4 (album)

4 adalah album solo keempat dari penyanyi R&B asal Amerika Serikat, Beyoncé Knowles, yang dirilis pada tanggal 24 Juni 2011 di Amerika Serikat. Album ini merupakan rilis pertama oleh Knowles sejak memisahkan, secara profesional, dengan ayah dan manajer, Mathew Knowles.

4
Sampul edisi standar
Album studio karya Beyoncé
Dirilis	24 Juni 2011 (2011-06-24)
Direkam	Maret 2010 – Mei 2011
Studio	Jungle City KMA[1] MSR Roc the Mic (New York) Triangle Sound (Atlanta) Strong Mountain (Stone Mountain) MixStar (Virginia Beach) Conway Recording Enormous Record Plant (Los Angeles) Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas) Avex (Honolulu) Real World (Wiltshire)[2]
Genre	R&B
Durasi	46:28
Label	Parkwood Columbia
Produser	Beyoncé Knowles Antonio Dixon Babyface Brent Kutzle Jeff Bhasker Diplo Kuk Harrell Kanye West Kaskade Luke Steele Los Da Mystro Ryan Tedder Shea Taylor Skyz Muzik Switch Symbolyc One The-Dream Tricky Stewart
Kronologi Beyoncé
Heat (2011) 4 (2011) 4: The Remix (2012)
Sampul alternatif
Sampul edisi diperluas dan deluxe
Singel dalam album 4
"Run the World (Girls)" Dirilis: 21 April 2011 "Best Thing I Never Had" Dirilis: 1 Juni 2011 "Party" Dirilis: 30 Agustus 2011 "Love On Top" Dirilis: 12 September 2011 "Countdown" Dirilis: 4 Oktober 2011 "I Care" Dirilis: 23 Maret 2012 "End of Time" Dirilis: 23 April 2012

Mendahului rilisnya album, single pertama dari 4, "Run The World (Girls)" dirilis secara digital pada tanggal 21 April 2011. Single ini bergegas untuk rilis setelah bocor pada tanggal 18 April 2011. "Best Thing I Never Had" dirilis pada tanggal 1 Juni 2011, dan merupakan single resmi kedua dari album.

Penjualan

Pada hari pertama penjualan, 4 berhasil terjual lebih dari 10,000 copy di Polandia, lebih dari 120.000 copy di Brasil, dan terjual sekitar 89,211 di Inggris. Menurut data dari The Official Charts Company, penjualan 4 pada hari pertama lebih dari penjualan tiga saingan terdekat, album Adele, 21 (2011), album Lady Gaga, Born This Way (2011), dan album Adele yang pertama, 19 (2008). Setelah seminggu penjualan, 4 memulai debutnya di UK Albums Chart pada 4 Juli 2011, dan meraih posisi puncak dengan penjualan minggu pertama dari 89,211.

Daftar lagu

Lagu -lagu album ini diumumkan Knowles pada tanggal 25 Mei 2011 di Facebook pribadinya dan telah dikonfirmasinya.^[3]

No.	Judul	Pencipta	Produser	Durasi
1.	"1+1"	Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart, Corey Jackson Carter	Knowles, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart	4:33
2.	"I Care"	Jeff Bhasker, Chad Hugo, Knowles*	Bhasker, Knowles	3:59
3.	"I Miss You"	Frank Ocean, Shea Taylor, Knowles	Knowles, S. Taylor	2:59
4.	"Best Thing I Never Had"	Kenny Edmonds, Antonio Dixon, Knowles, Patrick Smith, S. Taylor, Larry Griffin, Jr., Caleb McCampbell	Knowles, Babyface, Dixon, S. Taylor, S1 & Caleb	4:13
5.	"Party" (featuring André 3000)	Kanye West, Bhasker, Knowles, André 3000, Dexter Mills, Douglas Davis, Ricky Walters	Knowles, West, Bhasker*	4:05
6.	"Rather Die Young"	Bhasker, Luke Steele, Knowles	Bhasker, Knowles*, Steele*	3:42
7.	"Start Over"	S. Taylor, Knowles, Ester Dean	Knowles, S. Taylor	3:19
8.	"Love on Top"	Knowles, Nash, S. Taylor	Knowles, S. Taylor	4:27
9.	"Countdown"	Nash, S. Taylor, Knowles, Dean, Cainon Lamb, Julie Frost, Michael Bivins, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris	Knowles, S. Taylor, Lamb	3:32
10.	"End of Time"	Knowles, Nash, S. Taylor, David Taylor	Knowles, The-Dream, Switch, Diplo	3:43
11.	"I Was Here"	Diane Warren	Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Knowles^, Kuk Harrell^	3:59
12.	"Run the World (Girls)"	Nash, Knowles, Wesley Pentz, D. Taylor, Adidja Palmer, Nick van de Wall	Switch, The-Dream, Knowles*, S. Taylor*	3:56

Japanese bonus track^[4][5]

No.	Judul	Pencipta	Produser	Durasi
13.	"Dreaming"	Edmonds, Dixon, Knowles, Smith	Knowles, Edmonds, Dixon	4:39

Deluxe edition bonus disc^[6]

No.	Judul	Pencipta	Producer(s)	Durasi
1.	"Lay Up Under Me"	Knowles, Sean Garrett, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, S. Taylor	Knowles, S. Taylor	4:13
2.	"Schoolin' Life"	Knowles, Nash, S. Taylor, Carlos McKinney	The-Dream, Knowles*, Los Da Mystro*	4:53
3.	"Dance for You"	Knowles, Nash, Stewart	Knowles, The-Dream	6:17
4.	"Run the World (Girls)" (Kaskade Club Remix)	Nash, Knowles, Pentz, D. Taylor, Palmer, Afrojack	Switch, The-Dream, Knowles*, S. Taylor*, Kaskade	5:02
5.	"Run the World (Girls)" (Red Top Club Remix)	Nash, Knowles, Pentz, D. Taylor, Palmer, Afrojack	Switch, The-Dream, Knowles*, S. Taylor*, Jens Bergmark	6:02
6.	"Run the World (Girls)" (Jochen Simms Club Remix)	Nash, Knowles, Pentz, D. Taylor, Palmer, Afrojack	Switch, The-Dream, Knowles*, S. Taylor*, Julian Napolitano	6:19

(*) Melambangkan co-producer
(^) Melambangkan vocal producer

Catatan

• Edisi deluxe berisi versi eksklusif dari musik video untuk single "Run The World (Girls)"^[6]
• Setiap copy CD dari 4 berisi sampel Heat, parfum perdana karya Knowles

Tangga lagu

Tangga lagu (2011)	Posisi
Argentinian Albums Chart[7]	3
Australian Albums Chart[8]	2
Australian Urban Albums Chart[9]	1
Austrian Albums Chart[10]	13
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[10]	4
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[10]	4
Canadian Albums Chart[11]	3
Croatian Albums Chart[12]	2
Czech Republic Albums Chart[13]	2
Danish Albums Chart[10]	5
Dutch Albums Chart[10]	2
Finnish Albums Chart[10]	24
French Albums Chart[10]	1
German Albums Chart[14]	5
Greek Albums Chart[15]	5
Hungarian Albums Chart[16]	8
Irish Albums Chart[17]	1
Italian Albums Chart[10]	4
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[18]	10
Mexican Albums Chart[10]	31
New Zealand Albums Chart[10]	3
Norwegian Albums Chart[10]	4
Polish Albums Chart[19]	2
Portuguese Albums Chart[10]	3
Russian Albums Chart[20]	5
Scottish Albums Chart[21]	1
Slovenian Albums Chart[22]	6
Spanish Albums Chart[10]	1
Swedish Albums Chart[10]	13
South Africa Albums Chart[23]	3
South Korean International Albums Chart[24]	1
Swiss Albums Chart[10]	1
Taiwanese Albums Chart[25]	1
UK Albums Chart[26]	1
UK R&B Albums Chart[27]	1
US Billboard 200[28]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[29]	1

Sertifikasi

Negara	Sertifikasi
Australia (ARIA)[30]	Emas
Amerika Serikat (RIAA)[31]	Platinum

Perilisan

Negara	Tanggal	Format	Perusahaan rekaman
Australia[32]	24 Juni 2011	CD, unduhan musik	Sony Music Entertainment
Austria[33]
Jerman[34]
Belanda[35]
Swiss[36]
Selandia Baru[37]	27 Juni 2011
Britania Raya[38]			RCA Records
Argentina[39]	28 Juni 2011		Sony Music Entertainment
Brasil[40]
Spanyol[41]
Kanada[42]			Columbia Records
Amerika Serikat[43]
Jepang[44]	29 Juni 2011		Sony Music Entertainment Japan