''Born Naked'' is the seventh
studio album
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from American singer-songwriter, actor and
drag queen
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RuPaul
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. It was released on
iTunes
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and Amazon through RuCo on February 24, 2014, coinciding with the
sixth season premiere of ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
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''. The album is RuPaul's highest charting to date, reaching 4th position on US
''Billboard's'' Dance/Electronic Albums
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list. The album is a mix of electronic, bounce, rock and gospel tunes.
Chart performance
''Born Naked'' debuted at number 85 on the
''Billboard'' 200, selling 4,000 copies for the week ending March 2, 2014.
It is RuPaul's highest charting album to date, as well as his first entry on the chart since his debut album, ''
Supermodel of the World
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'', peaked at number 109 in 1993.
The album also debuted at number four on the ''Billboard''
Dance/Electronic Albums
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chart,
another career high, and at number 18 on the ''Billboard''
Independent Albums
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chart,
RuPaul's first appearance on the chart. Notably, ''Born Naked'' also reached number one on the
iTunes
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Top Dance Albums chart in the US, also charting at number 23 on the store's Top albums chart.
Track listing
Credits adapted from
ASCAP
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and
SESAC
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Samples
*"Sissy That Walk" contains elements of "
Pound the Alarm
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" by
Nicki Minaj
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.
Notes
*
signifies
remix engineer and additional producer
*
signifies original producer in addition to remix engineer and additional producer
Charts
Release history
References
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2014 albums
RuPaul albums
Albums produced by Lucian Piane