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The New Classic

May 03, 2024

"Lady Patra" redirects here. For the singer sometimes known by that name, see Patra (singer).

The New Classic is the debut studio album by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. It was released on 21 April 2014 by Def Jam Recordings. Primarily a hip hop album, The New Classic features elements of EDM, dance-pop and trap in its production.[1]

The New Classic
Studio album by
Iggy Azalea
Released21 April 2014 (2014-04-21)
Recorded2012–2013
GenreHip hop
Length42:03
Label
Producer
Iggy Azalea chronology
TrapGold
(2012) 		The New Classic
(2014) 		Reclassified
(2014)
Iggy Azalea album chronology
The New Classic
(2014) 		In My Defense
(2019)
Singles from The New Classic
  1. "Work"
    Released: 17 March 2013
  2. "Bounce"
    Released: 27 May 2013
  3. "Change Your Life"
    Released: 12 September 2013
  4. "Fancy"
    Released: 17 February 2014
  5. "Black Widow"
    Released: 8 July 2014

The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 52,000 copies in the United States. The New Classic was the highest-charting female rap album since Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012) and the highest chart entry for a female rapper's debut album since Minaj's Pink Friday (2010) entered at number two. The album also moved up to number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums, making Azalea the first non-American female rapper to reach the summit of these charts.

The album produced five singles. "Work", "Bounce", and "Change Your Life" were released as the first three singles all of which attained commercial success on charts worldwide. The fourth single "Fancy" featuring British singer-songwriter Charli XCX was an international success, reaching the top five in Australia and the United Kingdom, and peaking at number one in New Zealand, the United States and Canada. The fifth single, "Black Widow" featuring British singer Rita Ora peaked at number 4 in the United Kingdom. It became Azalea's highest-charting single as a lead artist on that chart, and also peaked at number 3 in the United States, while receiving mixed reviews from music critics.

The New Classic won the Breakthrough Artist Release at the 2014's ARIA Music Awards and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album at the 2014 American Music Awards.[citation needed] The album also garnered Azalea four Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Fancy" and Best Rap Album at the 57th Grammy Awards. The New Classic was later reissued in a repackaged version, titled Reclassified. To promote the album, Azalea embarked on her first headlining concert tour, entitled The New Classic Tour.[2]

In August 2014, the album was certified Gold in Canada and in November 2014, it was also certified gold in Australia (Azalea's home country). In April 2016, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album was named the second most-streamed album of the year overall in the US, third in the UK and globally on commercial music streaming service Spotify in 2014. On 2 February 2015, it received a Platinum award from Universal Music Colombia. The New Classic also received a Platinum award from Universal Music Brazil, along with its repack Reclassified, on 8 November 2015.

Background edit

After releasing her first full-length project, a mixtape Ignorant Art (2011) and a music video for a song titled "Pu$$y" that went viral, Iggy Azalea found prominence in the music industry and went on to become both the first female and first non-American rapper selected for hip hop magazine XXL's annual Top 10 Freshman cover issue.[3] The major attention led to negotiations for a record deal with Interscope Records.[3] In December 2011, in an interview, Azalea revealed her debut album's title to be The New Classic and that she had hopes of releasing it in the first quarter of 2012.[4] She also stated she would be signing to a major record label "soon and once that's sorted out and I establish an over all sound and direction for the album, I will be able to know what artists would make for a dynamic collaboration".[4] Azalea later explained the concept behind her debut album's title: "I think people think of classic and they think of a Nas record or a Jay Z record or The Chronic, what makes something classic is when you hear it and you have that moment that is a time capsule. When I say 'The New Classic,' I just want to make records that give you that moment for fans that they can remember where they were when they heard it."[5]

I think some people think I'm like anti-label and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right. I'm anti being shot out of a rocket when you're not ready and the songs and image aren't there. I think labels are skipping on the whole development side of an artist so you have to do it yourself these days. I wasn't ready to make an album last year, but now we've taken our time with everything the timing feels right.

— Azalea, discussing her stance on signing to a major record label, Digital Spy.[6]

In January 2012, Azalea announced via Twitter, that she had struck a deal with Jimmy Iovine resulting in her being signed to Interscope Records.[7] Azalea went on to state: "Interscope, if you were wondering [...] Get used to me + jimmy smashing [shit], cause thats the plan".[8] However, in the following weeks she announced to MTV News, that American rapper T.I. had contacted her in relation to working with her as an executive producer of her upcoming album, although T.I. later stated it was Azalea who had asked him to be part of the record.[7] Both T.I. and Azalea discussed their encounter to MTV News, in which Azalea claimed that he reached out to work with her, and she "found a position for him", T.I. recalled their first conversation in which she told him "it's very smart of you to call me because I'm going to be smashing shit for quite some time".[7] In March 2012, T.I. announced he signed Iggy Azalea to Grand Hustle Records.[9][10] In May 2012, it was confirmed by T.I., on MTV's HipHopPov, that Azalea had not yet secured distribution for her deal with Grand Hustle Records, and was described by T.I. as a "free agent". It was later revealed in the interview that she was in negotiations with labels other than Interscope and possibly Def Jam (wherein Bu Thiam, whom of which originally placed a bid to sign her, is VP of A&R).[11] In an interview with Interview magazine, Azalea clarified her move from Interscope Records to Grand Hustle Records, she called the signing "very impersonal" feeling that she "was a product" and after meeting T.I. she felt that he cared and understood her as a rap artist rather than her commercial viability.[3] Azalea worried that if she was to make a mistake with her career that Interscope Records would not support her, and she felt that being signed to the label was for commercial reasons rather than artistic.[3]

On 13 February 2013, it was announced Azalea had signed a record deal with Mercury Records.[12] Despite announcing she was part of T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint, it was then confirmed that she had signed a deal with Island Def Jam Music Group, she announced via Twitter: "Hey world. I signed to island def jam. Iam now mercury UK/ island def jam USA awesome!!!!".[13] It was then stated that her deal with Interscope was never finalized and that she was only affiliated with Grand Hustle Records, and Azalea clarified her affiliation with the label saying: "That doesn't mean I'm not in Hustle Gang. Save it. Still in it. Still on the hustle gang album. Friendship doesn't require contracts".[13] Chris Anokute, a senior vice president of Island Def Jam, later welcomed her to the record label tweeting: "Congrats Iggy. You have a voice that needs to be heard. We got your back".[13] In an interview with Blare magazine, Azalea explained that Island Def Jam made her feel more confident as a musician, and she felt less pressure from them as a company.[14]

Recording and production edit

 
American rapper T.I., who is also Azalea's mentor, appears as a featured artist on the album.

In an interview with 16Bars.TV (released in 2013), Azalea revealed that although she is still signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint, he would no longer be executive producer of her debut album: "He's actually not, anymore," Azalea said when asked about T.I.'s role. "He was going to be, but originally...all the records that I had on Glory [EP] were supposed to be on The New Classic, and he executive produced what ended up being Glory."[15] Azalea said that artistically, both she and T.I. agreed that she needed to go in a different direction with her debut: "As I was making it, I felt like, 'This isn't The New Classic; this is something else. It's not the right sound.' Not that it sounded bad, but it wasn't what The New Classic is in my head. And he executive produced that, and that went good, it was an experience, but after, he said and I said, it's better if I just make my own music away [from him] because sometimes being around him, it influences the music I make to be a bit too much of a different sound, and so for that reason he's not going to be [executive producing]. But not because I don't love him, because I love him."[15] Azalea also said she would be working with producers such as Diplo, Steve Aoki and Flosstradamus on the album, which she said she began working with earlier in December.[15]

In February 2012, Azalea premiered a song titled "Picture Me Rollin", performing it in Los Angeles in Dim Mak Studio. The song, which was set to be included on the album, was produced by Canadian record producer Boi-1da.[16] In April 2012, Azalea revealed she had collaborated with R&B singer Trey Songz: "I did do a song with Trey Songz that's kind of unexpected," she told The Boombox. "The beat, and the way he sings, it's kind of different [from] his regular style. I'm going to put that out, probably before the album." The album, which at the time set to be an Interscope Records release, would represent her different sides: "Some stuff is very base-driven, stripped down, more southern-sounding. Then other stuff is more mood and closer to my ignorant [side]," shared Azalea. "I kind of like have two different zones. It's ratchet, then introspective, I guess. Those are the two sounds, and I'm trying to glue all the things together, and find things that will make it cohesive."[17]

In 2012, Azalea later mentioned the collaborations with Cee-Lo Green and Pusha T, would probably make it to the album's final track list.[18] She had also revealed hopes of a collaboration with Missy Elliott, stating: "working with her is definitely something that I'm going to try to do before I put The New Classic out."[19] Natalie Sims, whom Azalea had worked with in Atlanta before relocating to Los Angeles, abandoned the last four stops on a tour and flew over to Wales in December to help record the album.[20][21] Sims co-wrote the songs "Work", "Change Your Life", "Bounce", "Just Askin'", and "New Bitch".[20][21] Also in December, via her Twitter feed, Azalea revealed she would be remaking a song titled "Home Town Hatred", for the album.[22] Azalea also confirmed Tyga and Rita Ora, as possible features that will be included on the album.[23] On 13 March 2013, after she released the music video for the lead single "Work", it was reported Azalea was working on her debut album in the United Kingdom.[24]

Composition edit

During her headlining European tour in December, Azalea spoke on the album's composition: "It's going to be similar to TrapGold and that will be very electronic and high-energy but I'm gonna talk more about my story and where I'm from and things about myself because I never really say that, I don't tell you too much about me, it's kind of just talking a lot of shit. It's what I really do, like energy and dance... but I do wanna touch on who I am and tell my story because I feel like I have a really interesting story and a lot of people don't know that because a lot of people don't see the interviews and I would like to put it in my music that I've been waiting for the right time for something that I feel like people will hear in the right platform and I think it will be this album so the near future will just be trying to tell my story in that album next year."[25] In an interview with Billboard, released in August 2013, Azalea described the album as "fairly electronic, like moombahton mixed with hip hop".[26]

Release and promotion edit

On 27 September 2011, Azalea released her debut mixtape Ignorant Art, saying she made it "with the intent to make people question and redefine old ideals".[27] On 30 July 2012, she released a free extended play (EP) titled Glory.[28] On 27 January 2012, Azalea confirmed she had finally signed to Interscope Records and her debut album The New Classic, which would be released in June 2012, with a debut single (which preceding in March 2012).[29] On 11 October 2012, Azalea released her second mixtape, TrapGold. TrapGold features the new direction Azalea began to go with her music at the time.[30]

During January and February 2013, Azalea was the supporting act for British singer-songwriter Rita Ora's Radioactive Tour in the United Kingdom.[31] During March 2013, Azalea was the supporting act for American rapper Nas, on his Life Is Good concert tour in the United Kingdom. In June 2013, Azalea stated she had completed the album and it was set to be released in September 2013.[32] On 8 August 2013 Azalea unveiled the album's tentative track-listing, which included neither "Work" nor "Bounce".[33] During an October 2013 interview, Azalea talked about the album's release date:

The official date? [Fucked] if I know! It's done, it's so depressing to say this but it's the beginning of March, it's so far away but I just have to accept that. It was supposed to be October but obviously I'm going on tour with Beyoncé and they said I'm not allowed to put an album out while I'm on tour because I'll be trapped in Australia and I won't be able to do any TV appearances and I thought that's fair enough, that's three weeks and then they said 'You can't put an album out around Christmas time, that's a bad time' and I said 'What about January?' 'Well nobody gets back off holidays and then it's the Brit Awards, you can't release an album, it's terrible for marketing' which brings me to February. The marketing team gets to control me unfortunately, I don't get to control that.[34]

 
Azalea performing "Fuck Love" at the ACL Music Festival in October 2014

During October and November 2013, Azalea was the supporting act for American singer-songwriter Beyoncé's The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in Australia.[35][36] On 8 January 2014, in promotion for her album, Azalea released a freestyle over "Animal Noise", which was produced by EDM producer Bro Safari.[37] On 26 January 2014, during an interview at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, Azalea announced that The New Classic would be released on 14 April 2014.[38]

On 26 February 2014, in an interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106, Azalea spoke on her long-awaited and often-delayed album: "In a way I'm very glad that it has taken a long time, because I've had so many experiences and I really feel like the last two years have been fast-forwarded and I had just so many different things happen to me that's been a lot of great things to write about..."[39]

The album became available for pre-order 10 March 2014, along with an instant gratification track, "Fancy" or "Impossible Is Nothing", depending on the country.[40] The album was officially released on 21 April in the United Kingdom,[41] 22 April in the United States[42] and 25 April in Australia.[43]

Tour edit

Main article: The New Classic Tour

To promote the album, Azalea announced a 14-date North American tour kicking off on 23 April in Boston and stopping in major cities including Detroit, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, wrapping 22 May in Seattle. She also planned to tour festivals throughout the summer.[44]

Singles edit

Azalea released "Work", her commercial debut single on 17 March 2013. The song, produced by 1st Down and The Invisible Men, serves as the album's lead single.[45][46] It was described as a subdued trap-meets-snap tune about Azalea's peculiar coming-of-age as a model who came to America in her teens before trying her hand at rap ("no money / no family / 16 in the middle of Miami").[47] Commercially the song performed well, charting within the top twenty in the UK charts and within the top three of the UK R&B charts, as well as managing to chart in Australia, Ireland and Scotland. The music video for the song was shot in the last week of February 2013 and premiered 13 March 2013, on VEVO.[48] Directed by Jonas & François, the video "is all trailer park elegance, dive bar lap dances, and a bit of 'Bad Girls'-inspired ridin' around and/or gettin' it".[47] Azalea revealed the inspirations for the visuals included Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Tarantino's Death Proof and the music video for Outkast's "B.O.B.".[49] On 17 July 2013, MTV announced Azalea's "Work" video had been nominated for the "Artist To Watch" category at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.[50] In 2014, "Work" received a resurgence in popularity in the United States, following Azalea's simultaneous success with The New Classic, "Fancy" and "Problem".[51] It re-entered Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles at a position of number three on 10 May 2014,[52] before entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 88, and re-entering at a new peak of number 24 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs the week after.[53] "Work" also debuted at number 14 on Billboard Hot Rap Songs for the week ending 17 May 2014, marking Azalea's second top 20 hit on that chart.[54]

The second single released in anticipation of the album was "Bounce", which premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 26 April 2013.[55] The song was released via digital distribution on 27 May 2013.[56] The music video for "Bounce" was filmed in April 2013 in Mumbai and premiered 6 May 2013, on VEVO.[57][58] The video, which was directed by BRTHR Films, is Bollywood-themed.[59][60][61] "Bounce" served as the album's second single in Europe and Australia, while "Change Your Life", was released as the second single in North America. The song charted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. "Bounce" also received positive reviews from critics, who deemed it Azalea's most commercial song to date, "[Azalea] pairs the fiery raps for which she gained popularity with a club-friendly house beat that's the most commercial thing we've heard from her to date – more so even than the trappy 'Work.'"

In May 2013, in an interview with Rap-Up, after Azalea revealed she was no longer signed to Grand Hustle Records, she announced the album's third single would be titled "Change Your Life" and would feature T.I.[62] She also revealed the melodic song finds her singing for the first time.[62] "It's a big record," said Azalea of the single.[62] "I think it will be good to have T.I. on that single and just show that we're together, we're still family. It's definitely not me trying to make my silent exit from Hustle Gang."[62] "Change Your Life" premiered on BBC Radio 1Xtra on 19 August 2013. It was later released via digital distribution on 13 October.[63][citation needed] The song peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her highest-charting single on that chart at the time.[citation needed]

On 5 December 2013, an unfinished song by Azalea, which surfaced with the title "Leave It" and the tag "produced by DJ Mustard", was leaked online.[64][65][66] Azalea later revealed the song was in fact produced by The Invisible Men & The Arcade, who she collaborated with on the entire album.[67] On 5 February 2014, Azalea announced that she would be releasing a new single titled "Fancy", featuring English singer-songwriter Charli XCX, later that week.[68] The song was premiered on BBC Radio 1 Xtra at 7 pm GMT on 6 February 2014. After the song's premiere, it was revealed "Fancy" was the song that had leaked titled "Leave It".[citation needed] On 17 February 2014, the song was serviced to urban contemporary radio in the United Kingdom as the album's fourth single and became her highest-charting song to date.[69] Thanks to "Fancy" and "Problem", in which she is the featured artist, Azalea joined The Beatles as the only acts to rank at numbers one and two simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits.[70] Moreover, Azalea passes Lil' Kim as the female rapper with the longest-leading No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100[71] and moves into a tie for fifth place among lead women who have scored the longest commands on the Hot 100 this decade.[72]

On 26 February 2014, in an interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106, Azalea revealed that the next single from the album would be a song written by her and Katy Perry, featuring an undisclosed female artist,[39] who was later revealed to be Rita Ora on "Black Widow", when the official track-listing was unveiled on 10 March 2014.

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic56/100[73]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [74]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness)A−[75]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[76]
The Guardian     [1]
The Independent     [77]
NME     [78]
Q     [79]
Rolling Stone     [80]
Spin4/10[81]
USA Today    [82]

The New Classic received generally mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 56, based on 26 reviews.[73] Simon Vozick-Levinson of Rolling Stone said Azalea gives the songs "the kind of shamelessly poppy hooks that make Top 40 programmers giggle in delight and 'real hip-hop' heads shake theirs sadly. If this is the future, it's one strange place."[80] Tshepo Mokoena of The Guardian felt the album "barely resembles the west coast hip-hop Azalea idolised and imitated when developing her voice, and sits somewhere between EDM, dance-pop and trap music. Azalea can still spit out rapid-fire verses, but this album feels less forward-thinking than her 2011 Ignorant Art mixtape."[1] Spin magazine's Alfred Soto said he hears "few indications in The New Classic of ambition existing apart from the itch for celebrity".[81] Joe Sweeney from Slant Magazine said, "The New Classic mistakenly tries to frame Azalea as hip-hop's newest can't-miss egomaniac, focusing on the riches instead of the far more interesting rags";[83] the website later named The New Classic as one of the worst albums of 2014.[84] Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly found its high-quality singles overshadowed by "undercooked, overstudied 'urban radio' and 'EDM' filler",[76] while Q called Azalea a faux rebel who follows convention, despite an occasional catchy song.[79]

In a positive review for Cuepoint, Robert Christgau argued that while Azalea may never demonstrate a powerful, soulful, or attractively melodic delivery, her "striving Australian-Atlantan cadence" is original and carries every song.[75] He deemed The New Classic "plenty authentic – and damn good to boot" while dismissing Azalea's media naysayers: "predictably, the songs where she expresses wonderment that 'Impossible Is Nothing' are more relatable than the ones where she flaunts her liquid assets. But the ones where she pledges to keep on striving are more relatable than that, because striving is built into her flow itself. That's what her complexity is about."[85] Phil Johnson from The Independent called it "an instantly engaging showcase of the 23-year-old Aussie's talents – poppy without diluting her fierce-flowing charisma."[86] Kellan Miller of XXL said despite some poor songs near the end of the record, it is "a persuasive indicator that Iggy Azalea will be around for the long haul."[87]

Accolades edit

The New Classic was named one of the best hip-hop albums of the year by XXL on a list published on 30 June 2014, adding that "the album proved to a gang of skepts who doubted Iggy's controversial style from the start that she was more than capable of making hip-hop tracks with a pop appeal."[88] It was placed at number twenty-five on Digital Spy's top albums of 2014[89] and listed among Fuse's 40 best albums of 2014.[90] The album won the Breakthrough Artist Release award at the 2014 ARIA Music Awards[91] and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album at the 2014 American Music Awards, beating out Drake's Nothing Was the Same and Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2.[92] It received a nomination for Best Rap Album at the 57th Grammy Awards.[93] The album was also up for Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.[94]

Commercial performance edit

The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 52,000 copies in the United States. The New Classic was the highest-charting female rap album, since Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012) and the highest chart entry for a female rapper's debut album since Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday (2010) entered at number 2.[95][96] In its second week, the album sold 23,000 more copies.[97] The album also moved up to number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums, making Azalea the first non-American female rapper to reach the summit of these charts.[98][99] In its third week, it sold 15,000 more copies in the United States.[100] In its fourth week, the album sold 16,000 more copies.[101]

It re-entered the top forty on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending 28 December 2014, selling 10,000 more copies and bringing its annual total to 485,000 in the United States.[102][103] As of February 2015, it had crossed the 1.6 million track and streaming equivalent album sales mark in the US.[104] As of April 2015, The New Classic has sold 500,000 copies in the United States.[105] In April 2016, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

On 26 August 2014, the album was certified gold in Canada.[106] On 24 November 2014, it also received a Gold certification in Australia.[107] The album was named the second most-streamed album of the year overall in the US,[108] third in the UK and globally on commercial music streaming service Spotify in 2014.[109] On 2 February 2015, it received a Platinum award from Universal Music Colombia.[110] The New Classic also received a Platinum award from Universal Music Brazil, along with its repack Reclassified, on 8 November 2015.[111]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Walk the Line"
3:38
2."Don't Need Y'all"
  • Kelly
  • The Invisible Men
  • Turner
  • Jon Mills
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
3:33
3."100" (featuring Watch the Duck)
Watch the Duck4:09
4."Change Your Life" (featuring T.I.)
The Messengers3:40
5."Fancy" (featuring Charli XCX)
  • Kelly
  • Charli XCX
  • The Invisible Men
  • Turner
  • McKenzie
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
3:19
6."New Bitch"
  • Kelly
  • The Invisible Men
  • Sims
  • Joey Dyer
  • The Invisible Men
  • Dyer
3:37
7."Work"
3:43
8."Impossible Is Nothing"
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
3:10
9."Goddess"
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
3:10
10."Black Widow" (featuring Rita Ora)
Stargate3:29
11."Lady Patra" (featuring Mavado)
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
3:56
12."Fuck Love"
  • Kelly
  • Rock City
  • The Invisible Men
  • Turner
  • Mills
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
2:39
Total length:42:03
Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[112]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Bounce"
Reeva & Black2:47
14."Rolex"
  • Kelly
  • The Invisible Men
  • Turner
  • McKenzie
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
3:23
15."Just Askin'"
  • Kelly
  • The Invisible Men
  • Roberts
  • Sims
  • Ryan Woodcock
  • The Invisible Men
  • WoodysProduce
2:58
Total length:51:11
Signed Deluxe edition (digital bonus track)[113]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Fancy (Wiley Remix)" (featuring Charli XCX & Wiley)
  • Kelly
  • Charli XCX
  • The Invisible Men
  • Turner
  • McKenzie
  • Wiley
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
3:39
Total length:54:50
Best Buy deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[114]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Fancy" (GTA Remix) (featuring Charli XCX)
  • Kelly
  • Charli XCX
  • The Invisible Men
  • Turner
  • McKenzie
  • The Invisible Men
  • The Arcade
4:12
17."Bounce" (Jester Remix)
  • Kelly
  • Reeva & Black
  • Speedy Jay
  • Riley
  • Olatunji
  • Sims
Reeva & Black2:40

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from Tidal.[115]

Musicians

  • Iggy Azalea – vocals
  • The Invisible Men
    • George Astasio – keyboards (1, 5–8, 14), synthesizer programming (1, 2, 14, 15), drums (2, 9, 11, 12, 15), guitar (2, 9, 15), programming (5, 6, 9, 11, 12), bass (15)
    • Jason Pebworth – keyboards (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 12), piano (5, 7, 14), programming (5, 6, 9)
    • Jon Shave – keyboards (1, 2, 6, 8, 12, 14), synthesizer programming (1, 14, 15), guitar (2), programming (5–7, 9, 11), drums (15)
  • Kurtis McKenzie – keyboards (1, 5, 8, 14), synthesizer programming (1, 14), programming (5, 11), drums (11)
  • Jon Mills – drums (2, 9, 11, 12), guitar (2, 9), programming (2, 12), keyboards (12)
  • Watch the Duck – vocals (3)
  • Raja Kumari – background vocals (4)
  • Adam Messinger – programming (4)
  • Lovy Longomba – programming (4)
  • Clifford Harris – vocals (4)
  • Sean Momberger – keyboards, programming (5)
  • Charli XCX – vocals (5)
  • Tiffani Juno – background vocals (6)
  • Joey Dyer – keyboards (6), programming (6, 9)
  • Stargate – synthesizer programming (10)
  • Rita Ora – vocals (10)
  • Mavado – vocals (11)
  • Ms D – background vocals (13)
  • Ryan Woodcock – bass, drums, guitar, synthesizer programming (15)

Technical

  • Miles Showell – mastering engineer (1–3, 5–15)
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer (4)
  • Anthony Kilhoffer – mixer (1, 2, 5–9, 11–15)
  • Andrew Wuepper – mixer (3)
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixer (4)
  • Phil Tan – mixer (10)
  • Eric Weaver – engineer (1–3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14)
  • John Armstrong – engineer (5)
  • Daniel Zaidenstadt – engineer (10)
  • Fedda Weight – engineer (11)
  • Elliot Carter – recording engineer (4)
  • The Invisible Men – recording engineers (4, 5, 7, 13)
  • Mark Hadfield – recording engineer (13)
  • Mike Di Scala – recording engineer (13)
  • Kyle Ross – assistant mixer (1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15)
  • Josh Drucker – assistant mixer (3)
  • Daniela Rivera – assistant mixer (10)
  • Miles Walker – assistant mixer (10)
  • Sarah Stennett – executive producer
  • T.I. – executive producer

Design

  • Iggy Azalea – creative director
  • Brooke Nipar – cover photo
  • Chris Berdine – packaging

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[107] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[145] Gold 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[146] Silver 60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[147] Platinum 1,000,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

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Further reading edit

  • Christgau, Robert (2014). "Iggy Azalea's 'New Classic' Is Plenty Authentic – and Damn Good to Boot". Billboard. No. 16 September. New York.

External links edit

  • Official website

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Lady Patra redirects here For the singer sometimes known by that name see Patra singer The New Classic is the debut studio album by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea It was released on 21 April 2014 by Def Jam Recordings Primarily a hip hop album The New Classic features elements of EDM dance pop and trap in its production 1 The New ClassicStudio album by Iggy AzaleaReleased21 April 2014 2014 04 21 Recorded2012 2013GenreHip hopLength42 03LabelDef Jam Virgin EMIProducerFKi 1st The Arcade Joey Dyer The Invisible Men The Messengers Reeva amp Black Stargate Watch the DuckIggy Azalea chronologyTrapGold 2012 The New Classic 2014 Reclassified 2014 Iggy Azalea album chronologyThe New Classic 2014 In My Defense 2019 Singles from The New Classic Work Released 17 March 2013 Bounce Released 27 May 2013 Change Your Life Released 12 September 2013 Fancy Released 17 February 2014 Black Widow Released 8 July 2014 The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 52 000 copies in the United States The New Classic was the highest charting female rap album since Nicki Minaj s Pink Friday Roman Reloaded 2012 and the highest chart entry for a female rapper s debut album since Minaj s Pink Friday 2010 entered at number two The album also moved up to number one on the Billboard Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums making Azalea the first non American female rapper to reach the summit of these charts The album produced five singles Work Bounce and Change Your Life were released as the first three singles all of which attained commercial success on charts worldwide The fourth single Fancy featuring British singer songwriter Charli XCX was an international success reaching the top five in Australia and the United Kingdom and peaking at number one in New Zealand the United States and Canada The fifth single Black Widow featuring British singer Rita Ora peaked at number 4 in the United Kingdom It became Azalea s highest charting single as a lead artist on that chart and also peaked at number 3 in the United States while receiving mixed reviews from music critics The New Classic won the Breakthrough Artist Release at the 2014 s ARIA Music Awards and Favorite Rap Hip Hop Album at the 2014 American Music Awards citation needed The album also garnered Azalea four Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo Group Performance for Fancy and Best Rap Album at the 57th Grammy Awards The New Classic was later reissued in a repackaged version titled Reclassified To promote the album Azalea embarked on her first headlining concert tour entitled The New Classic Tour 2 In August 2014 the album was certified Gold in Canada and in November 2014 it was also certified gold in Australia Azalea s home country In April 2016 it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America The album was named the second most streamed album of the year overall in the US third in the UK and globally on commercial music streaming service Spotify in 2014 On 2 February 2015 it received a Platinum award from Universal Music Colombia The New Classic also received a Platinum award from Universal Music Brazil along with its repack Reclassified on 8 November 2015 Contents 1 Background 2 Recording and production 3 Composition 4 Release and promotion 4 1 Tour 5 Singles 6 Critical reception 6 1 Accolades 7 Commercial performance 8 Track listing 9 Personnel 10 Charts 10 1 Weekly charts 10 2 Year end charts 10 3 Decade end charts 11 Certifications 12 Release history 13 References 14 Further reading 15 External linksBackground editAfter releasing her first full length project a mixtape Ignorant Art 2011 and a music video for a song titled Pu y that went viral Iggy Azalea found prominence in the music industry and went on to become both the first female and first non American rapper selected for hip hop magazine XXL s annual Top 10 Freshman cover issue 3 The major attention led to negotiations for a record deal with Interscope Records 3 In December 2011 in an interview Azalea revealed her debut album s title to be The New Classic and that she had hopes of releasing it in the first quarter of 2012 4 She also stated she would be signing to a major record label soon and once that s sorted out and I establish an over all sound and direction for the album I will be able to know what artists would make for a dynamic collaboration 4 Azalea later explained the concept behind her debut album s title I think people think of classic and they think of a Nas record or a Jay Z record or The Chronic what makes something classic is when you hear it and you have that moment that is a time capsule When I say The New Classic I just want to make records that give you that moment for fans that they can remember where they were when they heard it 5 I think some people think I m like anti label and I m not I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right I m anti being shot out of a rocket when you re not ready and the songs and image aren t there I think labels are skipping on the whole development side of an artist so you have to do it yourself these days I wasn t ready to make an album last year but now we ve taken our time with everything the timing feels right Azalea discussing her stance on signing to a major record label Digital Spy 6 In January 2012 Azalea announced via Twitter that she had struck a deal with Jimmy Iovine resulting in her being signed to Interscope Records 7 Azalea went on to state Interscope if you were wondering Get used to me jimmy smashing shit cause thats the plan 8 However in the following weeks she announced to MTV News that American rapper T I had contacted her in relation to working with her as an executive producer of her upcoming album although T I later stated it was Azalea who had asked him to be part of the record 7 Both T I and Azalea discussed their encounter to MTV News in which Azalea claimed that he reached out to work with her and she found a position for him T I recalled their first conversation in which she told him it s very smart of you to call me because I m going to be smashing shit for quite some time 7 In March 2012 T I announced he signed Iggy Azalea to Grand Hustle Records 9 10 In May 2012 it was confirmed by T I on MTV s HipHopPov that Azalea had not yet secured distribution for her deal with Grand Hustle Records and was described by T I as a free agent It was later revealed in the interview that she was in negotiations with labels other than Interscope and possibly Def Jam wherein Bu Thiam whom of which originally placed a bid to sign her is VP of A amp R 11 In an interview with Interview magazine Azalea clarified her move from Interscope Records to Grand Hustle Records she called the signing very impersonal feeling that she was a product and after meeting T I she felt that he cared and understood her as a rap artist rather than her commercial viability 3 Azalea worried that if she was to make a mistake with her career that Interscope Records would not support her and she felt that being signed to the label was for commercial reasons rather than artistic 3 On 13 February 2013 it was announced Azalea had signed a record deal with Mercury Records 12 Despite announcing she was part of T I s Grand Hustle imprint it was then confirmed that she had signed a deal with Island Def Jam Music Group she announced via Twitter Hey world I signed to island def jam Iam now mercury UK island def jam USA awesome 13 It was then stated that her deal with Interscope was never finalized and that she was only affiliated with Grand Hustle Records and Azalea clarified her affiliation with the label saying That doesn t mean I m not in Hustle Gang Save it Still in it Still on the hustle gang album Friendship doesn t require contracts 13 Chris Anokute a senior vice president of Island Def Jam later welcomed her to the record label tweeting Congrats Iggy You have a voice that needs to be heard We got your back 13 In an interview with Blare magazine Azalea explained that Island Def Jam made her feel more confident as a musician and she felt less pressure from them as a company 14 Recording and production edit nbsp American rapper T I who is also Azalea s mentor appears as a featured artist on the album In an interview with 16Bars TV released in 2013 Azalea revealed that although she is still signed to T I s Grand Hustle imprint he would no longer be executive producer of her debut album He s actually not anymore Azalea said when asked about T I s role He was going to be but originally all the records that I had on Glory EP were supposed to be on The New Classic and he executive produced what ended up being Glory 15 Azalea said that artistically both she and T I agreed that she needed to go in a different direction with her debut As I was making it I felt like This isn t The New Classic this is something else It s not the right sound Not that it sounded bad but it wasn t what The New Classic is in my head And he executive produced that and that went good it was an experience but after he said and I said it s better if I just make my own music away from him because sometimes being around him it influences the music I make to be a bit too much of a different sound and so for that reason he s not going to be executive producing But not because I don t love him because I love him 15 Azalea also said she would be working with producers such as Diplo Steve Aoki and Flosstradamus on the album which she said she began working with earlier in December 15 In February 2012 Azalea premiered a song titled Picture Me Rollin performing it in Los Angeles in Dim Mak Studio The song which was set to be included on the album was produced by Canadian record producer Boi 1da 16 In April 2012 Azalea revealed she had collaborated with R amp B singer Trey Songz I did do a song with Trey Songz that s kind of unexpected she told The Boombox The beat and the way he sings it s kind of different from his regular style I m going to put that out probably before the album The album which at the time set to be an Interscope Records release would represent her different sides Some stuff is very base driven stripped down more southern sounding Then other stuff is more mood and closer to my ignorant side shared Azalea I kind of like have two different zones It s ratchet then introspective I guess Those are the two sounds and I m trying to glue all the things together and find things that will make it cohesive 17 In 2012 Azalea later mentioned the collaborations with Cee Lo Green and Pusha T would probably make it to the album s final track list 18 She had also revealed hopes of a collaboration with Missy Elliott stating working with her is definitely something that I m going to try to do before I put The New Classic out 19 Natalie Sims whom Azalea had worked with in Atlanta before relocating to Los Angeles abandoned the last four stops on a tour and flew over to Wales in December to help record the album 20 21 Sims co wrote the songs Work Change Your Life Bounce Just Askin and New Bitch 20 21 Also in December via her Twitter feed Azalea revealed she would be remaking a song titled Home Town Hatred for the album 22 Azalea also confirmed Tyga and Rita Ora as possible features that will be included on the album 23 On 13 March 2013 after she released the music video for the lead single Work it was reported Azalea was working on her debut album in the United Kingdom 24 Composition editDuring her headlining European tour in December Azalea spoke on the album s composition It s going to be similar to TrapGold and that will be very electronic and high energy but I m gonna talk more about my story and where I m from and things about myself because I never really say that I don t tell you too much about me it s kind of just talking a lot of shit It s what I really do like energy and dance but I do wanna touch on who I am and tell my story because I feel like I have a really interesting story and a lot of people don t know that because a lot of people don t see the interviews and I would like to put it in my music that I ve been waiting for the right time for something that I feel like people will hear in the right platform and I think it will be this album so the near future will just be trying to tell my story in that album next year 25 In an interview with Billboard released in August 2013 Azalea described the album as fairly electronic like moombahton mixed with hip hop 26 Release and promotion editOn 27 September 2011 Azalea released her debut mixtape Ignorant Art saying she made it with the intent to make people question and redefine old ideals 27 On 30 July 2012 she released a free extended play EP titled Glory 28 On 27 January 2012 Azalea confirmed she had finally signed to Interscope Records and her debut album The New Classic which would be released in June 2012 with a debut single which preceding in March 2012 29 On 11 October 2012 Azalea released her second mixtape TrapGold TrapGold features the new direction Azalea began to go with her music at the time 30 During January and February 2013 Azalea was the supporting act for British singer songwriter Rita Ora s Radioactive Tour in the United Kingdom 31 During March 2013 Azalea was the supporting act for American rapper Nas on his Life Is Good concert tour in the United Kingdom In June 2013 Azalea stated she had completed the album and it was set to be released in September 2013 32 On 8 August 2013 Azalea unveiled the album s tentative track listing which included neither Work nor Bounce 33 During an October 2013 interview Azalea talked about the album s release date The official date Fucked if I know It s done it s so depressing to say this but it s the beginning of March it s so far away but I just have to accept that It was supposed to be October but obviously I m going on tour with Beyonce and they said I m not allowed to put an album out while I m on tour because I ll be trapped in Australia and I won t be able to do any TV appearances and I thought that s fair enough that s three weeks and then they said You can t put an album out around Christmas time that s a bad time and I said What about January Well nobody gets back off holidays and then it s the Brit Awards you can t release an album it s terrible for marketing which brings me to February The marketing team gets to control me unfortunately I don t get to control that 34 nbsp Azalea performing Fuck Love at the ACL Music Festival in October 2014 During October and November 2013 Azalea was the supporting act for American singer songwriter Beyonce s The Mrs Carter Show World Tour in Australia 35 36 On 8 January 2014 in promotion for her album Azalea released a freestyle over Animal Noise which was produced by EDM producer Bro Safari 37 On 26 January 2014 during an interview at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards Azalea announced that The New Classic would be released on 14 April 2014 38 On 26 February 2014 in an interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106 Azalea spoke on her long awaited and often delayed album In a way I m very glad that it has taken a long time because I ve had so many experiences and I really feel like the last two years have been fast forwarded and I had just so many different things happen to me that s been a lot of great things to write about 39 The album became available for pre order 10 March 2014 along with an instant gratification track Fancy or Impossible Is Nothing depending on the country 40 The album was officially released on 21 April in the United Kingdom 41 22 April in the United States 42 and 25 April in Australia 43 Tour edit Main article The New Classic Tour To promote the album Azalea announced a 14 date North American tour kicking off on 23 April in Boston and stopping in major cities including Detroit Chicago New York Atlanta and Los Angeles wrapping 22 May in Seattle She also planned to tour festivals throughout the summer 44 Singles editAzalea released Work her commercial debut single on 17 March 2013 The song produced by 1st Down and The Invisible Men serves as the album s lead single 45 46 It was described as a subdued trap meets snap tune about Azalea s peculiar coming of age as a model who came to America in her teens before trying her hand at rap no money no family 16 in the middle of Miami 47 Commercially the song performed well charting within the top twenty in the UK charts and within the top three of the UK R amp B charts as well as managing to chart in Australia Ireland and Scotland The music video for the song was shot in the last week of February 2013 and premiered 13 March 2013 on VEVO 48 Directed by Jonas amp Francois the video is all trailer park elegance dive bar lap dances and a bit of Bad Girls inspired ridin around and or gettin it 47 Azalea revealed the inspirations for the visuals included Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert Tarantino s Death Proof and the music video for Outkast s B O B 49 On 17 July 2013 MTV announced Azalea s Work video had been nominated for the Artist To Watch category at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards 50 In 2014 Work received a resurgence in popularity in the United States following Azalea s simultaneous success with The New Classic Fancy and Problem 51 It re entered Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles at a position of number three on 10 May 2014 52 before entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 88 and re entering at a new peak of number 24 on Billboard Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs the week after 53 Work also debuted at number 14 on Billboard Hot Rap Songs for the week ending 17 May 2014 marking Azalea s second top 20 hit on that chart 54 The second single released in anticipation of the album was Bounce which premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 26 April 2013 55 The song was released via digital distribution on 27 May 2013 56 The music video for Bounce was filmed in April 2013 in Mumbai and premiered 6 May 2013 on VEVO 57 58 The video which was directed by BRTHR Films is Bollywood themed 59 60 61 Bounce served as the album s second single in Europe and Australia while Change Your Life was released as the second single in North America The song charted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart Bounce also received positive reviews from critics who deemed it Azalea s most commercial song to date Azalea pairs the fiery raps for which she gained popularity with a club friendly house beat that s the most commercial thing we ve heard from her to date more so even than the trappy Work In May 2013 in an interview with Rap Up after Azalea revealed she was no longer signed to Grand Hustle Records she announced the album s third single would be titled Change Your Life and would feature T I 62 She also revealed the melodic song finds her singing for the first time 62 It s a big record said Azalea of the single 62 I think it will be good to have T I on that single and just show that we re together we re still family It s definitely not me trying to make my silent exit from Hustle Gang 62 Change Your Life premiered on BBC Radio 1Xtra on 19 August 2013 It was later released via digital distribution on 13 October 63 citation needed The song peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart becoming her highest charting single on that chart at the time citation needed On 5 December 2013 an unfinished song by Azalea which surfaced with the title Leave It and the tag produced by DJ Mustard was leaked online 64 65 66 Azalea later revealed the song was in fact produced by The Invisible Men amp The Arcade who she collaborated with on the entire album 67 On 5 February 2014 Azalea announced that she would be releasing a new single titled Fancy featuring English singer songwriter Charli XCX later that week 68 The song was premiered on BBC Radio 1 Xtra at 7 pm GMT on 6 February 2014 After the song s premiere it was revealed Fancy was the song that had leaked titled Leave It citation needed On 17 February 2014 the song was serviced to urban contemporary radio in the United Kingdom as the album s fourth single and became her highest charting song to date 69 Thanks to Fancy and Problem in which she is the featured artist Azalea joined The Beatles as the only acts to rank at numbers one and two simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits 70 Moreover Azalea passes Lil Kim as the female rapper with the longest leading No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 71 and moves into a tie for fifth place among lead women who have scored the longest commands on the Hot 100 this decade 72 On 26 February 2014 in an interview with Los Angeles radio station Power 106 Azalea revealed that the next single from the album would be a song written by her and Katy Perry featuring an undisclosed female artist 39 who was later revealed to be Rita Ora on Black Widow when the official track listing was unveiled on 10 March 2014 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic56 100 73 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 74 Cuepoint Expert Witness A 75 Entertainment WeeklyB 76 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 77 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 78 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 79 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 80 Spin4 10 81 USA Today nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 82 The New Classic received generally mixed reviews from critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 56 based on 26 reviews 73 Simon Vozick Levinson of Rolling Stone said Azalea gives the songs the kind of shamelessly poppy hooks that make Top 40 programmers giggle in delight and real hip hop heads shake theirs sadly If this is the future it s one strange place 80 Tshepo Mokoena of The Guardian felt the album barely resembles the west coast hip hop Azalea idolised and imitated when developing her voice and sits somewhere between EDM dance pop and trap music Azalea can still spit out rapid fire verses but this album feels less forward thinking than her 2011 Ignorant Art mixtape 1 Spin magazine s Alfred Soto said he hears few indications in The New Classic of ambition existing apart from the itch for celebrity 81 Joe Sweeney from Slant Magazine said The New Classic mistakenly tries to frame Azalea as hip hop s newest can t miss egomaniac focusing on the riches instead of the far more interesting rags 83 the website later named The New Classic as one of the worst albums of 2014 84 Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly found its high quality singles overshadowed by undercooked overstudied urban radio and EDM filler 76 while Q called Azalea a faux rebel who follows convention despite an occasional catchy song 79 In a positive review for Cuepoint Robert Christgau argued that while Azalea may never demonstrate a powerful soulful or attractively melodic delivery her striving Australian Atlantan cadence is original and carries every song 75 He deemed The New Classic plenty authentic and damn good to boot while dismissing Azalea s media naysayers predictably the songs where she expresses wonderment that Impossible Is Nothing are more relatable than the ones where she flaunts her liquid assets But the ones where she pledges to keep on striving are more relatable than that because striving is built into her flow itself That s what her complexity is about 85 Phil Johnson from The Independent called it an instantly engaging showcase of the 23 year old Aussie s talents poppy without diluting her fierce flowing charisma 86 Kellan Miller of XXL said despite some poor songs near the end of the record it is a persuasive indicator that Iggy Azalea will be around for the long haul 87 Accolades edit The New Classic was named one of the best hip hop albums of the year by XXL on a list published on 30 June 2014 adding that the album proved to a gang of skepts who doubted Iggy s controversial style from the start that she was more than capable of making hip hop tracks with a pop appeal 88 It was placed at number twenty five on Digital Spy s top albums of 2014 89 and listed among Fuse s 40 best albums of 2014 90 The album won the Breakthrough Artist Release award at the 2014 ARIA Music Awards 91 and Favorite Rap Hip Hop Album at the 2014 American Music Awards beating out Drake s Nothing Was the Same and Eminem s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 92 It received a nomination for Best Rap Album at the 57th Grammy Awards 93 The album was also up for Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards 94 Year Ceremony Category Result 2014 American Music Awards Favorite Rap Hip Hop Album Won ARIA Music Awards Breakthrough Artist Release Won Best Urban Album Nominated 2015 Grammy Awards Best Rap Album Nominated Billboard Music Awards Top Rap Album NominatedCommercial performance editThe album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 52 000 copies in the United States The New Classic was the highest charting female rap album since Nicki Minaj s Pink Friday Roman Reloaded 2012 and the highest chart entry for a female rapper s debut album since Nicki Minaj s Pink Friday 2010 entered at number 2 95 96 In its second week the album sold 23 000 more copies 97 The album also moved up to number one on the Billboard Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums making Azalea the first non American female rapper to reach the summit of these charts 98 99 In its third week it sold 15 000 more copies in the United States 100 In its fourth week the album sold 16 000 more copies 101 It re entered the top forty on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending 28 December 2014 selling 10 000 more copies and bringing its annual total to 485 000 in the United States 102 103 As of February 2015 it had crossed the 1 6 million track and streaming equivalent album sales mark in the US 104 As of April 2015 The New Classic has sold 500 000 copies in the United States 105 In April 2016 it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America On 26 August 2014 the album was certified gold in Canada 106 On 24 November 2014 it also received a Gold certification in Australia 107 The album was named the second most streamed album of the year overall in the US 108 third in the UK and globally on commercial music streaming service Spotify in 2014 109 On 2 February 2015 it received a Platinum award from Universal Music Colombia 110 The New Classic also received a Platinum award from Universal Music Brazil along with its repack Reclassified on 8 November 2015 111 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Walk the Line Amethyst Kelly The Invisible Men Jon Turner Kurtis McKenzieThe Invisible Men The Arcade3 382 Don t Need Y all Kelly The Invisible Men Turner Jon MillsThe Invisible Men The Arcade3 333 100 featuring Watch the Duck Kelly Clifford Tip Harris Oscar White Jesse Rankins Eddie Smith III Johnathan WellsWatch the Duck4 094 Change Your Life featuring T I Kelly Natalie Sims Raja Kumari The Messengers Lovy Longomba HarrisThe Messengers3 405 Fancy featuring Charli XCX Kelly Charli XCX The Invisible Men Turner McKenzieThe Invisible Men The Arcade3 196 New Bitch Kelly The Invisible Men Sims Joey DyerThe Invisible Men Dyer3 377 Work Kelly The Invisible Men Trocon Markous Roberts SimsThe Invisible Men FKi 1st3 438 Impossible Is Nothing Kelly The Invisible Men Turner Mills Gabriel YaredThe Invisible Men The Arcade3 109 Goddess Kelly The Invisible Men Turner Mills Frank FarianThe Invisible Men The Arcade3 1010 Black Widow featuring Rita Ora Kelly Tor Erik Hermansen Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Benjamin Levin Katy Perry Sarah HudsonStargate3 2911 Lady Patra featuring Mavado Kelly Mavado Rock City The Invisible Men Turner McKenzie Daler MehndiThe Invisible Men The Arcade3 5612 Fuck Love Kelly Rock City The Invisible Men Turner MillsThe Invisible Men The Arcade2 39Total length 42 03 Deluxe edition bonus tracks 112 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length13 Bounce Kelly Reeva amp Black Speedy Jay Talay Riley Oladayo Olatunji SimsReeva amp Black2 4714 Rolex Kelly The Invisible Men Turner McKenzieThe Invisible Men The Arcade3 2315 Just Askin Kelly The Invisible Men Roberts Sims Ryan WoodcockThe Invisible Men WoodysProduce2 58Total length 51 11 Signed Deluxe edition digital bonus track 113 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length16 Fancy Wiley Remix featuring Charli XCX amp Wiley Kelly Charli XCX The Invisible Men Turner McKenzie WileyThe Invisible Men The Arcade3 39Total length 54 50 Best Buy deluxe edition bonus tracks 114 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length16 Fancy GTA Remix featuring Charli XCX Kelly Charli XCX The Invisible Men Turner McKenzieThe Invisible Men The Arcade4 1217 Bounce Jester Remix Kelly Reeva amp Black Speedy Jay Riley Olatunji SimsReeva amp Black2 40Personnel editCredits adapted from Tidal 115 Musicians Iggy Azalea vocals The Invisible Men George Astasio keyboards 1 5 8 14 synthesizer programming 1 2 14 15 drums 2 9 11 12 15 guitar 2 9 15 programming 5 6 9 11 12 bass 15 Jason Pebworth keyboards 1 2 5 6 8 12 piano 5 7 14 programming 5 6 9 Jon Shave keyboards 1 2 6 8 12 14 synthesizer programming 1 14 15 guitar 2 programming 5 7 9 11 drums 15 Kurtis McKenzie keyboards 1 5 8 14 synthesizer programming 1 14 programming 5 11 drums 11 Jon Mills drums 2 9 11 12 guitar 2 9 programming 2 12 keyboards 12 Watch the Duck vocals 3 Raja Kumari background vocals 4 Adam Messinger programming 4 Lovy Longomba programming 4 Clifford Harris vocals 4 Sean Momberger keyboards programming 5 Charli XCX vocals 5 Tiffani Juno background vocals 6 Joey Dyer keyboards 6 programming 6 9 Stargate synthesizer programming 10 Rita Ora vocals 10 Mavado vocals 11 Ms D background vocals 13 Ryan Woodcock bass drums guitar synthesizer programming 15 Technical Miles Showell mastering engineer 1 3 5 15 Stuart Hawkes mastering engineer 4 Anthony Kilhoffer mixer 1 2 5 9 11 15 Andrew Wuepper mixer 3 Jaycen Joshua mixer 4 Phil Tan mixer 10 Eric Weaver engineer 1 3 8 9 11 12 14 John Armstrong engineer 5 Daniel Zaidenstadt engineer 10 Fedda Weight engineer 11 Elliot Carter recording engineer 4 The Invisible Men recording engineers 4 5 7 13 Mark Hadfield recording engineer 13 Mike Di Scala recording engineer 13 Kyle Ross assistant mixer 1 2 6 8 9 11 12 14 15 Josh Drucker assistant mixer 3 Daniela Rivera assistant mixer 10 Miles Walker assistant mixer 10 Sarah Stennett executive producer T I executive producer Design Iggy Azalea creative director Brooke Nipar cover photo Chris Berdine packagingCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2014 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 116 2 Australian Urban Albums ARIA 117 1 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 118 48 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 119 65 Canadian Albums Billboard 120 2 Danish Albums Hitlisten 121 29 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 122 58 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 123 24 French Albums SNEP 124 99 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 125 83 Irish Albums IRMA 126 13 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 127 3 Norwegian Albums VG lista 128 6 Scottish Albums OCC 129 6 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 130 12 UK Albums OCC 131 5 UK R amp B Albums OCC 132 1 US Billboard 200 133 3 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 134 1 US Top Rap Albums Billboard 135 1 Year end charts edit Chart 2014 Position Australian Albums ARIA 136 43 Australian Urban Albums ARIA 137 6 Canadian Albums Billboard 138 35 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 139 80 US Billboard 200 140 42 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 141 9 US Top Rap Albums Billboard 142 3 Chart 2015 Position US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 143 54 Decade end charts edit Chart 2010 19 Position US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 144 38Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 107 Gold 35 000 Canada Music Canada 145 Gold 40 000 United Kingdom BPI 146 Silver 60 000 United States RIAA 147 Platinum 1 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone 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