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RuPaul. It was released on March 4, 2016, just three days prior to the eighth season premiere of ''

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''. The album features guest appearances from

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and

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, among others.

Background

A song on the album, "U Wear It Well" was first used in the promotional campaign for season eight of ''

'' in February 2016, which premiered during the 2016

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. On February 17, 2016, RuPaul tweeted "GAGGING on duet w/@taylor_dayne from my NEW album "Butch Queen" coming March 7, 2016!", confirming the release of his tenth album. It marks his third album to be released with a premiere of a season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', after ''

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'' (2014) and ''

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'' (2015).

Singles

The first song to be lifted from the album was "U Wear It Well" which was first heard in the teaser campaign for season eight of ''

''. It was subsequently made available to download on February 29, 2016. A music video was released the following day on World of Wonder's

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channel featuring every runway look worn by RuPaul over the last seven seasons of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. In 2020, "U Wear It Well" was used as the "rumix" song for the final challenge in ''

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''. The "Queens of the North Ru-mix" was released to streaming platforms and online music stores in September 2020.

Background

Singles

Track listing

Chart performance

Release history

References