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My Everything is the upcoming second studio album by American recording artist Ariana Grande, scheduled to be released on August 22, 2014, by Republic Records. "Problem" was released as the album's lead single in April 2014. The album's second single "Break Free", featuring Russian-German musician and producer Zedd, premiered on July 2, 2014.

Background

"It's an album that I want to do a little bit different. I don't want it to sound like an extension of Yours Truly. I want it to sound like an evolution. I want to explore more sounds and experiment a little bit. I have a bunch of ideas I'm very excited about and a lot of stuff cooking."

 — Grande, on the album.[2]

Grande's debut studio album Yours Truly was released on September 3, 2013, and was met with critical acclaim. Later that month, in an interview with Rolling Stone, Grande stated that she had begun writing and working on her second studio album and had already completed two songs.[2] Recording sessions began in October 2013 with Grande working with previous producers from her debut album, including Harmony Samuels, Babyface, The Rascals and Tommy Brown.[3][4] Grande was initially aiming at releasing the album around February 2014.[5] In January 2014 Grande confirmed she had been working with new producers Ryan Tedder, Savan Kotecha, Benny Blanco, Key Wane and Max Martin.[6][7][8] Grande stated in late February that she wanted to name her album after a song she had finished that weekend that is very honest and makes her cry.[9][10] It was announced on March 3, 2014 that Grande would be featured on the fifth single from Chris Brown's upcoming sixth studio album X titled "Don't Be Gone Too Long".[11] The single was originally set for release on March 25, 2014. However, it was postponed due to Brown being sent to jail awaiting trial on assault charges.[12] Grande had announced the song's delay on March 17, 2014 via Twitter stating "My loves… so obviously some things have changed recently... So we have to delay the dbgtl countdown, some things are out of our control".[12] That same night she held a live stream to make up for the single's delay, where she previewed four new songs from her second album.[13][14] Two days following the announcement, Grande revealed that due to the song's delay, she would be releasing the first single from her upcoming sophomore studio album instead.[15][16] She finished working on the album in late May 2014.[17] On June 28, Grande confirmed the title of the album to be My Everything and the release date to be August 25, 2014.[18]

The photos for the packaging in the album were taken on May 27, 2014.[19] Grande stated that she chose the cover artwork because she felt that "each song is so strongly themed that I just wanted to have a very simple overall cover. So that within each song we could create more visual themes."[20]

Release and promotion

On June 28, 2014, Grande announced that her album would be available for pre-order through her website. Those who pre-ordered the album would get exclusive access to Grande's concert stream that will be held on August 24 where she will perform songs from her album live for the first time.[21]

Grande also announced that she will embark on her second concert tour in promotion of the album. The tour will travel outside of the United States, making it her first world tour.[22][23]

In the weeks preceding the release of the My Everything, several previews of songs from the album were released. On July 7, 2014 Grande posted a teaser of "Best Mistake" onto her Instagram page. The song features rapper Big Sean.[24][25] On July 27, 2014, a preview of "Be My Baby" was filmed at a concert of featured artist, Cashmere Cat, and uploaded to YouTube, by a fan. Grande retweeted a link to the video on her Twitter profile.[26][27] She then retweeted a second snippet on August 4.[28][29] Twenty days before the album's release, Grande released a preview of "Love Me Harder," which features Canadian recording artist The Weeknd, onto her Instagram profile.[30]

Singles

Grande premiered her first single "Problem", which features Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, at the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards and released it for digital download later that night on April 28, 2014. The song debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold 438,000 units in its first week making it the fourth largest debut by a woman in history.[31] As of June 2014, "Problem" has been certified double platinum by the RIAA and has peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100.[32][33]

The second single, "Break Free", features electronic music producer Zedd and was released on July 2, 2014.

"Best Mistake" featuring Big Sean was released on August 12, 2014 as a promotional single to those who preorder the album.[34][35]

Track listing

My Everything — Standard edition[36]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"
Brown1:20
2."Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea)
3:14
3."One Last Time"
  • Guetta
  • Tuinfort
  • Yacoub
  • Falk
  • Ilya
3:17
4."Why Try"
3:32
5."Break Free" (featuring Zedd)
  • Zedd
  • Martin
3:35
6."Best Mistake" (featuring Big Sean)
Key Wane3:54
7."Be My Baby" (featuring Cashmere Cat)
3:37
8."Break Your Heart Right Back" (featuring Childish Gambino)
Pop & Oak4:13
9."Love Me Harder" (with The Weeknd)
  • Martin
  • Kotecha
  • The Weeknd
3:56
10."Just a Little Bit of Your Heart"
  • Martin
  • Shellback
3:53
11."Hands On Me" (featuring ASAP Ferg)
Darkchild3:12
12."My Everything"
Brown2:49
Total length:40:32
My Everything — Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[37]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Bang Bang" (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj)
  • Martin
  • Kotecha
  • Ilya
3:19
14."Only 1"
  • Grande
  • Brown
  • Travis Sayles
  • McCants
  • Dennis Jenkins
Brown3:14
15."You Don't Know Me"
Samuels3:54
Total length:50:59
My Everything — Target exclusive edition (bonus tracks)[38]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Cadillac Song"
  • Grande
  • Brown
  • Sayles
  • McCants
  • Leon Sylvers
2:52
17."Too Close"
  • Grande
  • Samuels
  • Culver
  • Lambert
  • Wade
3:35
Total length:66:26
My Everything — Japanese edition (bonus track)[39]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Baby I" (featuring Taro Hakase)
  • Edmonds
  • Dixon
3:17
Total length:69:43
My Everything — Japanese deluxe edition (bonus DVD)[40]
No.TitleLength
1."Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea) (Music video)3:28
2."Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea) (Lyric video)3:15
3."Official Interview"7:00
Total length:13:43

Release history

Region Date Version Format Label
Germany August 22, 2014 Standard edition[41] Digital download Republic Records
United Kingdom
Ireland
Worldwide August 25, 2014

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