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''Stronger with Each Tear'' (stylized as ''STRONGER withEach Tear'') is the ninth studio album from American R&B and soul singer Mary J. Blige. The album was released in the US on December 21, 2009, under Blige's own imprint, Matriarch Records. Internationally it was released December 18, 2009, in Australia and Germany, December 21 in France, December 23 in Japan, and on February 2, 2010, in Korea with further international releases (in some cases re-releases) in March, April and May 2010. With this album, Blige achieved a record of nine albums to have debuted at the top of the US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. ==Background== Blige started working on her ninth album while she toured with Robin Thicke in 2008. In an interview with ''Rap-Up'' magazine she said: The album was initially titled ''Stronger'' after the song, "Stronger" which Blige recorded and released as the lead single from the soundtrack ''Music Inspired by More Than a Game'' from the LeBron James' documentary ''More Than a Game''. However ''Rap-Up'' later revealed that the album had been re-titled ''Stronger with Each Tear''.〔 The album has production and writing credits from Ryan Leslie, Darkchild and Johntá Austin. Also included are several guests like the Canadian rapper Drake who appears on the first single "The One", rapper T.I. who appears on "Good Love" which was initially planned as the second single and Trey Songz himself revealed that he had recorded a duet called "Hood Love" with Blige for the album. The song was previously recorded by Austin and Blige for Austin's first solo album that was never released. The song has since been reworked and re-titled "We Got Hood Love". Following the album's release in the US, the song charted at 82 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart due to strong digital downloads. The album track "I Feel Good" entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 83 on the issue dated February 6, 2010, and on the issue dated March 6, 2010, it reached a peak of number 68.〔 whilst "Good Love" featuring T.I. entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 59〔 and was on the charts for around eleven weeks with a peak of 58. Australian media outlets revealed that the international version of the album would be released with an altered track listing. The new version of the album had a duet version of the song "Each Tear" with the Australian artist Vanessa Amorosi. There are also four other versions of the track performed by the Italian singer Tiziano Ferro and the UK singer Jay Sean, Rea Garvey and K'naan. According to HMV, it would also include cover versions of the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven", "Whole Lotta Love" and the song "Stronger" from the soundtrack ''More Than a Game''. The international version of the album does not include "Said and Done", "We Got Hood Love" and "Kitchen". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stronger with Each Tear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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