''Climate Change'' is the tenth studio album by

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recording artist Pitbull. It was released on March 17, 2017, through

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and Mr. 305 Inc. The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including

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and

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among others. The album also features

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s by

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and R. Kelly among others. ''Climate Change'' was supported by four

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: " Messin' Around", "

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", "Options" and "Better On Me". The album received generally positive reviews from

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but despite that received small commercial success. The album debuted at number 29 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 14,000

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s in its first week.

Background

Despite the delay of release date, Pitbull announced the album would be released on March 17, 2017, on Twitter. "Can't Have", "Options" and "Greenlight" were released as singles off the album. In October 2016, he said "As of right now, we’re looking at 2017, but you never know. Album (release dates) always change. Right now we’re working on two records in the thirteenth hour with very, very interesting features that will also be part of Climate Change". A world tour for the album was scheduled to kick off in Asia for a 10 concert run, but was cancelled at the last minute. IME stated on May 11, 2017 "We are extremely sorry to announce that Pitbull’s Climate Change Tour in Asia has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts." to address the cancellation of the tour.

Singles

" Messin' Around" featuring

was released on April 8, 2016 as the lead single of the album. On May 25, 2016, Pitbull uploaded the music video for "Messin' Around" on his YouTube and

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account. It peaked at number sixty-four in the United States. On July 25, 2016, Pitbull released "

" featuring

and

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as the album's second single. Its music video was released on August 19, 2016. "Options" featuring

was released on February 17, 2017, as the third single from the album. Its official music video was uploaded on Pitbull's Vevo on March 17, 2017, the same date as the album's release. The two also performed the song live at

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. On March 17, 2017, Pitbull released "Better On Me" featuring

as the album's release accompanying single. Its music video was released on January 12, 2018.

Promotional singles

"Freedom" was released on January 8, 2016. The official music video was uploaded to Pitbull's Vevo on February 10, 2016. "Bad Man" featuring

, Joe Perry and

was released on February 14, 2016, and was performed the following night as the closing number to the

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. The official music video was uploaded to Pitbull's VEVO channel on April 20, 2017.

Other songs

"FREE.K" was released on October 23, 2015. It was intended to be included in ''Climate Change'', but it didn't make the final cut for the standard edition. However, the song was included on the Japanese release of the album under the title "Freak". "Educate Ya" serves as track 9 to the album which features vocals from American singer-songwriter

. "Dedicated" serves as track 11 to the album which features vocals from American singers R. Kelly and

Commercial performance

''Climate Change'' debuted at number 29 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 14,000

s (including 11,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week. The album also debuted at number 12 on the US

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chart.

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-producer * signifies an additional producer * "We Are Strong" featuring

interpolates "

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", written by Michael Chapman and Holly Erlander, and performed by

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. * " Messin' Around" with

interpolates "

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" by

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. * "Freedom" interpolates " I'm Free" by

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. * "Sexy Body" with

interpolates " Dat Sexy Body" by Sacha. Featured Artists *

, track 1 *

, track 2 * Joe Perry, track 2 *

, track 2 *

, track 3 *

, track 4 *

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, track 5 *

, track 6 *

, track 8 *

, track 9 *

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, track 10 * R. Kelly, track 11 *

, track 11 * Steven A. Clark, track 12 *

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, track 12

Charts

References

External links

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