My everything

My everything
Studio album by Ariana Grande
Publication (s)	August 22, 2014 (Germany)
admission	October 2013 − May 2014
Label (s)	Republic Records
Genre (s)	R&B pop Electronic dance music
running time	40:32
production	Max Martin Carl Falk Shellback Ilya Salmanzadeh Savan Kotecha Benny Blanco Ryan Tedder Key Wane Tommy Brown Harmony Samuels The Rascals Baby face Darkchild Oak & Pop
chronology Christmas Kisses ( EP , 2013) My everything Christmas & Chill ( EP , 2015)
Single releases April 1 , 2014 problem 2nd July 2014 Break Free 3rd July 29, 2014 Bang bang September 4th, 30th 2014 Love Me Harder 5th February 10th 2015 One last time

My Everything is the second studio album by the American singer Ariana Grande and was released in Germany on August 22, 2014. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and was awarded a platinum record by the Recording Industry Association of America . At the 2015 Grammy Awards , the album was nominated in the Best Pop Vocal Album category.

background

“It's an album that I want to do a little bit different. I don't want it to sound like an extension of Yours Truly . I want it to sound like an evolution. I want to explore more sounds and experiment a little bit. I have a bunch of ideas I'm very excited about and a lot of stuff cooking. "

“It's an album that I wanted to do a little bit differently. I don't want it to sound like an extension of Yours Truly . I want it to sound like an evolution. I want to discover more sounds and experiment a little. I have a bunch of ideas that I'm really looking forward to and a lot of cooking. "

- Ariana Grande

Grande's debut studio album, Yours Truly , was released on September 3, 2013 and received critical acclaim. Later that month she said in an interview with Rolling Stone that she was working on her second studio album and that she has already completed two songs. Recording began in October 2013, working with producers on her debut album, including Harmony Samuels, Babyface , The Pascals and Tommy Brown. Grande initially planned to release the album in February 2014. In January 2014, she confirmed that producers Ryan Tedder , Savan Kotecha, Benny Blanco , Key Wane and Max Martin are also involved. In late February, she mentioned that she wanted to name her album after a track she had finished the previous weekend that was honest and made her cry. On March 3, 2014 it was announced that Grande guest musician at Chris Brown's single Do not Be Gone Too Long by his studio album X should be. The piece was originally due to be released on March 25, 2014, but the date had to be postponed because Brown had to serve a prison sentence. On March 17, 2014, Grande announced the delay on Twitter . On the same evening, she published a live stream instead, in which she showed a preview of four new songs from her second album. Two days later it was announced that the first single from Grande's second album, Problem , would be released instead of Don't Be Gone Too Long . Work on the album was completed in late May 2014. On June 28, she confirmed that her new album will be called My Everything and that it will be released on August 25, 2014.

The photos for the packaging of the album were taken on May 27, 2014. The album cover chose Grande because she thought that "every song [...] so much [is] under a motto that I simply wanted a very simple overall cover. With this we could create additional visual themes within each song. "

Publication and promotion

Ariana Grande (2013)

From June 28, 2014, the album could be pre-ordered on Grande's website. Those who pre-ordered it there received exclusive access to her concert stream on August 24, in which she presented songs from the album for the first time.

She also announced her second concert tour, the "Honeymoon Tour", through which she promoted the album. This was also her first world tour, running from February to October 2015 a year later. Her next tour was the “Dangerous Woman Tour” in 2017, and another tour called “Sweetener World Tour”, which is supposed to promote her fourth studio album “Sweetener”, is to follow in 2019.

Singles

Her first single is Problem , which was sung at the Radio Disney Music Awards on April 28, 2014 and went on sale that same evening. The Australian rapper Iggy Azalea appears as a guest musician. The title debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 438,000 units sold in its first week. It is the fourth successful woman’s touring debut in history. In June 2014, the title received platinum from the RIAA and rose to # 2 on the Hot 100.

The second single, Break Free , was released on July 2, 2014. The Russian-German producer of electronic music Zedd appears as a guest musician . Shortly thereafter, Grande released the single Bang Bang together with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj , which is also included on Jessie J's album Sweet Talker . This song reached first place in the UK singles chart, making it Grande's second number one hit in the UK after Problem . On September 30, Grande released the fourth single Love Me Harder , in which she is supported by the Canadian singer The Weeknd .

The fifth single, One Last Time , was released on February 10, 2015.

Chart positions of the singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	problem	DE19th platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT16 (32 weeks) AT	CH18th gold (31 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (29 weeks)UK	US2 × 6 Six-fold platinum (25 weeks)US	First published: April 28, 2014 Sales: + 9,000,000; (feat. Iggy Azalea )
	Break Free	DE12 gold (35 weeks)DE	AT5 (29 weeks) AT	CH15 (28 weeks) CH	UK16 platinum (26 weeks)UK	US4th × 3 Triple platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: July 3, 2014 Sales: + 3,637,500; (feat. Zedd )
	Bang bang	DE13 gold (37 weeks)DE	AT12 (30 weeks) AT	CH21 (40 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (46 weeks)UK	US3 × 6 Six-fold platinum (31 weeks)US	First published: July 29, 2014 Sales: + 5,680,000; (with Jessie J & Nicki Minaj )
	Love Me Harder	DE35 (21 weeks) DE	AT29 (11 weeks) AT	CH40 (21 weeks) CH	UK48 gold (17 weeks)UK	US7th × 3 Triple platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: September 30, 2014 Sales: + 2,160,000; (feat. The Weeknd )
2015	One last time	DE60 gold (16 weeks)DE	AT55 (10 weeks) AT	CH25 (22 weeks) CH	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (53 weeks)UK	US13 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: February 10, 2015 Sales: + 3,061,000

Charts

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	5 (6 weeks)	6th
Austria (Ö3)	3 (5 weeks)	5
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 (25 weeks)	25th
United Kingdom (OCC)	3 (105 weeks)	105
United States (Billboard)	1 (89 weeks)	89

Awards for music sales

My Everything has received three gold and 16 platinum records worldwide. The album was sold more than two million times worldwide.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	20,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	100,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	181,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	240,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	3 × platinum	180,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	40,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	15,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	40,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	735,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 16 × platinum	2,002,000

Main article: Ariana Grande / Music Sales Awards

Track list

My Everything  - Standard Edition
No.	title	Songwriter	Producer (s)	length
1.	Intro	Ariana Grande • Tommy Brown • Victoria McCants	Brown	1:20
2.	Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea )	Max Martin • Savan Kotecha • Ilya Salmanzadeh • Azalea	Martin •  Shellback • Ilya	3:13
3.	One last time	David Guetta • Kotecha • Giorgio Tuinfort • Rami Yacoub •  Carl Falk	Guetta • Tuinfort • Yacoub • Falk • Ilya	3:17
4th	Why Try	Benjamin Levin •  Ryan Tedder • Ammar Malik • Noel Zancanella	Benny Blanco • Tedder • Zancanella	3:32
5.	Break Free ( feat.Zedd )	Anton Zaslavski • Martin • Kotecha	Zedd • Martin	3:34
6th	Best Mistake (featuring Big Sean )	Grande •  Sean Anderson • Key Wane	Key Wane	3:53
7th	Be My Baby (feat. Cashmere Cat )	Levin • Magnus August Høiberg • Theron Thomas • Timothy Thomas • LidoLido	Blanco • Cashmere Cat • LidoLido	3:37
8th.	Break Your Heart Right Back ( feat.Childish Gambino )	Kirby Dockery • Andrew "Pop" Wansel • Warren "Oak" Felder •  Donald Glover •  Bernard Edwards •  Nile Rodgers • Stevie J •  Christopher Wallace •  Sean Combs •  Mason Betha	Pop & Oak	4:13
9.	Love Me Harder (with The Weeknd )	Martin • Kotecha • Peter Svensson • Ali Payami •  Abel Tesfaye •  Ahmad Balshe	Martin • Kotecha • The Weeknd	3:56
10.	Just a little bit of your heart	Harry Styles •  Johan Carlsson	Martin • Shellback	3:53
11.	Hands on Me (feat.ASAP Ferg)	Rodney Jerkins • Alicia Renee Williams • Adrianne Birge • Darold Ferguson Jr.	Darkchild	3:12
12.	My everything	Grande • Brown • McCants • Taylor Parks		2:49
Overall length:				40:32

My Everything  - Deluxe Edition (Bonus Title)
No.	title	Songwriter	Producer (s)	length
13.	Bang Bang (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj )	Martin • Kotecha •  Rickard Göransson •  Onika Maraj	Martin • Kotecha • Ilya	3:19
14th	Only 1	Grande • Brown • Travis Sayles • McCants • Dennis Jenkins		3:14
15th	You don't know me	Grande • Harmony Samuels • Carmen Reece • Al Sherrod Lambert • Maurice David Wade		3:54
Overall length:				50:59

My Everything  - Target exclusive bonus title
No.	title	Songwriter	length
16.	Cadillac song	Grande • Brown • Sayles • McCants • Leon Sylvers	2:52
17th	Too close	Grande • Samuels • Culver • Lambert • Wade	3:35
Overall length:			56:46

Publications

region	date	version	format	Label
Germany	22nd August 2014	CD Download	Standard Edition Deluxe Edition	Republic Records
Worldwide	August 25, 2014

Individual evidence

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3. ↑ ^{a b} Sowmya Krishnamurthy: Q&A: Ariana Grande on 'Yours Truly' and Judging Miley Cyrus . September 11, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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18. ↑ Ariana Grande Is Completing Her Sophomore Album This Week ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
19. ↑ Mitchell Peters: Ariana Grande Announces Second Album 'My Everything,' Teases 'Break Free' Video . Retrieved June 29, 2014.
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22. ↑ Ariana Grande: My new album My Everything now available for preorder . Retrieved June 29, 2014.
23. ↑ Alicia Adejobi: Will Iggy Azalea Be Joining Her? Ariana Grande Announces First WORLD Tour . June 5, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
24. ↑ Ariana Grande Signs Tour Contract ( Memento from December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
25. ↑ Gary Trust: John Legend's 'All Of Me' Tops Hot 100, Ariana Grande Debuts At No. 3 . Retrieved July 15, 2014.
26. ↑ Gary Trust: Iggy Azalea Tops Hot 100 With 'Fancy,' Matches Beatles' History Mark . May 28, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
27. ^ Searchable Database - "Problem" . May 29, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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32. ↑ Certificados Musicales Amprofons photos. Amprofon via Facebook , accessed February 2, 2015 . 
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35. ↑ Sverige Topplistan. hitlistan.se, accessed February 2, 2015 (Swedish). 
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Web links

• Standard and Deluxe Edition album covers