Sugar (album)
| Sugar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Schulz's studio album | ||||
|
Publication |
September 25, 2015 |
|||
| Label (s) | Tonspiel, Warner Music Group | |||
|
Format (s) |
CD, digital |
|||
|
Title (number) |
15 (+ bonus tracks) |
|||
|
running time |
53:36 (+ bonus tracks) |
|||
| occupation | Robin Schulz (DJ) | |||
|
Robin Schulz |
||||
|
||||
Sugar ( engl. , Sugar ') is the second album of the German DJs Robin Schulz .
Creation and artwork
Most of the pieces on the album were written by Robin Schulz in cooperation with other often changing authors. The German producer trio around Junkx (consisting of: Dennis Bierbrodt, Jürgen Dohr and Guido Kramer) contributed to seven pieces and therefore most of the songs on the album, and authors also contributed to individual pieces. With the exception of one title, all of Schulz's pieces were produced in collaboration with constantly changing co-producers. Only the song World Turns Gray was not produced by Schulz, here he only made a remix. Mixing and mastering was done by Junkx and Schulz. The album was released under the music labels Tonspiel and Warner Music Group . On the cover of the album - in addition to the artist name and album title - Schulz's upper body can be seen wearing a hooded sweater . A skyline is reflected on his upper body .
Publication and promotion
Sugar was first published on September 25, 2015 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . The album consists of 15 new studio recordings. In addition to the regular edition, a special iTunes version was published at the same time . This includes an additional SUGAR (Continuous Album Mix) with a length of over 50 minutes.
In order to promote the songs and the album, a live appearance followed during prime time during the Echo Awards 2015 . Robin Schulz and Ilsey performed live with headlights on German television for the first time during a medley by Schulz . At the end of July 2015, Sugar was the official promotional song for the ProSieben prime-time advertising.
content
The album consists of 15 newly recorded tracks and, like its predecessor, contains a mixture of new tracks and remixed versions of already published tracks. All lyrics are in English. Musically, the songs move in the field of electronic dance music . In Sugar ( Baby Bash ), Pride ( Marvin Gaye ), Save Tonight ( Eagle Eye Cherry ) and World Turns Gray (Princess Chelsea) is cover versions and remix version of previously published pieces by other artists. The rest are new titles from Robin Schulz. Compared to its predecessor Prayer , this album contains more new pieces than remixes.
| # | title | Author (s) | Producer (s) | length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headlights (feat. Ilsey) | Eric Frederic, Ilsey Juber, Joe London, Tom Peyton, John Ryan, Andreas Schuller, Robin Schulz | Robin Schulz | 3:30 |
| 2 | Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates ) | Francisco Bautista, Dennis Bierbrodt, Ronald Bryant, Jürgen Dohr, Guido Kramer, Robin Schulz, Francesco Yates | Robin Schulz | 3:41 |
| 3 | Heatwave (feat. Akon ) | Dennis Bierbrodt, Stefan Dabruck, Jürgen Dohr, Guido Kramer, Bryan Nelson, Jordan Peter Orvosh, Robin Schulz, Aliaune Thiam, Thomas Troelsen | Robin Schulz | 3:09 |
| 4th | Yellow (feat. Disciples) | Dennis Bierbrodt, Jürgen Dohr, Nathan Duvall, Gavin Koolman, Guido Kramer, Luke McDermott, Robin Schulz | Disciples, Robin Schulz | 3:37 |
| 5 | Show Me Love (feat.JUDGE) | Dennis Bierbrodt, Jürgen Dohr, Richard Judge, Guido Kramer, Robin Schulz | JUDGE, Robin Schulz | 4:18 |
| 6th | Love Me Loud (feat. M-22 & Aleesia) | Dennis Bierbrodt, Frank Bülles, Jürgen Dohr, Matt James, Guido Kramer, Robin Schulz, Alicia Stamkos | M-22, Robin Schulz | 3:37 |
| 7th | Pride (feat. SoFly & Nius) | Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Norman Whitfield | Robin Schulz, soFly & Nius | 3:04 |
| 8th | Find Me (feat.HEYHEY) | Dennis Bierbrodt, Jürgen Dohr, Guido Kramer, Robin Schulz | Robin Schulz | 3:19 |
| 9 | Titanic | Dennis Bierbrodt, Jürgen Dohr, Alex Isaak, Guido Kramer, Robin Schulz | Alex Isaak, Robin Schulz | 3:40 |
| 10 | This is your life | Dana Al Fardan, Kevin Bleibaum, Robin Schulz | Robin Schulz | 3:28 |
| 11 | Save Tonight (feat. Moguai & Solamay ) | Eagle-Eye Cherry | Moguai, Robin Schulz | 3:38 |
| 12 | 4 Life (feat. Graham Candy ) | Dennis Bierbrodt, Jürgen Dohr, Martijn Konijnenburg, Guido Kramer, Robin Schulz | Robin Schulz | 3:18 |
| 13 | Wave Goodbye (feat.Henri PFR & Jeffrey Jey ) | Henri Peiffer, Gianfranco Randone, Robin Schulz | Henri PFR, Robin Schulz | 3:15 |
| 14th | World Turns Gray (feat.HEYHEY & Princess Chelsea) | Chelsea Nikkel | Princess Chelsea | 3:52 |
| 15th | Moonlit Sky ( feat.Moby & The Void Pacific Choir) | Richard Melville Hall | Moby, Robin Schulz | 4:10 |
| iTunes bonus track | ||||
| 16 | SUGAR (Continuous Album Mix) | Robin Schulz | 51:47 | |
Single releases
Five months before Sugar was released, the single Headlights was released on April 3, 2015 . The second single Sugar was also released two months earlier on July 17, 2015 . The third (promo) single, Yellow , was released on September 18, 2015. The fourth single, Show Me Love, followed on November 27, 2015. The last single, Heatwave , was released on May 13, 2016. All singles were able to place in the single charts across Europe. The first two single releases achieved top 10 or top placements in all German-speaking countries.
Chart successes in the single charts
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
|
 AT
|
 CH
|
 UK
|
 US
|
Dance
|
|||
| 2015 | Headlights |
DE6th  (33 weeks)DE |
AT2  (28 weeks)AT |
CH7th (33 weeks)CH |
UK96 (1 week) UK |
- |
Dance17 (20 weeks) Dance |
First published: April 3, 2015
Sales: + 680,000; feat. Ilsey |
| Sugar |
DE1 × 2
(55 weeks)DE |
AT1 (44 weeks)AT |
CH1 × 2
(51 weeks)CH |
UK21st (34 weeks)UK |
US44 (15 weeks)US |
Dance2 (42 weeks) Dance |
First published: July 17, 2015
Sales: + 3,265,000; feat. Francesco Yates |
|
| Yellow |
DE73 (2 weeks) DE |
- |
CH70 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
Dance50 (1 week) Dance |
First published: September 18, 2015
with Disciples |
|
| Show me love |
DE2 (28 weeks)DE |
AT4th (23 weeks)AT |
CH12 (19 weeks)CH |
- | - | - |
First published: November 27, 2015
Sales: + 495,000; with JUDGE |
|
| 2016 | Heat wave |
DE30th (22 weeks)DE |
AT24 (16 weeks) AT |
- | - | - | - |
First published: May 13, 2016
Sales: + 225,000; feat. Akon |
Contributors
Album production
- Akon (Aliaune Thiam): author , vocals
- Dana Al Fardan: author
- Aleesia: Singing
- Frank Bautista: Author
- Dennis Bierbrodt : Mixing , author, mastering
- Kevin Bleibaum: Author
- Ronald Bryant : author
- Frank Bülles : Author
- Graham Candy : vocals
- Stefan Dabruck: Author
- Jürgen Dohr : Mixing, author, mastering
- Nathan Duvall: writer, singer, music producer
- Eagle-Eye Cherry : Author
- Eric Frederic: Author
- Marvin Gaye : Author
- HEYHEY: Singing
- Alex Isaak: author, music producer
- Matt James : writer, record producer
- Jeffrey Jey (Gianfranco Randone): writer, vocals
- Ilsey Juber: author, vocals
- Richard Judge (JUDGE): writer, singer, music producer
- Martijn Konijnenburg: author
- Gavin Koolman: writer, singer, music producer
- Guido Kramer : Mixing, author, mastering
- Joe London: author
- Luke McDermott: writer, vocalist, record producer
- Moby (Richard Melville Hall): writer, DJ , record producer
- Moguai : DJ, music producer
- Bryan Nelson: Author
- Chelsea Nikkel (Princess Chealsea): writer, singer, record producer
- Jordan Peter Orvosh: Author
- Tom Peyton: Author
- Henri Peiffer (Henri PFR): author, DJ, music producer
- John Ryan: Author
- Frank Sanders : music producer
- Andreas Schuller: Author
- Robin Schulz : Mixing, author, DJ, mastering, music producer, remixer
- soFLY & Nius: vocals, music producer
- Solamay : vocals
- Alicia Stamkos: author
- William Stevenson: author
- Thomas Troelsen: Author
- The Void Pacific Choir: vocals
- Norman Whitfield : Author
- Francesco Yates : author, vocals
Companies
- Tonspiel: music label
- Warner Music Group : music label
reception
Awards
On April 7, 2016 Schulz was twice awarded the ECHO Pop in the categories of best national act abroad and dance (national) for the success of the album last year , in the latter he defeated Deichkind , Gestört aber GeiL , Felix Jaehn and Paul Kalkbrenner through.
Reviews
The German-language music portal jpc.de rated the album with five out of five points.
Charts and chart placements
Sugar reached position three in the album charts in Germany and was able to stay in the top 10 for two weeks and 45 weeks in the charts. In Austria the album reached position four and stayed in the top 10 for a week and in the charts for 15 weeks. In Switzerland, the album reached number one and stayed at the top for a week, in the top 10 for five weeks and in the charts for 37 weeks. In the United States, the album reached position 154 on the charts in eight weeks. In 2015, Sugar was placed in the German annual album charts at position 79, and at position 72 in Switzerland. In 2016, the album placed 100 in the Swiss annual singles charts.
For Schulz this is already the second chart success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United States. In Germany , Austria and Switzerland it is his second Top 10 success in the album charts. It is his first number one album in Switzerland.
|
|
Awards for music sales
In February 2016, Sugar was awarded a gold record in Germany for over 100,000 copies sold. Another gold award followed in Canada in August 2017 and in Denmark in February 2018. The album was awarded gold three times for over 150,000 units sold.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
gold
|
10,000 |
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
gold
|
100,000 |
 Canada (MC)
|
gold
|
40,000 |
| All in all |
3 × gold |
150,000 |
Main article: Robin Schulz / Music Sales Awards
Individual evidence
- ^ Robin Schulz - Sugar. discogs.com, accessed October 4, 2015 .
- ^ Robin Schulz - Headlights. discogs.com, accessed October 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates - Sugar. discogs.com, accessed July 28, 2015 .
- ^ Robin Schulz - Sugar. austriancharts.at, accessed on October 4, 2015 .
- ^ Robin Schulz - Sugar. itunes.apple.com, accessed October 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Repertoire search. online.gema.de, accessed on December 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Chart sources singles: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Robin Robin Schulz - Sugar. jpc.de, accessed October 4, 2015 .
- ^ Robin Schulz - Sugar. officialcharts.de, accessed on October 4, 2015 .
- ^ Robin Schulz - Sugar. austriancharts.at, accessed on October 7, 2015 .
- ^ Robin Schulz - Sugar. hitparade.ch, accessed on October 7, 2015 .
- ^ Robin Schulz - Chart History. billboard.com, accessed October 6, 2015 .
- ↑ Top 100 annual album charts. officialcharts.de, accessed on January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Swiss Year-End Charts 2015. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 5, 2016 .
- ^ Swiss annual hit parade 2016. swisscharts.com, accessed on January 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz “Sugar”. ifpi.dk, accessed on March 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on February 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Gold / Platinum. musiccanada.com, accessed August 19, 2017 .