Climate Change (album)


Climate Change is the tenth studio album by rapper and songwriter Pitbull. It was released on March 17, 2017. through RCA Records, Polo Grounds Music and Mr. 305 Inc. It features Kiesza, Robin Thicke, Travis Barker, Flo Rida, Enrique Iglesias, Stephen Marley, Ty Dolla Sign, Jennifer Lopez, Ape Drums, Steven A. Clark, Jason Derulo, and LunchMoney Lewis.

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 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.

Commercial performance

Climate Change debuted at number 29 on the Billboard 200 with 14,000 units scanned.

Singles

"Messin' Around" featuring Enrique Iglesias 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 Vevo account. It peaked at number sixty-four in the United States.
On July 25, 2016, Pitbull released "Greenlight" featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis as the album's second single. Its music video was released on August 19, 2016.
"Options" featuring Stephen Marley 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 WWE WrestleMania 33.
On March 17, 2017, Pitbull released "Better On Me" featuring Ty Dolla Sign 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 Robin Thicke, Joe Perry and Travis Barker was released on February 14, 2016 and was performed the following night as the closing number to the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. 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".

Track listing

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