Singular: Act I

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"Almost Love" was released as the album's lead single on June 6, 2018 alongside Carpenter's official announcement of the album which came out a week earlier. [6] The song topped the Dance Club Songs chart making it Carpenter's second song to do so. [4] The song also reached 21 on the US Mainstream Top 40 chart. [25] A music video was also released through Vevo and YouTube on July 13, 2018. [26] She promoted the song with live performances at Wango Tango, Good Morning America and The Late Late Show with James Corden . [27] [28] [29] "Sue Me" was released as the album's second single on January 8, 2019. [12] [30] It received a music video on November 16, 2018. [31] Carpenter promoted the single with live performances on The Today Show and Live with Kelly and Ryan . [21] [32] The song also reached number one on the Dance Club Songs chart making it Carpenter's third number one on the chart. [4]

"Paris" and "Bad Time" were released as promotional singles on October 25, 2018 and November 2, 2018 respectively. [33] A music video directed by Jasper Cable-Alexander was released for the former and filmed in Paris, France. [34] A visualiser was released for "Bad Time". [35] In March 2019, Carpenter embarked on the Singular Tour. [36] The tour began in Orlando, Florida on March 2, 2019. [37]

Commercial performance

Singular Act I debuted at number 103 on the US Billboard 200 and 38 on the US Top Album Sales chart. [38] The singles from the album fared well on the charts with "Almost Love" and "Sue Me" both reaching number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart and 21 and 31, respectively, on the US Pop Songs chart. [4]

Track listing

Singular: Act I
Sabrina Carpenter - Singular Act I.png
Studio album by
Sabrina Carpenter
ReleasedNovember 9, 2018
Recorded2017–2018
Genre Dance-pop
Length25:01
Label Hollywood
Producer
Sabrina Carpenter chronology
Evolution
(2016)		Singular: Act I
(2018)		 Singular: Act II
(2019)
Singular: Act I track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Almost Love"
3:32
2."Paris"
3:38
3."Hold Tight" (featuring Uhmeer)
Sabath2:55
4."Sue Me"
  • Felder
  • Brown [d]
  • Zaire Koalo [d]
2:59
5."Prfct"
Persaud2:46
6."Bad Time"
Görres [b] 3:04
7."Mona Lisa"
2:18
8."Diamonds Are Forever"
Carlsson [b] 3:49
Total length:25:01
Japanese CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
9."Alien" (with Jonas Blue)
Jonas Blue2:55
10."Almost Love" (Stargate warehouse mix)
  • Carpenter
  • Jones
  • Campany
  • Eriksen
Stargate [e] 3:20
11."Sue Me" (KC Lights remix)
  • Carpenter
  • Felder
  • Jones
  • Brown
  • Simmons
3:22
12."Alien" (with Jonas Blue – M-22 remix)
  • Carpenter
  • Bennett
  • Blue
  • Jonas Blue
  • M-22 [f]
3:25
13."Why"
Jeberg2:51
Total length:39:55

Notes

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Singular: Act I. [39]

Charts

Chart performance for Singular: Act I
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [40] 20
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) [41] 198
France Downloads Albums (SNEP) [42] 84
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [43] 183
UK Download Albums (OCC) [44] 48
UK Sales Albums (OCC) [45] 98
US Billboard 200 [46] 103

Release history

Release history and formats for Singular: Act I
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousNovember 9, 2018Digital download Hollywood [47]
United StatesCD [48]
United Kingdom Polydor [49]
JapanDecember 12, 2018 Universal [50]
VariousOctober 18, 2019 LP [51]
September 9, 2024Hollywood [52]

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