The Blueprint 3

The Blueprint 3
Studio album by Jay-Z
Released	September 8, 2009
Recorded	July 2008 – August 2009
Studio	Various Roc the Mic (New York City) Avex Recording Studio (Honolulu) Kingdom Studios (Perth) The Holy Chataeu (Perth) Baseline Studios (New York City) Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles) Oven Studios (New York City) KMA Studios (New York City) Lava Studios (Cleveland) Record Plant (Los Angeles) South Beach Studios (Miami) Midnight Blue Studios (Miami)
Genre	Hip hop pop rap alternative hip hop
Length	60:44
Label	Roc Nation Roc-A-Fella Asylum Atlantic
Producer	Shawn Carter (exec.) Kanye West (also exec.) No I.D. Shux Janet Sewell-Ulepic Angela Hunte The Inkredibles Swizz Beatz Timbaland J-Roc Kenoe Jeff Bhasker The Neptunes
Jay-Z chronology
American Gangster (2007) The Blueprint 3 (2009) The Hits Collection, Volume One (2010)
Singles from The Blueprint 3
"D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" Released: June 5, 2009 "Run This Town" Released: July 24, 2009 "Empire State of Mind" Released: October 20, 2009 "On to the Next One" Released: December 15, 2009 "Young Forever" Released: January 11, 2010 "A Star Is Born" Released: June 25, 2010

The Blueprint 3 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released September 8, 2009, on Roc Nation and Roc-A-Fella, through distribution from Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. It is the third album in the Blueprint series, preceded by The Blueprint (2001) and The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse (2002). Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at several recording studios and was handled by Kanye West, No I.D., The Neptunes, Jeff Bhasker, Al Shux, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, The Inkredibles, Swizz Beatz, and Timbaland. The album also features guest appearances by Kanye West, Rihanna, Drake, Kid Cudi, Young Jeezy, J. Cole and Alicia Keys among others.

The Blueprint 3 produced six singles: "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)", "Run This Town", " "Empire State of Mind", "On to the Next One", "Young Forever" and "A Star Is Born". All singles achieved chart success excluding the latter. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 476,000 copies in its first week.^[1] It became Jay-Z's eleventh US number-one album, breaking the record he had previously shared with Elvis Presley.^[1] The album received a nomination for Best Rap Album, while four of its singles "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)", "Run This Town", "On to the Next One", and "Empire State of Mind" won a combined number of six Grammys at both the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.