The Neptunes Present... Clones is the only compilation album produced and released by American production duo The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo). It was released on August 19, 2003 and has been certified Gold by the RIAA. The album featured six singles; "Frontin'" by Pharrell Williams, "Popular Thug" by Kelis, "Light Your Ass on Fire" by Busta Rhymes, "Rock 'n' Roll" by Fam-Lay, "Hot Damn" by Clipse and "It Blows My Mind" by Snoop Dogg.
Commercial performance The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 250,000 copies in the United States. In its second week, the album fell to number three on the Billboard 200, selling 115,000 copies. In its third week, Clones fell to number six on the US chart with 81,000 copies, for a three-week total of 450,000 units. The album sold over 500,000 domestically, and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
Track listing All tracks produced by the Neptunes, except where noted.
Credits Executive producers – Pharrell Williams, and Chad Hugo for Star Trak Entertainment All tracks produced by The Neptunes Pharrell Williams – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, mixing Chad Hugo – keyboards, synthesizers, sequencer, mixing
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for ClonesChart (2003)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)53
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for ClonesChart (2003)PositionDutch Albums (Album Top 100)86US Billboard 20090US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)41
Certifications
See also List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2003 List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2003 List of Billboard number-one R&B/Hip-Hop albums of 2003
References