Perfect Ten is the third studio album by American record producer Mustard, released on June 28, 2019, by 10 Summers Records and Interscope Records. It includes the singles "Pure Water", "100 Bands", and "Ballin'", which were Mustard's only hit songs as a solo act. By December 2019, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 500,000 album-equivalent units, and by November 2020, it received platinum certification — signifying 1,000,000 album-equivalent units.Mustard RIAA Gold & Platinum
It features collaborations from 1TakeJay, Migos, Quavo as a solo artist, YG, Tyga, ASAP Ferg, ASAP Rocky, Nav, Playboi Carti, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Future, Young Thug, Gunna, Ty Dolla Sign, Ella Mai, Roddy Ricch, and the late Nipsey Hussle.
Background Mustard said that the album features "a lot of anthems" and that "all of [his] friends are on it". The cover is an image of Mustard as a child.
Promotion Mustard announced the album at the Power 106 Liftoff Edition concert festival on May 18, then on social media on May 21, 2019.
Critical reception
Fred Thomas of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling the album "another vibrant exhibit of Mustard's gifts at arranging sounds that can start the party or spark deep feelings."
Track listing
Notes signifies a co-producer signifies an additional producer signifies an uncredited co-producer
Samples "Intro" samples "If I Ever Fall in Love" by Shai. "Ballin'" samples "Get It Together" by 702.
Personnel David Pizzimenti – recording , mixing Christian "CQ" Quinonez – recording Pro Logic – recording Roark Bailey – recording Bryan Anzel – recording Alex Tumay – recording Chris Ascher – recording James Royo – recording Mustard – mixing Dave Kutch – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for Perfect Ten Chart (2019–2020) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 62 Latvian Albums (LAIPA) 23 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) 29
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Perfect Ten Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200 135 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 50 Chart (2020) Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 90 US Billboard 200 77 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 47
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