My World (EP)
My World ( dt: My World ) is an extended play by Canadian pop musician Justin Bieber. It was released on November 17, 2009 in the U.S. and Canada, whereupon it reached 200 in fifth place on the Billboard. In Germany, the EP was available from 26 January 2010 she was also placed in the Media Control Charts in seventh.
- 5.1 reception
- 5.2 Commercial success
- 5.3 Awards for music sales
Composition
The album is largely based in the field of pop music, but was also heard from R & B influenced music. Furthermore, it has often been compared to the music of artists such as Michael Jackson, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Chris Brown and Ne -Yo. Some music magazines split the album into two parts one: the faster R & B-/Pop-Lieder ( "One Time ", " Favorite Girl ", " Bigger " and "Love Me" ) and the quieter tracks ( " First Dance ", " One Less Lonely Girl "and" down to Earth "). The Entertainment Weekly called this stylistic differences " cute dance-pop " and " corny enthusiasm ballads ".
Title list
Promotion
The promotion of the debut single and EP took place in the summer and fall of 2009. Bieber visited many radio stations there and gave exclusive performances. In Germany he joined in August 2009 at The Dome, where he sang the song "One Time". He was also often in various television shows interview guest and presented at the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 Award. In addition, he was a guest in some U.S. talk shows.
On November 1, 2009 should be finally begin the five -concert first tour of the singer. Since Bieber was, however, previously ill, the first show was moved to January 2010. The tour was sponsored by Urban Behavior, a Canadian clothing chain.
After the end of his "Urban Behavior Tour" to Bieber went for a couple of shows as the opening act on the tour Fearless by Taylor Swift. On March 16, 2010 and My World tour was also announced, which included 130 shows and also took him to Germany.
Published songs
Singles
As a debut single from Bieber 's song " One Time " was released on July 7, 2009. It reached the Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 in the Media Control Charts rank 14th in Bieber's native Canada gained the title position twelve.
The second single from the EP, the song " One Less Lonely Girl" was available from 6 October 2009. This could even place has one rank higher than his debut single in the U.S. and reached number 16 in Germany where the song debuted at number 22, which at the same time also represented the peak position of the song.
Promo Media
On 26 October, they released the song " Love Me " as a promotional recordings. It peaked in the USA then position 37 and position twelve in Canada and Rank 71 in the UK. To the song, a music video was shot.
On November 3, the second promo recordings appeared, which at the same time was the last release of the EP. The song " Favorite Girl " earned in Canada and number 15 in the U.S. Rank 26
Success
Reception
The EP received mostly positive reviews, eg reaching a Metascore of 65 This was based on six reviews. The magazine Billboard wrote in his conclusion, that if " you judge this subcontracting on poignant verses, it is conceivable at all that Bieber will produce more hits in the next decade. " Andy Kellman of Allmusic wrote the success of Bieber's partly his producer about. The songs that they had worked out for him, although not constitute top quality, but the singer come with his squeaky clean charm and more than good its natural ability to make ends meet. The daily Boston Globe was of the opinion that " Bieber indistinguishable from all the thousands of prefabricated pop candidates with musical inadequacy " is that " need to be glossed over in the studio ."
Commercial success
In the U.S., the EP was able to sell in the first week of 137,000 - time, so she made her debut at number six on the Billboard 200 After the album was subsequently dropped out of the top -10, approximately 97,000 units were sold in the fourth week with which it was able to record a total of 392,000 recorded music finally settled. While the EP was able to defend eighth place in the fifth week, it rose in the following week with 157,000 CDs sold for a place on position seven. To put Bieber in the sixth week more CDs than in its debut week. The next week, the album climbed back to its original maximum position, rank six. When in April Bieber's first studio album My World 2.0 was released and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, the EP gained its highest position with position five CDs and other 50,000 sold. At this time, Bieber also the first musician since Nelly in 2004, which at the same time was able to place two albums in the top 5 of the U.S. charts. Counting the awards for record sales together (see My World # awards for music sales ), we arrive at approximately 1,700,000 remote units.
Awards for music sales
Golden Record
- Japan
Platinum record
- Austria
- Germany
- USA
Double Platinum
- Canada
- United Kingdom