We literally were waking up in the morning and just making music all day and all night. .
In an interview with Vibe on July 7, 2010, Solange said she suffered "a little bit of a breakdown" while recording her new album: "I literally gave up my sanity for a while to do this record. . Solange rented a house in Santa Barbara, California to get into a certain state of mind while writing and making music. In 2009, in an interview with MTV, Solange revealed that she was determining the type of sound for the follow-up to Sol-Angel and the Hadley St.
In 2020, the album was ranked at 312 on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. The album's lead single, " Cranes in the Sky", won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance, becoming Solange's first Grammy nomination and win. Ī Seat at the Table was widely acclaimed by music critics and became Solange's first number-one album on the Billboard 200 in the United States, debuting with 46,000 copies sold (72,000 with additional album-equivalent units). Solange enlisted a variety of collaborators including rappers Lil Wayne and Q-Tip singer-songwriters The-Dream, BJ the Chicago Kid, Kelly Rowland and Tweet and musicians Sampha, Kelela and David Longstreth. Writing for the album began as early as 2008, while the recording sessions took place from 2013 to June 2016. While recording the album, Solange released an EP, titled True (2012) and launched her own record label named Saint Records. It was released on September 30, 2016, by Saint Records and Columbia Records. A Seat at the Table is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Solange.