Never Say Never: The Remixes

Never Say Never: The Remixes
Remix album by Justin Bieber
Publication (s)	February 14, 2011
admission	2008–2012
Label (s)	Island Records , RBMG
Format (s)	CD, digital
Genre (s)	Pop , R&B , teen pop , dance pop
Title (number)	7th
running time	26:47 min.
chronology My Worlds Acoustic (2010) Never Say Never: The Remixes Under the Mistletoe (2011)
Single release January 25, 2011 Never Say Never ( feat.Jaden Smith )

Never Say Never: The Remixes is the second remix album by Canadian musician Justin Bieber . It was released on February 14, 2011 and accompanied the release of the 3D music film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never , which was released on February 11, 2011 in the US in theaters. In Germany, where the album was released on February 18, 2011, it reached number 72 in the charts. In the US, it reached number one, making it Bieber's second number one album. The CD comprises a total of seven songs, four of which are remixes of tracks from his first studio album My World 2.0 and one is a live performance with Miley Cyrus . Two songs were new, " Never Say Never " had already been used as the theme song for the film Karate Kid .

background

In early January 2011, rumors arose for the first time that Bieber would release new music in connection with his upcoming movie Justin Bieber: Never Say Never . On January 6, the singer's manager Scooter Braun announced that fans could expect new music around Valentine's Day . Also in January, songwriter Diane Warren said she recently finished work on a song called "Born to Be Somebody." The title should appear on an album in support of Bieber's film. Musician Ester Dean also confirmed that she was involved in a musical project related to Bieber's film. The country band Rascall Flats and the pop and R&B musician Chris Brown had already confirmed in 2010 that they would be working with the Canadian singer on new music. Initially, however, it was not about songs for a remix album by Bieber, but generally about a musical collaboration for a subsequent studio album by the singer.

On January 31st, it was confirmed in an official announcement that a music album would be released to accompany the upcoming film, which will be available from February 14th, the Monday after the weekend of the cinema release.

Track list

#	title	Songwriting	production	length
1.	Never Say Never ( feat.Jaden Smith )	Adam Messinger , Nasri Atweh , Justin Bieber , Thaddis Harrell , Jaden Smith , Omarr Rambert	The Messengers	3:47
2.	That Should Be Me ( feat.Rascal Flatts ) (Remix)	Nasri Atweh, ​​Adam Messinger, Luke Boyd , Justin Bieber	The Messengers	3:50
3.	Somebody to Love (feat. Usher ) (Remix)	Jonathan Yip , Jeremy Reeves , Ray Romulus , Heather Bright , Justin Bieber	The stereotypes	3:40
4th	Up (feat. Chris Brown ) (Remix)	Nasri Atweh, ​​Adam Messinger, Justin Bieber	The Messengers	3:55
5.	Overboard (feat. Miley Cyrus ) (live)	Waynne Nugent , Kevin Risto , Dapo Torimiro , Taurian Shropshire , Justin Bieber	Midi Mafia , Dapo Torimiro	5:07
6th	Runaway Love ( feat.Kanye West & Raekwon ) ( Kanye West Remix)	Melvin Hough II , Rivelino Wouter , Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas , Justin Bieber, Dalvin DeGrate , Donald DeGrate , Dennis Coles , Robert Diggs , Gary Grice , Lamont Hawkins , Isaac Hayes , Jason Hunter , Russell Jones , David Porter , Clifford Smith , Corey Woods	Kanye West	4:47
7th	Born to Be Somebody	Diane Warren	Jan Smith , Brandon Blue Hamilton	3:01

Samples

• "Runaway Love" - ​​" Freek'n You " (Remix) by Jodeci & " CREAM " by the Wu-Tang Clan

success

reception

Margaret Wappler rated the album positively in general, saying that "the album's cleverest quality is the high number of different aspects of pop music, never spoiling the purity of Bieber's enthusiasm, which is both cartoon-like and genuine". In addition, she highlighted the selection of guest musicians that she thought was positive. With the help of Jaden Smith and Miley Cyrus , he serves both his teenage fans, and through Kanye West and Raekwon he also gains credibility with the “cool kids”. Nevertheless, through his "innocence", Bieber neutralized any kind of sex appeal that West and Raekwon developed. Sabrina Cognate was of the opinion that the album, which "legitimizes the teenage dream", replaced brevity with vigor despite only seven tracks. In addition, the album would be suitable for “people from all walks of life”.

Commercial win

Annual charts (2011)	Highest position
Canada	33
United States	28

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 165,000 CDs sold . It was Bieber's second number one album in the US and the first remix album since J to tha LO !: The Remixes by Jennifer Lopez (2002). At the time, four of Bieber's albums were in the top 40 in the United States ( My World position 31, My World 2.0 position eight and My Worlds Acoustic position 18), making him the first artist to do so since Garth Brooks in 1993 . In the second week, the album fell to second place (behind 21 from Adele ) with 102,000 units sold . Since Bieber's debut album rose to number five in the second week, he became the first musician in April 2010 to place two albums in the top five in the United States. At that time he had achieved this record set by Nelly in 2004 with his releases “My World” and “My World 2.0” . In the USA it also received a platinum record for 1,000,000 CDs sold.

Charts	Highest position
Germany	72 (4 weeks)
Austria	-
Switzerland	61 (10 weeks)
UK	17 (4 weeks)
United States	1 (27 weeks)
Canada	1 (18 weeks)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ James Dinh: Justin Bieber Plans Collabos With Kanye West, Drake, Chris Brown . mtv.com. January 6, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
2. ↑ Shirley Halperin: Diane Warren Pens Song for Justin Bieber Movie . billboard.com. January 18, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
3. ↑ Keith Murphy: Justin Bieber Preps 'Never Say Never' Soundtrack, Hits Studio With 'Firework' songwriter Ester Dean . popeater.com. January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
4. ↑ Jocelyn Vena: Justin Bieber Working On New Music With Rascal Flatts . mtv.com. December 20, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
5. ↑ ^{a b} James Dinh: Justin Bieber's Never Say Never - The Remixes Due Valentine's Day . mtv.com. January 31, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Margaret Wappler: Album review: Justin Bieber's 'Never Say Never: The Remixes' . latimesblogs.latimes.com. February 14, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Sabrina Cognate: Street Date: Justin Bieber's “Never Say Never: The Remixes” Legitimizes The Teen Dream . 923now.radio.com. February 16, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 28, 2012. 
8. ↑ Annual charts Canada
9. ↑ [1]
10. ↑ ^{a b} Keith Caulfield: Justin Bieber Scores Second No. 1 album with 'Never Say Never' remixes . billboard.com. February 23, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Keith Caulfield: Adele's '21' Sells Over 350k to Top Billboard 200 . billboard.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
12. ↑ Music Sales Awards: United States
13. ↑ ^{a b} Chart placement Germany, Switzerland  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ Chart placement UK
15. ↑ Chart placement USA
16. ↑ Chart placement Canada