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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Singles from Looking 4 Myself | ||||
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).
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Can't Stop Won't Stop" | Will Adams, Keith Harris, William M. Joel | will.i.am, Harris | 3:51 |
2. | "Scream" | Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Usher Raymond IV | Martin, Shellback | 3:55 |
3. | "Climax" | Raymond IV, Thomas Pentz, Ariel Rechtshaid, Sean "Redd Stylez" Fenton | Diplo | 3:53 |
4. | "I Care for U" | Nathaniel Hills, Raymond IV, Eric Bellinger, Juan Najera, Kevin Cossom, Marcella Araica | Danja | 4:08 |
5. | "Show Me" | Hills, Cossom, Raymond IV, Araica | Danja | 3:43 |
6. | "Lemme See" (featuring Rick Ross) | James Scheffer, Daniel Morris, Nickolas Marzouca, Raymond IV, Bellinger, Lundon "Da Bridge" Knighten, William Roberts | Jim Jonsin, Mr. Morris | 4:13 |
7. | "Twisted" (featuring Pharrell) | Raymond IV, Pharrell Williams | Pharrell | 3:43 |
8. | "Dive" | Rico Love, James Scheffer, Morris, Frank Romano | Jonsin, Love, Romano, Mr. Morris | 3:47 |
9. | "What Happened to U" | Raymond IV, Bellinger, Noah Shebib, Sidney Brown, Sean Combs, Reginald Ellis, Norman Glover, Carl Thompson, Christopher Wallace | Shebib, Omen* | 4:22 |
10. | "Looking 4 Myself" (featuring Luke Steele) | Love, Pierre Medor, Earl Hood, Eric Goudy II | Love, Medor, Earl & E | 4:12 |
11. | "Numb" | Raymond IV, Klas Åhlund, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axel Hedfors, Alessandro Lindblad, Ryon Lovett, Terry Lewis | Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso, Lindblad, Åhlund | 3:46 |
12. | "Lessons for the Lover" | Love, Medor, Hood, Goudy II | Love, Medor, Earl & E | 5:07 |
13. | "Sins of My Father" | Salaam Remi, Love, Raymond IV, Lewis | Remi, Love* | 3:56 |
14. | "Euphoria" | Raymond IV, Åhlund, Angello, Ingrosso, Hedfors, Lovett, Lewis, Najera | Swedish House Mafia | 4:20 |
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56:48 |
Credits for Looking 4 Myself from Allmusic.[1]
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Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums Chart[2] | 3 |
Australian Urban Albums Chart[3] | 1 |
Austrian Albums Chart[2] | 29 |
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[2] | 15 |
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[2] | 24 |
Canadian Albums Chart[4] | 7 |
Danish Albums Chart[2] | 12 |
Dutch Albums Chart[2] | 4 |
French Albums Chart[2] | 20 |
German Albums Chart[2] | 8 |
Irish Albums Chart[5] | 11 |
Italian Albums Chart[6] | 35 |
Japanese Albums Chart[7] | 15 |
New Zealand Albums Chart[2] | 11 |
Norwegian Albums Chart[2] | 28 |
Scottish Albums Chart[8] | 11 |
South African Albums Chart[9] | 10 |
South Korean International Albums Chart[10] | 56 |
Spanish Albums Chart[2] | 42 |
Swiss Albums Chart[2] | 5 |
Taiwanese Albums Chart[11] | 7 |
UK Albums Chart[12] | 3 |
UK R&B Chart[13] | 1 |
US Billboard 200 | 1 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[4] | 1 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Edition(s) |
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Australia[14][15] | June 8, 2012 | CD, digital download | Sony Music Entertainment | Standard, deluxe |
Germany[16][17] | ||||
Belgium[18][19] | RCA Records | |||
Ireland[20][21] | ||||
Netherlands[22][23] | ||||
New Zealand[24][25] | ||||
Austria[26] | Digital download | |||
Norway[27] | ||||
Finland[28] | June 11, 2012 | |||
Portugal[29] | ||||
Sweden[30] | ||||
Denmark[31][32] | CD, digital download | |||
France[33][34] | ||||
United Kingdom[35][36] | ||||
Italy[37][38] | June 12, 2012 | |||
United States[39][40] | ||||
Mexico[41] | Digital download | |||
Spain[42] | ||||
Canada[43][44] | CD, digital download | Sony Music Entertainment | ||
Japan[45] | June 13, 2012 | CD | Deluxe | |
Nigeria[46] | June 29, 2012 |