Amala is the debut studio album by American singer and rapper Doja Cat. It was released on March 30, 2018 via Kemosabe and RCA Records. The album's deluxe version was released on March 1, 2019 and featured her breakthrough singles "Juicy", "Tia Tamera", and "Mooo!". Doja Cat herself has expressed strong disdain toward the record, claiming that it doesn't entirely represent her as an artist. She has also stated that she believes it isn't a "finished album", partially due to her constantly partying and being high on marijuana during its recording. Amala is the debut studio album by American singer and rapper Doja Cat. It was released on March 30, 2018 via Kemosabe and RCA Records. The album's deluxe version was released on March 1, 2019 and featured her breakthrough singles "Juicy", "Tia Tamera", and "Mooo!". Doja Cat herself has expressed strong disdain toward the record, claiming that it doesn't entirely represent her as an artist. She has also stated that she believes it isn't a "finished album", partially due to her constantly partying and being high on marijuana during its recording. false 2022-07-31 05:14:07 3 2019 2019-02-28 2019-02-28 57 Hip Hop Pop Pop Rap R&B Soul 150642 2300867 c95b2063-ceb1-4282-a415-5fab03e2ec87 5df62a88-cac9-490a-b62c-c7c88f4020f4 8446f969-5e4b-42d8-a6e5-fbe0a58adc0d Doja Cat AlbumArtist Doja Cat Artist Doja Cat Doja Cat 1 03:37 2 03:19 3 03:00 4 03:39 5 02:59 6 03:24 7 03:59 8 03:10 9 03:15 10 04:00 11 03:31 12 04:05 13 03:13 14 03:19 15 03:31 16 04:43 Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (Zulu pronunciation: [ˈzandile ˈɮamini]; born October 21, 1995), known professionally as Doja Cat (), is an American rapper and singer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager. Her song "So High" caught the attention of Kemosabe and RCA Records, with whom she signed a recording contract prior to the release of her debut extended play, Purrr! in 2014. After a hiatus from releasing music and the uneventful rollout of her debut studio album, Amala (2018), Doja Cat earned viral success as an internet meme with her 2018 single "Mooo!", a novelty song in which she makes humorous claims about being a cow. Capitalizing on her growing popularity, she released her second studio album, Hot Pink, in the following year. The album later reached the top ten of the US Billboard 200 and spawned the single "Say So"; its remix featuring Nicki Minaj topped the Billboard Hot 100. Her third studio album, Planet Her (2021), spent four weeks at number two on the Billboard 200 and spawned the top ten singles "Kiss Me More" (featuring SZA), "Need to Know", and "Woman". Her fourth studio album, Scarlet (2023), adopted a hip hop-oriented sound and peaked within the top five of the Billboard 200, while its lead single "Paint the Town Red" became her most successful song to date, as it marked her first solo number-one on the Hot 100 among eight other countries. Described by The Wall Street Journal as "a skilled technical rapper with a strong melodic sense and a bold visual presence", Doja Cat is known for creating videos and performances which achieve virality on social media platforms such as TikTok. Well-versed in Internet culture, she is also famed for her absurdist online personality and stage presence. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including one Grammy Award from sixteen nominations, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, and five MTV Video Music Awards. She is one of the biggest commercial artists of the 2020s according to Billboard, and was included on the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2023. KemosabeRCA