Cuz I Love You
Cuz I Love You is the third studio album and major label debut studio album by American rapper and singer Lizzo. It was released through Nice Life and Atlantic Records on April 19, 2019.[2] The album features guest appearances from fellow American rappers Missy Elliott and Gucci Mane. It spawned the single "Juice" and the promotional single "Tempo", the latter of which is a collaboration with Elliott. The deluxe edition of the album was released on May 3 and includes the Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Truth Hurts". The deluxe edition was nominated for Album of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, and won Best Urban Contemporary Album.
For the single by Slade, see Coz I Luv You. For the title track, see Cuz I Love You (song).Cuz I Love You
April 19, 2019
August 2016 – July 2018
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- Sweater Beats
- Dan Farber
- Lizzo
- Nate Mercereau
- Oak
- Ricky Reed
- Mike Sabath
- Trevorious
- Tobias Wincorn
- X Ambassadors
Background[edit]
The album is Lizzo's first release since her 2016 Coconut Oil EP.[3] Lizzo stated at the album preview party at the Crazy Girls strip club in Hollywood on January 30 that she had been working on the album for three years. She also previewed a collaboration with Missy Elliott titled "Tempo" that appeared on the album.[4] Along with the lead single "Juice", the album includes the "empowering dance track" "Like a Girl" and a song dedicated to an ex titled "Jerome".[4]
Promotion[edit]
Lizzo announced the album in January 2019, and on February 13, shared the album's cover art, on which she appears nude. Paper called the cover a "stunning glow-up, and a transformation for Lizzo", going on to say that "Fat, and especially fat and Black bodies are rarely treated with such care by photographers, let alone on album covers that will sit on Target and Walmart shelves."[5]
The album was supported by two concert tours: Cuz I Love You Tour (2019) and Cuz I Love You Too Tour (2019-2020).
Commercial performance[edit]
Cuz I Love You debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 with 41,000 album-equivalent units, of which 24,000 were pure album sales. It was Lizzo's first album to chart on the Billboard 200.[50] It then repeaked at number six on the charting week ending on June 27, 2019. It has stayed in the top 10 for 15 weeks after its release. The album peaked number 4 in its 19th week on the chart dated September 7, 2019.[51][52]