Still Standing (Monica Album)
Still Standing is the sixth studio album by American R&B recording artist Monica. It was released on March 19, 2010 by J Records, marking her third album on the label following the renewal of her contract in October 2007. Production for the album began in 2007 to 2010, featuring involvement by Missy Elliott, Bryan-Michael Cox, Stargate, and Jermaine Dupri, and was chronicled by Monica's BET reality series of the same name which was aired between October 2009 and January 2010.
The album received mostly positive reviews, based on an aggregate score of 71/100 from Metacritic, with critics perceiving its sound as "a return to the mid-'1990s heyday" of contemporary R&B. A commercial success, it debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 184,000 in its first week, and reached the top of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Still Standing was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States.
Lead single "Everything to Me" became her first chart-topper in over seven years. Second single "Love All Over Me" was released in May 2010 and reached number two on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, presented at the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011.
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