Willpower (Joy Denalane album)

Willpower is the sixth studio album by German singer Joy Denalane. It was released by Lesedi Music in association with Four Music on October 6, 2023.

Critical reception
Laut.de editor Philipp Kause called the album a "great record" and noted: "In a few years the release will be seen as a strong milestone." Andrian Kreye, writing for Süddeutsche Zeitung, wrote that "on her new album Willpower, singer Joy Denalane collapses the space-time of pop. Wonderful." Westdeutscher Rundfunk critic Marc Mühlenbrock found that "Denalane remains true to her great love for the soul of bygone eras, but travels a decade further in the time machine: after the sound of the late 60s, it is now the turn of the late 70s. Her band and her voice also master this sound vision skillfully."

Chart performance
Willpower debuted and peaked at number 33 on the German Albums Chart for the week of October 13, 2023. It became Denalane's lowest-charting album yet as well as her first album to miss the top ten in Germany.