''Ascend'' (stylised as ''ASCEND'') is the third studio album by American DJ and producer Illenium, released on August 16, 2019, through Astralwerks, making it his major-label debut and his only album on the label. The album features six singles.

Background

Consisting of 17 songs, the album includes six previously released singles, "Take You Down", " Crashing", "Pray", "

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", " Takeaway", and "Blood". On his social media accounts, he announced the release date of the album and the following tour on June 12.

Promotion

*The first single " Take You Down" was released on August 3, 2018. The song brought forth the

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problem Illenium previously had. *The second single " Crashing", featuring Bahari, was released on January 25, 2019. *The third single "Pray", featuring

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, was released on March 22, 2019. *The fourth single "

", with Jon Bellion, was released on May 13, 2019. *The fifth single " Takeaway", with

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and featuring Lennon Stella, was released on July 24, 2019. *The sixth and last single before the album release "Blood", featuring Foy Vance, was released on August 2, 2019.

Critical reception

Accolades

Track listing

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

Background

Promotion

Critical reception

Accolades

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References