Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.1/10
Metacritic	67/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	B+
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The Guardian
The Independent
NME	7/10
The Observer
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spin	7/10

Femme Fatale is the seventh studio album recorded by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was made available for digital download on March 25, 2011 through Jive Records. Musically, the singer wanted to make a "fresh-sounding" and "fierce dance album", thus incorporating dance-pop and electropop styles with elements of dubstep, techno, and trance in its sound. Spears began working on the album during the second leg of her tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009), while also contributing to her second compilation album, The Singles Collection (2009). The singer collaborated with various producers on Femme Fatale, including Max Martin, Dr. Luke, William Orbit, Fraser T Smith, Rodney Jerkins, Bloodshy & Avant, will.i.am and StarGate.

Upon its release, the record received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and dance-pop style, but noted Spears' supposed lack of involvement and heavily processed vocals. She received no songwriting credits on the album aside from the bonus track "Scary", which had not been written by her since her earlier years. Some stated that Spears was no longer the center of the album and found a trade-off to be real personality. Ryan Tedder however, defended her, saying that Frank Sinatra and Garth Brooks were huge artists who didn't write most of their songs. The album debuted atop of the charts in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Russia, South Korea and the United States, and peaking inside the top ten in twenty-four countries. In the United States, she earned her sixth number one album.

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