B.O.A.T.S is the fifth solo studio album by Irish-American musician
Michael Patrick Kelly. It was released on 12 November 2021 through
Columbia/
Sony Music. Recording sessions took place at Hoxa HQ and Air Studios in
London, Jan Krause Studio, Tweedstudio and Principal Studios and Toolhouse Studios in
Germany, and Scaramouche in
Vienna. Production was handled by Kelly himself together with
Jimmy Hogarth, Daniel Flamm, Decco, Johannes Herbst, Robin Grubert, Lukas Hillebrand, Abaz, Klaus Sahm,
Philipp Steinke,
Tobias Kuhn, Vincent Sorg and X-Plosive. It features a
guest appearance from
Ilse DeLange.
The album reached number 2 in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, and number 187 in Flanders. It was certified Gold by the
Bundesverband Musikindustrie and
IFPI Switzerland.