 Lambert announced in July 2011 that "Four the Record" would be released on November 1, 2011.A month later, Sony Music Nashville announced that Lambert and labelmate Josh Thompson would transfer to RCA Nashville as part of a corporate restructuring.In the first week of release, the album sold 133,000 copies in the United States and debuted at number three on the "Billboard" 200, making it the highest-charting album of Lambert's career at that time.