FAME (album)
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March 18, 2011 ( release history ) |
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2010-2011 |
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| Label (s) | Jive Records , CBE | ||||||||||||
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CD, digital |
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running time |
53:53 min. |
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FAME is the fourth studio album by the American musician Chris Brown . It was first published on March 18, in Germany it was published on March 25. It was available in the US since March 22nd. The album is Chris Brown's first to reach number one on the Billboard 200 . In the German album charts , the album was ranked 39th.
background
In September 2010, an interview with rapper Kevin McCall first announced that Brown had started work on his fourth studio album. A few days later Brown revealed the name of his album: "FAME" The album title is an acronym for two meanings: " F orgiving A ll M y E nemies", as stated on the album cover, and " F ans A re M y E verything ".
Publication and promotion
The album was first released on March 18, including in Belgium and the Netherlands. The CD was released in the UK on March 21, 2011, and has been available in North America and other parts of Europe since March 22. It has been available for purchase in Germany since March 25th. Japan, where the album was released on April 6th, is one of the few countries where only the Deluxe Edition of the CD is available.
The album was promoted with many individual television and live appearances, for example on the US television program Good Morning America . The FAME tour also served to promote Chris Brown's fourth studio album.
Track list
| # | title | Songwriting | production | length |
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| 1. | Deuces (featuring Tyga & Kevin McCall ) | Chris Brown , Michael Stevenson , Kevin McCall | K-Mac | 4:36 |
| 2. | Up 2 You | Harvey Mason Jr. , Damon Thomas , Lamar Edwards , Eric Dawkins , Steve Russel , Dewaine Whittmore, Jr. | The underdogs | 4:07 |
| 3. | No BS | Chris Brown, Kevin McCall, Christopher Whitacre , Justin Henderson | Tha bizness | 4:07 |
| 4th | Look at Me Now (featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes ) | Chris Brown, Wesley Pentz , Jean Baptiste , Ryan Buendia , Dwayne Carter , Trevor Smith | Diplo , Afrojack , Free School (co-producer) | 3:42 |
| 5. | She ain't you | Chris Brown, Jean Baptiste, Ryan Buendia, Kevin McCall, Jason Boyd , John Bettis , Steve Porcaro , Brian Morgan | Free School | 4:08 |
| 6th | Say it with me | Chris Brown, Harmony Samuels , Courtney Harrell , Eric Bellinger | Harmony "H Money" Samuels | 3:01 |
| 7th | Yeah 3x | Chris Brown, Justin Franks , Kevin McCall, Amber Streeter , Adam Richard Wiles | DJ Frank E. | 4:01 |
| 8th. | Next 2 You (featuring Justin Bieber ) | Chris Brown, Nasri Atweh , Adam Messinger , Amber Streeter | The Messengers | 4:25 |
| 9. | All back | Timothy Bloom | Timothy "T. Bloom “Bloom | 4:26 |
| 10. | Wet the Bed (featuring Ludacris ) | Chris Brown, Derrick "Bigg D" Baker , Kevin McCall, Amber Streeter, Andre Merritt , Joseph Bereal , Christopher Bridges | Bigg D | 4:26 |
| 11. | Oh my love | Chris Brown, Harmony Samuels, Courtney Harrell, Eric Bellinger, Amber Streeter | Harmony "H Money" Samuels | 4:44 |
| 12. | Should've kissed you | Chris Brown, Brian Kennedy , Antwoine Collins , Dewaine Whittmore, Jr., James Slater | Brian Kennedy , T-Wiz , Chris Brown (co-producer) | 4:24 |
| 13. | Beautiful People (featuring Benni Benassi ) | Chris Brown, Marco Benassi , Alessandro Benassi , Jean Baptiste | Marco "Benny" Benassi , Alessandro "Alle" Benassi | 3:46 |
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| 14./18. | Champion ( Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown) | Harmony "H Money" Samuels, Jahmaal Fyffe , Eric Bellinger, Erica Nuri | H Money | 3:58 |
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| 14th | Bomb (featuring Wiz Khalifa ) | Christopher Brown, Jean Baptiste, Ryan Buendia, Michael McHenry , Nick Marsh , Kevin McCall, Amber Streeter, Steph Jones , Cameron Jabril Thomaz , Winston Delano Riley | Free School | 3:33 |
| 15th | Love the Girls (featuring The Game ) | Christopher Brown, Jamal Jones , India Boodram , Kesia Hollis , Jazmyn Michel , Jayceon Taylor | Polow da Don | 3:11 |
| 16. | Paper, Scissors, Rock (featuring Timbaland & Big Sean ) | Timothy Mosley , Jerome "JRoc" Harmon , James Fauntleroy II , Sean Anderson | Timbaland , JRoc | 3:46 |
| 17th | Beg for It | Christopher Brown, Jonathan Yip , Jeremy Reeves , Ray Romulus , Ray Charles McCullough II , Amber Streeter, Andre Merritt, Priscilla Hamilton | Stereotypes , Ra Charm (co-producer) | 3:44 |
| "Team Breezy" Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks | ||||
| 18th | All about you | Christopher Brown | 3:15 | |
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| 18th | Talk Ya Ear Off | Timbaland | 3:13 | |
| 19th | Champion ( Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown) | Harmony "H Money" Samuels, Jahmaal Fyffe, Eric Bellinger, Erica Nuri | H Money | 3:58 |
- Samples
- " She Ain't You " - " Human Nature " by Michael Jackson
- " Yeah 3x " - " I'm Not Alone " by Calvin Harris
- "Bomb" - " Bam Bam " by Winston Delano Riley
Singles
The first single from the album was the song Yeah 3x , which was released on October 25, 2010 and reached number 15 in the US. In Germany it rose to number seven in the German single charts , which is behind Brown's debut single Run It! is the most successful song there.
The second single, Look at Me Now , was released on February 1, 2011 and reached number six in the US. It is the album's top hit song on the Billboard Hot 100 . Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne are guest musicians on the song.
The song Beautiful People (with Benni Benassi ) was selected as the third single and was released on March 11, 2011. Ranked fourth in the UK, along with the song Forever from the album Exclusive, it is behind Brown's debut single Run It! the most successful song in the local charts.
She Ain't You was the fourth single from the album and was released on March 28th. It reached position 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and did not enter the charts in Germany.
The fifth single was Next 2 You , which featured Canadian musician Justin Bieber . The song was released on June 24, 2011 and reached number 28 in Germany and number 26 in the USA.
The sixth and final release was the song Wet the Bed . The American rapper Ludacris was a guest musician on the song, which was released on September 13, 2011 and missed any chart placement outside the USA.
The songs Deuces and No Bullshit , which can also be found on the album, were not released as singles from the album. Rather, they are singles from Chris Brown's second mixtape Fan of a Fan , which he released with Tyga in 2010. The songs were later only reused for the album.
tour
On January 19th the FAME Tour was announced, which should start with five shows in April and May in Australia. The tour should then be continued in September 2011. In total, these included 38 concerts in Australia , Canada , the USA and the United Arab Emirates .
success
Commercial win
The fourth studio album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 270,000 units sold in its first week , making it Brown's first number one album. However, Exclusive , his second album, had higher sales in the US in the first week. At the end of April 2011, the album was awarded a gold record for 500,000 units sold in the United States.
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reception
The album received average reviews and achieved a Metascore , which was based on 16 reviews, a value of 52 points. Entertainment Weekly, for example, wrote that the album deserves to be heard. Allmusic reviewer Andy Kellman thought the album was similar to Forever , which was featured on Brown's second album Exclusive . The album is slightly better than the song, and it also indicates that "the best of Brown is still to come." The website The DJ Booth rated the album rather positively and claimed that the only purpose of the album was to “keep the artist relevant” and “continue to make him marketable”. However, this was only moderately successful. Brown still has a long way to go before he can regain his old format.
Awards and nominations
At the American Music Awards 2011 the album in the category was Favorite Soul / R & B album nominated, but lost to the album Loud by Rihanna . In November 2011, the album won the “Album of the Year” category at the Soul Train Music Awards . Brown has been nominated three times at the Grammy Awards 2012 , including in the Best R&B Album category . He was also awarded this prize at the ceremony, making it his first Grammy award (with eleven nominations).
Awards for music sales
- United States
- Australia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rap-Up TV: Kevin McCall Talks 'Deuces' Success, New Chris Brown Album . rap-up.com. September 12, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ Chris Brown Announces New Album Title . rap-up.com. September 18, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ Chris Brown: The Freaks Talk to Chris Brown . wild941.radio.com. October 3, 2011. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ^ Sophie Barnett: MTV News . mtv.com.au. January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ Keith Caulfield: Chris Brown Nets First No. 1 album on Billboard 200 Chart . billboard.com. March 30, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: United States
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE CH UK US
- ↑ Annual charts USA
- ↑ FAME - Chris Brown . metacritic.com. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
- ↑ Brad Wete: Music Review: FAME (2011) - Chris Brown . ew.com. March 9, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
- ^ Andy Kellman: Review . allmusic.com. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
- ↑ Nathan S .: Chris Brown - FAME . djbooth.net. Archived from the original on December 29, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
- ^ Jason Lipshutz: Adele Leads American Music Awards Nominations . billboard.com. October 11, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ Taylor Swift, Adele, & Nicki Minaj Win Big at American Music Awards . rap-up.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ Justin Joseph: SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2011 WINNERS . blogs-centrictv.com. November 27, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ List of Grammy nominations ( December 1, 2011 memento on WebCite )
- ↑ Top 2012 Grammy Awards winners . focus.de. February 13, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: United States
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: Australia
