Indigo (Chris Brown album)

Indigo
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2019[1]
Recorded2018–2019
Studio
  • Calabasas Sound, Los Angeles
  • CBE, Tarzana
Genre
Length123:08
Label
Producer
Chris Brown chronology
Heartbreak on a Full Moon
(2017)
Indigo
(2019)
Slime & B
(2020)
Singles from Indigo
  1. "Undecided"
    Released: January 4, 2019
  2. "Back to Love"
    Released: April 11, 2019
  3. "Wobble Up"
    Released: April 18, 2019
  4. "No Guidance"
    Released: June 8, 2019
  5. "Heat"
    Released: August 27, 2019[4]
Deluxe edition cover
Indigo (Extended)
Singles from Indigo (Extended)
  1. "Under the Influence"
    Released: September 6, 2022

Indigo is the ninth studio album by American singer Chris Brown, released on June 28, 2019, by RCA Records.[1] The album is his second double album as well as a follow-up to his eighth album Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017). Brown enlisted and worked with several producers, including Smash David, Soundz, Hitmaka, Boi-1da, Scott Storch, OG Parker and many others. The album also features several guest appearances, including Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy, Tory Lanez, Tyga, Justin Bieber, Juicy J, Juvenile, H.E.R, Tank, Davido, Rich the Kid, Yella Beezy, Sage the Gemini, DaniLeigh, Lil Jon, Lil Wayne, Joyner Lucas, Ink, Gunna, Trey Songz and Drake.

The official recording sessions for the album began in August 2018 and ended in May 2019. The album features a supernatural and spiritual imagery conceived by Brown, and handled by graffiti artist Saturno, visual artist Jeff Cole, and 3D artists Circle Circle Math and Sarper Baran. Musically, Indigo is an R&B record, that contains genres such as pop, Afrobeats, dancehall and bounce music as well. Its topics focus on spiritual love, sex, energy and vibrations, outlining a positive turn that follows a bad period in a person's life.

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making it his third number-one album in the US, and first in seven years, since Fortune (2012). Six official singles were released from Indigo, including: "Undecided", "Back to Love", "Wobble Up", featuring Nicki Minaj and G-Eazy, "No Guidance", featuring Drake, and "Heat", featuring Gunna. "No Guidance" became the highest charting song from the album on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 5, and topping the Rhythmic Airplay chart, until being unseated by the following released single, "Heat", at the top spot. In 2022, the song "Under the Influence", contained in the extended edition of the album, became a sleeper hit, receiving great success internationally, and following its rise to success, the song was officially released as a single, roughly three years following its original release.

  1. ^ a b Saponara, Michael (June 28, 2019). "Chris Brown shares 'Indigo' album, with appearances from Lil Wayne, H.E.R. & Tyga: Stream it Now". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Chris Brown's "Indigo" is Already the Album of the Summer". HotNewHipHop. June 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Indigo - Chris Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "Chris Brown Selects 'Heat' as Next Urban Radio Single". August 28, 2019.