Amazin' is the fifth studio album

Studio album

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 by American rapper Trina

Trina

Katrina Laverne Taylor , better known by her stage name Trina, is an American rapper, songwriter and model from Miami, Florida. Trina first gained notoriety in 1998 with her appearance on Trick Daddy's second studio album www.thug.com to the single "Nann Nigga"...

. It was released by Slip-N-Slide Records

Slip-n-Slide Records

-History:Ted Lucas founded the label in 1994. Slip-n-Slide signed local rapper Trick Daddy Dollars in its early years; he debuted in 1997 with the locally popular album Based on a True Story and broke into mainstream success the next year with www.thug.com having dropped "Dollars" from his stage name...

 on May 4, 2010 in North America.

Background and development

Amazin features collaborations from Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj

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, Keri Hilson

Keri Hilson

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, Lyfe Jennings

Lyfe Jennings

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, Monica, Diddy

Sean Combs

Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...

, Flo Rida

Flo Rida

Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida , is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from...

, Kalenna of Dirty Money and Shonie. In an interview with BET

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 about her fifth studio album, Trina stated,

The albums official cover art was revealed on March 26, 2010. The vocals of Lady Gaga

Lady GaGa

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, who also co-wrote "Let Dem Hoes Fight", were replaced by Kalenna of Dirty Money, due to issues with Gaga's record Label.

Reception

The album debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, number two on the Billboard Top Rap Albums, number one on Independent Albums, and number four on Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. It sold more than 32,000 copies in its first week. As of May 2011, the album has sold 100,000 copies in the United States.
An album preview was held on February 19 where critics were able to preview 10 of the 15 tracks to make the album. Many critics complimented on the album's preview stating "Amazin is catered for the dance floor – something that Trina stated she wanted to hear when she’s getting her sip on at the club. Though we only heard a few minutes of each track, it’s a lot less explicit than usual fare – a sign that Trina might be growing up."

Release and promotion

The album was first revealed on Trina's official Myspace page. Along with singles being released for promotion, Trina released two mixtapes to commemorate her fifth LP. One is named after the album, Amazin' (The Mixtape), and the other after the first lead single, Definition Of A Million Dollar Girl.

Singles

• "Million Dollar Girl", which features Diddy
  Sean Combs
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   and Keri Hilson
  Keri Hilson
  Keri Lynn Hilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Hilson began her music career as a songwriter, penning tracks for several artists in the mid-2000s as part of the five-person production and songwriting team, The Clutch...
  
  , was released as the first official single from the album on January 12, 2010. The music video was released on March 15, 2010. The single charted on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles at number 61 and number 19 on Rap Songs.
• "Always" featuring Monica, the album's second single, peaked at number 42 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. Despite being the most successful single from the album, no music video has been released.
• "White Girl" featuring Flo Rida
  Flo Rida
  Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida , is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from...
  
   & Git Fresh
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   was released as the third single from the album on June 29, 2010 but has failed to chart. The video was filmed on June 7, 2010 and was released on July 27, 2010.

Other singles

• "That's My Attitude" was released as the first buzz single from the album on October 20, 2009. A music video was released for the song on January 7, 2010.
• "My Bitches" was released as the album's second buzz single on August 3, 2010, but it has failed to chart. Its video was released in August 2010, after being filmed in June 2010.

Unreleased singles

• "Let Dem Hoes Fight" featuring Kalenna, was intended to be the lead single but was never released. A demo was leaked before "Million Dollar Girl"and featured Lady Gaga
  Lady GaGa
  Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
  
   who co-wrote the song and was meant to be featured as well but there were complications with Gaga's record label. Kalenna was featured instead but was not an official single.
• "I Want It All" featuring Monica was also meant to be released as a follow up to "Always" but fell through. Trina confirmed a video was shot but has yet to surface.

Track listing

The official track listing was revealed on April 12 at an album pre-order site.

Personnel

Credits for Amazin adapted from Allmusic.

• Musa "Milk" Adeoye:A&R
• Wayne Allison:Mixing
• Chris Athens:Mastering
• Bigg D:Producer
• The Blackout Movement:Producer
• Julian "Ju-Boy" Boothe:A&R
• Leslie Brathwaite:Mixing
• Josh "Redd" Burke:Executive Producer
• Henry "Hollywood Henry" Cedeno:Marketing, Product Manager
• Don Corell:Producer
• Cozmo:Producer
• CP Hollywood:Producer
• Sheika Daley:Make-Up
• DJ Frank E:Producer
• DJ Ohzee:Producer
• Karen Douglas:Creative Supervision
• DVS:Mixing
• Roger Erickson:Photography
• Ira Folston:Engineer
• Jamee Gidwitz:Stylist
• Jim Jonsin:Producer

• J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League:Producer
• KPARN:Producer
• LambL:Producer
• Yasiel "Edge" Landrian:Engineer
• Marilyn Lopez:Publicity
• Ted "Touche" Lucas:Composer, Executive Producer
• Kisha Madrid:Publicity
• Angela Meadows:Hair Stylist
• Charles Moniz:Engineer
• Lili Picou:Art Direction
• Reginald Saunders:Composer, Creative Supervision
• Schife:Producer
• Ray Seay:Mixing
• Shonie:Vocals
• Maxwell Smart:Producer
• Travis "KPARN" Spivey:Keyboards
• Katrina "Trina" Taylor:Executive Producer
• Mathew Testa:Engineer
• Wouri Vice:Stylist
• Jason Wilkie:Assistant
• Young Yonny:Producer

Weekly charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	13
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	4
US Billboard Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004....	2
US Billboard Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	66
US Billboard Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004....	27
US Billboard Top Independent Albums	36

Procession and succession