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Here I Am (Kelly Rowland album)

Here I Am
A close-up image of a woman's face covers the image. Her skin is blue and she is looking directly at the camera, with her face framed by her long black hair. Across the top in white text it reads KELLY ROWLAND (the name of the artist). On the line immediately below, in smaller text and aligned to the right, it reads HERE I AM (the name of the album).
Standard edition cover artwork; other cover artworks include two similar artworks for deluxe editions.
Studio album by Kelly Rowland
Released July 22, 2011 (2011-07-22)
Recorded 2008–2011
Studio
Genre
Length 39:08
Label Universal Motown
Producer
Kelly Rowland chronology
Ms. Kelly: Diva Deluxe
(2008)		 Here I Am
(2011)		 Playlist: the Very Best of Kelly Rowland
(2011)
Singles from Here I Am
  1. "Commander"
    Released: May 17, 2010
  2. "Rose Colored Glasses"
    Released: June 28, 2010
  3. "Forever and a Day"
    Released: September 20, 2010
  4. "Motivation"
    Released: April 8, 2011
  5. "Lay It on Me"
    Released: August 16, 2011 (radio)
  6. "Down for Whatever"
    Released: October 26, 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 64/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
The A.V. Club (B)
The Boston Globe (favorable)
Entertainment Weekly (B)
Los Angeles Times 1/4 stars
The New York Times (favorable)
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars
USA Today 2.5/4 stars
The Washington Post (favorable)

Here I Am is the third studio album by American recording artist Kelly Rowland, released through Universal Motown and Universal Music Group on July 22, 2011. The album is Rowland's first release since parting ways with her long-time manager Mathew Knowles and Sony Music Entertainment record label Columbia Records and Knowles' Music World Entertainment. Here I Am is predominately a pop, R&B and dance album. It follows Rowland's assertion that "no one puts her in a box" with common themes around womanhood, sexual intimacy and love. Originally scheduled for release in 2010, the album was pushed back after the first round of singles were released to mixed reception, both with critics and commercially.

"Commander" (2010) produced by and featuring David Guetta topped the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and became a top-ten hit in the United Kingdom and some European territories. Three other singles: "Forever and a Day", "Rose Colored Glasses" and "Grown Woman", all had limited commercial success and are subsequently included on selected editions of the album or excluded altogether. The international version of the album features seventeen songs including ones excluded from the US editions and some remixes. Here I Am features guest performances from Lil Wayne, Nelly, Rico Love, Lil Playy, The WAV.s and Big Sean. Production of the album was handled by the likes of Rodney Jerkins, Guetta, Jim Jonsin, Hit-Boy, RedOne and The Runners. Love wrote half of the songs on the album, while Rowland received writing credits for three of the songs.


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