Femme Fatale (Album)

Femme Fatale
Britney Spears studio album
Publication (s)	2011
admission	2009-2011
Label (s)	Jive Records
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Pop, dance
Title (number)	12 (Standard Edition) 16 (Deluxe Edition)
running time	44:02 min. (Standard Edition) 58:36 min. (Deluxe Edition)
occupation	Singing: Britney Spears
production	Dr. Luke , Max Martin , Ammo, Billboard, Benny Blanco , Bloodshy & Avant, Darkchild , Dream Machine, Fraser T. Smith, JMIKE, Henrik Jonback, Magnus, Oligee, Sandy Vee, Shellback, Stargate , will.i.am
chronology Circus (2008) Femme Fatale B in the Mix: The Remixes 2
Single releases February 18, 2011 Hold It Against Me March 4, 2011 Till the world ends June 14, 2011 I wanna go September 30, 2011 Criminal

Femme Fatale (French for: fateful woman ) is the seventh studio album by the American singer Britney Spears . It was released in Germany on March 25, 2011.

With Femme Fatale , Spears broke records in the US, as she is the first and only artist who ever made it to debut with six albums at number 1 and with seven albums at least at number 2. Furthermore, she is the artist with the most number 1 albums in this millennium.

The album reached the top ten in 28 countries, including number 1 in the USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Russia and the international charts in South Korea, so the album was able to seamlessly build on the success of Circus .

The first single Hold It Against Me reached number 1 in seven countries, including the United States and Canada, where it was their fourth number-1 each. The song also made it into the top ten in eleven other countries. In the US, Spears debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 , which she previously achieved at the age of 3 , and made her only the second artist to have more than one debut at number 1. So far, the song has sold 1.2 million times in America, 411,000 of them in its debut week alone, and has thus achieved platinum status.

The second single Till the World Ends debuted at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 9 the following week. After the release of The Femme fatale remix , in which Nicki Minaj and Kesha were also involved as guest singers, the song rose to number 3 on the US charts. The song became her tenth top 10 hit and has sold more than 1.6 million copies so far, which means platinum status. In contrast to Spears' previous singles, Till the World Ends enjoyed great longevity in the charts. The song was also placed in the top 10 in 15 countries, including a. 2nd in Norway and Russia.

I Wanna Go debutedat number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 60 on the Canadian Hot 100 the week after Femme Fatale was released thanks to high download sales . On May 13, 2011 it was officially announced that the song will be released as the third single. After the radio premiere and the release of the music video, the song rose to 7th and 6th place respectively in the USA and Canada. a. Australia and New Zealand, the song was in the top 40. It is also Spears' most successful radio hit in the US to date, with an audience of around 100 million.

After the MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2011, Spears announced in an MTV interview that Criminal would be released as the fourth single from Femme Fatale . The song was released as a download on iTunes on September 30, 2011, and the song's official US radio premiere took place on October 11, 2011.

The combined sales of the album, the three singles released so far and the digital sales of the album songs in the US is 5 million copies.

Background and content

Spears sings S&M on their 2011 Femme Fatale Tour .

In July 2009, during her tour for the album Circus , Spears started recording her next album. Nevertheless, the work on the seventh studio album was not officially confirmed until March 2010. During an interview with Rap-Up in June 2010, Danja commented that he was working with Spears on the preproduction of Femme Fatale . Darkchild, who allegedly appeared to be working with her as well, commented on an imminent release of new music during an Ustream session in August 2010. Spears' manager Adam Leber, however, declined to publish it quickly at the time. He also denied the collaboration of producers who let the latter announce through their Twitter account. Furthermore, Leber announced through Entertainment Weekly that the new album was more progressive and a departure from what had been heard so far. In November 2010, Dr. Luke, along with Max Martin, is announced as Executive Producer of the album.

On December 2, 2010, the singer's 29th birthday, Spears personally revealed the release of her new album in March 2011 via Twitter .

Before the album was even released, the respective producers published various previews of songs that will appear on Femme Fatale . So presented u. a. Dr. Luke samples of the songs I Wanna Go and Inside Out as well as will.i.am a 30-second preview of the track Big Fat Bass . After the tracks I Wanna Go , Inside Out and (Drop Dead) Beautiful first appeared in full on the Internet on March 11, 2011, the entire album was leaked a short time later. The planned second single, Till the World Ends , which was scheduled to be released on March 11, 2011, was already available for download worldwide on March 4, 2011 via iTunes .

Track list

Standard Edition

#	title	Author (s)	Producer (s)	length
1.	Till the world ends	Alexander Kronlund, Kesha Sebert , Dr. Luke, Max Martin	Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Benny Blanco	3:57
2.	Hold It Against Me	Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Mathieu Jomphe, Bonnie McKee	Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Billboard	3:49
3.	Inside Out	Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Mathieu Jomphe, Bonnie McKee	Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Billboard	3:38
4th	I wanna go	Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Shellback	Max Martin, Shellback	3:30
5.	How I roll	Blodshy & Avant, Henrik Jonback, Magnus Lidehäll, Nicole Morier, Bonnie McKee	Bloodshy, Henrik Jonback, Magnus Lidehall	3:36
6th	(Drop Dead) Beautiful (feat.Sabi)	Ester Dean, Jeremy Coleman, Mathieu Jomphe, Benjamin Levin, Joshua Coleman	Benny Blanco, Ammo, JMIKE, Billboard	3:36
7th	Seal it with a kiss	Max Martin, Henry Walter, Dr. Luke, Bonnie McKee	Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Dream Machine	3:26
8th.	Big Fat Bass (feat. Will.i.am )	will.i.am	will.i.am	4:44
9.	Trouble for Me	Hather Bright, Fraser T. Smith, Livvi Franc	Fraser T. Smith	3:19
10.	Trip to Your Heart	Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Magnus Lidehäll, Pontus Winnberg, Nicole Morier, Sophie Stern	Bloodshy, Henrik Jonback, Mangus Lidehäll	3:33
11.	Gasoline	Claude Kelly	Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco	3:08
12.	Criminal	Tiffany Amber, Max Martin, Shellback	Max Martin, Shellback	3:45

Deluxe Edition

#	title	Author (s)	Producer (s)	length
13.	Up N 'Down	Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Shellback	Max Martin, Shellback, Oligee	3:42
14th	He About to Lose Me	Rodney Jerkins , Ina Wroldsen	Darkchild	3:48
15th	Selfish	Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, Ester Dean, Traci Hale	Stargate, Sandy Vee	3:43
16.	Don't keep me waiting	Rodney Jerkins, Thomas Lumpkins, Michaela Shiloh	Darkchild	3:21

Japanese deluxe edition

#	title	Author (s)	Producer (s)	length
17th	Scary	Fraser T. Smith, Kasia Livingston, Britney Spears	Fraser T. Smith	3:39

Commercial win

On March 31, 2011, Femme Fatale debuted in Ireland at number 4, making it the first international placement for the album. One day later it rose to number 5 in Sweden and on April 2 to number 7 in the Netherlands. This was followed by 8th place in each of the Belgian regions of Flanders and Wallonia. On April 3, Femme Fatale also hit number 1 on the Australian album charts, making it Spears' first number 1 album. With 35,000 copies sold in the first week, the album was awarded gold directly. Femme Fatale also went straight to number 1 in Brazil. In the UK, on ​​the other hand, the album only entered the charts at number 8, significantly worse than expected. In Germany, Femme Fatale reached number 10 in the first week of the chart, making it her seventh top 10 album in a row, although the album dropped to 32nd place in the second week of the chart and fell off the charts after only six weeks. On April 4, the album debuted in New Zealand at number 3 and is her highest chart entry there, on a par with the first two albums. In the US, the album will debut at # 1 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 279,000 copies, making it Spears' sixth number one album. In contrast to Circus , which sold 505,000 units in the first week, it was sold a lot less, although it should be noted that Circus was released during the Christmas season. In Switzerland the album debuted at number 2. In Portugal the album reached number 4 in the first week and is therefore the most successful placement in this country. In Canada, the album debuted at number 1 with 22,000 copies sold and was also the sixth number one album there. In Japan the album reached number 9 in the first week. It was also announced that the album entered Russia at number 1 and has already achieved gold status.

On April 29, Spears' official website announced that their sixth studio album had gone platinum. This is their seventh album to go platinum. Spears has received 33 platinum awards and has 33 million certified album sales. The album also went platinum in Canada and gold in Brazil, Mexico, France, Korea, Singapore, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.

On July 6th, the biannual Soundscan Charts were published in the USA, on which Britney is represented twice. Among the best-selling albums, it ranks 12th with 590,000 units of the album Femme Fatale sold and 18th best-selling digital singles with 1,989,000 units of the second single Till the World Ends sold .

On December 23, the year-end charts were published by Billboard magazine. In it, Spears ranks 9th with 10,000,000 million singles sold in the United States.

Chart placements

album

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	Femme Fatale Jive	DE10 (6 weeks) DE	AT10 (4 weeks) AT	CH2 (25 weeks) CH	UK8 (9 weeks) UK	US1 (33 weeks) US	First published: March 25, 2011 Sales: + 1,235,500

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
France (SNEP)	gold	70,000
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	7,500
Canada (MC)	platinum	80,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
Portugal (AFP)	platinum	40,000
Russia (NFPF)	platinum	10,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	788,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	6 × gold 4 × platinum	1,235,500

Main article: Britney Spears / Music Sales Awards

Single releases

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	Hold It Against Me Femme Fatale	DE23 (6 weeks) DE	AT16 (5 weeks) AT	CH7 (13 weeks) CH	UK6 (13 weeks) UK	US1 (17 weeks) US	First published: Jan 11, 2011 Sales: + 1,787,500
	Till the World Ends Femme Fatale	DE27 (13 weeks) DE	AT43 (5 weeks) AT	CH7 (25 weeks) CH	UK21 (14 weeks) UK	US3 (24 weeks) US	First published: March 4, 2011 Sales: + 3,442,500
	I wanna go femme fatale	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	AT43 (7 weeks) AT	CH27 (18 weeks) CH	-	US7 (20 weeks) US	First published: June 13, 2011 Sales: + 1,845,000
	Criminal femme fatale	-	-	CH33 (11 weeks) CH	-	US55 (6 weeks) US	First published: September 30, 2011

publication

Femme Fatale was released across much of Europe on March 25, 2011. The album was released on March 28, 2011 in Great Britain, Greece and Mexico, and finally in the USA on March 29. It is available as a standard version with 12 regular tracks as well as a deluxe edition with four additional tracks.

country	format	date	Label
Netherlands	CD	March 25, 2011	Sony Music
Denmark
Norway
Australia
Germany
Greece	CD , download	March 28, 2011
Mexico	CD
New Zealand
Poland
South Africa
United Kingdom			RCA Records
United States	CD , download	March 29, 2011	Jive Records
Brazil	CD		Sony Music
Philippines
Finland		March 30, 2011
Japan		April 6, 2011

Artist awards

year	Award show	Award winners	Award	Result
2011	MTV Europe Music Awards	Britney Spears	Best pop	nominated
			Best North American Act	won
			Best World Wide Act	nominated
	MTV Video Music Awards	Till the world ends	Best Pop Video	won
			Best choreography	nominated
	MuchMusic Video Awards		International Video of the Year - Artist	nominated
			International video	nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Britney Spears	Summer Music Star - Female	nominated
	Billboard Mid-Year Music Awards		First-Half Most Valuable Player	won
		Femme Fatale Tour	Best tour	won
		Hold It Against Me	Favorite Hot 100 No. 1 song	won
		I wanna go	Best Music Video	won
		Femme fatale	Favorite Billboard 200 No. 1 album	won
2012	NRJ Music Awards 2012	Britney Spears	Best international artist	nominated
	Billboard Music Awards	Britney Spears	Best Dance Artist	nominated

Femme Fatale Tour

The Femme Fatale Tour is the singer's eighth tour . In an interview with Ryan Seacrest on his radio show on March 4, 2011, Spears announced a tour of the United States. The first dates for the tour were announced on March 29, 2011 during their show on Good Morning America . As opening act u. a. Nicki Minaj up. Initially the tour was limited to 31 concerts in North America, later several dates in North America and Europe were added. Spears only concert in Germany takes place in Cologne. The tour currently has 53 dates. The tour starts in Sacramento on June 16, 2011 and ends in December. At the moment there are always new tour dates, which Britney publishes on her own website. There are currently more dates that include concerts in South America.

Spears also confirmed on Twitter that the tour will be recorded for a DVD / Blu-Ray during a concert in Toronto . This recording was released on December 2, 2012 in the Federal Republic of Germany.

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