account. The full-length album artwork was illustrated by David Bray and photographed by Tim Bret-Day. Album sampler EP's artwork is different from the album's. The sampler was titled Prelude to In Love & War and was released in September 2009. Release and promotion After several delays of the album's release date in August and September, it was announced on August 13, 2009 that the album would be released November 3, 2009. Amerie had stated via her Twitter account that she was satisfied with the release date and that it has a special meaning to her. On September 27, 2009, Amerie premiered the album cover on her official Twitter page. In Love & War was released on November 3, 2009 in the United States under exclusive license by Amerie's own imprint label, Feenix Rising, which distributed it through the Island Def Jam Music Group. Three singles were released in promotion of the album, including "Why R U" on June 15, 2009, "Heard 'Em All" on September 15, 2009, and "Pretty Brown" on October 20, 2009. Def Jam released a six-track album sampler containing snippets of "Higher", "Tell Me You Love Me", "Pretty Brown", and "Red Eye", as well full versions of "Heard 'Em All" and "Why R U", which had been remastered. Amerie performed "Heard 'Em All" and "Higher" in November 2009 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. A music video for "More Than Love" featuring Fabolous, directed by Taj was released in January 2010. She released a remix version of the song "Heard 'Em All" for the Asian edition of In Love & War where she will collaborate with Korean girl group 4minute and rapper Junhyung of Korean boy band BEAST Commercial performance In the United States, In Love & War debuted at number forty-six on the U.S. Billboard 200 and at number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. By November 9, 2009, it had sold 12,421 copies in the United States, resulting in sales of 12,500 in its first week. The album also charted in the United Kingdom on the UK R&B Albums at number twenty-nine on November 15, 2009. In 2010, it peaked at number eighteen on the South Korean Gaon Albums Chart. Critical reception Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of hundred to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score