Cloud Nine (Kygo album)

The album's first single, "Firestone" featuring Australian singer Conrad Sewell, was released on 1 December 2014. The debut single was an international success charting in over 14 countries and peaked at number one on the Norwegian Singles Chart. "Firestone" notably popularized the genre of tropical house in 2014.^[6] In late 2015, it was confirmed to be the lead single from the album.

The second single, "Stole the Show" featuring Parson James was released on 23 March 2015. It peaked at number one on Norwegian, French, and Swedish charts and reached the top 10 in more than 20 countries.

"Nothing Left" featuring Will Heard was released as the third single on 31 July 2015. The single charted on several international charts and peaked at number one on the Norwegian Singles Chart.^[7]

"Stay" featuring Maty Noyes was released as the fourth single on 4 December 2015. The single peaked at number two on the Norwegian Singles Chart.

"Raging" featuring Kodaline is the fifth single from the album. On 1 April 2016, it was also released as the second promotional single from the album.

"Carry Me" featuring Julia Michaels is the sixth single from the album, released on 12 August 2016.

Cloud Nine was supported by Kygo's first world tour.^[8] The tour landed in 22 cities across North America and Europe, including stops at Barclays in New York City, Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam and Le Zenith in Paris.

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
The Arts Desk	[11]
Gaffa (Denmark)	[12]
Gaffa (Norway)	[13]
London Evening Standard	[14]
NME	3/5[15]
Rolling Stone	[16]
The Guardian	[17]
The Line of Best Fit	5/10[18]
Q	6/10[19]

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Cloud Nine received mixed reviews from music critics. David Smith from the London Evening Standard gave the album two out of five stars, stating that Cloud Nine is "superficially pretty with little of real substance."^[14]