Album · 1999
Willennium
by Will Smith
Willennium is a 1999 hip-hop album by Will Smith. It runs 15 tracks across 63 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.0/5 from 1 rating.
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- 15
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- 63 min
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- 103 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
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- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- AllMusic4/5
- NME8/10
- USA Today3/4
- Hot Press4/12
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15 tracks · 63 min
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Willennium is Will Smith's second solo studio album. It was released on the heels of Smith's unprecedented success, Big Willie Style. The blockbuster predecessor album, Big Willie Style, disappeared from the charts only two months before Willennium after enjoying an almost 2-year chart run and selling over 9 million units in the U.S. After such a huge hit, Willennium was received with big expectations from critics and the general public. The album was released on November 16, 1999. It was the only time Smith managed to reach the Top 5 of the Billboard 200 list as a solo artist, as Big Willie Style peaked at No. 9. During the following "millennium-themed" weeks, the album stayed in the Top 10, but on its sixth week it fell very quickly from the charts as the Y2K interest had gone and Columbia could not produce new hits (the third single, "Freakin' It" reached only No. 99 in the U.S. and No. 15 in the UK, making it the second Smith single to fail the UK Top 3 as a solo artist after Just Cruisin' failed to make the top 20 in 1997). The album disappeared from the Billboard 200 list on late June 2000 after 26 weeks of charting, reaching only a quarter of Big Willie Style's chart time.
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UK charting was similar; the album reached No. 10 and spent 30 weeks on the chart compared to the 108 of Big Willie Style. Willennium produced a new string of hit singles. The first, "Wild Wild West," was originally released earlier in the year as part of the soundtrack to the film Wild Wild West. Although the film was a critical failure, the song managed to be a huge hit throughout the world, reaching No. 1 in the U.S. on July 24, 1999. In the end, Willennium sold 2 million on the U.S. (certified 2xPlatinum by the RIAA on December 17, 1999) and no more than 4 million worldwide, less than a third than its predecessor. "Will 2K" ranked as No. 14 on VH1's list of the 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs of all-time.
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- Is Willennium good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Willennium 3.0/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Willennium released?
- Willennium was released in 1999.
- How many tracks are on Willennium?
- Willennium has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 63 minutes.
- What genre is Willennium?
- Willennium is catalogued under Hip-Hop.
- What BPM is Willennium?
- Willennium runs at a median tempo of 103 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Willennium?
- Listeners of Willennium also rate Code Red by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Aquemini by OutKast, Kamikaze by Eminem.
- Who produced Willennium?
- Willennium was produced by DJ Jazzy Jeff, Darren Henson, Poke and Tone and Rob Fusari, among 18 credited in total. DJ Jazzy Jeff produced 6 of them.
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Kevin CrouseRich TravaliAdam KudzinArt SkyeDarren HensonEarl CohenJim BottariJon SmeltzLarry PhillabaumSteven Barkan- Played by
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