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Recorded | June 2014 – August 2015 | |||
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Label | Interscope | |||
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Revival is the second studio album by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released on October 9,2015,by Interscope Records,her first album released through that label. Preparation for the album began in 2014,when Gomez left her previous label Hollywood Records. The record was influenced by a range of artists,particularly Christina Aguilera and her album Stripped (2002). Gomez co-wrote twelve of its sixteen tracks. The album reflects her journey since 2013,including the media scrutiny surrounding her personal life. As executive producers,Gomez,Danny D and Tim Blacksmith collaborated with Hit-Boy,Rock Mafia,and Stargate to achieve Gomez's new desired sound. Revival is primarily a dance-pop and electropop record,connected by a tropical beach sound,with lyrical themes revolving around love and confidence.
Upon its release,Revival received positive reviews from music critics,many of whom praised its production,lyrical content,and sultry sound. The album was included in several year-end best music lists by publications. Revival debuted at number one on the Billboard 200,marking Gomez's second consecutive number-one album in the United States,following Stars Dance (2013). Elsewhere,the album also charted within the top ten of twenty territories,including Canada,Brazil,France,Mexico and Australia. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),denoting one million album-equivalent units (including albums sales,streaming and track-equivalent units) sold in the United States.
With its singles "Good for You" (featuring rapper ASAP Rocky) and "Same Old Love" both reaching number five and "Hands to Myself" charting at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100,Revival is further distinguished as Gomez's first record to house multiple top ten singles in the United States;all of which became her first three number-one singles on the Mainstream Top 40 chart.
To promote the album,Gomez performed the songs in several televised appearances,including The Today Show ,the 2015 American Music Awards and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Furthermore,Gomez embarked on a concert tour,titled Revival Tour in May 2016,which visited North America,Asia and Oceania,before it was canceled in August 2016 following Gomez facing health issues stemming from her lupus diagnosis. [3]
In July 2013,Gomez released her debut solo album, Stars Dance. The album was well received commercially,debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. [4] Gomez embarked on the Stars Dance Tour later that year,which was set to cross several continents,including dates in Asia and Oceania. These concerts would not materialize as Gomez canceled the remainder of the tour in late 2013,citing personal reasons:"It has become clear to me and those close to me that after many years of putting my work first,I need to spend some time on myself in order to be the best person I can be." [5] Gomez entered a rehab treatment facility for her lupus diagnosis in May 2014. [6] [7] Publications began to speculate her intent in fulfilling contractual obligations by releasing a final compilation album for her longtime label,Hollywood Records. [8] Later reports published in September suggested that she had secured a new recording contract with Interscope chairman John Janick. [9] At that time,Gomez had already sold around 2.8 million albums and 18.1 million singles in the United States,including three studio albums with her band Selena Gomez &the Scene. [9]
In November 2014,Gomez captioned an Instagram post with:"As I have a last listen,I thought a lot about my year. I thought a lot about my voice. And after a year of holding on. I think it's time to start sharing." [10] She later released her compilation album For You ,representing her final project with Hollywood Records as Gomez officially announced her change in labels the following month. [11] After performing its lead single "The Heart Wants What it Wants" at the 2014 American Music Awards,Gomez revealed that she had begun work on her next studio album. [12] She cited the single as a reference point,stating,"It's exciting for me to start off with something like [it]. And then start leading into writing about all the other things that are going on in my life and have gone on in the past year or so. Even if it's things that people may not necessarily know about. So I'm excited to kind of put more of my heart and soul into the next chapter of music." [13] The same month,Gomez commented that she had been recording new music,and suggested a possible partnership with producer and disc jockey Zedd, [14] On February 23,2015,a collaboration between Gomez and Zedd titled "I Want You to Know" was released. [15]
Gomez discussed that her new material would reflect upon the "journey" she experienced since 2013,with Christina Garibaldi from MTV News assuming her comments were referencing her former relationship with Justin Bieber,and a period spent in rehab in 2014,among other subjects. [16] In an interview with Ryan Seacrest in June,Gomez stated,it is about her "new-found confidence". [17] [18] Her voice coach also commented that the album was going to be "more adult,more feminine and more about Selena's experiences." [19]
"I think after four albums, I finally feel a little more like myself than I ever have. I have this confidence and I have a better understanding of what I'm talking about. This is now a point in my life where I have experienced friendships or relationships or travel or exploring, it's really fun."
Gomez stated that Revival offers insight into her perception of various experiences, [21] further elaborating on its themes of kindness, having faith, heartbreak, the "passion of a relationship" as well as "being [her] own person". [22] As the album's executive producer, she "wanted to know that every single song meant the world to me, whether I wrote it or not. For me, I had to discover what was going to separate me. I know that I'm not the world's greatest singer, but I do know that I have a unique tone. And I'm an actress—I love being able to translate everything I'm feeling inside through my voice and through the songs. [...] This whole record is extremely intimate." [23]
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Gomez stated that she was influenced by a wide range of artists growing up, from Janet Jackson and NSYNC. [24] She commented that her main influence for the record was Christina Aguilera, specifically her 2002 release Stripped , which she cites as an exemplar of a "complete" album and inspired her own decision to tell a story through Revival. [25] Gomez further commented on her life in the media: "Now, I'm in the place of my life where I released an album at 16—nobody's going to relate [to that]. They're going to be like, 'Great, what are you singing about?' Because of how much my life was exposed, I almost had to use that for this record. People can't say, 'You don't know what you're talking about. You haven't been through this.' It's like, you’ve all grown up with me at this point!" [26]
Gomez first hinted at a collaboration with Australian singer Sia through a November 2014 Instagram post, and Sia later stated that she had composed some material for her. [27] Gomez began to record songs for Revival in December 2014, [28] revealing collaborations with producers Dreamlab and Ruffian and production team Stargate. [29] [30] She initially expected that the record would contain 15 "extremely exciting" songs. [20] In January 2015, production duo Rock Mafia announced they were working with Gomez on the album. [31] She explained to MTV News that Revival was the most she'd ever gotten creatively involved in album, "Every single thing I'm even remotely singing about is something I've related to and something I'm hitting the nail on, and I had to pick what was going to represent the album and who I am as a whole." [32]
"Good for You" was one of the first tracks recorded, which was initially written by Nick Monson, Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter. In an interview with Spin , Tranter revealed that their studio time was originally accommodated to "tweak" a different song, and the trio wrote "Good for You" in 45 minutes upon its completion. [33] It was the third song she received since signing with her new label Interscope Records. [34] [35] Gomez exhausted herself prior to the recording session for "Good for You", as she had pressured herself into figuring out a sound and concept for the album. [34] Gomez's vocals cracked due to this, and the song "took on this emotion [she] didn't realize [she] could tap into".
Midway through the album's recording process, Gomez went on a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with Hit-Boy and a few members of his producing team, as well as Rock Mafia and songwriters Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels. According to her, "it was all of us in one house for five or six days. We would go out, listen to live music, and go back and create in this studio – in a closet, basically." [36] During the creative process Gomez wanted "to get out of her head." "Body Heat" was the first song that Gomez recorded on the trip; at 5. A.M. after she heard Mexican music through the night. According to her, because the "live instruments, the beats, what you feel ... It kind of represents everything that I love about who I am." [35] While working on the album, Gomez also enlisted frequent collaborators Rock Mafia to help make her sound a reality. [37] They assisted Gomez on the creation of six of its tracks, including "Revival" and "Kill Em with Kindness", the latter being one of the "most personal" tracks on Revival. [23] She told the producers that although the production was important, she wanted its focus to be the lyrics. [23] According to Gomez, one of the main inspirations behind "Kill Em with Kindness" was the body-shaming she dealt with from the media, after photos surfaced online of her in a bikini during a trip to Mexico in April 2015. [38] Many claimed she had gained weight, with some outlets going as far as to label her a "mess", and suggested Gomez was "going off the deep end". [38] She commented: "I was getting a lot of hate for my body and ‘you're gaining weight,’ and so I was in Mexico and I was just feeling all of this stuff and I would be lying to you if I said it didn't kind of hurt my feelings, but I kind of channeled that into my music." [39] Gomez called the experience "degrading", explaining that she had never been through such intense bullying before. [39] Several songs were recorded at Casa Aramara Studios located in Punta Mita. [40] Speaking about her experience in Mexico, Gomez stated:
I brought my producers and writers, and we just got inspired. I'm Mexican, and it's incredible to be able to acknowledge that part of me, and it was really about how much you can feel when you're in that culture, when you're around people. [35]
Gomez also worked with recording team Stargate, who handled "Sober" and "Same Old Love", the latter of which was co-written by British singer Charli XCX. [23] XCX and Gomez weren't in the physical presence of each other during the session, though XCX's manager was present throughout. [23] Gomez was drawn to the track and she believed "Same Old Love" represented her strained relationship with her father and how it reflected on her subsequent romantic relationships. [41] The song's recording sessions took place at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, and Dreamlab Studios in Studio City, California. "Sober" was also developed during this time. According to Gomez, inspiration came after she and one of its writers, Chloe Angelides, discussed social awkwardness and how Gomez "would hang out with people and they would drink and they're so fun, then the next day it would be weird." [23]
Following the commercial success of "Good for You" as lead single treatment, Gomez decided to collaborate for an additional four days with Michaels and Tranter despite her label's instructions for the album to be mixed at the time. Before the sessions began, Gomez felt that she had already addressed her desired themes for Revival, but wanted additional material that would be "fresh from a female perspective", which culminated in "Hands to Myself". [23] Recording took place at Wolf Cousins and Maratone Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and at Interscope Studios in Santa Monica, California. In those four days, they also developed "Me & the Rhythm" which was the last song recorded for the album. [23]
Musically, Revival is primarily a dance-pop and electropop record with R&B vibes, [42] [43] [44] which has been also described as "a heady mix of electronic dance music pop". [45] It has a "warm, tropical beach-pop sound", [46] and as noted by AllMusic's Tim Sendra, "[it] veers away from the bubblegum nature of her early work or the genre-hopping aspects of other releases." As he continued, "the album sticks pretty close to a club bangers-and-ballads mix with a couple of R&B-inspired jams thrown in." [47] Other critics also saw that the album has "midtempo pop", [48] minimalist dance beats and smoldering R&B grooves. Steve Knopper of Newsday also highlighted that "[t]he album is frequently dark and ominous, full of torch songs, with just enough stylish electronic dance music synths and upbeat melodies to enliven the mood." [49] Mikael Wood of Los Angeles Times and Mike Wass of Idolator both compared it to the works of Janet Jackson, with Wood comparing to her 2015 record, Unbreakable in terms of sound, [50] and Wass to her breakthrough album, Control (1986) in terms of its empowering themes. [51]
The album's opening track "Revival" was considered "an experimental electro-adventure" with an "uplifting chorus." [51] Lyrically, the song deals with themes of self-care, [46] embracing one's inner power and self-restoration. [51] It begins with a spoken-word introduction, where she says: "I'm reborn in every moment, so who knows what I'll become?," before singing "It's my time to butterfly," where "the word 'butterfly' serv[es] as both a state of being and an intransitive verb." [52] Gomez also explained that the song gathers everything she was feeling in the two years leading up to the album's release and the need she felt to be heard. The lines, 'I'll admit it's been painful, but I'll be honest and grateful,' is one of her favorites because "ultimately it led me and pushed me to be where I am today. Nothing has been handed to me. I've had to strive for it, and really put my all in it." [53] The second track "Kill Em with Kindness" is described as a dance, club-banger [23] with a "tropical house breeze" [54] and "added bells and whistles". [45] The song offers positive advice for dealing with critics: instead of raising the proverbial middle finger, it suggests to take the high road and kill them with kindness. [51] For Gomez, "[i]t's kind of my motto for life. It's so much easier to be mean. It's so easy to just kind of give yourself that, but it's so hard to walk away from a situation, turn your cheek the other way, and be the bigger person." [53]
"Same Old Love", an electropop and synthpop track [55] [56] is built on a "rickety" piano sample and backgrounded Italo synths, [54] starting off with a "whimsical ‘60s feel, but morph[ing] into a punchy bass dance track," [45] In terms of lyrics, "Same Old Love" is about how people perceive love, and how everyone has a cycle, whether it's friendship, family, a relationship. [53] She further explained it: "People get uncomfortable with change, and they compromise, and I think this song is representing the angst, and the pain, and a little bit of the anger that it comes with." [53] "Hands to Myself" is a dance-pop and synthpop number, [52] [51] and has influences of American recording artist Prince. [23] It begins stripped-down with a minimal backdrop and a sparse, thumping beat. [57] [56] [58] This comprises drums, bass, lightly clicking percussion and hand claps. [59] "Hands to Myself" is a flirty and sassy song [46] [53] about seduction, [60] "Sober" brings ‘80s "slamming" synthesizers to the fore and "girlie yelps", [45] [61] which lyrically regards social awkwardness and how a significant other doesn't know how to love unless alcohol is involved and the recognition that the boundaries in a relationship aren't so great. [23] [62] [63] "Good for You" is an electro-R&B song, [51] with pendulum-swing rhythm, swirling keyboard atmospherics and affirming ASAP Rocky rap; [49] it also has Gomez "exploring her lower range and playing up the smokier edges of her speaking voice." [64] The lyrics to "Good for You" explore confidence, [54] embracing one's sexuality and feeling comfortable in your own skin. [53] "Camouflage" is a piano-driven ballad, [54] that addresses the end of a relationship, and even though she has 'so much shit' to say, she doesn't know how since the person that she was with is no longer recognizable." [65]
"Me & the Rhythm" is a dance, [47] disco, and "breathy" synthpop song, [48] with an "icy" Scandinavian arrangement, [51] while the trance-inspired [45] The song talks about losing yourself on the dance floor, [46] while being free within that moment, being free within yourself. [53] while "Outta My Hands (Loco)" was compared to her earlier albums, Stars Dance (2013) and When the Sun Goes Down (2011). [51] "Survivors", as emphasized by Gomez, talks about "surviving every day, in our circumstances [...] and bringing each other up instead of tearing each other down, ’cause we're all just surviving." [66] She completed: "'Survivors' is a community thing ... What's mine is yours. It's us. It's ours together." [53] "Body Heat" brings Latin fusion with saxophone, horns and brass, [45] [46] [51] and was inspired by Mexican culture, [53] its lyrics regards sex, [51] [63] while "Rise" is "an empowerment anthem encouraging perseverance and determination in tough moments." [51] On the other hand, "Rise" contains a gospel chorus, whooping and a spoken-word prayer. [49] "Me & My Girls" was considered a "party-jam", [51] with a "Robert Rodriguez inspired sound," [48] the song incorporates themes of female empowerment. [51] "Nobody" has syncopated beats, finger snaps, it also contains a synth flute and trip hop beats, [52] [43] [62] its lyrics and finds the singer paying tribute to her lover, [51] and as she claimed, it was written about her faith and connection with God, [53] "Perfect" is about "feeling downright obsessive as she wrestles with her man moving on to the next one," [51] and Gomez admitted that the song is "very, very personal song, and it was extremely accurate. [...] In a way, it's a little sad. It's beautiful too." [53] Musically, the song is a modern R&B performance [42] that has a "dreamy, harp-smattered production." [51] The last track from deluxe version of Revival is "Cologne", the song has a "mellow, midtempo" vibe. [51] and talks about "constantly having a certain someone on her mind, and loving herself when they are not around." [65]
"Good for You" was released as the album's lead single on June 22, 2015. [67] [68] [69] Gomez created anticipation for the release of the single by posting several teasers of the song on Instagram. The song was released to warm critical reception. It debuted at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming her third top 10 song on the chart and her highest charting debut. [70] "Good for You" has reached number five on the chart, [71] becoming her highest-charting single at the time. It sold 179,000 downloads in its first week, marking the first time Gomez topped the Digital Songs chart, and becoming her highest first-week sales of any of her songs. [70] The song's video was released on June 26, 2015. In conclusion, the song also topped the US Mainstream Top 40 chart in September 2015, [72] reached the top-ten in five countries and top-twenty in other four. [73]
In early August, Billboard confirmed "Same Old Love" as the second single from the album. On August 5, 2015, Gomez was at the first day of iHeartMedia's Music Summit where she played the song. [74] [75] The song was made available for digital download with the pre-order of the album on September 10. [76] The music video was shot in downtown Los Angeles on August 15 and part of it was shot at the Revival event. Fans from the event appeared at the end of the video. The music video was released to Apple Music on September 22, [77] and to Vevo on October 7, 2015. [78] The song has peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number five, thus tying with "Good for You" to become her highest-charting single, [79] and has become her second number one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. [80] Elsewhere, it reached the top-ten in Canada and top-forty in five countries. [81]
In early October, during an interview with USA Today , Gomez admitted her desire to release "Sober" as a single from Revival "at some point". [82] On October 2, Gomez released "Me & the Rhythm" as a promotional single. [83] It reached number fifty-seven on the Canadian Hot 100. [84]
"Hands to Myself" was serviced to contemporary hit radio as the third single from Revival in the US on January 26, 2016. [85] [86] The music video premiered as an Apple Music exclusive on December 21, 2015, [87] and was released on Vevo on January 20, 2016. [88] The song has reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [89] Internationally, it has reached number five in New Zealand and number nine in Slovakia, as well as the top 40 in several other countries, such as Australia and Czech Republic. [90]
In March 2016, Gomez confirmed "Kill Em with Kindness" as the fourth and final single from the album. It peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song's accompanying music video was released on June 6, 2016. [91] It was sent to contemporary hit radio on May 3, 2016. [92]
In July 2015, Gomez announced that her sophomore record would be titled Revival, and that it would be released on October 9. [93] The album’s original artwork is not well-recognized, as it was replaced by a black-and-white deluxe edition cover later that year. The standard edition cover depicts Gomez in a sequined red dress; [2] it is currently used by online music stores, [94] although it was replaced by the deluxe edition cover for physical pressings released after November 30. [1] The track listing and alternate album art were revealed in September; the latter depicts a topless Gomez dressed in high-waisted black shorts with her hair and arms crossed over covering her breasts. [95] At the time, Gomez shared that she felt the cover gave "a little Linda Ronstadt ’70s vibe," and described the picture as "a beautiful representation of where I am." Christina Garibaldi from MTV News highlighted similarities to the visuals for Stripped by Christina Aguilera (2002), a record which Gomez specified as a source of inspiration during the recording process. [96] In June 2022, she revealed that she felt "ashamed" of the famous photo; she claimed that she is "not an overly sexual person" and said that the risqué image was not true to her values and personal boundaries. [97]
Gomez held an invitation-only "Revival Event" at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles for 800 fans on September 16. It was advertised as an advanced screening of her music video for "Same Old Love," although Gomez delivered a previously-unannounced performance of the song to the audience before revealing that they would be included in the final clip. [98] On October 2, Gomez confirmed that she would embark on the Revival Tour in May 2016; [99] first-leg tour dates in the United States and Canada were announced on October 5. [100] On October 7, snippets of the eleven songs from the standard edition of Revival were made available for preview. [101]
On September 25, 2015, Gomez made her live debut of "Good for You" on Alan Carr: Chatty Man , where she also gave an interview. [102] On the same day, she performed an acoustic version of the song, along with a cover of Magic!'s "Rude" on BBC's Live Lounge. [103] Three days later, she performed the song on Le Grand Journal . [104] On October 12, 2015, she went to Today and performed "Good for You", "Same Old Love" and a medley of previous hit "Come & Get It" with "Me & the Rhythm". [105] "Same Old Love" was also performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , [106] The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , [107] 2015 American Music Awards, [108] and at the 2015 Billboard Women in Music. [109] During the 2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, she performed "Hands to Myself" and "Me & My Girls". [110] [111] Gomez also made a set during the Jingle Ball Tour 2015, where she performed "Same Old Love", "Good for You", "Love You Like a Love Song," "Hands to Myself" and, for the first time, "Kill Em with Kindness". [112] Gomez was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live for the episode dated January 23, 2016, where she performed a medley of "Good for You" and "Same Old Love", as well as the full television debut of "Hands to Myself". [113]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/100 [114] |
Metacritic | 74/100 [115] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [47] |
Boston Globe | positive [64] |
Idolator | [51] |
Los Angeles Times | positive [50] |
Newsday | B+ [49] |
The Observer | [116] |
Rolling Stone | [46] |
Slant Magazine | [52] |
Spin | 6/10 [60] |
USA Today | [117] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [115] Writing for Rolling Stone , Brittany Spanos stated that "Revival is an audacious name for a 23-year-old singer's second album, but from start to finish, Gomez earns it," noting that "[t]his is the sound of a newly empowered pop artist growing into her strengths like never before." [46] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine was very receptive, noting that "[s]ong for song, 'Revival' rivals Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Emotion' for breakout pop album of the year, but if it similarly falls short of greatness, it's due in large part to a lack of originality. [...] And yet, all of those songs are standouts." [52] James Reed from Boston Globe opined that Revival is "a forthright album of pop songs that make it clear she is ready to be honest and even vulnerable in her music." [64] Mike Wass of Idolator agreed, calling it "an immaculately curated collection that showcases the 23-year-old's ability to genre-hop and experiment, while staying true to herself." [51] Steve Knopper from Newsday applauded Gomez for sounding "appealingly desperate and hungry, and this quality transcends the most familiar-sounding material," adding: "Something in Selena Gomez's pop formula is nicely soft-spoken and mysterious." [49]
Mikael Wood from the Los Angeles Times praised the album for being "surprisingly modest, from its midtempo pacing to its thoughtful introspection," acknowledging the fact that "Gomez is finding freedom in control, kudos to her for getting there so quickly." [50] Writing for USA Today , Elysa Gardner noted that the album "is generally at its best when Gomez keeps her tone light and bright and her energy positive. [...] At this rate, Gomez is bound to get at least a few skeptics off of Instagram and onto the dance floor." [117] Tim Stack wrote for Entertainment Weekly that "[o]n her fifth album Gomez goes for mood-setting, and the result is "a gripping batch of sultry pop jams that are more 'Netflix and chill,' less 'Let's hit the curb,'" claiming that it is "as fresh and forward-thinking as the music of indie darlings Tove Lo and FKA twigs." [118] Christina Jaleru of The Washington Times was positive, commending it for "breez[ing] through to the finish line – the dance floor -with 11 nearly impeccable tracks that skip from the 1960s to the ‘80s to right this minute." [45]
While seeing some "genericism" on the album, Jia Tolentino of Spin highlighted that "[a]t its high points, 'Revival' is marked by this lush, sphinx-like readiness: as if, after a decade and a half of being nonstop front and center, Gomez has finally figured out what it means to center herself." [60] Katherine St. Asaph of Time emphasized that "[w]here she falters most is what 'Revival' is ostensibly about: bratty confidence," noticing that "[m]usically, though, Revival is most interesting when it's still in the cocoon." [54] Tim Sendra from AllMusic, however, gave the album a mixed review, writing that "[Revival] makes for a solid pop album overall, but it's a little too formulaic and predictable to rate among her best work." [47] Emily Mackay of The Observer also gave a mixed review, perceiving that "[t]he most surprising thing about Revival is its understatement, despite the hit-making co-writers." [116]
Revival was featured on several year-end list of best albums. It was listed at number 43 on Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2015" list, with the editors commenting "If Gomez started the year as one of many bright young celebrity faces, she ended it as a pop star who demands to be taken seriously." [119]
Critic/Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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Entertainment Weekly | The 40 Best Albums of 2015 | 32 | [120] |
The 10 Best Pop Albums of 2015 | 9 | [121] | |
Rolling Stone | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 43 | [119] |
20 Best Pop Albums of 2015 | 5 | [122] | |
Rolling Stone India | The 50 Albums of the Decade of 2019 | 45 | [123] |
Slant Magazine | The 25 Best Albums of 2015 | 12 | [124] |
Spin | The 25 Best Pop Albums of 2015 | 14 | [125] |
Fuse | Top 20 Pop Albums of 2015 | 14 | [126] |
In the United States, Revival debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, earning 117,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, of which 86,000 were pure album sales. [127] It also gave her highest first-week sales as of October 2015, surpassing her previous album. In its second week on the chart, Revival fell to number seven. [128] As of January 2020, the album has sold over 435,000 copies in the US. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for combined album sales, on-demand audio, video streams and track-sales equivalent of one million units. [129]
The album entered the New Zealand Albums Chart at number two, giving Gomez her second solo top ten album and highest-charting release. [130] In Australia, the album debuted at number three, becoming her highest album on the chart and second to debut inside the top-ten. [131] In Greece, the album debuted at number one, [132] while in Brazil it reached number three, [133] receiving a platinum certification in the latter for selling over 40,000 copies. [134] The album also reached the top-ten in other 17 countries, including Canada, [135] France, [136] Ireland, [137] Netherlands, [138] and Sweden. [139]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes [140]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Revival" |
| 4:06 | |
2. | "Kill Em with Kindness" |
|
| 3:37 |
3. | "Hands to Myself" |
|
| 3:20 |
4. | "Same Old Love" |
| 3:49 | |
5. | "Sober" |
| 3:14 | |
6. | "Good for You" (featuring ASAP Rocky) |
| 3:41 | |
7. | "Camouflage" |
| 4:09 | |
8. | "Me & the Rhythm" |
| Mattman & Robin [a] | 3:33 |
9. | "Survivors" |
|
| 3:41 |
10. | "Body Heat" |
|
| 3:27 |
11. | "Rise" |
|
| 2:47 |
Total length: | 39:24 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Me & My Girls" |
| Rock Mafia | 3:30 |
13. | "Nobody" |
| 3:37 | |
14. | "Perfect" |
|
| 4:02 |
Total length: | 50:33 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Outta My Hands (Loco)" |
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| 3:32 |
16. | "Cologne" |
|
| 3:53 |
Total length: | 57:58 |
No. | Title | Length |
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17. | "Good for You" (featuring A$AP Rocky) (KASBO Remix) | 3:41 |
Total length: | 61:39 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Good for You" (music video) | 3:15 |
2. | "Good for You" (making of) | 4:49 |
Total length: | 8:04 |
No. | Title | Length |
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17. | "Hands to Myself" (Kandy Remix) | 3:19 |
18. | "Same Old Love" (Borgore Remix) | 4:17 |
19. | "Good for You" (featuring A$AP Rocky) (Nebbra Remix) | 4:02 |
Total length: | 70:00 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Revival Event" | |
2. | "Good for You" (music video) | |
3. | "Same Old Love" (music video) | |
4. | "Hands to Myself" (music video) | |
5. | "Kill Em with Kindness" (music video) |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes [140]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [191] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [192] | Platinum | 15,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [193] Deluxe | 3× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [194] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Chile [195] | Gold | 5,000 [195] |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [196] | 2× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [197] | 2× Platinum+Gold | 150,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [198] | 3× Platinum | 60,000* |
Poland (ZPAV) [199] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Singapore (RIAS) [200] | Platinum | 10,000* |
Sweden (GLF) [201] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [202] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [203] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Version | Format | Label | Ref. |
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United States | October 9, 2015 |
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| [94] [142] | |
Japan | October 16, 2015 | Deluxe |
| Universal | |
United States | December 4, 2015 | Box set | Interscope | [204] | |
| LP | [205] [206] |
Selena Marie Gomez is an American singer, actress, producer, and businesswoman. She began her career as a child actress, appearing on the television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), and emerged as a teen idol for her leading role on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012). She signed with Hollywood Records in 2008 and formed the band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which released three albums: Kiss & Tell (2009), A Year Without Rain (2010), and When the Sun Goes Down (2011).
American singer Selena Gomez has released three solo studio albums, one compilation album, three extended plays (EPs), 36 singles, three promotional singles, and two charity singles. Gomez has sold 6.7 million albums worldwide by October 2015. As of August 2023, she has sold 3.6 million albums in the United States, and shifted more than 11.5 million album equivalent units, including her releases with The Scene. As of May 2017, she has sold 24.3 million songs in the U.S. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she has achieved 47.5 million certified units, and a further 19.5 million as part of Selena Gomez & the Scene, in the U.S. She has a total of 41 chart entries on the US Billboard Hot 100, including a number one and nine top-ten songs.
Kiss & Tell is the debut studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The album was released on September 29, 2009 through Hollywood Records. The album is composed mainly of pop rock and electronic rock, with Gomez citing bands such as Paramore and Forever the Sickest Kids as influences on the album. Ted Bruner and Trey Vittetoe worked extensively on the record with Gomez, producing multiple tracks. Gomez worked with Gina Schock on several songs for the album, while Rock Mafia produced two of the album's tracks.
A Year Without Rain is the second studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The album was released on September 17, 2010, via Hollywood Records. Gomez worked with Rock Mafia duo Tim James and Antonina Armato, as well as Fefe Dobson, Toby Gad, and Superspy. New contributions came from Kevin Rudolf, Katy Perry, Jonas Jeberg and RedOne among others.
When the Sun Goes Down is the third and final studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene, released on June 21, 2011, by Hollywood Records. The band worked with several artists on this album, including writers and producers from their debut, Kiss & Tell (2009), and their second album, A Year Without Rain (2010), such as Rock Mafia's Tim James and Antonina Armato, as well as Katy Perry, Devrim "DK" Karaoglu, and Toby Gad. New contributors to this album included Britney Spears, Priscilla Renea, Emanuel Kiriakou, Dreamlab and Sandy Vee.
"Come & Get It" is a song recorded by American singer Selena Gomez for her debut solo studio album, Stars Dance (2013). It was released as the album's lead single on April 7, 2013, through Hollywood Records, and served as her first official release outside of either her acting work or her former band, Selena Gomez & the Scene. The song was written by Norwegian production team Stargate, consisting of Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, along with Ester Dean. Eriksen and Hermansen handled the tracks production, while Dean served as the vocal producer. The song was one of the last songs to be recorded for the album in early 2013. "Come & Get It" features a change in style from Gomez's previous releases, and features elements of electropop, dance-pop and Punjabi music.
Stars Dance is the debut solo studio album by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released on July 19, 2013, by Hollywood Records. Gomez began planning the project in 2012, at which time she announced that her band Selena Gomez & the Scene would be taking an indefinite hiatus, and continued work into 2013. Stars Dance is an EDM and electropop album, incorporating elements of dubstep, techno, disco, electro house and worldbeat. Gomez worked with producers such as Rock Mafia and The Cataracs on the album.
For You is the first greatest hits album by American singer Selena Gomez. The album was released on November 24, 2014, through Hollywood Records. It contains material from Gomez's band Selena Gomez & the Scene, as well as her releases as a solo artist under Hollywood Records. The album serves as her final project to be released through Hollywood Records, with whom she released four studio albums and a remix album. It includes two previously unreleased songs, produced by Rock Mafia, as well as new versions of some previously released recordings. A digital extended play containing the new material was made available for streaming.
"Good For You" is the lead single from American singer Selena Gomez's second studio album, Revival (2015). It features vocals by American rapper ASAP Rocky. The song was written by Gomez, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, ASAP Rocky, Hector Delgado, and its producers Nick Monson and Nolan Lambroza. Originally, the track was conceived by the writers in 45 minutes, during a session booked by the latter. The singer then received the song through the trio's A&R and was entirely involved in its creative session, helping to develop it as a representation of her process of self-realization, her confidence as a young woman, and her feelings of vulnerability. After it was reworked by Lambroza, she sent the song to Rocky, who added new instruments and co-produced it with his frequent collaborator Hector Delgado, who was in charge of Rocky's vocal production.
"Same Old Love" is a song recorded by American singer Selena Gomez, who included it on and released it from her second studio album Revival (2015). The song was written by Charli XCX, Ross Golan, and its producers Stargate and Benny Blanco. The song was released as the second single from Revival on September 10, 2015, to contemporary hit radio. It was initially composed by XCX with Stargate and later recorded by Gomez without the former in the studio at the time. "Same Old Love" is a midtempo electropop and synth-pop song backed by a wonky piano loop, a finger-click beat and Italo disco synths. In the song, Gomez uses a forceful, emotive tone and a raspy delivery that are both uncharacteristic for her, accompanied by XCX's chorus vocals. According to Gomez, the lyrics are a representation of various stages of different relationships and are about getting rid of everything toxic in her life, also inspired by her relationship with her father.
"Kill Em with Kindness" is a song recorded by American singer Selena Gomez. It was serviced to contemporary hit radio on May 3, 2016, through Interscope Records as the fourth and final single from her second studio album Revival (2015). The song was written by Gomez and producers Rock Mafia, Benny Blanco and Dave Audé, while R3drum contributed additional production. "Kill Em with Kindness" is a tropical house song with an electronic production.
"Hands to Myself" is a song recorded by American singer Selena Gomez for her second studio album, Revival (2015). It was released on January 20, 2016, as the record's third single by Interscope Records. The track was written by Gomez, Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, and its producers Mattman & Robin and Max Martin. It is meant to add a fresh female perspective to the album and was influenced by the music of Prince. Musically, it is a dance-pop and synth-pop song backed by lightly clicking percussion, hand claps, a guitar riff and "tribal pop" synths. Throughout the track, Gomez uses both her higher vocal register for belting, as well as her lower range breathy vocals in a volume just above a whisper. She clips her enunciation of the lyrics, which detail sexual desire.
"Sober" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez from her second solo studio album, Revival (2015), included as the fifth track on the record. The song was leaked two days prior the album's release, on October 7, 2015, and was originally scheduled to be released as the album's fifth single following "Kill Em with Kindness". Gomez collaborated with songwriters Chloe Angelides, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Julia Michaels, along with Norwegian duo Tor Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen, who handled production under their stage name Stargate. Frequent collaborator Dreamlab handled the vocal production as well as background vocals. Driven to create a unique sound for herself, the singer focused on lyrics that reflected personal experiences, along with referencing influential albums of her youth, specifically Christina Aguilera's fourth studio album Stripped (2002).
"Me & the Rhythm" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez from her second solo studio album Revival (2015), included as the eighth track on the record. It was released on October 2, 2015 to digital download platforms as the album's first and only promotional single. The song was written by Gomez, Justin Tranter, and Julia Michaels, along with its producers Robin Fredriksson and Mattias Larsson, known as Mattman & Robin. "Me & the Rhythm" was the last song recorded for Revival, conceived after Gomez delayed the album's mixing to record more material with Michaels and Tranter. Gomez has called the track a personal favorite from the album.
Revelación is the fourth extended play by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released on March 12, 2021, by Interscope Records. Gomez collaborated with various producers, such as Albert Hype, DJ Snake, Jota Rosa, Maro, Neon16, and Tainy, to achieve her desired sound. She stated that the EP centers on themes of "strength, love, forgiveness and moving on".
"Back to You" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez from the second season soundtrack to 13 Reasons Why (2018), a TV adaptation of the eponymous book. It appears as an international bonus track on her third studio album Rare (2020) and was written by Gomez, Parrish Warrington, Diederik Van Elsas, Amy Allen, and Micah Premnath. The production was handled by Ian Kirkpatrick and Trackside. It was released on May 10, 2018, as the second single from the soundtrack following the release of Lovely by Billie Eilish and Khalid.
"Look at Her Now" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released on October 24, 2019, by Interscope Records as the second single from her third studio album Rare (2020), a day after "Lose You to Love Me". The song was written by Gomez, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter and its producer Ian Kirkpatrick. It has been described as a dance-pop, electropop and synth-pop song. The song reached the top ten in Greece, Latvia, and Slovakia, as well as the top forty in seventeen additional countries, including The United States, where it peaked at number 27. The song received widespread acclaim from music critics, with many praising its production and self-confidence message.
Rare is the third studio album by American singer Selena Gomez, released on January 10, 2020, by Interscope Records. As the executive producer, Gomez worked with many producers, including Ian Kirkpatrick, Jason Evigan, Mattman & Robin, Sir Nolan, Simon Says, The Monsters & Strangerz and David Pramik. Described by Gomez as her "diary from the past few years", Rare is a midtempo pop and dance-pop record, taking cues from electronic, latin pop and R&B styles. Lyrically, the album explores themes of self-love, self-empowerment, self-acceptance, and self-worth. Guest features on Rare are from rappers 6lack and Kid Cudi.
"Rare" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez from her third studio album of the same name (2020). It was released alongside the album as the third and final single off of its standard edition on January 10, 2020, by Interscope Records. The track was written by Gomez, Madison Love, Brett McLaughlin and its producers Sir Nolan and Simon Says. "Rare" is a pop and electropop song with lyrics exuding self-love and individuality. It peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Rare" was ranked as the 12th best song of the first half of 2020 by Billboard.
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