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Hit Me Hard and Soft is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, released on May 17, 2024, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. It is her first full-length studio album release since 2021's Happier Than Ever. Eilish co-wrote Hit Me Hard and Soft with her brother and frequent collaborator Finneas O'Connell, who also produced the album.

The album received acclaim from critics, most of whom complimented the songwriting and production. It topped the charts in over 20 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, and charted all 10 of its songs in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The track " Lunch" was released as the lead single concurrently. To support the album, Eilish will embark on her seventh concert tour, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour, set to commence in September 2024.

Eilish co-wrote and recorded her second studio album, Happier Than Ever, at her brother Finneas O'Connell's home recording studio, located in the basement of his Los Angeles residence. Recording took place weekly between April 2020 and February 2021, with the track listing finalized by the duo during the album's creation. Released on July 30, 2021, Happier Than Ever was met with critical acclaim and commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 and nominated twice at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Eilish surprise-released her second extended play (EP) Guitar Songs in July 2022. The following year, she released " What Was I Made For?" for the soundtrack to the fantasy-comedy film (2023); she was inspired to write the song after seeing unfinished scenes of the film during its production. The song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media.

In December 2021, Eilish began formulating ideas for her third studio album with O'Connell. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, she mentioned that she hoped to start writing the album in 2023. In December 2023, Eilish said on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that the album was "almost done". Three months later, she confirmed that the album had been mastered.

The album art depicts Eilish falling through a door frame into dark blue water. It was shot by underwater photographer William Drumm, and the shoot took 6 hours to complete. Eilish described it as one of the most painful experiences of her life.

Various news articles reported billboards teasing snippets of lyrics for the album that appeared in multiple cities in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States in April 2024; although it does not mention the artist's name, her signature "blohsh" was recognized. The promotional billboards display cryptic lyrics, such as "She's the headlights I'm the deer" or "Did I cross the line?". Eilish later changed her profile picture to a "blue circle" and shared another image with the caption saying "Do you know how to bend?". Eilish added her followers to an Instagram feature that lets limited accounts see exclusive stories, called "Close Friends". The post features a " lo-fi" image showcasing the artist's hand, and an image of her new midriff tattoo. On April 29, 2024, Eilish announced the Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour in support of the album. The tour is set to start on September 29, 2024, at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. The 2025 leg of the tour is set to start on February 18, 2025, at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

Eilish previewed the songs " Lunch", " L'Amour de Ma Vie", and " Chihiro" during a surprise DJ set at Coachella on April 13, 2024. In an interview published on April 24, she told Rolling Stone that she would not release singles prior to the album's release. She explained that she does not like singles from albums because she "really [doesn't] like when things are out of context" and compared Hit Me Hard and Soft to "a family", adding that she "[doesn't] want one little kid in the middle of the room alone". In May, a preview of "Chihiro" was featured in a trailer revealing Eilish's second in-game outfit. The song was also made available as a "Jam Track" to use in the Fortnite Festival mode alongside "Lunch" and "The Diner". Furthermore, a snippet of "Birds of a Feather" was featured in a promotional clip for the third season of the Netflix series Heartstopper. On May 15 and May 16, Eilish held a listening party events for fans respectively at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and Kia Forum in Inglewood, in both cases premiering the album in its entirety.

Hit Me Hard and Soft was released on May 17, 2024. The album was available for cassette, CD, digital download, streaming and vinyl LP. "Lunch" was released as the lead single in tandem with the album's release. An extended version of "L'Amour de Ma Vie" was released as a promotional single on May 22, 2024. On May 19 and May 22, Eilish released for digital download the isolated vocals, slowed & reverb and sped up editions of the album, respectively.

Hit Me Hard and Soft received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from professional publications, Hit Me Hard and Soft received a weighted mean score of 89, based on 22 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". In a five-star review, Helen Brown of The Independent praised how the album "whispers its way through a marvelous maze of music to deliver some big emotional wallops." Neil McCormick from The Daily Telegraph agreed in his own five-star assessment, opining that the "heartbreak masterpiece" is "rich, strange, smart, sad and wise enough" to stand in comparison with Joni Mitchell's (1971).

Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis complimented Hit Me Hard and Soft's "beautiful" melodies and "distinctive" lyrical touches, but wondered if some of its elements could be "a little too opaque" for its own good. 's Thomas Smith felt that although Eilish wrote the album for herself, she created a record that will "resonate harder" than anything she has done before.

On its release day, Hit Me Hard and Soft received 72.7 million streams on Spotify globally, becoming her biggest debut ever on the platform.

Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 339,000 album-equivalent units moved in its opening week, which contained 191,000 pure album sales. It marked Eilish's first album to not debut at the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart. It also marked Eilish's largest first-week units in the US, as well as highest pure sales. All ten of its songs debuted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

In the UK, Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 67,100 album-equivalent units, being her biggest opening week in the region surpassing her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which debuted with 48,400 album-equivalent units in 2019. It also marks the second-biggest opening week for any album in the UK in 2024.

In Germany, the album debuted atop the German Albums Chart, becoming Eilish's second number one album in the country since Happier Than Ever topped the chart in 2021. In Australia, Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at the top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart, marking Eilish's third album in a row to accomplish this feat in the country. In France, Hit Me Hard and Soft entered at the number one spot of France's SNEP albums chart with 27,710 units, becoming her second French number-one album.

In Brazil, all ten tracks from Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted on the Billboard Brasil Hot 100.

Billie Eilish - vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, vocal editing, engineering

Finneas - bass, drums, glockenspiel, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, synthesizer, vocals, production, engineering, vocal engineering (all tracks); string arrangement (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Andrew Marshall - drums, percussion

Dale Becker - mastering, immersive mastering

Aron Forbes - mixing, immersive mix engineering

Jon Castelli - mixing, immersive mix engineering

Brad Lauchert - mix engineering

Katie Harvey - mastering assistance

Noah McCorkle - mastering assistance

Andrew Yee - cello (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Andrew Marshall - drums, percussion (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Nathan Schram - viola (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Amy Schroeder - violin (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Domenic Salerni - violin (tracks 1, 6, 10)

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Short n' Sweet is the sixth studio album by American singer Sabrina Carpenter. It was released on August 23, 2024, by Island Records. A pop album with country, rock, disco, and R&B influences, Short n' Sweet was produced by Julian Bunetta, John Ryan, Ian Kirkpatrick, and Jack Antonoff.

The album explores Carpenter's love life and her perspectives on 2020s dating. Its title is a reference to the emotional impact of Carpenter's shortest romantic relationships, as well as her short stature and the album's brief runtime. Carpenter stated that Short n' Sweet is her second "big girl" album, feeling complete creative control of her music starting from Emails I Can't Send (2022), her first album with Island Records. Upon release, Short n' Sweet received acclaim from music critics, who praised the confidence of the lyrics and the music's enjoyability. However, some criticized the songwriting as serviceable and low-risk.

Two singles, " Espresso" and " Please Please Please", preceded the album's release; both topped the Billboard Global 200 chart and exposed Carpenter to wider commercial success. "Espresso" marked Carpenter's first number-one song on the UK Singles Chart, whereas "Please Please Please" marked her first number-one song on the US Billboard Hot 100. " Taste" became the third single following the album's release. Short n' Sweet topped the record charts in 18 countries, including Australia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the US, it debuted with 362,000 album-equivalent units, securing the top spot on the Billboard 200 and placing all 12 of its tracks on the Hot 100. Carpenter is set to embark on the Short n' Sweet Tour, the first arena tour of her career, in September 2024.

In 2022, Sabrina Carpenter released her fifth studio album, Emails I Can't Send, after signing with Island Records. The album found moderate commercial success with its deluxe edition single, " Feather", topping the US Pop Airplay chart and became her highest-charting track at the time on the Billboard Hot 100. To promote the album, she embarked on the Emails I Can't Send Tour in 2023. Throughout the year and early 2024, Carpenter also served as an opening act for Taylor Swift on selected South American, Australian, and Asian dates of the Eras Tour. She was announced to be a performer at the 2024 American festival Coachella.

In February 2024, speaking with Maya Hawke for Interview, Carpenter expressed her excitement about her new music and said that she would be exploring more genres as she did with her last album. The next month, she confirmed in an interview with Cosmopolitan that she was working on her next album and noted "I'm starting to feel like I've outgrown the songs I'm singing [on The Eras Tour], which is always an exciting feeling because I think that means the next chapter is right around the corner". While being interviewed by Variety that August, Carpenter described the album as "the hot older sister" of Emails I Can't Send, and said that she "would consider" it as her second "big girl" album, in which she had "full creative control".

Prior to any official announcement, billboards with tweets about Carpenter's height were placed throughout New York City. On social media, she posted a video where she can be seen walking to the camera and planting a kiss on the screen, teasing a future announcement. On June 3, 2024, Carpenter confirmed the release of Short n' Sweet and revealed its cover artwork. The tracklist was revealed on July 9, 2024. The album was released on August 23, 2024. A limited vinyl edition of Short n' Sweet contains the exclusive bonus track "Needless to Say".

Singles and music videos

In early April, Carpenter began to tease a single via billboards, and revealed that she would be releasing "a little song" before her performance at Coachella. On April 11, 2024, Carpenter released the single " Espresso", which became the lead single for the album. The song found commercial success, peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one in various countries. Carpenter has performed the song at several events including Coachella and Saturday Night Live. A music video directed by Dave Meyers was also released.

" Please Please Please" was released as the second single from the album on June 6, 2024, along with a music video that the singer teased via social media. Directed by Bardia Zeinali, the video served as a sequel to "Espresso" and featured Barry Keoghan. The song peaked at the top of the Hot 100, earning Carpenter her first number-one single on the chart.

A third single, " Taste", was released alongside the album on August 23, 2024. Directed by Dave Meyers, the music video features American actress Jenna Ortega. The song debuted at number two on the Hot 100, joined by "Please Please Please" at number three and "Espresso" at number four, which in turn made Carpenter the first act since The Beatles to chart their first three top five hits in the region during the same week.

Tour

On June 20, 2024, Carpenter announced the Short n' Sweet Tour and its 33 concert dates throughout North America. The North American leg will begin on September 23, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio, and will end on November 18 in Inglewood, California. The tour will visit Western European countries in early 2025, with 14 concerts planned.

Nearly all songs of Short n' Sweet are about romance, albeit exploring different facets and emotions of Carpenter's love life. Romantic nihilism and deadpan lyrics are recurring motifs, exploring 2020s dating. The album title is a reference to how Carpenter's shortest romantic relationships had impacted her the most emotionally. Critics also interpreted it as a reference to Carpenter's stature and the short length of the album.

Musically, the album is a pop record, with elements of R&B, rock, and country music dominating the soundscape. Much of the album features compositions of acoustic guitars. Subtle elements of funk and disco are also present in the album. Critics have observed creative influences of Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves, and Ariana Grande on the album's composition.

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Short n' Sweet received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from 17 critic scores. The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled 15 reviews and gave Short n' Sweet an average of 7.1 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Upon the album's release, the BBC News reported a mixed reception from critics based on the first few reviews.

A number of critics described Short n' Sweet as a strong and assertive release from a rising pop star. The Independent's Helen Brown, Variety's Jem Aswad, Slate's Carl Wilson, and Billboard's Jason Lipshutz considered the album an artistic evolution for Carpenter after her breakthrough with Emails I Can't Send, and praised its versatile yet cohesive sound, confident lyricism, and mainstream appeal. The Times' Victoria Segal and The Daily Telegraph's Neil McCormick regarded Short n' Sweet as a "smart" pop record that masquerades itself as a frothy mainstream release; McCormick elaborated, "Carpenter can come across as a slightly glib pop comedian for disillusioned Tinder addicts" in the album, even though "there are emotional counterweights in the clever songcraft".

A few critics felt the album was an artistically safe work engineered for listeners' tastes, while others lauded it as an authentic portrayal of Carpenter's wit. Lauren Murphy of The Irish Times and El Hunt of Evening Standard opined, in contrast to the risky and "challenging" music from Carpenter's peers in 2024, Short n' Sweet is a breezy, enjoyable and "serviceable" collection of songs. Tanatat Khuttapan of The Line of Best Fit felt the album is "on trend", catering to the audiences' affinity for subject relatability, " memeable catchphrases" and punchlines. On the other hand, McCormick, Slant Magazine's Charles Lyon-Burt, and Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield named Carpenter's humor the album's most remarkable trait. Pitchfork's critic Quinn Moreland labelled Short n' Sweet as refreshing escapism "in a pop landscape recently plagued by self-seriousness and a tiresome obsession with authenticity", admiring the album's "diamond-sharp" humor.

The album's sexual lyrics divided critics. On the positive side, Wilson opined that Carpenter reinvents herself as a " poet laureate of sex" in the album. Kiana Doyle of Associated Press described it as "flirty, fun and wholly unserious". Besides Doyle, Aswad also described Short n' Sweet as a perfected " NSFW" album. Chris Kelly of The Washington Post declared Short n' Sweet the "raunchiest, wittiest pop album of the year". In unfavorable reviews, Emily Bootle of i dubbed Short n' Sweet a "horny" album lacking in emotion, integrity, and "organic essence". Sputnikmusic criticized the album as a disappointing, "incredibly mediocre" release from Carpenter, finding the racy lyrics "weird and uncomfortable".

Some reviews, such as those from Segal and Hunt, considered "Espresso" the highlight of the album, finding other songs musically dull in comparison. Brown disagreed, claiming the album is anchored by its " TikTok pop" sound exemplified by many "cool" tracks other than "Espresso". On the other hand, Clash's Ims Taylor described Short n' Sweet as a soft and "sincere" album instead of the "sultry" archetypal popstar project its singles had hinted at, but agreed that the album is holistically "less addictive" than "Espresso". Stereogum's Tom Breihan agreed that much of the album, though polished, is not as breezy as "Espresso". Sputnikmusic declared that the album did not live up to the expectations set by "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".

Short n' Sweet debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, marking Carpenter's first number one and top-10 album and best opening week to date. It opened with 362,000 album equivalent units. The album spent a second week at the top spot with 159,000 album equivalent units. In its third week, the album remained at number one with 117,000 album equivalent units. This made it the second-longest running number one album of the year on the Billboard 200, only behind Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department.

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Musicians

Sabrina Carpenter - vocals

John Ryan - bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12); background vocals (5)

Julian Bunetta - bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming (1, 3, 7, 12)

Ian Kirkpatrick - bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming (5, 6), background vocals (5); drums (6)

Jack Antonoff - programming, acoustic guitar, drums (2, 4, 9, 11); percussion (2, 4, 9); electric guitar, synthesizer (2, 4, 11); bass (2, 11); Mellotron, organ (11); 12-string acoustic guitar, sitar, Wurlitzer electric piano (4)

Aaron Sterling - drums (1)

Sean Hutchinson - percussion, drums (2, 9)

Evan Smith - flute (2)

Bobby Hawk - violin (2, 9)

Rob Moose - strings (8)

Francisco Ojeda - double bass (9)

Mikey Freedom Hart - slide guitar (9)

Amy Allen - background vocals (5, 7)

Julia Michaels - background vocals (5)

Steph Jones - background vocals (7)

Technical

Serban Ghenea - mixing (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11)

Manny Marroquin - mixing (3, 5, 10, 12)

Nathan Dantzler - mastering (1, 3, 5-8, 10, 12)

Ruairi O'Flaherty - mastering (2, 4, 9, 11)

Jeff Gunnell - recording (1, 3, 5-8, 10, 12); engineering, mixing (7); mixing assistance (8)

Josh Ryan - recording (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10), mixing (8)

Laura Sisk - recording (2, 4, 9, 11)

Oli Jacobs - recording (2, 4, 9, 11)

Julian Bunetta - recording (3, 12); engineering, mixing (7)

Ian Kirkpatrick - recording (5, 6)

Sean Hutchinson - engineering (2)

Evan Smith - engineering (2)

Mikey Freedom Hart - engineering (9)

David Hart - engineering (9)

Jack Manning - engineering assistance (2, 4, 11), recording (9)

Joey Miller - engineering assistance (2, 4, 9, 11)

Jozef Caldwell - engineering assistance (2, 4, 9, 11)

Bryce Bordone - mix engineering (1, 2, 6, 9, 11), mixing assistance (4)

Anthony Vilchis - mixing assistance (3, 5, 10, 12)

Trey Station - mixing assistance (3, 5, 10, 12)

Zach Pereyra - mixing assistance (3, 5, 10, 12)

Harrison Tate - mastering assistance (1, 3, 5-8, 10, 12)

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Chromakopia is the eighth studio album by American rapper Tyler, the Creator. It was released through Columbia Records on October 28, 2024,[1] serving as the follow-up to Call Me If You Get Lost (2021).[2] Chromakopia was written, produced, and arranged by Tyler himself.[3] The album features guest appearances from Daniel Caesar, Doechii, GloRilla, LaToiya Williams, Lil Wayne, Childish Gambino, Lola Young, Santigold, Schoolboy Q, Sexyy Red, and Teezo Touchdown, with physical releases of the album additionally featuring Playboi Carti.[4]

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Hit Me Hard and Soft is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, released on May 17, 2024, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. It is her first full-length studio album release since 2021's Happier Than Ever. Eilish co-wrote Hit Me Hard and Soft with her brother and frequent collaborator Finneas O'Connell, who also produced the album.

The album received acclaim from critics, most of whom complimented the songwriting and production. It topped the charts in over 20 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, and charted all 10 of its songs in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The track " Lunch" was released as the lead single concurrently. To support the album, Eilish will embark on her seventh concert tour, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour, set to commence in September 2024.

Eilish co-wrote and recorded her second studio album, Happier Than Ever, at her brother Finneas O'Connell's home recording studio, located in the basement of his Los Angeles residence. Recording took place weekly between April 2020 and February 2021, with the track listing finalized by the duo during the album's creation. Released on July 30, 2021, Happier Than Ever was met with critical acclaim and commercial success, topping the Billboard 200 and nominated twice at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Eilish surprise-released her second extended play (EP) Guitar Songs in July 2022. The following year, she released " What Was I Made For?" for the soundtrack to the fantasy-comedy film (2023); she was inspired to write the song after seeing unfinished scenes of the film during its production. The song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media.

In December 2021, Eilish began formulating ideas for her third studio album with O'Connell. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, she mentioned that she hoped to start writing the album in 2023. In December 2023, Eilish said on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that the album was "almost done". Three months later, she confirmed that the album had been mastered.

The album art depicts Eilish falling through a door frame into dark blue water. It was shot by underwater photographer William Drumm, and the shoot took 6 hours to complete. Eilish described it as one of the most painful experiences of her life.

Various news articles reported billboards teasing snippets of lyrics for the album that appeared in multiple cities in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States in April 2024; although it does not mention the artist's name, her signature "blohsh" was recognized. The promotional billboards display cryptic lyrics, such as "She's the headlights I'm the deer" or "Did I cross the line?". Eilish later changed her profile picture to a "blue circle" and shared another image with the caption saying "Do you know how to bend?". Eilish added her followers to an Instagram feature that lets limited accounts see exclusive stories, called "Close Friends". The post features a " lo-fi" image showcasing the artist's hand, and an image of her new midriff tattoo. On April 29, 2024, Eilish announced the Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour in support of the album. The tour is set to start on September 29, 2024, at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. The 2025 leg of the tour is set to start on February 18, 2025, at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

Eilish previewed the songs " Lunch", " L'Amour de Ma Vie", and " Chihiro" during a surprise DJ set at Coachella on April 13, 2024. In an interview published on April 24, she told Rolling Stone that she would not release singles prior to the album's release. She explained that she does not like singles from albums because she "really [doesn't] like when things are out of context" and compared Hit Me Hard and Soft to "a family", adding that she "[doesn't] want one little kid in the middle of the room alone". In May, a preview of "Chihiro" was featured in a trailer revealing Eilish's second in-game outfit. The song was also made available as a "Jam Track" to use in the Fortnite Festival mode alongside "Lunch" and "The Diner". Furthermore, a snippet of "Birds of a Feather" was featured in a promotional clip for the third season of the Netflix series Heartstopper. On May 15 and May 16, Eilish held a listening party events for fans respectively at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and Kia Forum in Inglewood, in both cases premiering the album in its entirety.

Hit Me Hard and Soft was released on May 17, 2024. The album was available for cassette, CD, digital download, streaming and vinyl LP. "Lunch" was released as the lead single in tandem with the album's release. An extended version of "L'Amour de Ma Vie" was released as a promotional single on May 22, 2024. On May 19 and May 22, Eilish released for digital download the isolated vocals, slowed & reverb and sped up editions of the album, respectively.

Hit Me Hard and Soft received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from professional publications, Hit Me Hard and Soft received a weighted mean score of 89, based on 22 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". In a five-star review, Helen Brown of The Independent praised how the album "whispers its way through a marvelous maze of music to deliver some big emotional wallops." Neil McCormick from The Daily Telegraph agreed in his own five-star assessment, opining that the "heartbreak masterpiece" is "rich, strange, smart, sad and wise enough" to stand in comparison with Joni Mitchell's (1971).

Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis complimented Hit Me Hard and Soft's "beautiful" melodies and "distinctive" lyrical touches, but wondered if some of its elements could be "a little too opaque" for its own good. 's Thomas Smith felt that although Eilish wrote the album for herself, she created a record that will "resonate harder" than anything she has done before.

On its release day, Hit Me Hard and Soft received 72.7 million streams on Spotify globally, becoming her biggest debut ever on the platform.

Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 339,000 album-equivalent units moved in its opening week, which contained 191,000 pure album sales. It marked Eilish's first album to not debut at the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart. It also marked Eilish's largest first-week units in the US, as well as highest pure sales. All ten of its songs debuted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

In the UK, Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 67,100 album-equivalent units, being her biggest opening week in the region surpassing her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which debuted with 48,400 album-equivalent units in 2019. It also marks the second-biggest opening week for any album in the UK in 2024.

In Germany, the album debuted atop the German Albums Chart, becoming Eilish's second number one album in the country since Happier Than Ever topped the chart in 2021. In Australia, Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted at the top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart, marking Eilish's third album in a row to accomplish this feat in the country. In France, Hit Me Hard and Soft entered at the number one spot of France's SNEP albums chart with 27,710 units, becoming her second French number-one album.

In Brazil, all ten tracks from Hit Me Hard and Soft debuted on the Billboard Brasil Hot 100.

Billie Eilish - vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, vocal editing, engineering

Finneas - bass, drums, glockenspiel, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, synthesizer, vocals, production, engineering, vocal engineering (all tracks); string arrangement (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Andrew Marshall - drums, percussion

Dale Becker - mastering, immersive mastering

Aron Forbes - mixing, immersive mix engineering

Jon Castelli - mixing, immersive mix engineering

Brad Lauchert - mix engineering

Katie Harvey - mastering assistance

Noah McCorkle - mastering assistance

Andrew Yee - cello (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Andrew Marshall - drums, percussion (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Nathan Schram - viola (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Amy Schroeder - violin (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Domenic Salerni - violin (tracks 1, 6, 10)

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