Ticket to L.A.

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Ticket to L.A.
Brett Young - Ticket to L.A. (Official Cover).png
Studio album by
Brett Young
ReleasedDecember 7, 2018 (2018-12-07)
Genre Country
Length47:10
Label Big Machine
Producer Dann Huff
Brett Young chronology
Brett Young
(2017)		Ticket to L.A.
(2018)		 Weekends Look a Little Different These Days
(2021)
Singles from Ticket to L.A.
  1. "Here Tonight"
    Released: September 24, 2018
  2. "Catch"
    Released: June 3, 2019

Ticket to L.A. is the second studio album by American country music singer Brett Young. It was released on December 7, 2018, through Big Machine Label Group. Its lead single, "Here Tonight" (co-written by Charles Kelley of the group Lady Antebellum), was released in September 2018. The track listing for the album was released on September 10, 2018.

Contents

Background

The album is Young's second album released under the Big Machine label. Young co-wrote ten of the album's thirteen tracks. The album was produced by Dann Huff, with engineer Justin Niebank and executive producer Jimmy Harnen. Collaborators on the album include Gavin DeGraw, Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally, Hillary Lindsey, Charles Kelley and Ross Copperman. [1] The first song written for the album is "Used to Missin' You" he co-wrote with Jimmy Robbins and Jon Nite, which was intended for his previous album Brett Young . [2] He wrote "Chapters" with Gavin Degraw, who wanted the song to be about Young's story. This album has a lighter feel than the previous album, although it ended with a sombre ballad "Don't Wanna Write This Song", which is intended to mirror "Mercy" of that album. [3]

Commercial performance

Ticket to L.A. debuted at number one on Billboard Top Country Albums and number 15 on the US Billboard 200, selling 27,000 copies (37,000 in equivalent album units) in the first week. [4] As of February 2020, the album has sold 75,900 copies in the United States. [5]

Track listing

Ticket to L.A. track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ticket to L.A."
3:29
2."Here Tonight"
3:37
3."Catch"
3:16
4."1, 2, 3 – Mississippi"
  • Young
  • Ebach
  • Nite
3:27
5."Let It Be Mine"
3:37
6."Where You Want Me"
  • Young
  • Jessie Jo Dillon
  • McAnally
3:41
7."Used to Missin' You"
3:51
8."Change Your Name"
3:33
9."Chapters" (featuring Gavin DeGraw)
  • Young
  • Copperman
  • Gavin DeGraw
3:57
10."The Ship and the Bottle"
4:29
11."Reason to Stay"
3:11
12."Runnin' Away from Home"
3:08
13."Don't Wanna Write This Song"
3:49
Total length:47:10

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes [6]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Ticket to L.A.
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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  1. ↑ Freeman, Jon (September 10, 2018). "Brett Young Announces New Album, 'Ticket to L.A.'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Freeman, Jon (December 7, 2018). "Brett Young Talks New Album 'Ticket to L.A.,' Gavin DeGraw Influence". Rolling Stone.
  3. ↑ Weatherby, Taylor (December 10, 2018). "Brett Young On New Album, 'Ticket To LA': 'I Wouldn't Change a Thing'". Billboard.
  4. ↑ Asker, Jim (December 19, 2018). "Brett Young Scores One-Way 'Ticket' to No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart". Billboard.
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