Shelby (album)

Shelby
Shelby
Studio album by Lil Skies
Released	February 28, 2019
Recorded	2017–2019
Genre	Hip hop; trap; emo rap;
Length	42:56
Label	All We Got; Atlantic;
Producer	Based1; CashMoneyAP; Cris Dinero; Cubeatz; Cvre; Danny Wolf; Dilip; Dru Armada; Ill Wayno; LNK; Mario Petersen; Menoh Beats; MVA Beats; Otxhello; Palazzo Beats; VinnyxProd; Yugi Boi;
Lil Skies chronology
Singles from Shelby
	"Name in the Sand"; Released: June 19, 2018; "I"; Released: March 1, 2019;

Shelby is the debut studio album by American rapper Lil Skies. It was released on February 28, 2019, by All We Got Entertainment and Atlantic Records. The album features guest appearances from Gucci Mane, Landon Cube, and Gunna. It peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200. The album is named after his mother. It serves as the follow-up to his breakthrough mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose (2018).^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Highsnobiety	3.5/5^[1]
HipHopDX	3.6/5^[2]

Background

Lil Skies dedicated the album to his mother, who appears in the album title and cover. It describes the hard times he has gone through with the help of his fans.

Release and promotion

On February 27, 2019, a day before the album was released, Lil Skies revealed the title and cover art of the album through Twitter.

Singles

On January 31, 2019, Skies released the lead single from the project, "Name in the Sand". On March 1, 2019, "I" was released as the second and final single along with the album, debuting at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting single of Skies' career.

Commercial performance

Shelby debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 54,000 album-equivalent units (including 6,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.^[4] This became Lil Skies' second US top-ten album on the chart, surpassing his debut mixtape and first project, Life of a Dark Rose (2018), which went at number 10 on the chart.^[4] The album also accumulated a total of 68.6 million on-demand audio streams that week.^[5] On January 21, 2021, the day before Skies released the follow-up to the album, his second studio album, Unbothered, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I"	Kimetrius Foose Miguel Curtidor Othello Houston Timothy Gomringer Kevin Gomringer	Danny Wolf Otxhello Cubeatz	3:01
2.	"Bad Girls" (featuring Gucci Mane)	Foose Radric Davis Curtidor Houston Dilip Venkatesh	Danny Wolf Otxhello Dilip	3:39
3.	"Breathe"	Foose Benjamin Sturdivant Vladislav Mokshin Pascal Punz	Based1 MVA Beats Palazzo Beats	2:34
4.	"Nowadays, Pt. 2" (featuring Landon Cube)	Foose Landon Cube Curtidor Venkatesh Daniel Rothenberg	Danny Wolf Dilip Yugi Boi	3:41
5.	"Flooded"	Foose Sturdivant Leon Krol Mario Petersen	Based1 LNK Petersen	1:55
6.	"Blue Strips"	Foose Sturdivant	Based1	3:27
7.	"Stop the Madness" (featuring Gunna)	Foose Sergio Kitchens Sturdivant Andrew Porter	Based1 Dru Armada	4:14
8.	"Ok 4 Now"	Foose Curtidor Houston	Danny Wolf Otxhello	2:44
9.	"When I'm Wasted"	Foose Alex Petit Rui Wen Pan Jun Ha Kim	CashMoneyAP VinnyxProd Cvre	3:21
10.	"Mansion"	Foose Cristian Maldonado	Cris Dinero	2:33
11.	"Through the Motions"	Foose Amin Elamin	Menoh Beats	3:10
12.	"Highs and Lows"	Foose Petit Dwayne Shippy	CashMoneyAP Ill Wayno	2:54
13.	"Name in the Sand"	Foose Elamin	Menoh Beats	2:48
14.	"No Rainy Days"	Foose Elamin	Menoh Beats	2:55
Total length:				42:56

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[7]	20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[8]	56
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[9]	57
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[10]	7
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[11]	11
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[12]	25
Latvian Albums (LAIPA)^[13]	3
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)^[14]	5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[15]	21
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16]	27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17]	93
UK Albums (OCC)^[18]	30
US Billboard 200^[19]	5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[20]	2
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)^[21]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)	Position
US Billboard 200^[22]	194
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[23]	81

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[24]	Gold	500,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Rindner, Grant (March 11, 2019). "Lil Skies – 'Shelby' Review". Highsnobiety. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
^ Giacomazzo, Bernadette (March 12, 2019). "Review: Lil Skies Is Cloudy With A Chance Of Greatness On 'Shelby'". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ Eustice, Kyle (March 11, 2019). "Hip Hop Album Sales: 2 Chainz's "Rap Or Go To The League" Makes Solid Top 5 Debut". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Keith Caulfield (March 10, 2019). "Hozier Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Wasteland, Baby!'". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ Kyle Eustice (March 11, 2019). "Hip Hop Album Sales: 2 Chainz's "Rap Or Go To The League" Makes Solid Top 5 Debut".
^ "Gold & Platinum – RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Lil Skies – Shelby". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Lil Skies – Shelby" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ "Ultratop.be – Lil Skies – Shelby" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Canadian Albums: March 16, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lil Skies – Shelby" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Lil Skies". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Mūzikas Patēriņa Tops/ 10. nedēļa" (in Latvian). LAIPA. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
^ "Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. March 8, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Lil Skies – Shelby". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Lil Skies – Shelby". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Billboard 200: March 16, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: March 16, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Lil Skies Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^ "American album certifications – Lil Skies – Shelby". Recording Industry Association of America. January 21, 2021.

[1] Rindner, Grant (March 11, 2019). "Lil Skies – 'Shelby' Review". Highsnobiety. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

[2] Giacomazzo, Bernadette (March 12, 2019). "Review: Lil Skies Is Cloudy With A Chance Of Greatness On 'Shelby'". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[3] Eustice, Kyle (March 11, 2019). "Hip Hop Album Sales: 2 Chainz's "Rap Or Go To The League" Makes Solid Top 5 Debut". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

[BB200-4] Keith Caulfield (March 10, 2019). "Hozier Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Wasteland, Baby!'". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

[5] Kyle Eustice (March 11, 2019). "Hip Hop Album Sales: 2 Chainz's "Rap Or Go To The League" Makes Solid Top 5 Debut".

[RIAA-6] "Gold & Platinum – RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

[ac_Australia_Lil_Skies-7] "Australiancharts.com – Lil Skies – Shelby". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[ac_Austria_Lil_Skies-8] "Austriancharts.at – Lil Skies – Shelby" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 14, 2019.

[ac_Flanders_Lil_Skies-9] "Ultratop.be – Lil Skies – Shelby" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[10] "Canadian Albums: March 16, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[ac_Netherlands_Lil_Skies-11] "Dutchcharts.nl – Lil Skies – Shelby" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[ac_Ireland2_Lil_Skies-12] "Irish-charts.com – Discography Lil Skies". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[13] "Mūzikas Patēriņa Tops/ 10. nedēļa" (in Latvian). LAIPA. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.

[14] "Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. March 8, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.

[15] "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[ac_Sweden_Lil_Skies-16] "Swedishcharts.com – Lil Skies – Shelby". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[ac_Switzerland_Lil_Skies-17] "Swisscharts.com – Lil Skies – Shelby". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[ac_UK2_-18] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[19] "Billboard 200: March 16, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[20] "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: March 16, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[ac_BillboardRap_Lil_Skies-21] "Lil Skies Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[22] "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2019.

[23] "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2019.

[United_StatesLil_SkiesShelbyalbumCertRef-24] "American album certifications – Lil Skies – Shelby". Recording Industry Association of America. January 21, 2021.

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