X (Chris Brown album)
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| Studio album by Chris Brown | ||||
| Released | September 16, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–14 | |||
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| Length | 60:18 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 5.9/10 |
| Metacritic | 63/100 |
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| AllMusic |    |
| The A.V. Club | B– |
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| Complex | |
| HipHopDX | 3/5 |
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| XXL | 4/5 (XL) |
X is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Chris Brown; it was released on September 16, 2014, by RCA Records. The album serves as the follow-up to his fifth album Fortune (2012).
The album was preceded by five singles: "Fine China", "Don't Think They Know", "Love More", "Loyal" and "New Flame". The album's fourth single "Loyal" became its most successful, by peaking at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 10 in the United Kingdom. Pushing the promotion for the album further, Brown performed and appeared at several televised music events and music festivals across the United States.
X received generally positive reviews from critics, who celebrated the record's diverse sound, but were ambivalent towards its lyrical content. The album was considered a big improvement compared to its critically panned predecessor Fortune.
Commercially, the album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 selling 146,000 copies in its first week, becoming his first album to miss the summit of the chart since Graffiti (2009) and his third album to go to number 2 on the chart overall following Exclusive (2007). It also became his sixth consecutive top ten debut in the United States. By the end of 2015, the album had sold 404,000 copies in the United States. It has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 2016.
On November 8, 2012, in an interview with Power 106's (KPWR) at Los Angeles, California, Brown debuted the track, titled "Nobody's Perfect". The song was supposed to be his first single for his upcoming sixth album, under the working title of Carpe Diem, which was due to be released in 2013. The single was never released and after concluding his Carpe Diem Tour in 2012, word of Brown's next studio album started to develop. MTV News confirmed development of the album, with Brown collaborating with producers, such as Timbaland, Danja and Diplo, among others.
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