''Calling All Lovers'' is the fourth

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by American R&B singer

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. It was released on October 2, 2015, by

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and

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. The album was preceded by the release of two singles — " Let Me Know" and " If I Don't Have You". The album debuted at number five in the United States, debuting with 43,000 units (38,000 in album sales) in the United States. The album's second single, "If I Don't Have You" was released on May 27, 2015, and was nominated for Best R&B Performance at the

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, becoming Braxton's fourth nomination.

Background and release

On October 7, 2014, Braxton's single, " Let Me Know" featuring

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, was released. The song peaked at number 2 on the ''

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'' Trending 140 Chart, less than an hour, after its premiere on Braxton's official

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account and it eventually reached at number one by 12:00 AM. Billboard.com gave the song 4 out of 5 stars in its review of "The Best and Worst Singles of the Week" for the second week of October 2014. Braxton performed " If I Don't Have You" at the BET's 15th Annual Awards 2015 on June 28, 2015 and at Mega Fest 2015 on August 21, 2015. On September 6, 2015,

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confirmed that ''Calling All Lovers'' would miss its scheduled release date of September 11, 2015 due to a "street date change". On September 11, 2015, the deluxe version of the album became available for pre-order on iTunes with a track listing of 16 items and a new release date of October 2, 2015. Braxton performed "King" on the daytime show, '' The Real'' on September 14, 2015. Braxton performed "Circles" on '' The Wendy Williams Show'' on October 1, 2015.

Singles

" Let Me Know" was released on October 7, 2014 as the album's lead single. The song samples late R&B singer

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1994 hit single " At Your Best (You Are Love)". The song appeared on five

charts. On October 25, 2014, the song debuted at number 20 on the

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chart spending only one week in the chart. On December 6, 2014, the song peaked at number 12 on the Hot R&B Songs chart in its 20th week on the chart. The song also appeared on the Adult R&B Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and the

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charts at numbers 5, 8 and 31. " If I Don't Have You" was released as the album's second single on May 27, 2015, . The music video for "If I Don't Have You" was released on

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on July 9, 2015. The song peaked at number eighteen on the Hot R&B Songs chart on August 1, 2015 and number six on the Adult R&B Songs chart on August 15, 2015. It received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the

Other singles

"Catfish" was released as the first promotional single on September 12, 2015. "Angels & Demons", was released as the second promotional single on September 18, 2015. The music video for "Angels & Demons" was released on

on September 17, 2015. "Circles" was released as the final promotional single from ''Calling All Lovers'' on September 25, 2015. On November 24, 2018 three years after the album release, a music video of "Love It" was released.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 5 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, with first-week sales of 43,000 units (38,000 in album sales) in the United States. The album also peaked at number 2 on the US

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and number 16 on the UK R&B Albums charts.

Critical response

''Calling All Lovers'' was met with generally positive reviews from

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s. Andy Kellman of

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gave the album three and a half out of five stars, saying, "The album starts in scattered fashion with some neo-reggae, a retro-modern midtempo groove that evokes breakbeat-driven early-'90s productions, and a church-ified ballad. After those three songs, the album stabilizes, sliding between a number of plush ballads and sophisticated but bumping slow jams. Heartache prevails during the first half and crests with 'Never,' an authoritative and elegantly paced kiss-off of an inappreciative lover. The latter half is mostly about devotion and awe, while the back-to-back 'Love It' (all booming bass, tapping keyboards, and rattling percussion) and 'Must Be Good to You' (light and springy disco-funk) turn it up several degrees with Braxton offering firm declarations of her sexual power."

Track listing

;Notes * signifies a co-

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;Sample credits * "Never" contains an interpolation of " I'm Dancing For Your Love", written by Patricia Austin, Peggy Lipton Jones,

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and David James Wolinski. * "I Love You" contains a portion of the composition "

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", written by Brenda Gordon Russell. * "Let Me Know" samples "

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" performed by

, written by

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, Ernie Isley,

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and Chris Jasper.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

. ; Performers and musicians *Tamar Braxton - Vocals, Background *Tiyon "TC" Mack - Vocals, Background ; Technical personnel *Tamar Braxton - Composer, Producer, Creative Director, *Antonio "L.A." Reid Executive Producer *Vincent Herbert - A&R, Executive Producer *LaShawn Daniels - A&R, Composer *Ramahn "Jer-Z" Herbert - A&R *Ashley Fox - Creative Director *Anita Marisa Boriboon - Art Direction, Creative Director, Design *Theo "MasBeatz" Edmonds - Producer *The Underdogs - Composer, Producer *Rivelino Raoul Wouter - Producer *Blair Taylor - Producer *Afro Steve - Producer *Cedric "DaBenchWarma" Smith - Producer *Polow da Don - Producer *Brian Alexander Morgan - Bass, Composer, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Producer *Mel & Mus - Producer *Melvin Hough - Producer *Gerald Haddon -Producer *John Henry Gordon - Producer *Tiffany Fred - Composer, Producer *Leigh Elliott - Producer *Da Internz - Producer *Brandon Bell - Composer, Producer *Blac Elvis - Producer *Alessandro Calemme - Producer *Khari Cain - Composer, Producer *Darhyl "DJ" Camper Jr. - Composer, Producer *Tiyon Mack - Composer, Mixing, Vocal Engineer, *Keon Young - Composer *David James Wolinski - Composer *Dewain Whitmore, Jr. - Composer *Isaac White - Composer *Kristal "Brave Jaxon" Murphy *Atozzio Towns - Composer *Damon Thomas - Composer *Amber Streeter - Composer *Patrick "J Que" Smith - Composer *Edsel Alexander - Composer *Makeba Riddick - Composer *Tony Russell - Composer *Muhammad Ayers - Composer *Brenda Russell Composer *Marcos Palacios - Composer *Vurdell Muller - Composer *McKenzie Brooke Lawson - Composer *Sherita Lowery - Composer *Kevin Randolph - Composer *Peggy Lipton Jones - Composer *Denisia Keys - Composer *Claude Kelly - Composer *Jamal Jones - Composer *Andrew Hey - Engineer, Guitar *Patricia Austin - Composer *Timothy Paul Hinshaw - Composer *

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- Composer *Courtney Harrell - Composer *Anthony D. Bennett - Composer *Ernest Clark - Composer *Candice Boyd - Composer *Larry Griffin Jr. - Composer *Kameron Glasper - Composer *Gene Grimaldi - Mastering *Dave Boyd - Assistant *Brandon N. Caddell - Mixing *Zach Nicholls - Mixing *Harvey Mason, Jr. - Composer, Mixing *Dashawn "Happie" White - Composer, Producer *Robert Ector - Photography

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Release history

References

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