''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' is the second

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by American singer-songwriter

K. Michelle Kimberly Michelle Pate (born March 4, 1982) is an American Country, Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, and television personality. She was a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series ''Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'' during its first two sea ...

. It was released on December 9, 2014, by

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Background

Following the release of her debut album ''

Rebellious Soul ''Rebellious Soul'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter K. Michelle. The album was released on August 13, 2013, by Atlantic Records. Its songs were mostly co-written and co-composed by Michelle and Bianca Atterberry. Other art ...

'' (2013) and her departure from the

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's reality hit shows '' Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'' and '' Love & Hip Hop: New York'', Pate revealed that she was getting her own show, titled '' K. Michelle: My Life'', and that she was working on the

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for her second album, titled "Love Em All." The trailer for her second album was released, along with the album cover artwork, which was revealed few hours later. Upon the album's release, she performed the single "Hard to Do" at the 2015 BET Awards.

Singles

Love 'Em All "Love 'Em All" is a song recorded by American singer K. Michelle from the second studio album '' Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' (2014). It was released as the lead single from the record on September 16, 2014, through Atlantic. "Love 'Em All" was w ...

" was released as the albums lead single on September 16, 2014. The album's second single "Maybe I Should Call" was released on November 3, 2014, and also it was made available on

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, when the album was pre-ordered. The album's fourth single "Hard to Do" was later released on May 18, 2015.

Other songs

The song " How Do You Know?" was unlocked on

, along with the song "Going Under". The music video for " Something About the Night" was released.

Critical response

Upon its release, ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' received positive reviews. ''

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'' called it "a great album", stating that K. Michelle "continues to distinguish herself from her reality television peers, who seem to stay in the studio but never release music — let alone good music." ''

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'' deemed it one of 2014's best R&B albums, writing, "There's a serrated ferocity to K. Michelle that sends her songs past saccharine territory and into compelling unstable territory." ''

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'' rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5: "... ile it may have taken her longer than she'd like to make this known, it cannot be denied any longer: K. Michelle is leaps and bounds ahead of many of her peers." ''

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'' listed ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' as one of the top 20 R&B albums of 2014. ''

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'' gave ''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' 3.5 of our four stars, writing, "... is powerhouse tenor vocalist, pianist, and songwriter also is capable of great tenderness, nuance, and understatement."

Commercial performance

On December 27, 2014 the album debuted at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200, with 87,000 album equivalent units (over 84,000 in sales) in the first week in the United States. ''Billboard'' ranked the album as the best-selling R&B album of 2014. Although, it debuted lower than her previous album ''

'' (2013), on its debut week outsold her previous album, became the highest debut from a R&B album in 2014.

Track listing

Notes * signifies a vocal producer * signifies a co-producer * signifies an additional producer Sampling credits *"Going Under" samples elements of " The Message", written by Clifton Chase, Edward Fletcher, Melvin Glover and

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. *"Hard to Do" samples elements of " Kissin' You", written by Brian James, Janice Johnson, Julian Jackson, Maurice Simmonds and

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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