A.K.A. (album)

A.K.A.
A.K.A.
Studio album by Jennifer Lopez
Released	June 13, 2014
Recorded	February 2013 – April 28, 2014
Studio	Conway Studios (Los Angeles); Doppler Studios (Atlanta); Encore Recording Studios (Burbank); Pinky's Palace (Hidden Hills); Roccstarr Studio (Woodland Hills); Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles); Wolf Cousins Studios (Stockholm);
Genre	EDM; synth-pop;
Length	36:16
Label	Capitol
Producer	A. Chal; DJ Mustard; Noel "Detail" Fisher; Ilya; Jennifer Lopez; Max Martin; Benny Medina; Pop & Oak; Cory Rooney; Harmony Samuels; Sham; Charles "Chizzy" Stephens; Jovan JR Taylor; Ryan "Ryghtous" Tedder; TheAceFace69; Leon "Roccstar" Youngblood;
Jennifer Lopez chronology
Singles from A.K.A.
	"I Luh Ya Papi"; Released: March 11, 2014; "First Love"; Released: May 1, 2014; "Booty"; Released: September 23, 2014;

A.K.A. (an acronym for Also Known As)^[1] is the eighth studio album by American singer Jennifer Lopez. It was released on June 13, 2014, by Capitol Records and was her only release on the label. Lopez started working on the album in February 2013, after the end of her first worldwide tour, the Dance Again World Tour. Originally scheduled to be released in November 2013, Lopez postponed the album release to 2014. Undecided between Same Girl and A.K.A. as the album's title, Lopez eventually chose the latter as the title.

Initially, A.K.A. was to be executively produced by RedOne, with the producer claiming the album was going to mix many styles, having a blend of her previous musical background: urban pop, dance-pop and Latin. However, Cory Rooney and Benny Medina, her longtime collaborators, later became the album's executive producers, along with herself, bringing a more pop, EDM and R&B sound to the album.^[2]^[3] In early 2014, Lopez released two urban-infused tracks as the album's promotional singles: "Girls" and "Same Girl". Besides frequent contributor and personal friend Pitbull, the album also features collaborations with French Montana, T.I., Iggy Azalea, Rick Ross, Nas, Jack Mizrahi and Tyga.

Upon its release, A.K.A. received generally mixed reviews from music critics, who spoke unfavorably of the album's mixed styles, although some songs were singled out for praise. Commercially, A.K.A. made minor impact on the charts, becoming one of her lowest-charting studio albums and becoming her lowest-selling album, having sold 71,000 copies in 2014 in US. A.K.A. was preceded by the release of two singles, "I Luh Ya Papi" and "First Love", which both had minor impact on the charts, as well as a third single "Booty" which was remixed to feature Azalea. The latter would go on to become the most successful single from the album, peaking at number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming Lopez's most recent top 20 hit on the chart.

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