Monday, June 30, 2014

Album Development: Jason Mraz Continues Promotion, Ella Henderson DropsTracklist

Ariana Grande Reveals Album

Update 2: The track list for the standard edition has been released. The deluxe edition track list has not been confirmed or announced.

Update 1: The track list will be revealed later today.

Alongside the announcement of Ariana Grande's upcoming new single "Break Free (feat. Zedd)", the 21 year old singer revealed the title, release date and cover of her upcoming sophomore studio album. Preceded by lead single "Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)", Grande's upcoming new album will be released under the title My Everything on August 25th. There will be at least two different versions of the album, with a a deluxe edition and standard edition both being confirmed. A Target version is currently rumored but not confirmed. The official track list will be released in late July, approximately 1 month before the album drops. The album's second single, "Break Free (feat. Zedd)", will go into release on July 2nd. Check out the deluxe edition and regular edition album covers below. The grey cover is the standard edition, while the navy version is the deluxe edition.

If you pre-order the album from the official Ariana Grande store, you'll be able to select from a variety of packages. Some bonus items you can purchase with the album are a women's shirt with the album cover, an exclusive poster featuring the names of other fans who pre-ordered layered over a picture of the cover, a digital deluxe edition, a digital regular edition, a CD deluxe edition, a CD regular edition. Every version from the online store includes a code to watch a live stream of Ariana performing new tracks around the time the album drops.

Standard Edition
1. Intro
2. Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)
3. One Last Time
4. Why Try
5. Break Free (feat. Zedd)
6. Best Mistake (feat. Big Sean)
7. Be My Baby (feat. Cashmere Cat)
8. Break You Heart Right Back (feat. Childish Gambino)
9. Love Me Harder (With The Weeknd)
10. A Little Bit Of Out Heart
11. Hands On Me (feat. A$AP Ferg)
12. My Everything

Ella Henderson Drops Tracklist
After the massive success of her debut solo single, "Ghost", Ella Henderson announced the release of her first studio album Chapter One. The album is scheduled for release on September 19th, 2014 and comes preceded by the release of lead single "Ghost" in mid June 2014. The album cover is shown below. The official regular and deluxe edition track lists have been announced, and are also featured below.

The album will release nearly 2 years after Henderson was controversially eliminated from The X Factor UK in the 7th week of the competition. She ended up still signing a deal with Syco Records, with Simon Cowell signing her on.


Standard Edition
1. Ghost
2. Empire
3. Glow
4. Yours
5. Mirror Man
6. Hard Work
7. Pieces
8. The First Time
9. All Again
10. Give Your Heart Away
11. Rockets
12. Lay Down
13. Missed

Deluxe Edition
14. Billie Holiday
15. Beautifully Unfinished
16. 1996
17. Five Tattoos
18. Giants
19. Rockets (Acoustic) [Chapter One Sessions EP]
20. Give Your Heart Away(Acoustic) [Chapter One Sessions EP]

Jason Mraz Releases 6th Promotional Single
For the promotion of his upcoming 5th studio album, Jason Mraz decided to take an odd route that was only briefly popular several years ago: offer up half of your album as "countdown" iTunes singles. Literally, 7 out of 14 album tracks have already been released. It doesn't make much sense (you might as well just leak your entire album right now), but whatever floats his boat is fine by me.

The American pop singer's 5th studio album, YES!, comes preceded by the release of 1 official single and 6 promotional releases. The album's lead single, "Love Someone", was released on May 19th with the album's pre-order. It has peaked at #120 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Hello, You Beautiful Thing" was released on May 23rd as the first promotional release (it has not charted except at #152 in the UK). "Long Drive" was released on June 2nd as the second promotional release (it has not charted). "3 Things" was released on June 16th as the third promotional release (it has not charted). "You Can Rely On Me" was released on June 23rd as the fourth promotional release (it has not charted). "Back to the Earth" was accidentally released on iTunes sometime during the release of promotional singles as the 5th non-official single. "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" was released on June 30th as the sixth promotional release (it has not charted).

Check out the track list and album cover below. The album drops on July 15th


1. Rise
2. Love Someone
3. Hello, You Beautiful Thing
4. Long Drive
5. Everywhere
6. Best Friend
7. Quiet
8. Out of My Hands
9. It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
10. 3 Things
11. You Can Rely On Me
12. Back to the Earth
13. A World With You
14. Shine

Kiesza Announces US Hideaway EP
After the astonishing success of "Hideaway" around the world in late spring 2014, Kiesza has announced she will be releasing a limited Hideaway EP in the United States. The new EP includes "Hideaway", new, equally addictive single "Giant In My Heart", a new never before heard track called "So Deep" and her cover of of Haddaway's "What Is Love". The tracks "No Enemiesz" and "Hideaway (Gorgon City Remix)" were removed from the track list (they featured on the European EP). They were replaced by "Giant In My Heart" and "So Deep".

The EP will drop on iTunes and other digital retailers on July 7th. Kiesza will later perform "Hideaway" on CBS' The Late Show With David Letterman only July 9th. The EP reaches physical retailers (namely Best Buy and Amazon) on July 22nd.

See the album cover and track list below.


1. Hideaway
2. Giant In My Heart
3. So Deep
4. What Is Love

That's it for this first ever edition of a new feature called Album Development, where I dive into news about upcoming large releases. Keep it here for more updates!

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