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Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?

Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter K. Michelle. It was released on December 9, 2014, by Atlantic Records. It serves as the follow-up to her debut album Rebellious Soul (2013) and continues her blend of contemporary R&B, hip hop, and soul influences.

Background and development
In 2013, Pate released her debut studio album, Rebellious Soul and her departure from VH1'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. The album was developed as a more personal and emotionally driven project, with themes centered on love, heartbreak, and relationships. In interviews, she stated that much of the album is inspired by her personal experiences, including her relationship with Idris Elba, noting that her music reflects her real-life emotions and experiences. ==Singles==
Singles
"Love 'Em All" 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 iTunes, 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 iTunes, along with the song "Going Under". The music video for "Something About the Night" was released. ==Critical response==
Critical response
Upon its release, Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? received positive reviews. The Washington Post 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." Billboard 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." Complex rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5: "...[W]hile 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." The Philadelphia Inquirer gave Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? 3.5 of our four stars, writing, "...[t]his powerhouse tenor vocalist, pianist, and songwriter also is capable of great tenderness, nuance, and understatement." ==Commercial performance==
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 Rebellious Soul (2013), on its debut week outsold her previous album, became the highest debut from a R&B album in 2014. ==Track listing==
Track listing
{{Track listing {{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 Sylvia Robinson. • "Hard to Do" samples elements of "Kissin' You", written by Brian James, Janice Johnson, Julian Jackson, Maurice Simmonds and Raphael Saadiq. ==Charts==
Charts
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