TY.O | ||||
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Released | 2 December 2011 | |||
Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
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Length | 39:07 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Singles from TY.O | ||||
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TY.O is the third studio album by British record producer and singer Taio Cruz which features special guest appearances from Flo Rida, Pitbull, David Guetta and Ludacris. Taking a more electronic music sound than his previous releases, TY.O was released in December 2011 by Universal Island Records but for reasons unknown to Cruz, its British and American release were held off. Instead, a year after its original release, an extended play (EP) version of the album titled The Fast Hits was released in the UK on 16 December 2012.
TY.O features a range of top-twenty and top-thirty singles including "Hangover" (featuring Flo Rida), "Troublemaker", "There She Goes" (usually featuring Pitbull), the limited release "World in Our Hands" and "Fast Car", which features on the German special edition and Fast Hits EP versions of the album. The album itself reached the top twenty in Switzerland and top thirty in Germany, considerably less successful than Cruz's previous albums.
Cruz began recording his third studio album in late 2010, where he rumoured that he would be exploring other musical genres for the album, including dubstep and rock anthems. [2] In March 2011, Cruz premiered an all-new song, entitled "Telling the World", which was co-written by himself and Alan Kasiyre for the Rio soundtrack. The track was not featured on any of Cruz's prior studio albums. [3] On 23 May 2011, Cruz received his first Billboard Music Award in the United States, and announced live on stage that his third album would be released in the fourth quarter of 2011, and would be entitled Black and Leather. [4]
In June 2011, Cruz released the collaborative single "Little Bad Girl", with French DJ David Guetta and American rapper Ludacris. The song was relatively successful, reaching top-ten in charts around the world. [5] In an interview, Cruz promised a "fun" and "energetic" album. [6] The album's title was later changed to TY.O as Cruz believed it would help those who mispronounced his name. [7]
A year later in June 2012, Cruz confirmed he was unsure of when TY.O would be released in the UK or US, commenting that it was a "big label decision" and out of his hands. [8] Speaking on how TY.O differs from previous album Rockstarr (2010), Cruz told Digital Spy, "Rokstarr had a lot more rockier songs on it, apart from the singles. This album is a lot more electro-driven." [9]
On 30 September 2014, the album was finally released to American digital markets.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hangover" (featuring Flo Rida) | Taio Cruz, Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter | Dr. Luke, Cirkut | 4:04 |
2. | "Troublemaker" | Cruz, Steve Angello, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk | Cruz, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Steve Angello | 3:40 |
3. | "There She Goes" (featuring Pitbull) | Cruz, RedOne, Armando Perez, Jimmy Joker, AJ Junior, Bilal Hajji | RedOne, Jimmy Joker | 3:46 |
4. | "Shotcaller" | Cruz, Klas Åhlund, Sebastian Ingrosso, Angello | Cruz, Klas Åhlund, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello | 3:24 |
5. | "Make It Last Forever" | Cruz, Gottwald, Ammar Malik, Walter | Dr. Luke, Cirkut | 3:48 |
6. | "World in Our Hands" | Cruz, Michel Zitron, Yacoub, Falk, Iain James | Cruz, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub | 3:20 |
7. | "Tattoo" | Cruz, Gottwald, Walter | Dr. Luke, Cirkut | 3:12 |
8. | "Play" | Cruz, Rob Swire | Cruz, Rob Swire | 3:15 |
9. | "You're Beautiful" | Cruz, Jason Gilbert | Cruz, Jason Gilbert | 3:19 |
10. | "Telling the World" | Cruz, Alan Kasirye | Cruz | 4:08 |
11. | "Little Bad Girl" (featuring David Guetta and Ludacris) | Cruz, Christopher Bridges, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | 3:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Positive" | Cruz, Steve Angello, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk | Cruz, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Steve Angello | 3:32 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Fast Car" | Cruz, Max Martin, Klas Åhlund, Usher Raymond IV, Alexander Kronlund, Adam Jewelle Baptiste | Martin, Åhlund | 3:45 |
13. | "Hangover" (featuring Flo Rida; music video) | 4:49 | ||
14. | "Troublemaker" (music video) | 3:42 | ||
15. | "There She Goes" (music video) | 3:38 | ||
16. | "Fast Car" (music video) | 3:48 | ||
17. | "Fast Car (Behind the Scenes)" (video) | 3:42 |
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Released | 16 December 2012 [15] | |||
Recorded | 2010–2012 | |||
Genre | Dance-pop, electropop | |||
Length | 39:07 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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An extended play featuring songs from TY.O called The Fast Hits EP, was released on 16 December 2012. [15] The EP features Cruz's 2010 single "Dynamite" plus singles "Fast Car", "Troublemaker", "Hangover" (with Flo Rida) and "There She Goes" (with Pitbull). It also features four other songs: "World in Our Hands", two remixes of "Fast Car" and one remix of "Dynamite". [15]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fast Car" | Cruz, Max Martin, Klas Åhlund, Usher Raymond IV, Alexander Kronlund, Adam Jewelle Baptiste | Martin, Åhlund | 3:45 |
2. | "Hangover" (featuring Flo Rida) | Cruz, Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter | Dr. Luke, Cirkut | 4:03 |
3. | "Troublemaker" | Cruz, Steve Angello, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk | Falk, Yacoub, Angello, Cruz | 3:40 |
4. | "There She Goes" (featuring Pitbull) | Cruz, RedOne, Jimmy Joker, AJ Junior, Bilal Hajji | RedOne, Jimmy Joker | 3:46 |
5. | "World in Our Hands" | Cruz, Michel Zitron, Yacoub, Falk, Iain James | Falk, Yacoub, Cruz | 3:20 |
6. | "Dynamite" | Cruz, Gottwald, Martin, Benjamin Levin, Bonnie McKee | Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco | 3:24 |
7. | "Fast Car" (Popkong Remix) | Cruz, Martin, Åhlund, Raymond IV, Kronlund, Baptiste | Martin, Åhlund | 3:35 |
8. | "Fast Car" (Star One Remix) | Cruz, Martin, Åhlund, Raymond IV, Kronlund, Baptiste | Martin, Åhlund | 3:32 |
9. | "Dynamite" (Quattro Volte Lounge Version) | Cruz, Gottwald, Martin, Levin, McKee | Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco | 5:06 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria) [31] | Gold | 10,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [32] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format |
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Germany [33] | 2 December 2011 | CD, digital download |
Portugal [34] | Digital download | |
Sweden [35] | ||
Switzerland [36] | ||
Spain [37] | ||
Norway [38] | ||
New Zealand [39] | ||
Netherlands [40] | ||
Luxembourg [41] | ||
Japan [42] | ||
Italy [43] | ||
Greece [44] | ||
Finland [45] | ||
Denmark [46] | ||
Belgium [47] | ||
Austria [48] | ||
Poland [49] | ||
Australia [50] | 5 December 2011 | |
Canada [51] | ||
Brazil [52] [53] | 15 December 2011 | CD, digital download |
France [54] | 30 January 2012 | |
Germany | 9 November 2012 | Special Edition [55] |
United Kingdom | 16 December 2012 | The Fast Hits EP [15] |
United States | 30 September 2014 | digital download |
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