter
September 14, 2018
- The Post Office, Toronto, Ontario
- No Excuses, Santa Monica, California
- Butter Music + Sound, Venice, California
- The Village, Los Angeles, California
- Fireside Sound, Los Angeles, California
- Perfect Sound, Los Angeles, California
- LVRN, Atlanta, Georgia
- OTR, Montreal, Quebec
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- Yakob
- Bizness Boi
- Stwo
- Bobby Johnson Cardiak
- Daniel Cartisano
- Dave Bayley
- DJDS
- Ekzakt
- Fwdslxsh
- Gravez
- Harry Edwards
- Joel Little
- Lucian Blomkamp
- Onlyxne
- Pink Skies
- Prep Bijan
- T-Minus
East Atlanta Love Letter was supported by two singles: "Switch" and "Nonchalant".[2] The album received positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 77,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[3] The album was also certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in December 2020.[4]
Promotion[edit]
The first single from the album, "Switch", was released on June 22, 2018.[10] The music video for "Switch" was released on July 16, 2018.[11] "Nonchalant" was released as the album's second single on August 17, 2018, with its accompanying music video.[12][13]
For further promotion of the album, 6lack started a tour in October 2018. He is joined by THEY., Boogie, Tierra Whack, Summer Walker, Deante' Hitchcock, and Ari Lennox.[14]
Commercial performance[edit]
East Atlanta Love Letter debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 77,000 album-equivalent units (including 20,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.[3] This became 6lack's first US top-ten debut and his highest-charting release in the US to date.[3] In its second week, the album dropped to number 12 on the chart, earning an additional 32,000 units.[29] On December 10, 2020, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.[4]
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