''El Dorado'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter

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. It was released on March 26, 2021, by Records, LLC and distributed by

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. It follows his debut extended play, ''Dropped Outta College'', which was released in late 2019. The album features guest appearances from

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, and

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. The album was certified Platinum by the

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in the

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in January 2024 for selling 1,000,000 units in the country.

Background

The album's title was confirmed by the singer in September 2020, while the album's lead single " Mood" reached its peak success. On March 15, 2021, he revealed the album's tracklist in a video. Four days later, he announced the album's release date along with revealing the cover art. That same day, he also teased a deluxe edition of the album by responding to a fan's comment on

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. He toured in support of the album; the El Dorado Tour began on November 2, 2021, and ended on January 27, 2022. A digital deluxe edition with five additional tracks was released on September 30, 2022. This issue of the album includes the remix of "Mood", featuring

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and

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. Additionally, it features collaborations performed by

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and

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Singles

The album was preceded by three singles. The lead single, "Mood", featuring Puerto Rican rapper

, was released on July 24, 2020, and would go on to achieve success on several charts worldwide. In September 2020, while the song was in the top 10 in both the United States and United Kingdom, 24kGoldn announced that an album would follow the single. The second single, "

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", featuring American rapper

, was released on December 4, 2020. The third single, "

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", was released on February 19, 2021. Following the release of the album, " Love or Lust" was sent to

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in Italy on April 23, 2021, as the album's fourth single. The following week, "

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", featuring American rapper

, was sent to

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radio in the United States on April 27, 2021, as the album's fifth single. Four new singles dropped in late 2021 and early 2022, prior to the album's deluxe reissue on September 30, 2022.

Critical reception

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'' described 24kGoldn and his emotion as "sunny as he can be sad", comparing his sounds to

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on "The Top" and

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on "

" and "Empty", the latter of which features American rapper and singer

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

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– guitar , bass , keyboards ,

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* Jace Jennings – drums *

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– background vocals *

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– drums * Blake Slatkin – guitar , bass , programming Technical * Golden Landis Von Jones –

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* Omer Fedi – executive producer * Dale Becker –

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– mastering engineer *

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–

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* Robin Florent – mixing engineer *

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– mixing engineer * John Hanes – mixing engineer * Hector Vega –

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* Fili Filizzola – engineer * Connor Hedge – engineer * Blake Slatkin – engineer ,

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* Ryan Adam Cantu – engineer, recording engineer * Donn Robb – recording engineer *

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– recording engineer * Jace Jennings – recording engineer * Ilya Salmanzadeh – recording engineer * Jeremie Inhaber – assistant engineer * Chris Galland – assistant engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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