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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Channel Orange (stylized as channel ORANGE) is the debut studio album by American recording artist Frank Ocean, released on July 10, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings. After releasing his 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra, Ocean began writing the album with creative partner Malay, who assisted him with its recording at EastWest Studio in Hollywood. Rather than rely on samples as he had with his mixtape, Ocean wanted to approach sound and song structure differently on Channel Orange. He titled the album as a reference to the neurological phenomenon grapheme–color synesthesia and the color he perceived during the summer he first fell in love.Channel Orange has an unconventional musical style, film-inspired segue tracks, and songs that draw on electro-funk, pop-soul, jazz-funk, and psychedelic music. Ocean's songwriting touches on themes such as unrequited love, decadence, class, and drugs through the use of surrealistic imagery, conversational devices, and descriptive narratives depicting dark characters. His baritone singing on the album exhibits free-form flow and alternating falsetto and tenor registers.To prevent it from leaking onto the Internet, Ocean released the album digitally one week earlier than its publicly announced date. He promoted it with five singles, including his highest charting single \"Thinkin Bout You\", and a supporting tour in July 2012. Channel Orange debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 131,000 copies in its first week. It received widespread acclaim from critics and was named the best album of 2012 by numerous publications. As of September 2014, the album has sold 621,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan."@en }

• Channel_Orange abstract "Channel Orange (stylized as channel ORANGE) is the debut studio album by American recording artist Frank Ocean, released on July 10, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings. After releasing his 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra, Ocean began writing the album with creative partner Malay, who assisted him with its recording at EastWest Studio in Hollywood. Rather than rely on samples as he had with his mixtape, Ocean wanted to approach sound and song structure differently on Channel Orange. He titled the album as a reference to the neurological phenomenon grapheme–color synesthesia and the color he perceived during the summer he first fell in love.Channel Orange has an unconventional musical style, film-inspired segue tracks, and songs that draw on electro-funk, pop-soul, jazz-funk, and psychedelic music. Ocean's songwriting touches on themes such as unrequited love, decadence, class, and drugs through the use of surrealistic imagery, conversational devices, and descriptive narratives depicting dark characters. His baritone singing on the album exhibits free-form flow and alternating falsetto and tenor registers.To prevent it from leaking onto the Internet, Ocean released the album digitally one week earlier than its publicly announced date. He promoted it with five singles, including his highest charting single \"Thinkin Bout You\", and a supporting tour in July 2012. Channel Orange debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 131,000 copies in its first week. It received widespread acclaim from critics and was named the best album of 2012 by numerous publications. As of September 2014, the album has sold 621,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.".