Album · 2011
4
by Beyoncé
4 is an album by Beyoncé, released in 2011 on Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia, with 12 tracks.
Pop · International Pop · Rock
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12 tracks · 46 min
Album · 2011
by Beyoncé
4 is an album by Beyoncé, released in 2011 on Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia, with 12 tracks.
Pop · International Pop · Rock
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12 tracks · 46 min
4 is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles, released through Columbia Records on June 24, 2011. The twelve-song set (eighteen on the deluxe edition) marked the singer's first release since severing professional ties with her father and manager, Mathew. In 2010, Knowles began a career hiatus, which she claimed helped reignite her creativity. In recording the album, she drew inspiration from Fela Kuti, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Lionel Richie, with additional musical influences from The Jackson 5, Florence and the Machine, and Adele. According to the singer, her biggest challenge on 4 was to record songs that were more subtle and natural. She expressed her creative freedom by incorporating 1970s R&B, 1990s rock and roll, and hip hop. The album's instrumentals included an array of horns and classic live organs, with the intent of creating a more musically diverse album. Knowles yearned to bring back the usage of live instruments and soul music, which according to her, were missing from the current music scene. In a further effort to produce an album with a more raw sound, she left a lot of the brassiness and grittiness in her voice, and chose not to polish …