The Lady Killer (album)
The Lady Killer is the third studio album by American singer CeeLo Green. It was released November 5, 2010, by Elektra Records. Production for the album was handled by Salaam Remi, Element, The Smeezingtons, Fraser T. Smith, Paul Epworth, and Jack Splash.
The Lady Killer
November 5, 2010
45:49
- CeeLo Green (also exec.)
- Craig Kallman (exec.)
- Alan Nglish
- Ben H. Allen
- Element
- Fraser T. Smith
- Jack Splash
- Paul Epworth
- Salaam Remi
- The Smeezingtons
The album debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 41,000 copies in its first week. It achieved respectable chart success elsewhere and produced three singles, including the international hit "Fuck You". The album has sold 498,000 copies in the United States as of October 2012,[1] and it has been certified double Platinum in the United Kingdom. The Lady Killer received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its production, classicist soul music approach, and Green's vocal performance.
Recording[edit]
Green reportedly "spent three years on The Lady Killer, recording close to 70 songs".[2] Thirteen tracks that didn't make the final selection for The Lady Killer were leaked online in June 2010 as an album titled Stray Bullets including the song "You Don't Shock Me Anymore", and collaborations with The B-52's ("Cho Cho The Cat"), Soko (a remix of "I'll Kill Her"), and Goodie Mob ("Night Train").[3]
Commercial performance[edit]
The album debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 41,000 copies in the United States.[32] It also entered at number two on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[33] As of October 2012, the album has sold 498,000 copies in the United States.[1]
The Lady Killer attained moderate international charting, in the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 10 on the Top 40 Albums, and it reached number one on the Top 40 RnB Albums chart.[34][35] On November 4, 2011, The Lady Killer was certified double Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, for shipments of 600,000 copies in the UK.[36] As of December 2011, the album had sold 621,000 copies in the UK.[37] It was the third biggest selling R&B / hip hop album of 2011 in the UK.[38]
In Canada, it debuted at number 29 on the Top 100 Albums chart.[39] It also entered at number 91 in Belgium,[40] at number 18 in Ireland,[41] at number 43 in the Netherlands,[42] at number 24 in Australia,[43] at number 90 in France,[44] at number 53 in Sweden,[45] and at number 16 in Scotland.[46]