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Girl (Pharrell Williams album)

Girl
Pharrell Williams – Girl (album cover).png
Studio album by Pharrell Williams
Released March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)
Recorded 2013
Studio
Genre
Length 46:54
Label i Am Other, Columbia
Producer Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams chronology
In My Mind
(2006)
Girl
(2014)
Singles from Girl
  1. "Happy"
    Released: November 21, 2013
  2. "Marilyn Monroe"
    Released: March 10, 2014
  3. "Come Get It Bae"
    Released: May 8, 2014
  4. "Gust of Wind"
    Released: October 7, 2014
  5. "It Girl"
    Released: November 10, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.5/10
Metacritic 67/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The A.V. Club B
Chicago Tribune 3/4 stars
Entertainment Weekly B
The Guardian 4/5 stars
The Independent 3/5 stars
NME 4/5 stars
Pitchfork 6.2/10
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
Spin 8/10

Girl (stylized as G I R L) is the second studio album by American recording artist and record producer Pharrell Williams. The album was released on March 3, 2014, through Williams' label i Am Other and Columbia Records. Girl was Williams' first studio album since his 2006 debut, In My Mind. It contains appearances by Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Daft Punk, JoJo and Alicia Keys.

Girl received generally positive reviews from critics. It peaked at number one in 12 countries worldwide, also peaking in the top 10 of the charts of 17 other countries. The album has sold 591,000 copies in the United States as of February 2015. The album's lead single was the Academy Awards-nominated "Happy" (from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack), which was a huge worldwide success, selling more than 13.9 million units (sales plus equivalent streams) worldwide and becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time. Follow-up singles "Marilyn Monroe", "Come Get It Bae" and "Gust of Wind" have achieved moderate success. At the 57th Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Urban Contemporary Album. "Happy" also won Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Music Video.


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