The project underwent significant conceptual and sonic changes throughout that time. Yours Truly is the result of three years of work. It's a Motown throwback and pop at the same time, so it's '50s and '60s inspiration mixed with today.' you know, it's like it used to be pages from my diary, instead of keeping diary, I would write songs about what was happening in my life. To promote the album, Grande embarked on her first headlining concert tour, The Listening Sessions. It had sold 596,000 copies in the US as of April 2018. On March 22, 2016, it was certified platinum by the RIAA for album equivalents of over 1 million units in the US. Internationally, the album reached the top-ten position in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Yours Truly debuted atop the US Billboard 200 selling 138,000 copies in its opening week. The third and final single 'Right There', featuring Big Sean, was released on August 6, 2013, and peaked at number eighty-four on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, 'Baby I', was released on July 22, 2013, and peaked just outside the top-twenty of the Billboard Hot 100 at number twenty-one. It became a top-ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number nine.
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The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, 'The Way', featuring American rapper Mac Miller, on March 25, 2013. Yours Truly was promoted with live renditions of the album's songs during The Listening Sessions tour. Freeallmusic provides the best of English Songs, Music Album, Youtube Videos, iTunes music, AllMusic, billboard, new releases, Old Tracks, Top 10 for Direct Download.Īfter copying the '90s R&B greats on her debut album Yours Truly and playing into modern pop trends on its follow-up My.The debut album from Ariana Grande, 2013's Yours Truly, is a surprisingly sophisticated and unique showcase for the Nickelodeon sitcom star's soulful R&B vocals.Occasionally, the album dips into other genres such as adult contemporary music and dance music. The collaborations are with Big Sean, Mika and Mac Miller, in addition to The Wanted's Nathan Sykes, who features on the song 'Almost Is Never Enough' which was also included on The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones soundtrack. Grande recorded a number of songs on this album over a three-year period. Que' Smith and Victorious co-star Leon Thomas III, as well as others, handling the production on the album. Contribution by Harmony Samuels, Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, Patrick 'J. On the album, Grande co-wrote six out of the twelve tracks.
Grande describes the album's first half as a 'throwback' to the R&B music of the 1990s, and the second half being 'very unique and very special that I've sort of written' which is completely original. Incorporating R&B, Yours Truly was influenced by Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey, amongst Grande's other idols. It was released on September 3, 2013, by Republic Records. Yours Truly is the debut studio album by American singer and actress Ariana Grande.