F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

F.A.M.E.
Standard edition cover. Deluxe edition features green and white letters.
Studio album by Chris Brown
Released	March 18, 2011
Recorded	2010–2011
Studio	The Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) In Your Ear Studio (Richmond, Virginia) Mason Sound (North Hollywood, California) Stadium Red (New York City) Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B hip hop pop
Length	53:53
Label	Jive CBE
Producer	Alle Benassi Afrojack Brian Kennedy Bigg D Benny Benassi DJ Frank E Diplo Ra Charm tha Bizness the Messengers the Stereotypes the Underdogs Timbaland Timothy Bloom T-Wiz
Chris Brown chronology
Graffiti (2009) F.A.M.E. (2011) Fortune (2012)
Singles from F.A.M.E.
"Yeah 3x" Released: October 25, 2010 "Look At Me Now" Released: February 1, 2011 "Beautiful People" Released: March 11, 2011 "She Ain't You" Released: March 28, 2011 "Next to You" Released: June 24, 2011 "Wet the Bed" Released: September 13, 2011

F.A.M.E. (backronym of Forgiving All My Enemies) is the fourth studio album by American singer Chris Brown. It was first released on March 18, 2011, recorded by Jive Records. The album serves as the follow-up to his third album Graffiti (2009). The album also marks his last album with Jive Records.^[1]

On F.A.M.E., Brown worked with several record producers and songwriters; including Kevin McCall, H Money, Timbaland, The Underdogs, Diplo and Benny Benassi among others. The album features guest appearances, from Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Wiz Khalifa, Game, Justin Bieber and Big Sean, among others. The album was supported by eight singles, "Deuces" featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall, "No BS", "Yeah 3x", "Look at Me Now" featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes, "Beautiful People" featuring Benny Benassi, "She Ain't You", "Next to You" featuring Justin Bieber, and "Wet the Bed" featuring Ludacris.

The album was worked on simultaneously with the three mixtapes that anticipated it; In My Zone, Fan of a Fan, and In My Zone 2. The album's aesthetics feature a multicolored pop-art graffiti imagery, conceived by Brown himself, Courtney Walter and American contemporary artist Ron English. F.A.M.E. shows a wide variety of musical genres including R&B, pop, hip hop, dancehall, soft rock and Europop, while the lyrical content concentrates on finding positivity in life. The album received mixed reviews from music critics, who generally praised the production, but criticized the content, while Brown's performances garnered a more mixed response. The album received three Grammy Award nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, winning Best R&B Album which was Brown's first Grammy Award. It also won Top R&B Album at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards and Album of the Year at the 2011 Soul Train Music Awards.

F.A.M.E. debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 270,000 copies. It was Brown's first number-one album in the United States and his fourth consecutive top ten album following Graffiti. "Yeah 3x", "Look at Me Now" and "Beautiful People" were commercially successful worldwide. In the United States, "Look at Me Now" reached the number one spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, and became the best-selling rap song of 2011, as well as one of all-time best-selling singles in the United States. F.A.M.E. is certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),^[2] which makes this Brown's third multi-platinum selling album following Exclusive (2007). To support the release of the album, Brown embarked on his F.A.M.E. Tour in Australia and North America.