Tigerdrottningen

Tigerdrottningen (Swedish for The Tiger Queen) is the eleventh studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 30 April 2014 by Sonet Records (Universal Music).[6] The album was preceded by the lead single "La Belle Epoque" on 12 March 2014.[7] "Var är vi nu?" was released as the album's second single on 24 July 2014.[8] The music video was released on 21 May 2014.[9] The third single "Mirage" was released on 3 September 2014, with an accompanying video released on the same date.[10]

Tigerdrottningen
Studio album by
Kent
Released30 April 2014 (2014-04-30)
RecordedDecember 2013 – February 2014
StudioConway Recording Studios
(Los Angeles, United States)
GenreAlternative rock, pop rock
Length48:42
LabelSonet, Universal
ProducerKent, Daniel Alexander, Stefan Boman
Kent chronology
Jag är inte rädd för mörkret
(2012)		 Tigerdrottningen
(2014)		 Då som nu för alltid
(2016)
Singles from Tigerdrottningen
  1. "La Belle Epoque"
    Released: 12 March 2014
  2. "Var är vi nu?"
    Released: 25 July 2014
  3. "Mirage"
    Released: 3 September 2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Aftonbladet[1]
Expressen[2]
Gaffa[3]
Göteborgs-Posten[4]
Svenska Dagbladet[5]

Lyrically, Tigerdrottningen is more politically charged than previous albums.

Promotion

Three promotional singles were released from Tigerdrottningen through Spotify preceding the album's release: "Skogarna" on 25 April, "Godhet" on 26 April and "Din enda vän" on 27 April 2014.[11]

Commercial performance

Tigerdrottningen debuted at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart on the chart dated 9 May 2014, becoming Kent's tenth consecutive number-one album.[12] The same week the album was certified gold for 20,000 copies sold.[13] On the chart dated 5 June 2014, the album was certified platinum for 40,000 copies sold.[14]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Joakim Berg.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Mirage"Joakim Berg5:35
2."Var är vi nu?" (Where Are We Now?)Berg4:20
3."Skogarna" (The Forests)Berg3:51
4."La Belle Epoque"Berg3:58
5."Svart snö" (Black Snow)Berg4:08
6."Allt har sin tid" (Everything Has Its Time)Berg5:12
7."Innan himlen faller ner" (Before the Sky Falls Down)Berg3:52
8."Din enda vän" (Your Only Friend)Berg4:19
9."Godhet" (Goodness) (with Beatrice Eli)Berg4:22
10."Simmaren" (The Swimmer)Berg3:55
11."Den andra sidan" (The Other Side)Berg, Martin Sköld5:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes.[15]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (2014) Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 2
Chart (2015) Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 44
Chart (2016) Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 52

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[14] Platinum 40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Markus Larsson: De jävlarna är tillbaka".
  2. "Så här bra är Kents "Tigerdrottningen"".
  3. "Kent: Tigerdrottningen".
  4. http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/recensioner/skivor/skivor4fyrar/1.2356423-kent-tigerdrottningen
  5. Höglund, Sara-Märta (April 29, 2014). "Recension: Tigerdrottningen (Musik)". Svenska Dagbladet.
  6. Jannesson, Linn (March 19, 2014). "Kent går ut med albumtitel" (in Swedish). Gaffa. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  7. Abrahamsson, Kerstin (March 3, 2014). "Kent släpper ny låt inför albumreleasen" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  8. "Var är vi nu? – limiterad vinyl släpps 25 juli" (in Swedish). Kent.nu. June 13, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  9. "Video till Var är vi nu?" (in Swedish). Kent.nu. May 26, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  10. "Mirage (Radio Edit)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  11. "Lyssna på spår från Tigerdrottningen redan nu" (in Swedish). Kent.nu. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  12. Olson, Claes (May 9, 2014). "SVERIGETOPPLISTAN v.19 Kent ny etta" (in Swedish). Musikindustrin.se. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  13. "Veckolista Album - Vecka 19, 9 maj 2014" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. GLF. May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  14. "Veckolista Album - Vecka 23, 5 juni 2014" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. GLF. June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  15. Tigerdrottningen (booklet). Kent. Sonet Records, Universal Music. 2014. 060253777137.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. "Danishcharts.dk – Kent – Tigerdrottningen". Hung Medien.
  17. "Kent: Tigerdrottningen" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  18. "Norwegiancharts.com – Kent – Tigerdrottningen". Hung Medien.
  19. "Swedishcharts.com – Kent – Tigerdrottningen". Hung Medien.
  20. "Årslista Album – År 2014" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  21. "Årslista Album – År 2015" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  22. "Årslista Album – År 2016" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
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