Prayer

chronology
Prayer
Robin Schulz's studio album
Publication ; (s)	16th September 2014
Label (s)	Tonspiel, Warner Music Group
Format (s)	CD, digital, vinyl
Genre (s)	Electronic dance music
Title (number)	20 (+ bonus tracks)
running time	66:56 (+ bonus tracks)
occupation	Robin Schulz (DJ)
production	Robin Schulz

Prayer ( English for 'prayer') is the debut album by German DJ Robin Schulz .

Creation and artwork

When Prayer is largely a remix album with several new pieces of Robin Schulz, a result most of the songs were written by external composers and lyricists and the original artists; whereby Schulz appears three times as an author and thus participated in most of the plays in this capacity. The songs were mixed and mostly produced by Schulz. The album was released under the music labels Tonspiel and Warner Music Group . On the cover of the album - next to the artist name and the song title - a black and white portrait of Schulz can be seen against a red background.

Publication and promotion

Prayer was first published as a digital release on September 16, 2014. The release of a physical sound carrier followed across Europe on September 19, 2014. The album consists of 20 new remix and studio recordings. In addition to the regular album release, an " extended version " was released at the same time . This includes an additional studio recording, as well as four live recordings and a live video recording from the iTunes Festival in London 2014 . On the vinyl release for Extended Prayer , all titles are represented in extended versions or the so-called extended versions. The CD releases, however, only show the shortened radio versions . The piece Prayer was available as a pre-order bonus in the iTunes Store .

In order to promote the album, in addition to the appearance at the iTunes Festival 2014, a live appearance in the ultimate chart show followed . In the edition of the "Annual Charts 2014" he appeared together with Jasmine Thompson and their common hit Sun Goes Down .

content

The lyrics of the album are written in German and English. Musically, the songs move in a wide range of acoustics , dance-pop , folk-pop , R&B , etc., each combined with electronic influences . The remix versions were recorded and sung by the original artists.

Track list
#	title	Author (s)	Performer (s)	length
1	Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)	Benjamin Cotto, Nili Hadida	Lilly Wood & the Prick feat. Robin Schulz	3:12
2	Do you want (radio mix)	Lukas Strobel	Robin Schulz & Alligatoah	3:12
3	Sun Goes Down (Radio Mix)	Tom Havelock, Robin Schulz	Robin Schulz feat. Jasmine Thompson	3:00
4th	No Rest for the Wicked (Robin Schulz Edit)	Lykke Li, Björn Yttling	Lykke Li	3:21
5	Rather Be (Robin Schulz Edit)	Grace Chatto , Nicole Marshall, James Napier, Jack Patterson	Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne	3:12
6th	We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (Radio Mix)	Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden	Lexer & Nico Pusch	3:21
7th	House on Fire (Radio Mix)	Iman H. Mehdi	Robin Schulz & Me and My Monkey	3:20
8th	Taking Me Home (Radio Mix)	Hey hey	Hey hey	3:02
9	Never Know Me (Radio Mix)	Daniel Bruns, Robin Schulz	Robin Schulz & Dansir	3:18
10	Snowflakes (Radio Edit)	Ryan Lawhon	Ping-pong & Robin Schulz	3:25
11	Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)	Dennis Princewell Stehr	Mr. Probz	3:25
12	Warm Minds (Radio Mix)	Robin Schulz	Robin Schulz	3:24
13	Wrong (radio mix)	Robin Schulz	Robin Schulz	3:26
14th	Summer Nights (Radio Mix)	Chroph, David Lageder, Scheinizzl	Scheinizzl & Chroph feat. David Lageder	3:47
15th	Spree Ahoi (Radio Edit)	Steven Coulter, Thomas Lizzara	Thomas Lizzara feat. Steven Coulter	4:00
16	Here with you (Robin Schulz Radio Mix)	Marius Förster, Tom Ulrichs	Tom Thaler & Basil & Robin Schulz	3:17
17th	Changes (Robin Schulz Remix - Radio Edit)	Sam Littlemore, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes	Lazy & Wad Ad vs. Pnau	3:24
18th	A Sky Full of Stars (Robin Schulz Edit)	Guy Berryman , Jonny Buckland , Will Champion , Chris Martin	Coldplay	3:15
19th	Whatever (Radio Mix)	Dr. Arne Bense, Thomas customer	Style & Bense	3:19
20th	In the Morning Light (Radio Mix)	Alex Schulz	Alex Schulz	3:16
	iTunes bonus track (pre-order bonus)
21st	Prayer (Continuous DJ Mix)			1:17:55
	Extended Prayer
21st	Sunset	Robin Schulz	Robin Schulz	5:53
22nd	A Sky Full of Stars (Robin Schulz Remix) (Live - iTunes Festival London 2014)	Guy Berryman , Jonny Buckland , Will Champion , Chris Martin	Coldplay	4:47
23	Sun Goes Down (Live - iTunes Festival London 2014)	Tom Havelock, Robin Schulz	Robin Schulz feat. Jasmine Thompson	5:02
24	No Rest for the Wicked (Robin Schulz Remix) (Live - iTunes Festival London 2014)	Lykke Li, Björn Yttling	Lykke Li	5:13
25th	Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix) (Live - iTunes Festival London 2014)	Benjamin Cotto, Nili Hadida	Lilly Wood & the Prick feat. Robin Schulz	5:30
26th	Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix) (Live - iTunes Festival London 2014 Video)	Benjamin Cotto, Nili Hadida	Lilly Wood & the Prick feat. Robin Schulz	5:31

Single releases

Almost a year before the album was released, the single Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) was released on November 22, 2013 . Half a year later on May 31, 2014, the second single Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix) followed . The third single Willst du . Was also released in advance on September 5, 2014 . At the same time as the album, the fourth and, for the time being, last single, Sun Goes Down, followed .

All singles were able to place in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There were three singles in the United Kingdom and two in the United States. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, two singles each made it to number one in the single charts. In the DA-CH countries, three singles made it to the top 10. Furthermore, pieces from the album made it to number one in the charts worldwide.

Singles in the charts

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments)						Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Dance	Remarks
2014	Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)	DE1 × 5 Quintuple gold (59 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (33 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (53 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (70 weeks)UK	US14th × 2 Double platinum (25 weeks)US	Dance1 (52 weeks) Dance	First published: Jan 17, 2014 Sales: + 12,000,000; (with Mr. Probz )
	Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (59 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (38 weeks)AT	CH1 × 3 Triple platinum (68 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (48 weeks)UK	US23 platinum (20 weeks)US	Dance1 (45 weeks) Dance	First published: June 6, 2014 Sales: + 3,632,500; (with Lilly Wood & the Prick )
	Do you want	DE35 (10 weeks) DE	AT42 (4 weeks) AT	CH47 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	-	First published: September 5, 2014 (with Alligatoah )
	Sun goes down	DE2 × 3 Triple gold (50 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (29 weeks)AT	CH3 platinum (35 weeks)CH	UK94 (1 week) UK	-	Dance21 (20 weeks) Dance	First published: September 15, 2014 Sales: + 800,000; (feat. Jasmine Thompson )

Contributors

Album production

Dr. Arne Bense: Author
Guy Berryman : author
Daniel Bruns: Author
Jonny Buckland : author
Will Champion : Author
Grace Chatto : author
Chroph: author
Benjamin Cotto : author
Steven Coulter: Author
Marius Förster: Author
Preston Glass: Author
Nili Hadida : author
Tom Havelock: Author
HeyHey: Author
Thomas Kunde: Author
Ryan Lawhon : Author
David Lageder: Author
Lykke Li : author
Nick Littlemore : author
Sam Littlemore: author
Thomas Lizzara : Author
Nicole Marshall: author
Chris Martin : Author
Peter Mayes : Author
Iman H. Mehdi: Author
James Napier: Author
Jack Patterson : Author
Scheinizzl: author
Alex Schulz: Author
Robin Schulz : Author, Mixer , DJ , Music Producer
Dennis Princewell Stehr : Author
Lukas Strobel : Author
Tom Ulrichs: Author
Narada Michael Walden: author
Björn Yttling : Author

Companies

Tonspiel: music label
Warner Music Group : music label

The contributors to the original compositions (vocals, instruments and production) are not shown here.

reception

Reviews

“The products of the Osnabrück boy are fluffy, harmonious and pleasantly poppy. Taking drugs, raining roses, that would suit a lot of people: Sch (n) ulz sets the booth pretty cheesy for the sun-dancing generation Swag. (…) Nice violin hooks and loose percussion on Schulzen's edit by Clean Bandits Rather Be quickly make the confusion about it disappear again in the white noise. (...) Lexer and Nico Pusch postulate: We Don't Have to Rake Our Clothes Off . This guest post should at least make one or the other groupie melancholy, musically, the track at least takes your shoes off. (...) Deephouse is Robin's main residence, Wrong can be cited as a prime example. Maybe a little too much children's piano, but with a relaxed mood and no showmanship, a beautiful song. (...) Robin Schulz has certainly earned his good reputation. Only the very strong pop impact and the associated greatest possible mass compatibility in his tracks should give some stomach ache. "

- Martin Tenschert from laut.de.

Awards

During the Echo Awards 2015 , Schulz was awarded an ECHO Pop in the Dance (national) category for the great success of the album last year .

Charts and chart placements

Prayer reached position seven in the album charts in Germany and was able to stay in the top 10 for a week and 47 weeks in the charts. In Austria the album reached position ten and stayed in the top 10 for a week and in the charts for twelve weeks. In Switzerland, the album reached position four and was able to stay in the top 10 for three weeks and 51 weeks in the charts. In the United Kingdom, the album reached position 86 in two chart weeks and position 42 in the United States in 19 chart weeks. For Schulz it is the first chart success in the album charts worldwide. In 2014, Prayer was ranked 82nd in Germany and 70th in Switzerland in the annual album charts. In 2015 Prayer placed 51st in the Swiss annual album charts.

Chart placements
Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	7th (47 weeks)	47
Austria (Ö3)	10 (12 weeks)	12
Switzerland (IFPI)	4th (51 weeks)	51
United Kingdom (OCC)	86 (2 weeks)	2
United States (Billboard)	42 (19 weeks)	19th

Annual charts
Charts (2014)	placement
Annual charts (2014)
Germany (GfK)	82
Switzerland (IFPI)	70

Charts (2015)	placement
Annual charts (2015)
Switzerland (IFPI)	51

Awards for music sales

In July 2016, Prayer was awarded a platinum record in Germany for over 200,000 copies sold. Other awards followed in Canada, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Overall, the album was awarded three gold and two platinum awards worldwide for over 405,000 units sold.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	80,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold, 2 × platinum	405,000

Individual evidence

^ Prayer - Robin Schulz. itunes.apple.com, accessed December 22, 2014 .
^ Extended Prayer - Robin Schulz. itunes.apple.com, accessed December 22, 2014 .
↑ Robin Schulz - Extended Prayer (vinyl, LP, album). discogs.com, accessed March 20, 2019 .
^ Extended Prayer / Robin Schulz. listen.tidal.com, accessed March 20, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US (1) US (2)
↑ Chart sources Waves: AT CH UK US
↑ Robin Schulz: robin__schulz. instagram.com, October 16, 2018, accessed November 30, 2018 .
^ Robin Schulz - Prayer. laut.de, accessed on December 22, 2014 .
↑ Annual album charts 2014. officialcharts.de, accessed on May 8, 2015 .
↑ Swiss Year-End Charts 2014. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 1, 2015 .
↑ Swiss Year-End Charts 2015. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 5, 2016 .
↑ Gold for “Prayer” in Germany. musikindustrie.de, accessed on March 18, 2015 .
↑ Gold / Platinum. musiccanada.com, accessed August 19, 2017 .
↑ Gold for “Prayer” in Norway. ifpi.no, accessed on January 4, 2018 .
↑ Gold for “Prayer” in Switzerland. swisscharts.com, accessed October 25, 2015 .
↑ Silver for “Prayer” in the UK. bpi.co.uk, accessed January 5, 2018 .

[1] Prayer - Robin Schulz. itunes.apple.com, accessed December 22, 2014 .

[2] Extended Prayer - Robin Schulz. itunes.apple.com, accessed December 22, 2014 .

[3] Robin Schulz - Extended Prayer (vinyl, LP, album). discogs.com, accessed March 20, 2019 .

[4] Extended Prayer / Robin Schulz. listen.tidal.com, accessed March 20, 2019 .

[charts-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US (1) US (2)

[6] Chart sources Waves: AT CH UK US

[7] Robin Schulz: robin__schulz. instagram.com, October 16, 2018, accessed November 30, 2018 .

[8] Robin Schulz - Prayer. laut.de, accessed on December 22, 2014 .

[9] Annual album charts 2014. officialcharts.de, accessed on May 8, 2015 .

[10] Swiss Year-End Charts 2014. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 1, 2015 .

[11] Swiss Year-End Charts 2015. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 5, 2016 .

[12] Gold for “Prayer” in Germany. musikindustrie.de, accessed on March 18, 2015 .

[13] Gold / Platinum. musiccanada.com, accessed August 19, 2017 .

[14] Gold for “Prayer” in Norway. ifpi.no, accessed on January 4, 2018 .

[15] Gold for “Prayer” in Switzerland. swisscharts.com, accessed October 25, 2015 .

[16] Silver for “Prayer” in the UK. bpi.co.uk, accessed January 5, 2018 .