After the Storm (Monica album)

After the Storm
Monica in a white dress standing on a wet runway in front of the wing of a plane, with a somewhat cloudy sky at sunset behind her, with her name and the title to the right.
Studio album by
Monica
ReleasedJune 17, 2003 (2003-06-17)
GenreR&B[1]
Length52:34
LabelJ
Producer
Monica chronology
All Eyez on Me
(2002) 		After the Storm
(2003) 		The Makings of Me
(2006)
Singles from After the Storm
  1. "So Gone"
    Released: April 8, 2003
  2. "Knock Knock"/"Get It Off"
    Released: September 2003
  3. "U Should've Known Better"
    Released: May 18, 2004

After the Storm is the fourth studio album by American singer Monica. It was first released on June 17, 2003 through J Records. Created over a period of three years, in which Monica experienced personal struggles and its original version, All Eyez on Me, was delayed numerous times following the moderate success of single "All Eyez on Me" as well as the leak to Internet file-sharing services and heavy bootlegging after its Japan-wide release, Monica decided to scrap most of the album in favor of new material for which she consulted new collaborators such as Missy Elliott, who would receive executive producer credit due to her predominant share of contributions on the album.

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, Monica's first album to do so, and sold 185,500 copies in its first week. It produced three singles that attained Billboard chart success, including Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit "So Gone" and R&B hit "U Should've Known Better," and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[2] After the Storm received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. As of November 2014, the album has sold 1,070,000 copies in the United States.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nichols was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ^ Trust, Gary (August 6, 2010). "Ask Billboard: As Years Go By". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2022.