Glory (Britney Spears album)

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Glory is the upcoming ninth studio album by American singer Britney Spears. It will be released on August 26, 2016, by RCA Records. The album became available for pre-order on Apple Music at midnight ET on August 3, 2016. Spears released the first single from the album, "Make Me...", on July 15, 2016. Alongside the pre-order, a new track was released, titled "Private Show", which was previously teased in the commercial for the fragrance of the same name.

Background

In August 2014, Spears confirmed she had renewed her contract with RCA, and that she was writing and recording new music. In an interview with Billboard in March 2015, Spears said that she was working on a new album "slowly but surely." In July 2015, Spears was pictured working with writers Chantal Kreviazuk and Simon Wilcox alongside producer Ian Kirkpatrick; in that same month, DJ Mustard announced that he was working on the album. In March 2016, Spears said that she was "being more hands-on" with the album and that it is "the best thing I've done in a long time", though she noted that she did not know when the album would be finished and that she is "not rushing anything [...] so that my fans will truly appreciate it." On August 3, 2016, Spears unveiled the name and cover of her new record, confirmed the release date and announced that her new song "Private Show" would be instantly available for download to those who pre-ordered her album on Apple Music.

Composition

Since the beginning of the album recording process, Spears insisted she wanted to do something different with the project and take a "left turn". During a Tumblr Q&A with fans in July 2016, when asked about the style of the album Spears responded with "I’ll just say this… We really explored some new things." On August 5, she revealed in a phoned-in radio interview on the segment "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" that the album "took a lot of time, but I think we brought it to a level where I was really, really happy with what I had; It's cool, it's really different. I think this is probably the most hip-hop album. Not most, there are like two or three songs that go in the direction of more urban that I've wanted to do for a long time now, and I just haven't really done that."

Singles

On July 15, 2016, Spears released the first single off the album, "Make Me...", on the iTunes Store. It is a "slinky" mid-tempo R&B song and features the vocal collaboration of American rapper G-Eazy.

Promotional singles

"Private Show" was released as the first promotional single along with the pre-order. The song shares the title of her latest fragrance. The song was written by Britney Spears, Carla Williams, Tramaine Winfrey, Simon Smith, and Josh Dun.

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Invitation"
2.	"Make Me..." (featuring G-Eazy)	Britney Spears Matthew Burns Joe Janiak Gerald Gillum	Burns	3:51
3.	"Private Show"	Spears Carla Williams Tramaine Winfrey Simon Smith Josh Dun	Young Fyre	3:54
4.	"Clumsy"
5.	"Walk of Fame" (Ty Dollar Sign)
6.	"Just Luv Me" (Cashmere Cat)
7.	"Liar"
8.	"Trick or Treat" (Missy Elliott)
9.	"Take Control"
10.	"Accelerate"
11.	"Glory"
12.	"Man On the Moon"

Deluxe edition

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Just Like Me"
14.	"Forgiven"
15.	"What You Need"
16.	"Just Let Me Go"
17.	"All The Way"