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Released | 11 November 2018 | |||
Genre | Dance | |||
Length | 48:04 | |||
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Blue is the debut studio album by British DJ Jonas Blue, released on 11 November 2018, via Positiva and Virgin EMI.
The album consists of most of Blue's previous released singles including "Rise" with American duo Jack & Jack, "Polaroid" with English musician Liam Payne and double platinum-certified single "Fast Car" alongside seven new original tracks such as "Wherever You Go" and "Come Through". It features collaborators such as Canadian-Colombian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez, American pop singer Joe Jonas, Scottish vocalist Nina Nesbitt, English songwriter Chelcee Grimes, Argentine singer Tini and Kosovar singer Era Istrefi. [1]
Idolator described the album as a "greatest hits collection". [2] Blue stated on his Instagram page that "Hey guys, super excited to announce the release of my debut album BLUE – coming out November 9th. Includes all the hits plus 7 new tracks with some amazing new artists." [3] He told the Evening Standard that he "wanted to explore new talent and there's established acts and other people but it's been great to have the new up-and-coming talent on this". [4] [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Drink to You" (featuring Zak Abel) |
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| 3:30 |
2. | "Mama" (featuring William Singe) |
| Blue | 3:04 |
3. | "Perfect Strangers" (featuring JP Cooper) |
| Blue | 3:16 |
4. | "I See Love" (featuring Joe Jonas) | Blue | 2:53 | |
5. | "Polaroid" (featuring Liam Payne and Lennon Stella) |
| Blue | 3:13 |
6. | "Desperate" (featuring Nina Nesbitt) |
| 2:54 | |
7. | "By Your Side" (featuring Raye) | Blue | 3:21 | |
8. | "Wild" (featuring Chelcee Grimes, Tini and Jhay Cortez) |
| 3:32 | |
9. | "Wherever You Go" (with Juan Magán featuring Jessie Reyez) |
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| 3:28 |
10. | "Purpose" (featuring Era Istrefi) |
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| 2:50 |
11. | "Rise" (featuring Jack & Jack) |
| Blue | 3:14 |
Total length: | 35:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Supernova" (with Dark Heart featuring Charlotte OC) |
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| 3:07 |
13. | "We Could Go Back" (featuring Moelogo) | Blue | 3:12 | |
14. | "Come Through" (with Kaskade featuring Olivia Noelle) |
| 2:58 | |
15. | "Fast Car" (featuring Dakota) | Tracy Chapman | Blue | 3:32 |
Total length: | 48:03 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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16. | "Alien" (featuring Sabrina Carpenter) |
| Blue | 2:54 |
17. | "Perfect Strangers" (featuring JP Cooper (CMC$ Remix)) |
| Blue | 2:06 |
18. | "Heartbeat" (with Dark Heart featuring Gina Kushka) |
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| 3:32 |
Total length: | 56:35 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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19. | "Rise" (featuring Iz*One) |
| Blue | 3:12 |
20. | "What I Like About You" (featuring Theresa Rex) |
| Blue | 3:40 |
21. | "Ritual" (with Tiësto featuring Rita Ora) |
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| 3:19 |
22. | "I Wanna Dance" | Robin | Blue | 3:05 |
23. | "Younger" (featuring Hrvy) |
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| 3:14 |
Total length: | 73:05 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [27] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [28] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [29] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [30] | 2× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Singapore (RIAS) [31] | 2× Platinum | 20,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI) [32] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [33] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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