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Racine carrée of √ (Nederlands: vierkantswortel) is het tweede studioalbum van Stromae. Het werd uitgebracht op 16 augustus 2013 en bevat onder meer de singles Papaoutai en Formidable. De download van het album bevat ook een tweede versie van Papaoutai met Angel Haze.

In België haalde het album acht keer platinum, eveneens als in Nederland waar meer dan 50.000 exemplaren werden verkocht. Racine carrée was een commercieel succes in West-Europa (zowel in Franstalige als niet-Franstalige landen), Canada (Top 100 Albums) en Duitsland (Albums Top 100). In Frankrijk was Racine carrée het bestverkochte album van 2013 en 2014; in 2013 overtrof het onder meer het album Random Access Memories van het Franse duo Daft Punk. Op 8 februari 2014 sleepte Stromae ook acht Music Industry Awards in de wacht.

Racine carrée (French for 'square root', stylised as √) is the second studio album by Belgian musician Stromae. It was released digitally on 16 August 2013 and three days later physically in France and Belgium. Stromae expressed his desire to incorporate Caribbean and African musical influences along with his signature 1990s-inspired dance beats. The album, recorded in an attic, explores themes as diverse as alienation from social networks, relationship issues, discrimination, cigarettes and lung cancer, AIDS and absent father figures. Prior to its official release and afterwards, Racine carrée received critical acclaim for its thoughtful lyrics and gained comparisons to fellow Belgian recording artist Jacques Brel.

The album was a commercial success across Western Europe, including non-francophone countries. Racine carrée topped the charts in France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy, as well as reaching the top ten in Canada, and the top forty in Germany. In his native Belgium, it remained at the top the charts for multiple weeks and been certified twelve times platinum by the BEA. In France, the album has been certified quadruple diamond by the SNEP and become one of the highest-selling albums in recent years after amassing over one million copies sold four months after its release. Racine carrée yielded three chart-topping singles: "Papaoutai", "Formidable" and "Tous les mêmes".