The Goat (album)

The album, along with its cover, was announced on May 5, 2020, through Polo G's Instagram. Singles On September 20, 2019, the album's first single, "Heartless" featuring American record producer Mustard, was released along with its music video. On February 14, 2020, "Go Stupid" with Stunna 4 Vegas and NLE Choppa, featuring Mike Will Made It, was released as the album's second single. On April 10, 2020, the third single off the album, "DND", was released. ==Critical reception==

The Goat was met with widespread critical acclaim upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 83, based on five reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Paul A. Thompson of Pitchfork stated that "The Chicago rapper's follow-up to his riveting debut LP argues for him as an adaptable and unmissable talent, an unlikely star in a new major-label system". ==Commercial performance==

The Goat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 99,000 album-equivalent units, (of which 14,000 were pure album sales) in its first week. In its third week, the album dropped to number seven on the chart, earning 40,000 more units. In its fourth week, the album dropped to number seven on the chart, earning 37,000 units, bringing its four-week total to 228,000 album-equivalent units. On December 2, 2025, the album was certified three-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 3,000,000 units in the United States. ==Track listing==

Track listing and credits adapted from Tidal. Notes • signifies a co-producer • signifies an additional producer • signifies an uncredited co-producer Sample credits • "Wishing for a Hero" contains samples from "Changes", written by Tupac Shakur, Bruce Hornsby, and Deon Evans, and performed by 2Pac featuring Talent; "Changes" itself contains samples from "The Way It Is", written by Bruce Hornsby. ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Certifications==