Face the Music is the seventh studio album by American singer Avant. 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 EMI Records. The album features collaborations with J'Lyn, Kriss "Kajun" Johnson and singer Keke Wyatt. As of August 2015, Face the Music has sold over 77,000 copies in the United States.
Critical reception
Andy Kellman from Allmusic rated the albumthree 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 "Break Ya Back" 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 Keke Wyatt 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 R&B Albums and at number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 14,000 copies in the first week.
Track listing
Notes
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denotes vocals producer
Credits and personnel
Album credits taken from Allmusic. ; Performers and musicians
Avant – Vocals, Background
J'Lyn – Vocals
Kriss "Kajun" Johnson – Vocals
Keke Wyatt – Vocals, Background
; Technical personnel
Avant – Executive Producer, Producer, Vocal Producer
Andre "Dre Hen" Henry – Composer, Producer
Kriss "Kajun" Johnson – Composer, Producer, Executive Producer, Vocal Producer
