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Beyoncé is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Beyoncé, released on December 13, 2013 by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. Developed as a simultaneous audio-visual medium whereby the singer sought to recreate an "immersive experience" in her music, the visual album comprises non-linear short films that accompany its songs, illustrating the musical concepts she conceived during production. The album has been identified as one of the most explicit pop albums ever recorded, and tackles themes darker and more complex than her previous material, including feminism, sexuality, the joys of motherhood and post-maternity relationship problems.
The album's production began in 2012, when Beyoncé invited musicians to live and work with her in New York for a month. During extensive touring throughout 2013, the nature of the project changed when she conceived of its visual aspect and began favoring an unexpected release. She continued recording in strict secrecy and held sessions with rock musician Boots, keeping the album's status out of public knowledge. Their collaboration led to more sonically experimental material that combined rhythm and blues with electronic music. The recordings from these sessions often eschewed traditional structures, and explored modernist sonic effects and diverse vocal styles.
Beyoncé was released digitally to the iTunes Store without prior announcement or promotion, which provoked hysterical public reactions. It received rave reviews from music critics, who commended its production, themes and Beyoncé's vocals, and was ranked as the best album of 2013 by several publications. It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, earning Beyoncé her fifth consecutive number-one album in the country. The record sold 828,773 copies worldwide in its first three days of availability, becoming the fastest-selling album in the history of the iTunes Store. It has spawned five singles—"XO", "Drunk in Love", "Partition", "Pretty Hurts" and "Flawless" (including the remix)—and has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.[2]
Beyoncé is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Beyoncé, released on December 13, 2013 by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. Developed as a simultaneous audio-visual medium whereby the singer sought to recreate an "immersive experience" in her music, the visual album comprises non-linear short films that accompany its songs, illustrating the musical concepts she conceived during production. The album has been identified as one of the most explicit pop albums ever recorded, and tackles themes darker and more complex than her previous material, including feminism, sexuality, the joys of motherhood and post-maternity relationship problems.
The album's production began in 2012, when Beyoncé invited musicians to live and work with her in New York for a month. During extensive touring throughout 2013, the nature of the project changed when she conceived of its visual aspect and began favoring an unexpected release. She continued recording in strict secrecy and held sessions with rock musician Boots, keeping the album's status out of public knowledge. Their collaboration led to more sonically experimental material that combined rhythm and blues with electronic music. The recordings from these sessions often eschewed traditional structures, and explored modernist sonic effects and diverse vocal styles.
Beyoncé was released digitally to the iTunes Store without prior announcement or promotion, which provoked hysterical public reactions. It received rave reviews from music critics, who commended its production, themes and Beyoncé's vocals, and was ranked as the best album of 2013 by several publications. It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, earning Beyoncé her fifth consecutive number-one album in the country. The record sold 828,773 copies worldwide in its first three days of availability, becoming the fastest-selling album in the history of the iTunes Store. It has spawned five singles—"XO", "Drunk in Love", "Partition", "Pretty Hurts" and "Flawless" (including the remix)—and has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.[2]
Recording sessions began in the summer of 2012 in The Hamptons, New York, where Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z were living.[7][16] She invited producers and songwriters to accompany them, including Sia Furler,[17] Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and The-Dream.[7] Beyoncé described the atmosphere as unconventional, saying, "We had dinners with the producers every day, like a family... it was like a camp. Weekends off. You could go and jump in the pool and ride bikes... the ocean and grass and sunshine... it was really a safe place."[7] She would spend the majority of her day with her newborn daughter, taking some hours out to record music. The album's opening track "Pretty Hurts", co-written by Furler, was completed during these sessions.[11][17] The project was suspended until 2013 and relocated to New York City's Jungle City and Oven studios where most of the album was recorded.[11] In an interview for Vogue in January 2013, Jason Gay described Beyoncé's attention to detail as "obsessive" when observing her studio, noting the vision boards she created for inspiration, which contained potential song titles, old album covers and pictures of performances.[7]
