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Stronger with Each Tear
Stronger with Each Tear is the ninth studio album from American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, released in the US on December 21, 2009, under Blige's imprint Matriarch Records. Internationally, it was released December 18, 2009, in Australia and Germany, and on various dates between December 2009 and May 2010 in other territories.
Stronger with Each Tear is an R&B album with contemporary production. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 332,000 copies, and earned Blige a record ninth number one debut on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Stronger with Each Tear received generally positive reviews from critics, winning the 2010 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album.
Blige started working on her ninth album while she toured with Robin Thicke in 2008. In an interview with Rap-Up magazine she said:
The album represents who and what I am right now. I'm a stronger human being after all the growing pains. It's about life, love, change, strength—mostly really knowing who you are and being confident in that.
The album was initially titled Stronger, after the song "Stronger", which Blige recorded and released as the lead single from the soundtrack Music Inspired by More than a Game from the LeBron James' documentary More than a Game. However Rap-Up later revealed that the album had been re-titled Stronger with Each Tear.
Music journalist Robert Christgau described the Stronger with Each Tear as containing "midtempo love vows." The Irish Times said that with the album, Blige "dabbled" in contemporary music trends of the time. Album opener "Tonight" has "atmospheric" qualities. Lead single and track two, "The One" with Drake, features auto-tune vocals. Track four, "Good Love" with T.I., was called "groovy" and a "surprising" hit. "I Am," track five, is a "classic Blige" hip-hop/pop single that "perfectly captures the album’s overall mood." Track 10, "Kitchen," has a "strong melody" a gospel piano. Track 11, "In the Morning," has a Motown sound. From the motion picture Precious, album closer "Color" (alternatively titled "I Can See in Color") resembles a retro "old-style" of soul with electric piano instrumentation and a gospel backing.
The album was originally scheduled for US release on November 24, 2009 but this was pushed back to December 15, 2009 which would have put Blige's album in a chart battle with Alicia Keys' album The Element of Freedom. The album was pushed back once more to December 21, 2009. Australian media outlets revealed that the album's international version would have an altered track listing, containing a duet version of "Each Tear" with the Australian artist Vanessa Amorosi. There are also four other versions of the track performed by the Italian singer Tiziano Ferro and the UK singer Jay Sean, Rea Garvey and K'naan.
After a number of appearances to promote the song "Stronger" for the soundtrack Music Inspired by More than a Game, Blige formally began the album's promotion in America by premiering the second single "I Am" at the American Music Awards (2009). The following day she appeared on the Lopez Tonight show for an interview and encore performance of "I Am". Blige also appeared on The Jay Leno Show, The Today Show, and was also on a special shown on BET named Words & Sounds With Mary J. Blige. She was on a taping of The View. On April 21, 2010, Blige appeared on American Idol's charity telethon, Idol Gives Back to perform her cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" with Orianthi and Randy Jackson on guitars.
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Stronger with Each Tear
Stronger with Each Tear is the ninth studio album from American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, released in the US on December 21, 2009, under Blige's imprint Matriarch Records. Internationally, it was released December 18, 2009, in Australia and Germany, and on various dates between December 2009 and May 2010 in other territories.
Stronger with Each Tear is an R&B album with contemporary production. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 332,000 copies, and earned Blige a record ninth number one debut on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Stronger with Each Tear received generally positive reviews from critics, winning the 2010 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album.
Blige started working on her ninth album while she toured with Robin Thicke in 2008. In an interview with Rap-Up magazine she said:
The album represents who and what I am right now. I'm a stronger human being after all the growing pains. It's about life, love, change, strength—mostly really knowing who you are and being confident in that.
The album was initially titled Stronger, after the song "Stronger", which Blige recorded and released as the lead single from the soundtrack Music Inspired by More than a Game from the LeBron James' documentary More than a Game. However Rap-Up later revealed that the album had been re-titled Stronger with Each Tear.
Music journalist Robert Christgau described the Stronger with Each Tear as containing "midtempo love vows." The Irish Times said that with the album, Blige "dabbled" in contemporary music trends of the time. Album opener "Tonight" has "atmospheric" qualities. Lead single and track two, "The One" with Drake, features auto-tune vocals. Track four, "Good Love" with T.I., was called "groovy" and a "surprising" hit. "I Am," track five, is a "classic Blige" hip-hop/pop single that "perfectly captures the album’s overall mood." Track 10, "Kitchen," has a "strong melody" a gospel piano. Track 11, "In the Morning," has a Motown sound. From the motion picture Precious, album closer "Color" (alternatively titled "I Can See in Color") resembles a retro "old-style" of soul with electric piano instrumentation and a gospel backing.
The album was originally scheduled for US release on November 24, 2009 but this was pushed back to December 15, 2009 which would have put Blige's album in a chart battle with Alicia Keys' album The Element of Freedom. The album was pushed back once more to December 21, 2009. Australian media outlets revealed that the album's international version would have an altered track listing, containing a duet version of "Each Tear" with the Australian artist Vanessa Amorosi. There are also four other versions of the track performed by the Italian singer Tiziano Ferro and the UK singer Jay Sean, Rea Garvey and K'naan.
After a number of appearances to promote the song "Stronger" for the soundtrack Music Inspired by More than a Game, Blige formally began the album's promotion in America by premiering the second single "I Am" at the American Music Awards (2009). The following day she appeared on the Lopez Tonight show for an interview and encore performance of "I Am". Blige also appeared on The Jay Leno Show, The Today Show, and was also on a special shown on BET named Words & Sounds With Mary J. Blige. She was on a taping of The View. On April 21, 2010, Blige appeared on American Idol's charity telethon, Idol Gives Back to perform her cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" with Orianthi and Randy Jackson on guitars.