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Studio album by Miranda Lambert | ||||
Released | June 3, 2014 | |||
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Length | 58:15 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
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Singles from Platinum | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
American Songwriter | |
Cuepoint | A |
Entertainment Weekly | A |
The Guardian | |
Los Angeles Times | |
PopMatters | 7/10 |
Rolling Stone | |
Spin | 7/10 |
USA Today |
Platinum is the fifth studio album by American country recording artist Miranda Lambert, released on June 3, 2014, by RCA Nashville. Lambert wrote or co-wrote eight of the album's 16 tracks while working with a host of session musicians and songwriters, as well as guest performers Little Big Town, The Time Jumpers, and Carrie Underwood. The album was produced by Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay, and Glenn Worf.
Platnium debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming Lambert's first to top the chart, while selling 180,000 copies in its first week. It received widespread critical acclaim and earned Lambert a Grammy Award for Best Country Album as well as a CMA Award and ACM Award in the same category. The album was certified platinum for sales of one million copies in the United States.
Lambert wrote or co-wrote eight of the album's 16 tracks. The album features collaborations with Little Big Town ("Smokin' and Drinkin'") and The Time Jumpers ("All That's Left"), as well as a duet with Carrie Underwood on "Somethin' Bad". Lambert and Underwood debuted the song at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards on May 18, 2014, and performed it again on June 4, during the CMT Music Awards. In support of Platinum, Lambert embarked on a concert tour of North America in mid 2014, featuring Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett as her opening acts.