Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album)

Femme Fatale
Standard edition cover; deluxe edition cover features the text in a gold typeface.
Studio album by Britney Spears
Released	March 25, 2011 (2011-03-25)
Recorded	July 12, 2009 – February 8, 2011
Studio	Downtown Music Studios Lotzah Matzah Studios (New York City, New York) Conway Recording Studios Dr. Luke's Ethernet Studios DNA Productions, Inc. Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) MyAuditonic Studios (London, England) Maratone Studios Robotberget (Stockholm, Sweden) DHX
Genre	Dance-pop electropop synth-pop EDM
Length	44:00
Label	Jive
Producer	Ammo Billboard Benny Blanco Bloodshy Cirkut Dr. Luke Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins JMike Henrik Jonback Magnus Max Martin Oligee Fraser T Smith Sandy Vee Shellback Stargate will.i.am
Britney Spears chronology
The Singles Collection (2009) Femme Fatale (2011) B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2 (2011)
Singles from Femme Fatale
"Hold It Against Me" Released: January 10, 2011 "Till the World Ends" Released: March 4, 2011 "I Wanna Go" Released: June 14, 2011 "Criminal" Released: September 30, 2011

Femme Fatale is the seventh studio album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on March 25, 2011, by Jive Records, and was her last album with the label before they shut down later in October of the same year as she was moved to RCA Records. Musically, Spears wanted to make a "fresh-sounding" and "fierce dance album", thus incorporating dance-pop, electropop, EDM and synth-pop styles with elements of dubstep, techno and electro in its sound. Spears began working on the album during the second leg of her tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009), while also contributing to her second greatest hits album The Singles Collection (2009). Spears collaborated with various producers including Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Fraser T Smith, Rodney Jerkins, Bloodshy, will.i.am, Stargate, and Travis Barker.

Upon its release, the album received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and dance-pop style. The album debuted atop the charts in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Russia, South Korea and the United States, and peaked inside the top ten in 24 countries. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and as of February 2014, has sold 2.4 million copies worldwide.

Femme Fatale became Spears's most successful era on the US charts, being her first album to score three top ten singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends" and "I Wanna Go" peaking at numbers one, three and seven, respectively. The fourth and final single, "Criminal", peaked at number one in Brazil and within the top 20 in five countries. A resurgence in popularity for "Criminal" occurred when it went viral on TikTok in 2020, becoming one of her most streamed songs and fourth most liked music video on YouTube.^[1]

Spears promoted the album with television performances, the Femme Fatale Tour, and remix collaborations with Kesha, Nicki Minaj, and Rihanna.