Looking 4 Myself

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 

 Personnel 
Credits for Looking 4 Myself from Allmusic.[ Credits: Looking 4 Myself]. Allmusic. Retrieved on June 10, 2012.

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) PeakpositionAustralian Albums Chart3Australian Urban Albums Chart1Austrian Albums Chart29Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)15Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)Usher – Looking 4 Myself Ultratop 50. Hung Median. Retrieved on June 15, 201224Canadian Albums Chart7Danish Albums Chart12Dutch Albums Chart4French Albums Chart20German Albums Chart8Irish Albums Chart11Italian Albums Chart35Japanese Albums Chart15New Zealand Albums Chart11Norwegian Albums Chart28Scottish Albums ChartScottish Top 40 Albums – 23rd June 2012. Official Charts Company. Retrieved on June 21, 2012.11South African Albums Chart10South Korean International Albums Chart56Spanish Albums Chart42Swiss Albums Chart5 Taiwanese Albums Chart7UK Albums Chart3UK R&B ChartUK Top 40 RnB Albums – 23rd June 2012. Official Charts Company. Retrieved on June 18, 2012.1US Billboard 2001US Top R&B/Hip-Hop AlbumsLooking 4 Myself – Usher . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved on June 21, 2012.1

 Release history 
 Region Date Format Label Edition(s) Australia  June 8, 2012 CD, digital download Sony Music Entertainment Standard, deluxe Germany  Belgium RCA Records Ireland Netherlands New Zealand Austria Digital download Norway Finland June 11, 2012 Portugal Sweden Denmark CD, digital download France United Kingdom Italy June 12, 2012 United States Mexico Digital download Spain Canada CD, digital download Sony Music Entertainment Japan  June 13, 2012 CD Deluxe Nigeria  June 29, 2012

 References 

 Other websites 

 Looking 4 Myself at Discogs
 Looking 4 Myself at Metacritic

Category:2012 albums
Category:Usher albums