Thirty One (Jana Kramer album)

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Thirty One
Jana Kramer - Thirty One album cover.png
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2015 (2015-10-09)
Recorded2014–15
Genre Country
Label Warner Music Nashville
Producer Scott Hendricks
Jana Kramer chronology
Jana Kramer
(2012)
Thirty One
(2015)
Singles from Thirty One
  1. "Love"
    Released: June 9, 2014
  2. "I Got the Boy"
    Released: March 30, 2015
  3. "Said No One Ever"
    Released: March 21, 2016
  4. "Circles"
    Released: July 18, 2016

Thirty One is the second studio album by American actress and country music singer Jana Kramer. It was released on October 9, 2015. [1] It became available for preorder on August 27, 2015 on iTunes, the same day the track list was revealed. [2]

Contents

Background

On the album's title, Kramer explained, "I want this title to be strong; I want this title to be me. I want this title to somehow portray the woman that I am. There's no other way of saying that than 'Thirty One.'" [3]

Critical reception

Giving it a "B", Bob Paxman of Nash Country Weekly thought that "The songs here are mostly good, but it's hard to discern a real identity from the album as a whole." He thought that the first two singles, plus "Boomerang" and "Said No One Ever", were the strongest cuts. [4]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 3 on Top Country Albums, and No. 10 on the Billboard 200, with 18,000 copies sold in the US in the first week. [5] It sold a further 5,000 copies in its second week. [6] The album has sold 79,000 copies in the US as of October 2016. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Boomerang"
  • Chad Carson
  • Taylor Dye
  • Maddie Marlow
  • Aaron Scherz
3:43
2."Don't Touch My Radio"2:46
3."I Got the Boy"
3:21
4."Pop That Bottle"
  • Kramer
  • Phil Barton
  • Mike Hughes
  • Lindsay Rimes
3:06
5."Love"
3:26
6."Circles"3:59
7."Bullet" (featuring Steven Tyler)
2:51
8."Dance in the Rain"
  • Kramer
  • Barton
  • Rimes
  • Emily Shackleton
3:26
9."Said No One Ever"2:53
10."Just Like in the Movies"
  • Kramer
  • Gravitt
  • Brian Keirulf
3:09
11."Last Song"
  • Kramer
  • Gravitt
  • Robbins
3:11
Thirty One Target Deluxe Edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Dealbreaker"
  • Kramer
  • Barton
  • Gravitt
2:40
13."All I've Got"
3:36
14."Why Ya Wanna"3:42
15."I Won't Give Up"
  • Kramer
  • Kye Fleming
  • Jess Leary
3:20

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 10
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] 75
Chart (2016)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] 55

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsSales
US Country
[12]
US Country Airplay
[13]
US
[14]
CAN Country
[15]
CAN
[16]
2014"Love"3732
2015"I Got the Boy"56562285
2016"Said No One Ever"57
"Circles"4755
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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