Looking 4 Myself

Looking 4 Myself
Studio album by Usher
Released	June 8, 2012 (2012-06-08) (see release history)
Recorded	2011–12
Genre	R&B, hip hop, pop, soul, electronic
Length	56:48
Label	RCA
Producer	Usher Raymond IV (exec.), Mark Pitts (exec.), Coup D'état (exec.), Rico Love, Diplo, Jim Jonsin, Pharrell, Danja, Salaam Remi, Swedish House Mafia, will.i.am, Alessandro Lindblad, Max Martin, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Pierre Medor, Shellback, Klas Åhlund, Frank Romano, Axwell, Keith Harris
Usher chronology
Versus (2010) Looking 4 Myself
Singles from Looking 4 Myself
"Climax" Released: February 22, 2012 (2012-02-22) "Scream" Released: April 27, 2012 (2012-04-27) "Lemme See" Released: May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)

Looking 4 Myself is the seventh studio album by American singer Usher. It was released on June 8, 2012. The album was released on RCA Records. The album was produced by Diplo, Rico Love, Jim Jonsin, Salaam Remi, Pharrell Williams and Max Martin. It features Rick Ross, Pharrell, Luke Steele, and A$AP Rocky as backing vocalist. The music on the album are "revolutionary pop". This was created by Usher in November 2011. He wants to produce a sound that is similar to the current era of music. This includes electronic, R&B, soul, hip hop, and pop.

The album released three singles. These includes "Climax", "Scream", and "Lemme See". The song "Climax" reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, it reached number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for ten weeks. The song "Scream" reached the top 10 on the Hot 100. Usher promoted the album. He done this by performing in the off-broadway show Fuerza Bruta: Look Up. He also performed the songs on the album at other shows and events including on Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, and Capital FM Summer Time Ball.

After its release, the album was given positive reviews. Most reviews liked that the album had different music genres. Others did not like it. However, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. It sold 128,000 copies the first week. It then became Usher's fourth number one album. However, the sales of the first week were the lowest since Usher's My Way album (1997).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Can't Stop Won't Stop"	Will Adams, Keith Harris, William M. Joel	will.i.am, Harris	3:51
2.	"Scream"	Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Usher Raymond IV	Martin, Shellback	3:55
3.	"Climax"	Raymond IV, Thomas Pentz, Ariel Rechtshaid, Sean "Redd Stylez" Fenton	Diplo	3:53
4.	"I Care for U"	Nathaniel Hills, Raymond IV, Eric Bellinger, Juan Najera, Kevin Cossom, Marcella Araica	Danja	4:08
5.	"Show Me"	Hills, Cossom, Raymond IV, Araica	Danja	3:43
6.	"Lemme See" (featuring Rick Ross)	James Scheffer, Daniel Morris, Nickolas Marzouca, Raymond IV, Bellinger, Lundon "Da Bridge" Knighten, William Roberts	Jim Jonsin, Mr. Morris	4:13
7.	"Twisted" (featuring Pharrell)	Raymond IV, Pharrell Williams	Pharrell	3:43
8.	"Dive"	Rico Love, James Scheffer, Morris, Frank Romano	Jonsin, Love, Romano, Mr. Morris	3:47
9.	"What Happened to U"	Raymond IV, Bellinger, Noah Shebib, Sidney Brown, Sean Combs, Reginald Ellis, Norman Glover, Carl Thompson, Christopher Wallace	Shebib, Omen*	4:22
10.	"Looking 4 Myself" (featuring Luke Steele)	Love, Pierre Medor, Earl Hood, Eric Goudy II	Love, Medor, Earl & E	4:12
11.	"Numb"	Raymond IV, Klas Åhlund, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axel Hedfors, Alessandro Lindblad, Ryon Lovett, Terry Lewis	Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso, Lindblad, Åhlund	3:46
12.	"Lessons for the Lover"	Love, Medor, Hood, Goudy II	Love, Medor, Earl & E	5:07
13.	"Sins of My Father"	Salaam Remi, Love, Raymond IV, Lewis	Remi, Love*	3:56
14.	"Euphoria"	Raymond IV, Åhlund, Angello, Ingrosso, Hedfors, Lovett, Lewis, Najera	Swedish House Mafia	4:20
Total length:				56:48

Personnel

Credits for Looking 4 Myself from Allmusic.^[1]

Managerial

Usher Raymond IV - Executive Producer Mark Pitts - Executive Producer, A&R Jen Bui - Management Mr. Morgan - Management Kory Aaron - Assistant Diego Avendaño - Assistant Liz Bauer - Assistant Delbert Bowers - Assistant Nathan Burgess - Assistant Thomas Cullison - Assistant Jacob Dennis - Assistant Alex Fremin - Assistant

Chris Galland - Assistant Phil Joly - Assistant Jaime Martinez - Assistant Dana Richard - Assistant Ramon Rivas - Assistant Ed Sanders - Assistant Max Unruh - Assistant Jorge Velasco - Assistant Randy Warnken - Assistant Eric Weaver - Assistant Matt Huber - Assistant

Performance credits

Usher Raymond IV - Primary Artist Rick Ross - Featured Artist Luke Steele - Featured Artist

Rico Love - Vocals Mashanda Huskey - Vocals Max Martin - Vocals (Background)

Visuals and imagery

Francesco Carrozzini - Photography Curtis Smith - Groomer Ron Croudy - Art Direction

Frank Zuber - Art Direction David Royer - Stylist Nicole Patterson - Make-Up

Instruments

Andre Bowman - Bass Jim Jonsin - Keyboards Stephen Coleman - String Arrangements Czech Film Orchestra - Strings Vincent Henry - Saxophone Pierre Medor - Keyboards Daniel Morris - Keyboards

Nico Muhly - Piano, String Arrangements, Strings Ariel Rechtshaid - Keyboards Shellback - Keyboards Salaam Remi - Bass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards Frank Romano - Guitar Aaron Spears - Drums, Percussion

Technical and production

Juan Najera - Composer Wesley Pentz - Composer Carl Thompson - Composer Christopher Wallace - Composer Pharrell Williams - Composer Lundon "Da Bridge" Knighten - Composer Savan Kotecha - Composer Terry Lewis - Composer Eric Bellinger - Composer Sidney Brown - Composer Sean Combs - Composer Reginald Ellis - Composer Sean Fenton - Composer William M. Joel - Composer Nathaniel Hills - Composer William Roberts - Composer James Scheffer - Composer Ryon Lovett - Composer Klas Åhlund - Composer, Instrumentation, Producer Axel Hedfors - Composer, Instrumentation, Producer Steve Angello - Composer, Instrumentation, Producer Keith Harris - Composer, Instrumentation, Producer Sebastian Ingrosso - Composer, Instrumentation, Producer Alessandro Lindblad - Composer, Instrumentation, Producer will.i.am - Composer, Instrumentation, Producer Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica - Composer, Mixing Kevin Cossom - Composer, Vocal Producer Shellback - Composer, Producer, Programming

Eric Goudy II - Composer, Drum Programming Earl Hood - Composer, Drum Programming Frank Romano - Composer, Producer Rico Love - Composer, Producer Max Martin - Composer, Producer Pierre Medor - Composer, Producer Nickolas Marzouca - Composer, Engineer, Mixing Daniel Morris - Composer, Programming Usher Raymond IV - Composer, Liner Notes Ariel Rechtshaid - Composer, Synthesizer Andrew Coleman - Arranger, Digital Editing, Engineer Tom Coyne - Mastering Diplo - Producer Swedish House Mafia - Producer Jim Jonsin - Producer, Programming Gleyder "Gee" Disla - Engineer Mark "Exit" Goodchild - Engineer John Hanes - Engineer Matt Huber - Engineer Sam Holland Såklart - Engineer Phil Seaford - Assistant Engineer Dylan Dresdow - Mixing Serban Ghenea - Mixing Robert Marks - Mixing Manny Marroquin - Mixing Noel "Gadget" Campbell - Mixing Salaam Remi - Arranger, Composer, Producer Noah Shebib - Arranger, Composer, Instrumentation, Producer

Chart performance

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[2]	3
Australian Urban Albums Chart[3]	1
Austrian Albums Chart[2]	29
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[2]	15
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[2]	24
Canadian Albums Chart[4]	7
Danish Albums Chart[2]	12
Dutch Albums Chart[2]	4
French Albums Chart[2]	20
German Albums Chart[2]	8
Irish Albums Chart[5]	11
Italian Albums Chart[6]	35
Japanese Albums Chart[7]	15
New Zealand Albums Chart[2]	11
Norwegian Albums Chart[2]	28
Scottish Albums Chart[8]	11
South African Albums Chart[9]	10
South Korean International Albums Chart[10]	56
Spanish Albums Chart[2]	42
Swiss Albums Chart[2]	5
Taiwanese Albums Chart[11]	7
UK Albums Chart[12]	3
UK R&B Chart[13]	1
US Billboard 200	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[4]	1

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Edition(s)
Australia[14][15]	June 8, 2012	CD, digital download	Sony Music Entertainment	Standard, deluxe
Germany[16][17]
Belgium[18][19]			RCA Records
Ireland[20][21]
Netherlands[22][23]
New Zealand[24][25]
Austria[26]		Digital download
Norway[27]
Finland[28]	June 11, 2012
Portugal[29]
Sweden[30]
Denmark[31][32]		CD, digital download
France[33][34]
United Kingdom[35][36]
Italy[37][38]	June 12, 2012
United States[39][40]
Mexico[41]		Digital download
Spain[42]
Canada[43][44]		CD, digital download	Sony Music Entertainment
Japan[45]	June 13, 2012	CD		Deluxe
Nigeria[46]	June 29, 2012

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Other websites

• Official website
• Looking 4 Myself at Discogs
• Looking 4 Myself at Metacritic