Danielle Bradbery (album)

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Danielle Bradbery
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 25, 2013 (2013-11-25)
RecordedJune – September 2013
Genre Country
Length40:02
Label Big Machine
Producer
Danielle Bradbery chronology
Danielle Bradbery
(2013)
I Don't Believe We've Met
(2017)
Singles from Danielle Bradbery
  1. "The Heart of Dixie"
    Released: July 16, 2013
  2. "Young in America"
    Released: April 21, 2014

Danielle Bradbery is the debut studio album of the American country music singer and The Voice season 4-winner Danielle Bradbery, released on November 25, 2013. [1]

Contents

Background and recording

In March 2013, 16-year-old Danielle Bradbery auditioned for season four of the American singing competition The Voice , performing Taylor Swift's "Mean". Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Usher all turned around, and Bradbery opted to join 'Team Blake'. [2] Throughout the competition, Bradbery was the first to send a single to the top 10 on iTunes, had the most singles (five) reach that peak, and had the most iTunes downloads of any contestant in the history of the competition. On June 18, 2013, Bradbery was crowned the winner of The Voice, and the next day signed to Big Machine Records. [3]

Promotion

On September 14, 2013, Bradbery performed on the WGTY Great Country Radio stage at the York Fair, where she sang her first single "The Heart of Dixie" as well as four other new songs from the album. [4]

The first single from the album, "The Heart of Dixie", was sent to country radio on July 8, 2013, and was released to digital retailers (via Universal Republic Nashville) July 16, 2013. [5] It was officially solicited to radio on July 22. [6] So far, the song has peaked within the top 20 on the Hot Country chart and the top 30 [7] on the Country Airplay chart. "I Will Never Forget You" was also released as a digital download prior to the album's release. It has charted at number 49 on the Country Digital Songs chart. [8]

The second official single released to radio is "Young in America". Bradbery announced this through her Facebook page on March 28, 2014.

Bradbery revealed details about her upcoming album on October 1 through a live Facebook chat, including the album's title, cover image, and release date. [1] On October 22, Bradbery released the official track list hour by hour via Twitter.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The album received positive reviews from critics.

Track listings

All tracks produced by Dann Huff except "The Heart of Dixie", produced by Brett James.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Young in America"
Whitney Duncan, Jaren Johnston, Kylie Sackley
3:43
2."Wild Boy"3:41
3."The Heart of Dixie"
Smith, Brett James, Verges
3:29
4."I Will Never Forget You"3:46
5."Endless Summer"3:27
6."Talk About Love"
Brent Anderson, Jeremy Johnson
3:47
7."Never Like This"3:29
8."Daughter of a Workin' Man"
Dave Barnes, Nicolle Galyon, Clint Lagerberg
3:37
9."Dance Hall"
April Cushman, Galyon, Molly Reed
3:26
10."Yellin' from the Rooftop"
Buxton, busbee
3:35
11."My Day"4:01
Total length:40:02
Danielle Bradbery – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks) [10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Jesus, Take the Wheel"
3:23
13."Born to Fly"3:14
14."Maybe It Was Memphis"
  • Michael Anderson
3:07
15."Who I Am"
  • James
  • Verges
3:26
Total length:53:12

Personnel

Chart performance

Danielle Bradbery's self-titled debut album debuted at No. 5 on the US top country albums chart with first week sales of 41,000 copies. As of June 2014 the album has sold 139,000 copies in the U.S. [11]

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [12] 19
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Billboard 200 [14] 185
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 33

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country
[16]
US Country Airplay
[17]
US
[18]
CAN Country
[19]
CAN
[20]
2013"The Heart of Dixie"1612584660
2014"Young in America"49
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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