Fine China (Chris Brown song)
"Fine China" is a song by the American singer Chris Brown. It was the lead single from his sixth studio album, X, and was released on March 29, 2013, by RCA Records. It was written by Brown, Eric Bellinger, RoccStar and Sevyn Streeter, and produced by "RoccStar" and G'harah "PK" Degeddingseze. According to Brown and his producers, the song was inspired by the works of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Sam Cooke, among others.
"Fine China"
March 29, 2013
2012
3:33
- Chris Brown
- Eric Bellinger
- Leon "Roccstar" Youngblood
- Sevyn Streeter
- "Roccstar"
- G'harah "PK" Degeddingseze
The song received mainly positive reviews from music critics, who considered it "infectious and memorable", mainly for its "throwback style", also citing Justin Timberlake and Jackson's Off the Wall album as clear references in the song. "Fine China" was a moderate success on the charts, reaching the top-40 in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, where it reached a peak of number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song's music video was released on April 1, 2013.
Live performances[edit]
Brown performed "Fine China" at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on May 20, 2013. The performance had Eastern-inspired design and plot machinations, with a mock fight sequence. Andrew Unterberger of Pop Dust was favorable to his performance, writing that, "To be fair, if there was one pop star in music right now who was born to deliver an on-stage karate dance performance, it was probably Breezy, and he acquits himself admirably in the mock-combat. And at least with this performance, he saves the super-physical stuff for the end, leaving him free to, y'know, actually sing during his proper performance–something of a novelty for Brown at award-show performances of late."[20] He also performed the song during a medley at the 2013 BET Awards on June 30, 2013, alongside "Don't Think They Know". The performance started with Brown wearing a black skeleton outfit and flanked by dancers marked with bright yellow "X"s on their otherwise black and white ensembles, while performing "Fine China". Later, he strayed soon and slowed everything down with a candle and blacklit performance of "Don't Think They Know". Later, Nicki Minaj appeared suspended from the ceiling in a ball. She delivered a spitfire verse before the spotlight returned to Brown, who put his hood up sheepishly at the conclusion of the performance.[21]
Chart performance[edit]
After its release on April 2, 2013, "Fine China" entered on the US Billboard Hot 100at number 54,[33] and rose to the top 40 during the week of May 16, giving Brown his 30th top 40 single on the chart.[34][35] The song peaked at number 31, ion the week of June 8, 2013n.[35] However, it was Brown's lowest charting lead-single since "Wall to Wall" peaked at number 79 in 2007.[35] The song performed better on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and on the US R&B Songs, peaking at number ten and three, respectively.[36][37] On November 10, 2017, the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of a million units in the United States.[38]
In the United Kingdom, the song reached the top-thirty, peaking at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart.[39] On the ARIA Singles Chart, the song debuted and peaked at number 26.[40] It has since been certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), denoting sales of 35,000 copies. In New Zealand, the song was a little better, debuting and peaking at number 21 on the RIANZ chart.[41] In Belgium, the song proved to be more successful, reaching a peak of number ten, giving Brown his sixth top ten in the country.[42]