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| Looking 4 Myself | ||||
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| Released | June 8, 2012 (see release history) | |||
| Recorded | 2011–12 | |||
| Genre | R&B, hip hop, pop, soul, electronic | |||
| Length | 56:48 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Usher Raymond IV (exec.), Mark Pitts (exec.), Coup D'état (exec.), Rico Love, Diplo, Jim Jonsin, Pharrell, Danja, Salaam Remi, Swedish House Mafia, will.i.am, Alessandro Lindblad, Max Martin, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Pierre Medor, Shellback, Klas Åhlund, Frank Romano, Axwell, Keith Harris | |||
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Looking 4 Myself is the seventh studio album by American singer Usher. It was released on June 8, 2012. The album was released on RCA Records. The album was produced by Diplo, Rico Love, Jim Jonsin, Salaam Remi, Pharrell Williams and Max Martin. It features Rick Ross, Pharrell, Luke Steele, and A$AP Rocky as backing vocalist. The music on the album are "revolutionary pop". This was created by Usher in November 2011. He wants to produce a sound that is similar to the current era of music. This includes electronic, R&B, soul, hip hop, and pop.
The album released three singles. These includes "Climax", "Scream", and "Lemme See". The song "Climax" reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, it reached number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for ten weeks. The song "Scream" reached the top 10 on the Hot 100. Usher promoted the album. He done this by performing in the off-broadway show Fuerza Bruta: Look Up. He also performed the songs on the album at other shows and events including on Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, and Capital FM Summer Time Ball.
After its release, the album was given positive reviews. Most reviews liked that the album had different music genres. Others did not like it. However, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. It sold 128,000 copies the first week. It then became Usher's fourth number one album. However, the sales of the first week were the lowest since Usher's My Way album (1997).