Claim: Britney Spears is a singer.

Femme Fatale is the seventh studio album recorded by American recording artist Britney Spears . It was made available for digital download on March 25 , 2011 through Jive Records . Musically , the singer wanted to make a `` fresh-sounding '' and `` fierce dance album '' , thus incorporating dance-pop and electropop styles with elements of dubstep , techno , and trance in its sound . Spears began working on the album during the second leg of her tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears -LRB- 2009 -RRB- , while also contributing to her second compilation album , The Singles Collection -LRB- 2009 -RRB- . The singer collaborated with various producers on Femme Fatale , including Max Martin , Dr. Luke , William Orbit , Fraser T Smith , Rodney Jerkins , Bloodshy & Avant , will.i.am and StarGate .   Upon its release , the record received generally favorable reviews from music critics , who complimented its production and dance-pop style , but noted Spears ' supposed lack of involvement and heavily processed vocals . She received no songwriting credits on the album aside from the bonus track `` Scary '' , which had not been written by her since her earlier years . Some stated that Spears was no longer the center of the album and found a trade-off to be real personality . Ryan Tedder however , defended her , saying that Frank Sinatra and Garth Brooks were huge artists who did n't write most of their songs . The album debuted atop of the charts in Australia , Brazil , Canada , Mexico , Russia , South Korea and the United States , and peaking inside the top ten in twenty-four countries . In the United States , she earned her sixth number one album .   Four singles were released from the album . It became Spears 's first album to have three top 10 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , with `` Hold It Against Me '' , `` Till the World Ends '' , and `` I Wan na Go '' peaking at numbers one , three , and seven , respectively . The fourth and final single `` Criminal '' peaked at number one in Brazil and in the top twenty in five countries . Spears promoted the album with television performances , the Femme Fatale Tour , and collaborations with Kesha , Nicki Minaj , Travis Barker , and Rihanna .