Unboxing Monica - After The Storm 2003

After the Storm is the fourth studio album by American singer Monica. It was first released on June 17, 2003 through J Records. Created over a period of three years, in which Monica experienced personal struggles and its original version, All Eyez on Me, was delayed numerous times following the moderate success of single "All Eyez on Me" as well as the leak to Internet file-sharing services and heavy bootlegging after its Japan-wide release, Monica decided to scrap most of the album in favor of new material for which she consulted new collaborators such as Missy Elliott, who would receive executive producer credit due to her predominant share of contributions on the album.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, Monica's first album to do so, and sold 185,500 copies in its first week. It produced three singles that attained Billboard chart success, including Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit "So Gone" and R&B hit "U Should've Known Better," and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States. After the Storm received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. As of November 2014, the album has sold 1,070,000 copies in the United States.
After the Storm became Monica's first number-one album in the United States debuting on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 185,500, during the week ending on July 5, 2003. As of 2020, this remains her highest-selling week within her discography. On the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart the album debuted at 84 and reached its peak at number two, the following week later. On July 17, 2003, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for exceeding domestic shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. After spending 24 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, Billboard ranked it at number 104 on their year-end chart. The album also placed at number 36 on their Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums year-end chart. By March 2007 After the Storm had sold 997,000 copies, and as of August 2010 the album's total sales stand at over 1,023,000 copies sold in the US, according to Billboard. In Canada the album peaked at number 56, meanwhile in the United Kingdom it debuted and peaked at number 32 on the UK R&B Albums Chart.