''Face the Music'' is the seventh studio album by American singer

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. Released on February 1, 2013 in the United States, it marked his debut released on his own label Mo-B Entertainment. Distribution was overseen by Caroline Distribution and

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. The album features collaborations with J'Lyn, Kriss "Kajun" Johnson and singer

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. As of August 2015, ''Face the Music'' has sold over 77,000 copies in the United States.

Critical reception

Andy Kellman from

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rated the album three stars out of five. He wrote that ''Face the Music'' is "another set of sophisticated, adult-oriented R&B that occasionally veers into boilerplate belligerence without quite reaching "

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" territory ..Altogether, it's a pleasing, natural continuation, full of slow grooves that tend to be convincingly romantic."

Singles

" You & I" featuring American R&B singer

was released as the album's lead single in August, 2012. The song impacted urban radio in September, 2012. On December 1, 2012, the song peaked at number 46 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The music video for "You & I" was released on Avant's YouTube channel on January 4, 2013. The song debuted on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs Chart at number 23 later rising to number 1 on March 2, 2013 in its twenty third week. The song spent 41 weeks in the top 20 on the Adult R&B Songs Chart before leaving the chart on July 6, 2013. "More" was released as the album's second single on June, 2013. The song peaked at number 16 on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs Chart on September 21, 2013. The song spent 23 weeks in the top 20 chart before leaving the Adult R&B Songs Chart on September 28, 2013.

Commercial performance

In the United States, ''Face the Music'' debuted at number 40 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 4 on the

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and at number 9 on the

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, selling 14,000 copies in the first week.

Track listing

Notes * denotes co-producer * denotes vocals producer

Credits and personnel

Album credits taken from

. ; Performers and musicians *Avant – Vocals, Background *J'Lyn – Vocals (track 2) *Kriss "Kajun" Johnson – Vocals (track 2) *Keke Wyatt – Vocals, Background (track 7) ; Technical personnel *Avant – Executive Producer, Producer, Vocal Producer *Andre "Dre Hen" Henry – Composer, Producer *Kriss "Kajun" Johnson – Composer, Producer, Executive Producer, Vocal Producer *Tabetha Plummer – Executive Producer *Jerry Woodard – Executive Producer *Tim & Bob – Composer, Producer *Peter Mokran – Mixing Engineer *Eric Weever – Mixing Assistant *Shah Wonders – Design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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