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Royalty is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Chris Brown. It was released on December 18, 2015, by RCA Records. The album serves as the follow-up to his sixth studio album X (2014).

Royalty received mixed reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 selling 184,000 copies (164,000 in pure album sales) in its first week. It also became his seventh solo album consecutive top ten debut in the United States.

Preceding the album's release was four singles: "Liquor", "Zero", "Back to Sleep" and "Fine by Me".

Singles

"Liquor" was released as the album's lead single on June 26, 2015.[1] The song was produced by ToneStith. The music video premiered on September 22, 2015, sharing along with the music video for "Zero", making it as one.[2]

"Zero" was released as the album's second single on September 18, 2015.[3] The song was produced by Riley Bell, Matthew Burnett and Tushar Apte.

The song, titled "Back to Sleep", was leaked via SoundCloud on November 6, 2015.[4][5] It was officially released as the album's third single on November 9, 2015. The song was produced by Vinylz and Boi-1da. On December 14, 2015, Brown uploaded and released the music video for "Back to Sleep" on his YouTube and Vevo account.[6] The video begins, after the conclusion of Brown's "Fine By Me" music video.

"Fine by Me" was released, along with the pre-order on iTunes on November 26, 2015.[7] On the following day, it was officially released as the album's fourth single. The song was produced by The Monsters and the Strangerz. The video begins at the end of his video "Zero", and shows a clip from his other video "Liquor".[8]

Other songs

The track "Wrist" featuring Solo Lucci, was released as part of the countdown single, with the pre-order of the album on December 4, 2015. On December 15, 2015, Brown uploaded the music video from the song.[9] The track "Anyway" was released as an instant grat with pre-orders on December 11, 2015. It was produced by BLAQTUXEDO and features guest appearances from Tayla Parx.[10] The music video for "Picture Me Rollin’" was uploaded and released on December 17, 2015. Scott Disick, French Montana, Kid Red, ASAP Ferg, and ASAP Rocky, all make their cameo appearances in this video.[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
Billboard[14]
Slant Magazine[15]

Royalty received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 5 reviews.

Commercial performance

Royalty debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 selling 184,000 equivalent copies (162,000 in pure album sales) behind Justin Bieber's Purpose and 25 by Adele.[16] The album was the sixth Brown's solo album to debut at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[17] The album debuted at number 23 on the UK Albums Chart[18] and number-one on the UK R&B Chart, becoming Brown's fifth number-one on that chart.[19] The sales for Royalty mark an improvement over Brown's last three studio albums, with the former two peaking higher but selling less, while the latter, a collaboration with Tyga, sold 51,000 copies.[16] Despite having greater first week sales than his three previous albums, this is his third-lowest peak position for one of his solo studio albums.

Track listing

Royalty — CD – digital download – streaming[20]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Back to Sleep"
3:21
2."Fine by Me"
The Monsters and the Strangerz3:27
3."Wrist" (featuring Solo Lucci)
3:14
4."Make Love"
  • Brown
  • Antonio "Tone" Stith
  • Rian Glen Beriones
  • Melvin Villanueva
ToneStith3:50
5."Liquor"
  • ToneStith
  • The Aquarius
3:44
6."Zero"
  • Burnett
  • Apte
  • Bell
3:34
7."Anyway" (featuring Tayla Parx)
  • Brown
  • Darius "Blaq Tuxedo" Logan
  • Lisa Scinta
  • Taylor "Tayla Parx" Parks
  • Dominique "Blaq Tuxedo" Logan
  • Barry "Mijo" Bradford
  • Andrew Hey
Blaq Tuxedo3:31
8."Picture Me Rollin’"
  • Brown
  • Gabrielle "Goldie" Nowee
  • Aaron Lamont Small
  • Wesley "DJ Wes" Dees
  • Edward "LDB" Griffin
  • Andre "Dre-native" Blake
  • Kenneth "K-Smack" Franklin
  • Santiago "GoldenBoy" Bauza
  • Cheryl Cook
  • Warren Griffin II
  • Jerry Leiber
  • Mike Stoller
  • Angela Stone
Dr3amforever3:13
9."Who's Gonna (Nobody)"
B.A.M.4:33
10."Discover"
4:25
11."Little Bit"
  • Brown
  • Nowee
  • Bentley
  • Darius Logan
  • Dominique Logan
  • Anderson
  • Chaz Jackson
  • Orlando Williamson
Blaq Tuxedo2:45
12."Proof"
  • Brown
  • Bryson Tiller
  • Donald Degrate
  • Askia Fountain
  • Cedric Hailey
  • James Foye III
  • Austin Owens
  • Irvin Whitlow
Ayo & Keyz of the Upperclassmen4:01
13."No Filter"
  • Brown
  • Terrence De Carlo Coles
  • Josh "Nonfiction" Cumbee
  • Afshin "Nonfiction" Salmani
  • Natalie Dunn
  • Ilan Kidron
  • Whitmore, Jr.
  • Mark Pitts
Nonfiction3:06
14."Little More (Royalty)"
4:20
Total length:51:04
Royalty — Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[21]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Day One"
4:07
16."Blow It in the Wind"
Composer4:08
17."KAE"
  • Brown
  • Donameche Jackson
  • Derrick Beck
  • Arin Ray
  • Jamal Gaines
  • Don City
  • Beck
3:34
18."U Did It" (featuring Future)
  • Brown
  • Nayvadius Wilburn
  • Andre "Dre Moon" Proctor
  • James "Nard" Rosser
  • Brandon "B" Rackley
  • Dre Moon
  • Nard & B
3:33
Total length:66:26
Royalty — f.y.e. deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[22]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."The 80's"
  • Brown
  • Robin Weisse
Free School4:25
20."Blue Jeans"
3:05
Total length:73:56
Royalty International – EP[23]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Blood On My Hands"
  • Brown
 4:02
2."Shattered"
  • Brown
 3:04
3."Lonely Dancer"
  • Brown
 3:14
4."The 80's"
  • Brown
  • Weisse
Free School4:25
5."Blue Jeans"
  • Brown
  • Wayne
  • Uwaezuoke
  • Hills
  • Metro Boomin
  • Danja
  • Sonny Digital
3:05
Total length:17:50
Sample credits

Charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] 14
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[25] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27] 85
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[28] 17
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[29] 26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[30] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[31] 37
Irish Albums (IRMA)[32] 51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[33] 16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[34] 39
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[35] 57
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[36] 46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 23
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[38] 5
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[19] 1
US Billboard 200[39] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[40] 1

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label
United Kingdom[41] December 18, 2015
RCA
United States[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Liquor - Single by Chris Brown". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Watch Chris Brown's Nine-Minute Video for 'Liquor / Zero'". BET.com. 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Zero - Single by Chris Brown". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  4. ^ "Urban single coming today! "FUCK YOU BACK TO 2 SLEEP"". Twitter. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Listen to @Power1051 NY right now for my new urban single #SexYouBackToSleep!". Twitter. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Chris Brown - Back To Sleep (Explicit Version)". Vevo. December 14, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  7. ^ "Peep a new record from Chris Brown's "Royalty" album, "Fine By Me."". hotnewhiphop.com.
  8. ^ "Chris Brown - Fine by Me". YouTube. November 27, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  9. ^ "Chris Brown - Wrist (Explicit Version) ft. Solo Lucci". YouTube. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  10. ^ "Listen to "Anyway," the latest leak from Chris Brown's upcoming "Royalty."". hotnewhiphop.com.
  11. ^ "Chris Brown - Picture Me Rollin' (Explicit Version)". YouTube. December 17, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  12. ^ "Royalty – Chris Brown". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  13. ^ Andy Kellman. "Royalty - Chris Brown - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  14. ^ Brad Wete. "Chris Brown Falls Short of King on 'Royalty': Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  15. ^ Sam Mac. "Chris Brown: Royalty Album Review". Slant. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Adele sells million in fifth week". Billboard News. December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  17. ^ "Chris Brown Scores Sixth No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums With 'Royalty'". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
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  19. ^ a b "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  20. ^ a b "iTunes – Music – Royalty by Chris Brown". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc.
  21. ^ "Chris Brown Shares "Royalty" Album Tracklist". Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  22. ^ "CD f.y.e. "Royalty" Album Traclist". Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  23. ^ "CD f.y.e. "Royalty" Album Traclist". Retrieved December 25, 2015.
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  25. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/urban-albums
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  28. ^ "Chris Brown Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  29. ^ http://www.hitlisten.nu/default.asp?list=a40
  30. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Chris Brown – Royalty" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  31. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  32. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 52, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  33. ^ "Charts.nz – Chris Brown – Royalty". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  34. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Chris Brown – Royalty". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  35. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Chris Brown – Royalty". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  36. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Chris Brown – Royalty". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  37. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Chris Brown – Royalty". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  38. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  39. ^ "Chris Brown Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  40. ^ "Chris Brown Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  41. ^ "iTunes – Music – Royalty by Chris Brown". iTunes Store (UK). Apple Inc.
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