''Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses'' (also commonly known as ''Hollywood'') is the fifth and most recent

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by American R&B singer and actor

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. It was released on May 15, 2015, by

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. The album includes musical appearances from

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and

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, while production on the album was handled by

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and

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, among others. The album debuted at number ten on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 31,000 copies in its first week.

Background and concept

''Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses'' as Foxx describes the album, as a focus on a former relationship, he had in

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, where his girlfriend abandons him in his time of need. stating:

Singles

The album's lead single, titled "Ain't My Fault", was released on November 25, 2014. The song was written and produced by

. The album's second single, "

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" featuring

, was released on March 12, 2015. The production on the song was handled by

, Allen Ritter,

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and Jordan Evans. The song has so far peaked at number 93 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album's third single, "Baby's In Love" featuring

, was released on May 4, 2015. The production on the song was handled by

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. Foxx announced "In Love By Now" as the album's fourth single August 26, 2015.

Promotional singles

"Party Ain't a Party" featuring

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, was released on October 7, 2014. and features production from

. "Pretty Thing" (originally titled "Pretty Young Thing") premiered on March 11, 2015, was produced by DJ Mustard, and sampled

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's hit single "

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Critical reception

''Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses'' received generally mixed reviews from

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. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100, to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 53 based on 5 reviews, signifying "mixed or average reviews". Hillary Crosley of ''

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'' described the album as a "disjointed outing", saying that "It sounds like a collection of random one-offs rather than an album. Foxx's voice, falsetto and all, still sounds lovely, but he seems unsure exactly how he should use it." Andy Kellman of

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was critical of the album, saying "That material, as well as much of what surrounds it, is significantly less substantive than the singer's past work" stating that the single "

" is "the only adult cut off the album".

Commercial performance

''Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses'' debuted at number ten on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 31,000 copies in its first week. This became Foxx's fourth consecutive US top-ten album. The album debuted at number one on the US

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, scoring Foxx's third chart-topper and first since 2009. In its second week, the album dropped to number 32 on the chart, selling an additional 11,000 copies, bringing its two-week total to 42,000 copies.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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