Danielle Bradbery is the self-titled debut studio album of the American country music singer and The Voice season 4-winner Danielle Bradbery, released on November 25, 2013.
Background and recording In March 2013, 16-year-old Danielle Bradbery auditioned for season four of the American singing competition The Voice, performing Taylor Swift's "Mean". Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Usher all turned around, and Bradbery opted to join 'Team Blake'. Throughout the competition, Bradbery was the first to send a single to the top 10 on iTunes, had the most singles (five) reach that peak, and had the most iTunes downloads of any contestant in the history of the competition. On June 18, 2013, Bradbery was crowned the winner of The Voice, and the next day signed to Big Machine Records.
Promotion On September 14, 2013, Bradbery performed on the WGTY Great Country Radio stage at the York Fair, where she sang her first single "The Heart of Dixie" as well as four other new songs from the album.
The first single from the album, "The Heart of Dixie", was sent to country radio on July 8, 2013, and was released to digital retailers (via Universal Republic Nashville) July 16, 2013. It was officially solicited to radio on July 22. So far, the song has peaked within the top 20 on the Hot Country chart and the top 30 on the Country Airplay chart. "I Will Never Forget You" was also released as a digital download prior to the album's release. It has charted at number 49 on the Country Digital Songs chart.
The second official single released to radio is "Young in America". Bradbery announced this through her Facebook page on March 28, 2014.
Bradbery revealed details about her upcoming album on October 1 through a live Facebook chat, including the album's title, cover image, and release date. On October 22, Bradbery released the official track list hour by hour via Twitter.
Critical reception
The album received positive reviews from critics.
Track listings All tracks produced by Dann Huff except "The Heart of Dixie", produced by Brett James.
Personnel Tim Akers - piano Bruce Bouton - steel guitar Mike Brignardello - bass Tom Bukovac - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar Chad Cromwell - drums Eric Darken - percussion Dan Dugmore - steel guitar Stuart Duncan - fiddle Sam Ellis - backing vocals Larry Franklin - mandolin, fiddle Paul Franklin - steel guitar Tony Harrell - piano Dann Huff - electric guitar, 12-string guitar Charlie Judge - keyboards, synthesizer Tony Lucido - bass Jerry McPherson - electric guitar Greg Morrow - drums Cherie Oakley - backing vocals Ethan Pilzer - bass Danny Rader - acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo Mike Rojas - piano, accordion Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass Aaron Sterling - drums Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo
Chart performance Danielle Bradbery's self-titled debut album debuted at No. 5 on the US top country albums chart with first week sales of 41,000 copies. As of June 2014 the album has sold 139,000 copies in the U.S.
Weekly charts Chart (2013) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2014)PositionUS Billboard 200185 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)33
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN 2013 "The Heart of Dixie" 16 12 58 46 602014 "Young in America" — 49 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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