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Royalty
Royalty Chris Brown.jpg
Studio album by Chris Brown
Released December 18, 2015
Recorded 2014–15
Genre
Length 51:04
Label
Producer
Chris Brown chronology
Before the Party
(2015)		 Royalty
(2015)		 Royalty International EP
(2015)
Singles from Royalty
  1. "Liquor"
    Released: June 26, 2015
  2. "Zero"
    Released: September 18, 2015
  3. "Back to Sleep"
    Released: November 9, 2015
  4. "Fine by Me"
    Released: November 27, 2015

Royalty is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Chris Brown. It was released on December 18, 2015, by RCA Records. The album serves as the follow-up to his sixth album X (2014). Preceding the album's release by four singles; including "Liquor", "Zero", "Back to Sleep", and "Fine by Me".

Royalty received mixed reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200, selling 184,000 units (162,000 in pure album sales) in its first week.[1][2] It also became his seventh solo album consecutive top ten debut in the United States.

The album was dedicated to the daughter of Chris Brown, Royalty Brown.[3]

Composition[edit]

Royalty is mainly an R&B and funk album.[4] The opening track, "Back to Sleep" is an R&B slow jam that features beats and minor influences of funk and pop music, reminiscent of Marvin Gaye's 1982 song "Sexual Healing".[5][6][7][8] "Fine by Me" is an R&B, EDM and disco song[9][10] inspired by 70's music.[11] "Wrist" is a trap song with some heavy influences from R&B and hip hop.[12] "Make Love" is a slow jam that has a pure R&B style, inspired by 90's music.[13] "Liquor" is an R&B song with heavy influences from psychedelic music and soul. "Zero" is a disco, R&B and funk song[14][15][16][17] that was compared by some critics to the work of American artist Michael Jackson and French electronic music duo Daft Punk.[18][19][20] "Anyway" is a dance-pop song which features an auto-tuned chorus sung by Tayla Parx.[21] "Picture Me Rollin’" is a g-funk and old school hip hop song, which features influences by west coast rap.[22][23][24] "Who's Gonna (Nobody)" is an R&B song that samples "Nobody" performed by Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage, and "My, My, My" performed by Johnny Gill.[25][26] "No Filter" is a disco and funk song.[27][28][29] "Day One" is an hip hop and R&B song, where Brown's voice is auto-tuned.[30][31] "KAE" is a urban song dedicated to Brown's ex-girlfriend, Karrueche Tran.[32][33] "U Did It" is an R&B song which features some electronic elements.[34]

Release and promotion[edit]

On June 25, 2015, Brown announced that his seventh studio album would be released in Autumn of 2016.[35] The day after he released the album's lead single, "Liquor".[36]

On August 22, 2015 the singer officially declares from his Twitter profile that the new album will be titled "Royalty" in honor of his daughter, Royalty Brown.[37][38] On October 16 he has revealed the album cover, portraying Chris with Royalty in her arms in a black and white picture.[39] Brown said that the album is called "Royalty" because represents “where I’m at right now in my life,” said the singer, adding, “She’s the biggest part of my life.”[40]

Singles[edit]

The album's lead single, "Liquor" was released on June 26, 2015.[41] The song was produced by ToneStith. On September 22, 2015, the music video premiered, sharing along with the music video for "Zero".[42]

The album's second single, "Zero" was released on September 18, 2015.[43] The song was produced by Riley Bell, Matthew Burnett and Tushar Apte. On September 22, 2015, the music video was released for "Zero", while sharing along with the music video for "Liquor".

The song, titled "Back to Sleep" was leaked via SoundCloud on November 6, 2015.[44][45] It was officially released as the album's third single on November 9, 2015. The song was produced by Vinylz and Boi-1da. On December 14, 2015, Brown uploaded and released the music video for "Back to Sleep" on his YouTube and Vevo account.[46] The video begins, after the conclusion of Brown's "Fine By Me" music video.

"Fine by Me" was released, along with the pre-order on iTunes on November 26, 2015.[47] On the following day, it was officially released as the album's fourth single. The song was produced by The Monsters and the Strangerz. The video begins at the end of his video "Zero", and shows a clip from his other video "Liquor".[48]

Other songs[edit]

The track "Wrist" featuring Solo Lucci, was released as part of the countdown single, with the pre-order of the album on December 4, 2015. On December 15, 2015, Brown uploaded the music video from the song.[49] The track "Anyway" was released as an instant grat with pre-orders on December 11, 2015. It was produced by BLAQTUXEDO and features guest appearances from Tayla Parx.[50] The music video for "Picture Me Rollin’" was uploaded and released on December 17, 2015. Scott Disick, French Montana, Kid Red, ASAP Ferg, and ASAP Rocky, all make their cameo appearances in this video.[51] On December 18, 2015, Brown uploaded the music video for "Little More (Royalty)" on his YouTube and Vevo account.[52]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 61/100[53]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars[54]
Billboard 3.5/5 stars[55]
Complex 4/5 stars[56]
HipHopDX 3.5/5 stars[57]
Slant Magazine 2/5 stars[58]
The Courier-Journal 3/4 stars[59]

Royalty received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 61, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews.

Commercial performance[edit]

Predictions for the first week sales of Royalty in United States were continuously revised upwards, starting from 125,000 copies to 135,000 pure album sales, 150,000 to 160,000 with stream.[60] Eventually Royalty debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 selling 184,000 equivalent copies (162,000 in pure album sales) behind Justin Bieber's Purpose and 25 by Adele.[61] It was the second best-selling album of the week.[62] The album was the sixth Brown's solo album to debut at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[63] The album debuted at number 23 on the UK Albums Chart[64] and number-one on the UK R&B Chart, becoming Brown's fifth number-one on that chart.[65]

The sales for Royalty mark an improvement over Brown's last three studio albums, with the former two peaking higher, but selling less, while the latter than a collaboration with Tyga; which has sold 51,000 copies.[61] Despite having greater first week sales than his three previous albums, this is his third-lowest peak position for one of his solo studio albums.[66] In its second week, the album remained in the top ten at Billboard 200, fell to number 8, selling 55,000 equivalent copies (36,000 in pure album sales).[67] In its third week, the album dropped down to number 12 on the chart, selling 29,000 equivalent copies (17,000 in pure album sales).[68] In the fourth week the album fell to number 14 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 23,000 equivalent copies (12,000 in pure album sales).[69] As of February 2016 the album had sold 360,000 copies in the United States.[70]

Track listing[edit]

Royalty — CD – digital download – streaming[71]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Back to Sleep"  
3:21
2. "Fine by Me"  
3:27
3. "Wrist" (featuring Solo Lucci)
3:14
4. "Make Love"  
  • Brown
  • Antonio "ToneStith" Stith
  • Rian Glen Beriones
  • Melvin Villanueva
 ToneStith 3:50
5. "Liquor"  
  • ToneStith
  • The Aquarius
 3:44
6. "Zero"  
  • Burnett
  • Apte
  • Bell
 3:34
7. "Anyway" (featuring Tayla Parx)
  • Brown
  • Darius "Blaq Tuxedo" Logan
  • Lisa Scinta
  • Taylor "Tayla Parx" Parks
  • Dominique "Blaq Tuxedo" Logan
  • Barry "Mijo" Bradford
  • Andrew Hey
 Blaq Tuxedo 3:31
8. "Picture Me Rollin’"  
  • Brown
  • Aaron Lamont Small
  • Wesley "DJ Wes" Dees
  • Edward "LDB" Griffin
  • Andre "Dre-native" Blake
  • Kenneth "K-Smack" Franklin
  • Santiago "GoldenBoy" Bauza
  • Cheryl Cook
  • Warren Griffin II
  • Jerry Leiber
  • Mike Stoller
  • Angela Stone
 Dr3amforever 3:13
9. "Who's Gonna (Nobody)"  
B.A.M. 4:33
10. "Discover"  
4:25
11. "Little Bit"  
  • Blaq Tuxedo
  • The Aristocrats
 2:45
12. "Proof"  
Ayo & Keyz of the Upperclassmen 4:01
13. "No Filter"  
  • Brown
  • Terrence De Carlo Coles
  • Josh "Nonfiction" Cumbee
  • Afshin "Nonfiction" Salmani
  • Natalie Dunn
  • Ilan Kidron
  • Whitmore, Jr.
  • Mark Pitts
 Nonfiction 3:06
14. "Little More (Royalty)"  
4:20
Total length:
 51:04
Sample credits

Charts[edit]

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[74] 14
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[75] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[76] 54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[77] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[78] 85
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[79] 17
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[80] 26
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[81] 21
French Albums (SNEP)[82] 81
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[83] 37
Irish Albums (IRMA)[84] 51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[85] 16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[86] 39
South African Albums (RISA)[87] 15
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[88] 57
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[89] 46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[90] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[64] 23
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[91] 5
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[65] 1
US Billboard 200[92] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[93] 1

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format(s) Label
United Kingdom[94] December 18, 2015
RCA
United States[71]

See also[edit]

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