Bitch

Bitch is the debut solo studio album by rapper Daniel. It was released on March 20, 2016 by Qleo Music. During the recording of Qleonic, Daniel announced that they would produce solo albums to be released. Recording sessions for the album took place alongside with the ones they did on Qleonic, as the songs of Bitch are included on the duo's album.

The album received mixed to positive reviews, feeling that the release of an EP was unnecessary. It debuted at #3 in the U.S. and sold 5 million copies worldwide.

Recording and production
"Bitch You're Reductive" marked the start of the recording and production of the album, which also served its lead single.

Critical reception
The vast majority of contemporary reviews were mixed. David Kaltsas called it "a good start in the effort to refocus attention on Daniel's skills"". Sotiris Ftiakas wrote: "It's nothing you haven't heard, but that doesn't make it bad. You have all of Daniel's good music in one album.".

Commercial performance
The album debuted number-two in most of the markets. The album has sold a total of 5 million copies Worlwide, selling an estimated total of 3 million in North America alone.

North America
In the United States, Bitch sold 3 million.

Oceania
In Australia, the album sold than 70,000 copies in it's first week and has since sold a total of 210,000 copies, being certified triple platinum.

Singles
Daniel's solo effort, "Bitch You're Reductive" was planned to be released as the third single of the Alex's and Daniel's album Qleonic. However, the song was never released and "Χύσε" was chosen instead. But Daniel decided to release the single as a solo release. Upon release, the song was received with acclaim by music critics, and huge commercial success. It is Qleo Music's 4th best-selling single and has won a record 3 Qleo Music Awards, including "Track of the Year".

"Qleo Bitches feat. Myri" was released as the second single of the album and was part of the "Qleo song competition", where Alex & Leo with "Daniel and Myri" both released a song with the same instrumental and fans could vote their favorite one. "Qleo Bitches" won with a 100% of the vote turnout and has since met with favorable reviews and stands as a Qleo classic. It sold 7,000,000 in the U.S. becoming the third best-selling single of the year and of the company.

"Kαραμελίτσες" was released as the third and final single of the album. It is a shared-single with Theos. The song received 35 views in less than 24 hours and reached 100 views in less than a week. It was met with mixed reviews.

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See also Edit

 * Qleonic
 * Daniel Constantinou
 * Best-selling albums