"on 4 October 2013. This Is What It Feels Like ""This Is What It Feels Like"" is a song by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It features vocals from Canadian singer and songwriter Trevor Guthrie. The song was released in the Netherlands by Armada Music as a digital download on 29 April 2013 as the second single from van Buuren's fifth studio album ""Intense"". It became a top 10 hit in ten countries. In the Netherlands, the song peaked at number 3 on the Dutch Top 40. ""This Is What It Feels Like"" became van Buuren's first"
"Lemonade (Beyoncé album) Lemonade is the sixth solo album by American singer Beyoncé, released on April 23, 2016, by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. It was her second ""visual album"" following her 2013 eponymous fifth album, and is a concept album accompanied upon its release by a sixty-five minute film aired on HBO. Primarily an R&B album, ""Lemonade"" encompasses a variety of genres, including pop, reggae, blues, rock, hip hop, soul, funk, Americana, country, gospel, electronic, and trap. It features guest vocals from James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, the Weeknd, and Jack White, and contains samples and interpolations of a number"
"the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for seven consecutive weeks, while peaking at number 20 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Beyoncé's self-titled fifth album, ""Beyoncé"", was unexpectedly released to the iTunes Store in December 2013 and debuted atop the US ""Billboard"" 200 chart, becoming her fifth consecutive number one album in the United States. After just three days of sales, ""Beyoncé"" became the fastest-selling album ever on iTunes, both in the US and worldwide. The album's highest charting single was ""Drunk in Love"", which reached number two on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Beyoncé's sixth studio album ""Lemonade"" was released"
"""Sorry,"" going from pissed-off exasperation to dignity at any cost (""Suicide before you see this tear""), to small-voiced vulnerability at the very end. On ""Sorry,"" Beyonce proves your life doesn't have to be perfect for you to remain flawless."" After the release of ""Lemonade"", ""Sorry"" managed to appear on several international music charts. It debuted on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at number 11 on May 2, 2016, becoming Beyoncé's second best debut on the chart above her singles ""Ring the Alarm"" (2006) and ""Drunk in Love"" (2013). It was only surpassed by ""Formation"", which entered the chart at"
"topped the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart for four weeks, ""Halo"" and ""Sweet Dreams"". ""I Am... Sasha Fierce"" sold 3.12 million copies in the United States, and the album has sold eight million copies worldwide as of 2016. Beyoncé's fourth studio album, ""4"", was released in June 2011 and debuted atop the US ""Billboard"" 200 chart. The album's first two singles, ""Run the World (Girls)"" and ""Best Thing I Never Had"", both reached the top ten in several charts worldwide with the latter peaking at number 16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, whilst the fourth single ""Love on Top"" topped"
"2011. It peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. ""The Race"" was released as the album's fourth single (although not sent to radio) on March 8, 2011, and peaked at number 66 on the US Hot 100. ""No Sleep"" was released as the album's fifth and final single on March 22, 2011. It became the second highest performing song from the album, as it peaked at number 6 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song was later sent to radio on August 9, 2011. It has also debuted at number 38 on the ""Billboard"" Pop Songs chart."
"4 (Beyoncé album) 4 is the fourth studio album by American singer Beyoncé. It was released on June 24, 2011 by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. Following a career hiatus that reignited her creativity, Beyoncé was inspired to create a record with a basis in traditional rhythm and blues that stood apart from contemporary popular music. Her collaborations with songwriters and record producers The-Dream, Tricky Stewart and Shea Taylor produced a mellower tone, developing diverse vocal styles and influences from funk, hip hop, and soul music. Severing professional ties with father and manager Mathew Knowles, Beyoncé eschewed the music of"
"room only audience. Subsequently, the """" DVD was released in November. ""Love on Top"" was sung at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, Beyoncé finished the performance by unbuttoning her blazer and rubbing her stomach to confirm her pregnancy. A live performance of ""Countdown"" recorded in July was broadcast on ""Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"" in November. ""4"" was Beyoncé' first album that yielded no number-one singles in the United States, as no song from ""4"" reached the top ten on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Run the World (Girls)"" was released internationally as the lead single from"
"on April 23, 2016, after an hour-long accompanying video that premiered on HBO. With ""Lemonade"", Beyoncé became the first act in history to have six consecutive number one albums in the US. All twelve tracks from ""Lemonade"" charted within the Hot 100 in the US, breaking a record previously held by Taylor Swift for having the most songs chart consecutively with 11 for a female artist; Cardi B broke this record in 2018 with 13 songs. The album's lead single ""Formation"" became Beyoncé's first top ten single in the US since 2013's ""Drunk in Love"". Beyoncé discography American singer and"
"her previous releases in favor of an intimate, personal album. ""4""s lyrics emphasize monogamy, female empowerment and self-reflection, a result of Beyoncé considering a maturer message to contend artistic credibility. In May 2011, Beyoncé submitted seventy-two songs to Columbia Records for consideration, twelve of which appeared on the standard edition. ""4"" was promoted in mid-2011 by television performances and festival appearances, such as Beyoncé's headlining Glastonbury Festival set. The album received generally positive reviews by music critics; several publications included it on their year-end lists. It was her fourth consecutive album to debut at number one on the US ""Billboard"""
"1+1 (song) ""1+1"" is a song recorded by American recording artist Beyoncé for her fourth studio album, ""4"" (2011). It was released by Columbia Records in the United States on May 25, 2011, as a promotional single. Serving as the opening track on ""4"", it was written and produced by The-Dream, Tricky Stewart and Beyoncé. ""1+1"" was originally titled ""Nothing But Love"" and The-Dream had initially planned to include it on his second studio album, ""Love vs. Money"" (2009). A down-tempo contemporary R&B and soul music power ballad, ""1+1"" Beyoncé expressing her endless love to her soul mate; the lyrics"
"2011, selling 51,365 copies that week. ""Music Week"" Alan Jones attributed the high sales to Beyoncé's performance at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival. It became Beyoncé's sixteenth top 10 UK single as a solo artist, and her highest charting UK single since ""If I Were a Boy"" peaked at number one in November 2008. On July 17, 2011, ""Best Thing I Never Had"" reached number one on the UK R&B Chart, and the UK Airplay Chart the following week, amassing 71.58 million listener impressions. It became Beyoncé's fourth single as a solo artist, and seventh, including her singles with Destiny's Child,"
"Beyoncé (album) Beyoncé is the eponymous fifth solo album by American singer Beyoncé. The record was released on December 13, 2013 by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. Developed as a ""visual album"", its songs are accompanied by non-linear short films that illustrate the musical concepts conceived during production. Its dark, intimate subject material includes feminist themes of sex, monogamous love, and relationship issues, inspired by Beyoncé's desire to assert her full creative freedom. The album's initial recording began in New York City, where Beyoncé invited producers and songwriters to live with her for a month. During extensive touring the following"
"single on December 6, 2016. It previously debuted at number thirty-eight on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Its accompanying music video was released onto Vevo on November 30, 2016. ""Lemonade"" received widespread acclaim from music critics and is also Beyoncé's most critically acclaimed album to date. AllMusic writer Andy Kellman felt that ""the cathartic and wounded moments here resonate in a manner matched by few, if any, of Beyoncé's contemporaries."" In ""Spin"", Greg Tate wrote that the album ""is out to sonorously suck you into its gully gravitational orbit the old fashioned way, placing the burden of conjuration on its"
"released in 2011 and had sold 1.39 million in total in the two years since its release. Following Beyoncé performing at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, sales of the album in the US increased by 181%. The record sold 878,000 copies in the US in 2014 alone, becoming the sixth best-selling album of the year. As of November 2016, ""Beyoncé"" has sold 2.4 million copies in the US and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). On December 16, Apple Inc. announced that ""Beyoncé"" was the fastest selling album in the history of"
"writing that it is the ""most excellent, time-defying look at Beyonce's life so far"". He added that if viewed from a stylistic perspective, ""Schoolin' Life"" may not have fit with ""4"" mature tone, but as a stand-alone track ""it was one of the most fun of the year"". The staff members of the website Popdust ranked ""Schoolin' Life"" as the 87th best song of 2011, commending Knowles for having pastiched it together ""from decades-musty synths and rip-roar over it until it sounds completely current with a wink and a smirk."" On ""The Village Voice""s 2011 year-end Pazz & Jop singles"
"come. When a singer released her surprise visual album in December 2013, Diehl was quick to check out a list of songs, but ""6 Inch"" was not there. """"Everything went well."""" Diehl concludes. After three years, in 2016, the song finally came out on Beyoncé's sixth album, Lemonade,"" with a guest appearance from The Weeknd. After the release of ""Lemonade"", ""6 Inch"" debuted on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at number 18, becoming Beyoncé's twenty-sixth top 20 on the chart. ""6 Inch"" also entered on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart at number 10, becoming Beyoncé's twenty-seventh top 10 single on the"
"chart, selling 113,000 downloads; digital sales went up by 803%. This prompted the entry of ""Love on Top"" at number 20 on the Hot 100 chart. The Hot 100 debut of ""Love on Top"" became Beyoncé's second highest among her 29 solo career entries; only ""Ring the Alarm"" began at a higher position, at number 12 in 2006. It fell to number 70 on the Hot 100 chart issue dated September 24, 2011. ""Love on Top"" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 5, 2012. ""Love on Top"" passed one million digital copies in"
"on Beyoncé's official website, paired with its accompanying photo spread from the album packaging and an insightful quote. On June 18, 2011, ""I Miss You"""" was the third song to be chosen. The quote found Beyoncé elaborating on what motivated her to record a song like ""I Miss You"": [""4""] is definitely an evolution. It is bolder than the music on my previous albums because I’m bolder. The more mature I become and the more life experiences I have, the more I have to talk about. I really focused on songs being classics, songs that would last, songs that I"
"- Beyoncé September 6: ""Call Me When You're Sober"" - Evanescence September 7: ""Call Me When You're Sober"" - Evanescence September 8: ""Call Me When You're Sober"" - Evanescence September 11: ""Call Me When You're Sober"" - Evanescence September 12: ""SexyBack"" - Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland September 13: ""SexyBack"" - Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland September 20: ""SexyBack"" - Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland September 21: ""SexyBack"" - Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland September 25: ""Ain't No Other Man"" - Christina Aguilera September 26: ""Ain't No Other Man"" - Christina Aguilera September 27: ""SexyBack"" - Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland September 28: ""Ring The"
"artist Pixie Lott and German producer Toby Gad had both penned tracks for the album, while confirming its release for Summer 2011. A few days later, the singer revealed her team and the band ""haven't decided [a] title [yet for the album] and we're dealing with the album artwork, 'cause it is very different and I'm growing up. It's a lot more mature"". MTV News later confirmed that American recording artist Britney Spears had also written a song for the album titled ""Whiplash"". On June 1, 2011, the album's name, ""When the Sun Goes Down"", and track listing were revealed"
"was held on May 12, 2011 at the Sony offices in New York City, where one of the five songs previewed was ""Countdown"". While playing the song, Knowles commented: ""[Jay-Z] liked it. I do not think he was dissecting it, just thinking of what he could do to it as a rapper."" On June 7, 2011, both ""Party"" and ""Countdown"" leaked online, followed by the whole album, three weeks prior to its official release date on June 28, 2011. This was followed by cease-and-desist notices from Beyoncé's legal team, who forced multiple media sites to remove download links to the"
"chart success peaking at number 35. The fourth single from the album, ""All in White"" was released on 5 June 2011. The fifth single from the album, ""Nørgaard"", a song about Danish Supermodel Amanda Nørgaard was released digitally on 19 August 2011. The song had previously been available for free as the ""Single of the Week"" on iTunes. The sixth and final single from the album, ""Wetsuit"" / ""Tiger Blood"" was released on 11 December 2011. The single was made available as a double A-side with a new Albert Hammond, Jr.-produced track ""Tiger Blood"". Lead singer and songwriter Justin Young"
"her boo(s), but none, be it on this album or the three before, come off as easily and thoroughly as they do here. We dare anyone to resist falling under the spell of the chorus, ... the sing-along-ability, the bombastic nature, and the beat... Count it any way you want, this number’s a shining gem in Beyoncé's bangin[g] catalog."" ""The Guardian""s critics Michael Cragg, Caspar Llewellyn Smith and Sian Rowe placed ""Countdown"" at numbers one, four and five on their lists of The 10 Best Tracks of 2011. The song was also ranked on ""The Guardian""s writers' year-end list of"
"on the issue dated March 19, 2011. It reached the top of the chart on the issue dated April 30, 2011, becoming Jordan's second consecutive number-one hit in the US. ""Hush Hush"" was released as the third single from the album. It was released on June 12, 2011 in the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number 36 in Ireland, and 66 in the UK from strong downloads from the album, almost one month before the official release. The album received mixed reviews from most music critics, with many comparing the sound of the album to Barbadian R&B recording artist"
"the United Kingdom and then certified Gold in March 2017. Two singles were released from the album—""High by the Beach"" on August 10, 2015, and ""Music to Watch Boys To"" on September 11, 2015. ""High by the Beach"", the lead single, debuted at number 51 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 though ""Billboard"" initially reported it at number 7, which was corrected after a miscalculation. Honeymoon (Lana Del Rey album) Honeymoon is the fourth studio album and third major-label record by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on September 18, 2015, by Polydor Records and Interscope Records, and was"
"You"" entered the top ten of the chart issue dated September 29, 2012 at number 10. It became Beyoncé's nineteenth top 10 as a soloist and extended her lead for the most top 10s among female artists since 2000. ""Dance for You"" marked the third time Beyoncé had claimed a quartet of top 10s from a single album. ""Dance for You"" continued its ascension on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart until it reached its peak position at number 6. On the US Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, the song marked Beyoncé's fifth top 10 - the first time she has claimed"
"called ""Lemonade"". It turned out to be a one-hour film which aired on HBO exactly a week later; a corresponding album with the same title was released on the same day exclusively on Tidal. ""Lemonade"" debuted at number one on the US ""Billboard"" 200, making Beyoncé the first act in ""Billboard"" history to have their first six studio albums debut atop the chart; she broke a record previously tied with DMX in 2013. With all 12 tracks of ""Lemonade"" debuting on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, Beyoncé also became the first female act to chart 12 or more songs at"
"released as the fourth single from the album on 26 August 2011 and peaked at number sixteen. ""Domino"" was released in the United States as Jessie's second single on 29 August 2011, and peaked at number six on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100—her highest charting single in the US. Elsewhere, it was released as the album's fifth single. The track also appears on the Platinum edition of ""Who You Are"" and was released in the UK on 27 February 2012 as the album's fifth single followed by the title track. ""Domino"" peaked at number-one in the UK and Ireland, also reaching"
"flawless and beautiful voice."" She concluded that ""I Was Here"" ends up being a ""standout song on the album [and] we won't be forgetting Queen B in a hurry."" Spencer Kornhaber of ""The Atlantic"" was also positive, writing, ""Payoff comes on 11th song, the epically loping 'I Was Here.' Cameron Adams of the ""Herald Sun"" commented that ""I Was Here"" comes to ""a show-stopping moment in a Beyonce concert near you"". James Reed of ""The Boston Globe"" wrote that the collaboration of Diane Warren and Ryan Tedder, introduces ""a new strain of her balladry: an ethereal marriage of R&B sensuality"
"lower register in the first and second verses until her voice slowly builds until the commanding chorus is reached. They generally praised the guitar solo and the vocal power of Beyoncé which was displayed by ""I Care"" among other songs on ""4"". Following the release of ""4"" in early July 2011, ""I Care"" charted number 35 on the South Korea Gaon International Singles Chart, based on downloads alone. The song was part of Beyoncé's set list for her revues 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé (2011) and (2012) as well as The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013). It was also"
"three nearest challengers: Adele's ""19"" (2008) and ""21"" (2011) and Lady Gaga's ""Born This Way"" (2011). After a week of sales, ""4"" debuted atop the UK Albums Chart on July 4, 2011, with first-week sales of 89,211 copies, staying there for a second week with sales of 44,929 copies. By May 2013, it had sold 603,548 copies in the United Kingdom. ""4"" opened at number two on the Australian ARIA Charts, giving Beyoncé her highest chart debut there. ""4"" debuted at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 8,700 copies in its first week. It debuted at number one"
"to achieve downloads in 2012, in fact by the end of July it was reported that the song has accumulated 3,991,637 downloads. Sixth Sense (Brown Eyed Girls album) ""Sixth Sense"" is the fourth studio album released by the South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls. The album was released on 16 September, 2011. The song with the same title was used as the promotional song. The song ""Hot Shot"" was released on September 16 as a teaser for the album. A repackaged version of the album was released on November 4. The repackaged album comes with a DVD, a 40-pages"