"Give Me Everything", featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer, was released on March 18, 2011 as the album's second single. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and in the United Kingdom and at number two in Australia.
"Rain Over Me", featuring Marc Anthony, was released as the third single from the album on July 19, 2011.[5] The song was initially released on June 10 as the third promotional single from the album.[6] It has charted at number 30 on the Bilboard Hot 100 in the US.[7]
"International Love" featuring Chris Brown was initially released on May 29, 2011 as the first promotional single from the album. Now it will be released as the fourth official single from the album on November 1, 2011.[8] So far the single has debuted at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.[9].
Promotional singles
"Pause" was released on June 7 as the second promotional single from the album.[10] It debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[11] This song was used to promote the Zumba fitness program via a video contest.[12]
The album has received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on twelve reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".[28] Allison Stewart of The Washington Post gave Planet Pit a favourable review writing, "His new disc, “Planet Pit,” dispenses with the idea that pop albums should consist of a few celebrity-packed singles topped off with filler. Every song here is a superstar/super-producer collaboration, every song a banger" and referring to the album as "its own future Greatest Hits package."[27] In his review for Us Magazine, Ian Drew gave the album three out of five stars and commented, "If you want a huge pop hit these days, get Pitbull to rap on it". He concluded, "So naturally, the Cuban MC, 30, calls in his own big A-list favors for his latest CD, comprised entirely of (what else?) pulsating club bangers."[23] Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the album two out five stars, saying that "with another impressive rosta of guest vocalists and knob-twiddling boffs on board, there are a few - albeit, minor - sparks of joy to be found here", and concluded that "Planet Pit for the most part remains the usual mix of headache-inducing house-hip-hop and sleazy chat-up lines."[21] The Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen gave the album three out of five stars, writing "There are guest spots by R&B stars (Chris Brown) and Latin lovers (Enrique Iglesias). There are baldfaced rewrites of the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" ("Give Me Everything") and Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" ("Castle Made of Sand"). But there's something charming about Pitbull's enthusiasm - he sounds most like himself when he's promoting his brand."[24] David Jeffries of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars writing, "Solid hooks, polished production, cutting-edge tricks, and a star-studded guest list makes this a blockbuster thrill ride, but the reason Planet Pit retains its sense of fun through repeated listens is the man’s cool charisma and cheeky attitude" and concluding, "This is a hip-hop-flavored club effort of Elephunk proportions and another high-water mark for the don of pop-rap’s glitter dome."[20]The New York Times critic Jon Caramanica gave the album a positive review, calling the album the completion of Pitbull's "long transformation from crunk-era curio to dance-rap star", stating: "The music is ambitious and appealing, surrendering any claim to dignity in favor of huge, swelling progressions and stomping tempos. [...] It also serves as a warning for pop producers, who can now see that megaclub-friendly dance music — once held at arms length as a scourge of the Europeans — can be home for major American stars in a variety of genres".[26]
Commercial performance
Planet Pit debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling 55,000 copies in its first week, and becoming Pitbull's highest-charting album in the United States.[4] In its second week, it no. 14 with sales of 28,000 copies. In its third week, it sold an additional 18,000.[29] As of September 18, 2011 the album has sold 213,000 copies sold in the United States.[30]
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