Don't Forget
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Don't Forget is the debut studio album
by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato
. The album was released on September 23, 2008 by Hollywood Records
. Lovato co-wrote most of the songs with American boy band Jonas Brothers
, who also co-produced several songs with John Fields
. Lovato started working on the project during filming of the Disney
television film Camp Rock
, in which both Lovato and the Jonas Brothers starred in. Most of the songs were written during the Jonas Brothers' Look Me in the Eyes spring tour. The album also features writing credits by Kara DioGuardi
, Jason Reeves
and Rooney
frontman Robert Schwartzman. Musically, Don't Forget features a pop rock
and power pop
sound and the lyrics deal with teen topics, such as being independent and being yourself.
The album was met with generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. Due to most of the album being co-produced by the Jonas Brothers, critics noted distinctive similarities between the artists. However, the Jonas-penned tracks were praised. Don't Forget peaked at number two on the Billboard 200
and was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA). As of February 2010, the album has sold over 473,000 copies in the United States. Elsewhere, Don't Forget reached the top ten on the Canadian Albums Chart
and cracked the top forty in Spain and New Zealand.
Three singles were released from Don't Forget. "Get Back
" served as the album's lead single and performed moderately, reaching number forty-three in the United States. It was followed by "La La Land
", which was the first single to be released internationally. It peaked at number fifty-two in the United States, and inside the top forty in Ireland and United Kingdom. The title track
was released as the third and final single, and became the best performing single from the album in the United States, reaching number forty-one. In 2009, Lovato embarked on her first headlining tour, Summer Tour 2009
, to promote the album along with her sophomore effort, Here We Go Again (2009).
television film Camp Rock
and the television series Sonny with a Chance
in the same day and got both parts. For Camp Rock, she submitted an audition tape and Gary Marsh, Disney's president of entertainment, asked her to sing. Lovato recalled that "They kind of put me on the spot. I don't mind it. When people put me on the spot, it's kind of like, 'Hey, I'm not going to get nervous. I'm just going to do what I do.' So I did what I did." She sang Christina Aguilera
's "Ain't No Other Man
", and Hollywood Records
senior vice president Bob Cavallo said that their "jaws just dropped". The stunt resulted in Lovato receiving the lead role in Camp Rock, and a record deal with Hollywood Records in early 2008.
Lovato enlisted her Camp Rock co-stars the Jonas Brothers
to work with her on the album, saying that her songs needed "polish". She said that it was "important" to have include them on her album, stating, "I would love to have their input anytime, because they're obviously doing something right." She felt that she needed help with the writing process, as she tended to write songs that were "a little bit more intense and less catchy". With the album, she wanted to "establish [herself] as a musician, not just the girl from 'Camp Rock'." Lovato explained that her goal was to have fun with the album and that she would include deeper themes on her sophomore effort, stating:
. Speaking of the experience of co-producing, Nick Jonas
said, "Being able to co-produce was really cool and definitely something we'll be doing a lot more of." Nick also complimented working with Lovato, saying "Working with Demi was incredible. She's a great actress and an amazing singer. We really connected. We knew that she was going to be making a record." The album was recorded in ten and a half days.
The inspiration behind "Get Back
", a Jonas-penned track, was Lovato not wanting to write a mean or heartbroken song as she felt that there was enough of them. Instead, she wanted to write about getting back together with an old boyfriend. "It's kind of a fun, upbeat song and it's kind of just fun to sing to the person that I wrote it about", she said of the song. "La La Land
" was written by Lovato and the Jonas Brothers about "the pressures of fame". Lovato said, "You get to Hollywood and a lot of times people can try to shape you and mould you into what they want you to be. The song is just about keeping it real and trying to stay yourself when you're out in Hollywood." The title track
, also co-penned by the Jonas Brothers, was written about Lovato's experience of falling in love with someone who "just walks away, and goes somewhere else". "I went through an experience like that and wanted to write about it. I got over it, and now a year later I don't have those feelings about that person anymore", Lovato said. Musical influences for the album included Paramore
, Kelly Clarkson
, Christina Aguilera
, Billy Gillman, Aretha Franklin
and Gladys Knight
.
The album's final track listing consisted of six songs co-written by the Jonas Brothers, including the duet "On the Line". The remainder of the album was produced by Fields. Lovato enlisted Rooney
frontman Robert Schwartzman for the track "Party". Lovato stated that she put her "musical input and lyrics" into the song, and Schwartzman helped her, mainly on the hook
. Lovato co-wrote all the songs on the album, except "The Middle", which was written by Fields, Kara DioGuardi
and Jason Reeves
, and "Until You're Mine", which was written by Andy Dodd and Adam Watts
. Lovato wrote the song "Trainwreck" on her own.
and power pop
genres. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote that it includes "bright, sugary, snappy power pop, fueled by big, fuzzy guitars and big, muscular hooks
." As most of the album was co-written and co-produced by the Jonas Brothers, critics noted a similar sound between the artists. Erlewine noted that, unlike the Jonas Brothers' album A Little Bit Longer
(2008), the album does not attempt to draw an audience broader than the tween
demographic, calling it "pure, unapologetic bubblegum
". Lyrically, the songs deal with teen issues, such as being independent or heartbroken. Digital Spy
's Nick Levine wrote that recurring themes include; "staying true to yourself, making up and breaking up, [and] lusting over someone unattainable." The opening track, "La La Land", is about Lovato feeling "out of place" in Hollywood, demonstrated in the verses, "Who said I can't wear my Converse with my dress?", and "I'm not a supermodel, I still eat McDonald's
."
The next track, "Get Back", is a guitar-driven upbeat 1980s power pop song. The track speaks of wanting to get back together with an old boyfriend. "On the Line", a duet with the Jonas Brothers, is a breakup song described as bubblegum with a "fizzy" singalong hook. The album's title track shows a transition from the album's tween pop into more mature glam rock
. The song is a midtempo power ballad and features Lovato singing with breathy vocals in a falsetto
tone. According to Joey Guerra of The Houston Chronicle, "Trainwreck" and "Gonna Get Caught" include Beatles
-esque melodies. "Trainwreck" contains references to medication. "Two Worlds Collide" is about a young couple who finds strength from their shared dreams. "The Middle" is about Lovato being eager to go for a ride with a guy, and willing to "crash" and "fall" just for the thrill of it. In "Until You're Mine", Lovato is desperate to "fill an emotional vacancy with a boy". Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly
wrote that "Believe in Me" includes "platitudes that might as well have been penned by Dora the Explorer
."
."
Joey Guerra of The Houston Chronicle stated that the album "casts Lovato as a female counterpart to the Jonas Brothers". Guerra was mixed on Lovato's vocal delivery on the album, calling it "at times too earnest". He also noted that "her rock tendencies sometimes dwindle into unmelodic misses". He concluded his review, writing, "at 16 years old, Lovato shoud be allowed some wide-eyed wiggle room. Don't Forget does its job and leaves her room to grow." Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly graded the album a C and wrote, "The Camp Rock star Demi Lovato's debut album might be an indication that today's crop of rocker grrrls are taking their inspiration from Ashlee Simpson
rather than, say, Janis Joplin."
, selling 89,000 copies in its first week of release. The following week, the album descended fourteen positions to number sixteen. It spent a total of forty-five weeks on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) for shipments exceeding 500,000 copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan
, the album has sold 473,000 copies since its release. Don't Forget entered at number nine on the Canadian Albums Chart
on the week ending October 11, 2008, and spent two weeks on the chart. By April 2009, the album's three singles had sold a combined total of over 1.1 million downloads in the US.
On the week ending April 26, 2009, Don't Forget entered the Spanish Albums Chart at number thirteen. The album spent a total of twenty-three weeks on the chart, and its last appearance was on the issue dated September 27, 2009. The album debuted at number thirty-four on the New Zealand Albums Chart
on the week ending February 23, 2009, and spent two weeks at the same position before falling off. On the week ending May 2, 2009, Don't Forget made its debut at number one hundred-ninety-two on the UK Albums Chart
.
" was released on August 12, 2008 as the lead single
from Don't Forget, through digital distribution. It received positive reviews from critics, who compared it to works by Tommy Tutone
and Greg Kihn
. "Get Back" enjoyed little chart success, reaching number forty-three in the United States and ninety-three in Canada. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Philip Andelman and shows Lovato and her band performing the song on top of an abandoned building with Manhattan Bridge in the background. "La La Land
" was released as the second single from Don't Forget, and was also the first to be released internationally. The song received positive reviews from critics, who noted it as one of the album's top tracks. "La La Land" reached number fifty-two in the United States and cracked the top forty in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Brendan Malloy
and Tim Wheeler, and used to promote Lovato's sitcom Sonny with a Chance
, featuring appearances by her co-stars.
"Don't Forget
" was released in April 2009 as the third and final single from the album. It was well-received by critics, who noted maturity in the song as opposed to the album's general "tween sound". "Don't Forget" became the album's best performing single in the United States, reaching number forty-one. The song's music video was directed by Robert Hales
with Lovato coming up with its main concept. It features several scenes of Lovato and her band performing in the rain. Although not released as a single, the album track "On the Line" featuring the Jonas Brothers charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 100.
. Later on January 19, 2009, she performed "Get Back" and "La La Land" at the Kids' Inaugural: "We Are the Future" event on January 19, 2009, in Washington D.C. at the Verizon Center
. The event was held to celebrate the inauguration
of Barack Obama
as President of the United States. On April 7, 2009, she performed "La La Land" on the eighth season
of Dancing with the Stars
. The same month, she also performed "Don't Forget" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On April 25, 2009, she appeared on the final episode of singing competition My Camp Rock
, where she presented the award to the winner and performed "La La Land".
would serve as the tour's opening act. Lovato announced it on her Myspace
blog, where she also wrote, "I'm so excited about headlining my own tour. I love life on the road. I'm in a different city every night, and it never gets old." Songstress Jordan Pruitt
and girl group KSM
joined on select dates. Tickets for the tour went on sale on April 25, 2009. A special pre-sale offer was made available through Lovato's newly-launched official fan club on April 15, 2009. Lovato said of the tour, "I've always dreamed of headlining my own tour, and it's so exciting to have that dream come true. I'm looking forward to seeing all my incredible and supportive fans, and play new music for them."
The tour launched on June 21, 2009 at XL Center in Hartford
, Connecticut
and was originally supposed to run forty-seven dates through August. The last three dates were rescheduled for October and November 2009, and three others dates were canceled completely, making it forty-four concerts in total. The tour was produced by AEG Live
and sponsored by AT&T
and Choice Hotels
.
Source
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| RIAA
| Gold
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| rowspan="2"| September 23, 2008
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| rowspan="2"| Hollywood Records
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| February 18, 2009
| rowspan="3"| CD
| Avex Entertainment
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| rowspan="2"| March 31, 2009
| rowspan="2"| Hollywood Records
| rowspan="2"| Deluxe
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| April 16, 2009
|rowspan="2"| Digital download
| Universal Music Group
|rowspan="4"| Standard
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! scope="row"|Australia
| April 19, 2009
| Hollywood Records
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! scope="row"|United Kingdom
| April 20, 2009
| CD
| Polydor Records
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! scope="row"|Poland
| April 27, 2009
| CD
| Universal Music Group
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Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato
"She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals...
. The album was released on September 23, 2008 by Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...
. Lovato co-wrote most of the songs with American boy band Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
, who also co-produced several songs with John Fields
John Fields (producer)
John Fields is an American record producer and musician. Fields has produced for a number of musical artists, including the Jonas Brothers, Switchfoot, Pink, Andrew W. K., Har Mar Superstar, Miley Cyrus, and Demi Lovato...
. Lovato started working on the project during filming of the Disney
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
television film Camp Rock
Camp Rock
Camp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The film is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....
, in which both Lovato and the Jonas Brothers starred in. Most of the songs were written during the Jonas Brothers' Look Me in the Eyes spring tour. The album also features writing credits by Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...
, Jason Reeves
Jason Reeves (songwriter)
Jason Reeves is an ASCAP award-winning, American singer-songwriter and musician. He grew up in Iowa City, Iowa before locating to California in 2005, where he began a long-standing working relationship with producer Mikal Blue and singer Colbie Caillat. He co-wrote many songs with Caillat, most...
and Rooney
Rooney (band)
Rooney is an American rock band from Los Angeles, currently self-produced and formerly signed to Geffen Records. The band is now composed of Robert Schwartzman , Louie Stephens , Taylor Locke , Ned Brower , and Brandon Schwartzel...
frontman Robert Schwartzman. Musically, Don't Forget features a pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
and power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
sound and the lyrics deal with teen topics, such as being independent and being yourself.
The album was met with generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. Due to most of the album being co-produced by the Jonas Brothers, critics noted distinctive similarities between the artists. However, the Jonas-penned tracks were praised. Don't Forget peaked at number two on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
and was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
(RIAA). As of February 2010, the album has sold over 473,000 copies in the United States. Elsewhere, Don't Forget reached the top ten on the Canadian Albums Chart
Canadian Albums Chart
The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...
and cracked the top forty in Spain and New Zealand.
Three singles were released from Don't Forget. "Get Back
Get Back (Demi Lovato song)
"Get Back" is a song performed by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II and Nick Jonas, and produced by the Jonas Brothers alongside John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album, Don't Forget . The song features Jack Lawless on drums and John...
" served as the album's lead single and performed moderately, reaching number forty-three in the United States. It was followed by "La La Land
La La Land (song)
"La La Land" is a song performed by American recording artist Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II and Nick Jonas, and produced by the Jonas Brothers alongside John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album, Don't Forget...
", which was the first single to be released internationally. It peaked at number fifty-two in the United States, and inside the top forty in Ireland and United Kingdom. The title track
Don't Forget (song)
"Don't Forget" is a song performed by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato along with the Jonas Brothers, who produced the song with John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album of the same name . The song's inspiration came from Lovato falling in love with someone who...
was released as the third and final single, and became the best performing single from the album in the United States, reaching number forty-one. In 2009, Lovato embarked on her first headlining tour, Summer Tour 2009
Demi Lovato Summer Tour 2009
The Summer Tour 2009 was the second concert tour by Demi Lovato. The national tour began on June 21, 2009 and ended August 21, 2009, covering a total of 40 cities. David Archuleta served as the special guest for the entire tour except for some tour dates at state fairs when David had concerts...
, to promote the album along with her sophomore effort, Here We Go Again (2009).
Background
In the summer of 2007, Lovato auditioned for the Disney ChannelDisney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
television film Camp Rock
Camp Rock
Camp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The film is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....
and the television series Sonny with a Chance
Sonny With a Chance
Sonny with a Chance is an American children's sitcom which aired on Disney Channel, created by Steve Marmel, that follows the experiences of teenager Sonny Munroe, portrayed by Demi Lovato, who becomes the newest accepted cast member of her favorite live comedy show, So Random!.The series debuted...
in the same day and got both parts. For Camp Rock, she submitted an audition tape and Gary Marsh, Disney's president of entertainment, asked her to sing. Lovato recalled that "They kind of put me on the spot. I don't mind it. When people put me on the spot, it's kind of like, 'Hey, I'm not going to get nervous. I'm just going to do what I do.' So I did what I did." She sang Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
's "Ain't No Other Man
Ain't No Other Man
"Ain't No Other Man" is a song written by Christina Aguilera, Charles Roane, DJ Premier, Harold Beatty, and Kara DioGuardi for Aguilera's third studio album Back to Basics...
", and Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...
senior vice president Bob Cavallo said that their "jaws just dropped". The stunt resulted in Lovato receiving the lead role in Camp Rock, and a record deal with Hollywood Records in early 2008.
Lovato enlisted her Camp Rock co-stars the Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
to work with her on the album, saying that her songs needed "polish". She said that it was "important" to have include them on her album, stating, "I would love to have their input anytime, because they're obviously doing something right." She felt that she needed help with the writing process, as she tended to write songs that were "a little bit more intense and less catchy". With the album, she wanted to "establish [herself] as a musician, not just the girl from 'Camp Rock'." Lovato explained that her goal was to have fun with the album and that she would include deeper themes on her sophomore effort, stating:
"I used to write [really dark] songs every night in my room — like, five or six a night — and I'd be up until 5 in the morning, and my mom would come up and say, 'So what are you writing?' I'd play her a song, and she'd go, 'Wow — go to therapy.' But it really is therapy for me, so I put everything in my lyrics. You won't necessarily find a lot of that on the album, but hopefully you will on the next album. It's my first one, so I wanted it to be fun — stuff you can drive around in your car to and jam out to."
Development
Lovato started writing songs with the Jonas Brothers during filming of Camp Rock. Later in the spring of 2008, they co-wrote ten songs in a week during the band's headlining Look Me in the Eyes Tour. Lovato said, "I wrote it with them and they helped me. They obviously knew the situation, and then we got on the bus one night — songs just started pouring out." Before the tour's European leg, they went to the studio where the band co-produced the songs with John FieldsJohn Fields (producer)
John Fields is an American record producer and musician. Fields has produced for a number of musical artists, including the Jonas Brothers, Switchfoot, Pink, Andrew W. K., Har Mar Superstar, Miley Cyrus, and Demi Lovato...
. Speaking of the experience of co-producing, Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas
Nicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a pop-rock band he formed with his brothers Joe and Kevin. The Jonas Brothers originally started as an attempted solo singing career for Nick, but the record producer liked the...
said, "Being able to co-produce was really cool and definitely something we'll be doing a lot more of." Nick also complimented working with Lovato, saying "Working with Demi was incredible. She's a great actress and an amazing singer. We really connected. We knew that she was going to be making a record." The album was recorded in ten and a half days.
The inspiration behind "Get Back
Get Back (Demi Lovato song)
"Get Back" is a song performed by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II and Nick Jonas, and produced by the Jonas Brothers alongside John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album, Don't Forget . The song features Jack Lawless on drums and John...
", a Jonas-penned track, was Lovato not wanting to write a mean or heartbroken song as she felt that there was enough of them. Instead, she wanted to write about getting back together with an old boyfriend. "It's kind of a fun, upbeat song and it's kind of just fun to sing to the person that I wrote it about", she said of the song. "La La Land
La La Land (song)
"La La Land" is a song performed by American recording artist Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II and Nick Jonas, and produced by the Jonas Brothers alongside John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album, Don't Forget...
" was written by Lovato and the Jonas Brothers about "the pressures of fame". Lovato said, "You get to Hollywood and a lot of times people can try to shape you and mould you into what they want you to be. The song is just about keeping it real and trying to stay yourself when you're out in Hollywood." The title track
Don't Forget (song)
"Don't Forget" is a song performed by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato along with the Jonas Brothers, who produced the song with John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album of the same name . The song's inspiration came from Lovato falling in love with someone who...
, also co-penned by the Jonas Brothers, was written about Lovato's experience of falling in love with someone who "just walks away, and goes somewhere else". "I went through an experience like that and wanted to write about it. I got over it, and now a year later I don't have those feelings about that person anymore", Lovato said. Musical influences for the album included Paramore
Paramore
Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...
, Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
, Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
, Billy Gillman, Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
and Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
.
The album's final track listing consisted of six songs co-written by the Jonas Brothers, including the duet "On the Line". The remainder of the album was produced by Fields. Lovato enlisted Rooney
Rooney (band)
Rooney is an American rock band from Los Angeles, currently self-produced and formerly signed to Geffen Records. The band is now composed of Robert Schwartzman , Louie Stephens , Taylor Locke , Ned Brower , and Brandon Schwartzel...
frontman Robert Schwartzman for the track "Party". Lovato stated that she put her "musical input and lyrics" into the song, and Schwartzman helped her, mainly on the hook
Hook (music)
A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock music, hip hop, dance music, and pop. In these genres, the hook is often...
. Lovato co-wrote all the songs on the album, except "The Middle", which was written by Fields, Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi
Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...
and Jason Reeves
Jason Reeves (songwriter)
Jason Reeves is an ASCAP award-winning, American singer-songwriter and musician. He grew up in Iowa City, Iowa before locating to California in 2005, where he began a long-standing working relationship with producer Mikal Blue and singer Colbie Caillat. He co-wrote many songs with Caillat, most...
, and "Until You're Mine", which was written by Andy Dodd and Adam Watts
Adam Watts (musician)
Adam Watts is an American rock and pop artist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer. His songwriting and productions are featured on over 45 million records sold worldwide in the mainstream and contemporary Christian music industries.- Biography :Adam Watts was born in...
. Lovato wrote the song "Trainwreck" on her own.
Composition
Musically, the songs on Don't Forget draw from pop rockPop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
and power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
genres. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote that it includes "bright, sugary, snappy power pop, fueled by big, fuzzy guitars and big, muscular hooks
Hook (music)
A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock music, hip hop, dance music, and pop. In these genres, the hook is often...
." As most of the album was co-written and co-produced by the Jonas Brothers, critics noted a similar sound between the artists. Erlewine noted that, unlike the Jonas Brothers' album A Little Bit Longer
A Little Bit Longer
A Little Bit Longer is the third studio album by the American pop rock band the Jonas Brothers, and their second album released on Hollywood Records. It was released on August 12, 2008. The album received generally favorable reviews, and four star reviews from Rolling Stone, Allmusic, and Blender....
(2008), the album does not attempt to draw an audience broader than the tween
Tween (demographic)
A tween is a North American neologism that describes a person who is between the ages of 9 and 12 years old . The term is often described in popular media as referring to a pre-adolescent who is at the "in-between" stage in their development when they are considered "too old for toys, too young...
demographic, calling it "pure, unapologetic bubblegum
Bubblegum pop
Bubblegum pop is a genre of pop music with an upbeat sound contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers, produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers, often using unknown singers.Bubblegum's classic period ran from 1967 to 1972...
". Lyrically, the songs deal with teen issues, such as being independent or heartbroken. Digital Spy
Digital Spy
Digital Spy is a British entertainment and media news website. According to Alexa Internet traffic statistics, as of February 2011, Digital Spy is the 93rd most popular website in the United Kingdom, with an overall Alexa ranking of 2,088....
's Nick Levine wrote that recurring themes include; "staying true to yourself, making up and breaking up, [and] lusting over someone unattainable." The opening track, "La La Land", is about Lovato feeling "out of place" in Hollywood, demonstrated in the verses, "Who said I can't wear my Converse with my dress?", and "I'm not a supermodel, I still eat McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
."
The next track, "Get Back", is a guitar-driven upbeat 1980s power pop song. The track speaks of wanting to get back together with an old boyfriend. "On the Line", a duet with the Jonas Brothers, is a breakup song described as bubblegum with a "fizzy" singalong hook. The album's title track shows a transition from the album's tween pop into more mature glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
. The song is a midtempo power ballad and features Lovato singing with breathy vocals in a falsetto
Falsetto
Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...
tone. According to Joey Guerra of The Houston Chronicle, "Trainwreck" and "Gonna Get Caught" include Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
-esque melodies. "Trainwreck" contains references to medication. "Two Worlds Collide" is about a young couple who finds strength from their shared dreams. "The Middle" is about Lovato being eager to go for a ride with a guy, and willing to "crash" and "fall" just for the thrill of it. In "Until You're Mine", Lovato is desperate to "fill an emotional vacancy with a boy". Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
wrote that "Believe in Me" includes "platitudes that might as well have been penned by Dora the Explorer
Dora the Explorer
Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel. It aired on CBS until...
."
Critical reception
Don't Forget was met with generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic was positive on the album, calling it "pure pop for tween people". He said that the "parade of urgent, insistent guitar pop" is what makes the album memorable, stating, "the kind of pop that feels disposable but winds up sticking around longer than its more considered cousins. This kind of trashy fun was missing on A Little Bit Longer, so it's nice to find that it surfaces proudly on Don't Forget." Nick Levine of Digital Spy noted that the album sounds "like a female-fronted Jonas Brothers". Levine was positive on Lovato's vocals on the album, saying that "she's certainly a stronger singer than the Jonases. In fact, her full-bodied vocal performances are consistently impressive." He noted that the album's "relatively risqué moments [...] come on the tracks that the Jonases have nothing to do with." Levine rated the album three out of five stars and wrote "None of its eleven songs is terrific, but none is terrible either, and Lovato makes a good first impression, coming off like a more innocent, less try-hard Katy PerryKaty Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
."
Joey Guerra of The Houston Chronicle stated that the album "casts Lovato as a female counterpart to the Jonas Brothers". Guerra was mixed on Lovato's vocal delivery on the album, calling it "at times too earnest". He also noted that "her rock tendencies sometimes dwindle into unmelodic misses". He concluded his review, writing, "at 16 years old, Lovato shoud be allowed some wide-eyed wiggle room. Don't Forget does its job and leaves her room to grow." Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly graded the album a C and wrote, "The Camp Rock star Demi Lovato's debut album might be an indication that today's crop of rocker grrrls are taking their inspiration from Ashlee Simpson
Ashlee Simpson
Ashlee Nicole Simpson is an American singer and actress. In 2004, she rose to prominence with the success of her number-one debut album Autobiography and the reality series, The Ashlee Simpson Show. In October 2005, following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Simpson released...
rather than, say, Janis Joplin."
Commercial performance
On the week ending October 11, 2008, Don't Forget debuted and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, selling 89,000 copies in its first week of release. The following week, the album descended fourteen positions to number sixteen. It spent a total of forty-five weeks on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
(RIAA) for shipments exceeding 500,000 copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
, the album has sold 473,000 copies since its release. Don't Forget entered at number nine on the Canadian Albums Chart
Canadian Albums Chart
The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...
on the week ending October 11, 2008, and spent two weeks on the chart. By April 2009, the album's three singles had sold a combined total of over 1.1 million downloads in the US.
On the week ending April 26, 2009, Don't Forget entered the Spanish Albums Chart at number thirteen. The album spent a total of twenty-three weeks on the chart, and its last appearance was on the issue dated September 27, 2009. The album debuted at number thirty-four on the New Zealand Albums Chart
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
on the week ending February 23, 2009, and spent two weeks at the same position before falling off. On the week ending May 2, 2009, Don't Forget made its debut at number one hundred-ninety-two on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
.
Singles
"Get BackGet Back (Demi Lovato song)
"Get Back" is a song performed by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II and Nick Jonas, and produced by the Jonas Brothers alongside John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album, Don't Forget . The song features Jack Lawless on drums and John...
" was released on August 12, 2008 as the lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from Don't Forget, through digital distribution. It received positive reviews from critics, who compared it to works by Tommy Tutone
Tommy Tutone
Tommy Tutone is a New Wave band, best known for its 1982 hit "867-5309/Jenny", which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although it is usually referred to as a San Francisco band, it was actually based in Willits, California, at the time that "Jenny" was released...
and Greg Kihn
Greg Kihn
Greg Kihn is an American rock musician, radio personality and novelist.-Music:Kihn is the front man for The Greg Kihn Band, which released several singles and albums that made the charts in the early 1980s...
. "Get Back" enjoyed little chart success, reaching number forty-three in the United States and ninety-three in Canada. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Philip Andelman and shows Lovato and her band performing the song on top of an abandoned building with Manhattan Bridge in the background. "La La Land
La La Land (song)
"La La Land" is a song performed by American recording artist Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas II and Nick Jonas, and produced by the Jonas Brothers alongside John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album, Don't Forget...
" was released as the second single from Don't Forget, and was also the first to be released internationally. The song received positive reviews from critics, who noted it as one of the album's top tracks. "La La Land" reached number fifty-two in the United States and cracked the top forty in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Brendan Malloy
The Malloys
The Malloys is the working name of music video and film directors and brothers Emmett Malloy and Brendan Malloy. They are signed to HSI Productions.- Videography :*"Holiday" by Vampire Weekend...
and Tim Wheeler, and used to promote Lovato's sitcom Sonny with a Chance
Sonny With a Chance
Sonny with a Chance is an American children's sitcom which aired on Disney Channel, created by Steve Marmel, that follows the experiences of teenager Sonny Munroe, portrayed by Demi Lovato, who becomes the newest accepted cast member of her favorite live comedy show, So Random!.The series debuted...
, featuring appearances by her co-stars.
"Don't Forget
Don't Forget (song)
"Don't Forget" is a song performed by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato. It was written by Lovato along with the Jonas Brothers, who produced the song with John Fields, for Lovato's debut studio album of the same name . The song's inspiration came from Lovato falling in love with someone who...
" was released in April 2009 as the third and final single from the album. It was well-received by critics, who noted maturity in the song as opposed to the album's general "tween sound". "Don't Forget" became the album's best performing single in the United States, reaching number forty-one. The song's music video was directed by Robert Hales
Robert Hales
Sir Robert Hales, also called Robert de Hales, was born about 1325 in Hales Place, High Halden, Kent, the son of Nicholas Hales.In 1372 Robert Hales became the Lord/Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitallers of England. Richard II appointed him Lord High Treasurer, so he was responsible for collecting...
with Lovato coming up with its main concept. It features several scenes of Lovato and her band performing in the rain. Although not released as a single, the album track "On the Line" featuring the Jonas Brothers charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 100.
Promotion
As a part of promotion, Lovato performed tracks from the album on several televised appearances and occasions. She performed "Get Back" for the first time at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Disney Channel Games on May 4, 2008. On October 1, 2008, she performed it on The Ellen DeGeneres ShowThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
. Later on January 19, 2009, she performed "Get Back" and "La La Land" at the Kids' Inaugural: "We Are the Future" event on January 19, 2009, in Washington D.C. at the Verizon Center
Verizon Center
Verizon Center is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications, and has been nicknamed the "Phone Booth" because of its association with telecommunications companies...
. The event was held to celebrate the inauguration
Inauguration of Barack Obama
The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the four-year term of Barack Obama as President and Joe...
of Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
as President of the United States. On April 7, 2009, she performed "La La Land" on the eighth season
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 8)
The eighth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on Monday, March 9, 2009, as part of ABC's spring line-up. The show generally followed the format of previous seasons, with 13 couples, although there were some changes, including two new dances , and an occasional dance-off between the bottom...
of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
. The same month, she also performed "Don't Forget" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On April 25, 2009, she appeared on the final episode of singing competition My Camp Rock
My Camp Rock
My Camp Rock is a singing competition based on the Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock. Two series have been broadcast in the United Kingdom and two series in 2009 and 2010 in Sweden, Denmark and Norway as My Camp Rock Scandinavia...
, where she presented the award to the winner and performed "La La Land".
Summer Tour 2009
Apart from the live performances, Lovato embarked on her first headlining tour with dates in North America. After days of speculation on blogs and fansites, it was confirmed on April 15, 2009 that David ArchuletaDavid Archuleta
David Archuleta, is a former United States Air Force Airman of Okinawan stationary troops and is currently an American male kickboxer.-Biography:...
would serve as the tour's opening act. Lovato announced it on her Myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
blog, where she also wrote, "I'm so excited about headlining my own tour. I love life on the road. I'm in a different city every night, and it never gets old." Songstress Jordan Pruitt
Jordan Pruitt
Jordan Lynne Pruitt is an American recording artist. She started writing songs at age nine. After recording a demo album in 2006, Pruitt was discovered by producer Keith Thomas and later signed to Hollywood Records....
and girl group KSM
KSM
KSM may refer to:* Karl Schäfer Memorial, a figure skating competition.* Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University's business school...
joined on select dates. Tickets for the tour went on sale on April 25, 2009. A special pre-sale offer was made available through Lovato's newly-launched official fan club on April 15, 2009. Lovato said of the tour, "I've always dreamed of headlining my own tour, and it's so exciting to have that dream come true. I'm looking forward to seeing all my incredible and supportive fans, and play new music for them."
The tour launched on June 21, 2009 at XL Center in Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
and was originally supposed to run forty-seven dates through August. The last three dates were rescheduled for October and November 2009, and three others dates were canceled completely, making it forty-four concerts in total. The tour was produced by AEG Live
AEG Live
Anschutz Entertainment Group Live is a live entertainment promotion subsidiary of Anschutz Entertainment Group. It is the world's second largest live show promoter....
and sponsored by AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
and Choice Hotels
Choice Hotels
Choice Hotels International is a hospitality holding corporation which is affiliated with several hotel brands and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland...
.
Track listing
Personnel
- Tommy BarbarellaTommy BarbarellaTommy Barbarella is an American keyboardist. He was a member of The New Power Generation, Prince's recording and stage band, from 1991–1996.In 2010, Barbarella became a member of Nick Jonas and the Administration along with other former members of The New Power Generation, drummer Michael Bland...
— organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Michael BlandMichael BlandMichael Bland is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for 7 years....
— drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - Devin BronsonDevin BronsonDevin Bronson used to be Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist and previously held positions with Kelly Osbourne's backing band and the Canadian rock band Treble Charger. He is also playing and touring with Ashley Parker Angel. Currently Devin is playing a series of Acoustic shows with Ashley...
— guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, soloistSolo (music)In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer... - Ken ChastainKen ChastainKenneth Lee Chastain , is a musician, engineer, and producer currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is featured on percussion on Ziggy Marley's Love Is My Religion album and many other well-known artists' works...
— percussion, programmingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock... - Dorian CrozierDorian Crozier- Drummer :A session drummer whose credits include Pink, Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, the film Rent, Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, and David Cook...
— drums - Eddie DeLaGarza — management
- Kara DioGuardiKara DioGuardiKara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...
— composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, vocals - Andy Dodd — composer
- John FieldsJohn Fields (producer)John Fields is an American record producer and musician. Fields has produced for a number of musical artists, including the Jonas Brothers, Switchfoot, Pink, Andrew W. K., Har Mar Superstar, Miley Cyrus, and Demi Lovato...
— bass, guitar, composer, keyboard, programming, producer, engineer - Joe JonasJoe JonasJoseph Adam "Joe" Jonas is a Pop American singer, musician, actor, and dancer. He is a member of the Jonas Brothers, a pop-rock band made up of him and his two brothers, Nick and Kevin...
— composer, vocals, guitar - Kevin Jonas IIKevin JonasPaul Kevin Jonas II , better known as Kevin Jonas and K2, is an American musician and actor. He is the oldest member of the Jonas Brothers, a pop rock band he created with his younger brothers Joe and Nick...
— guitar, vocals, management - Nick JonasNick JonasNicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a pop-rock band he formed with his brothers Joe and Kevin. The Jonas Brothers originally started as an attempted solo singing career for Nick, but the record producer liked the...
— vocals, guitar, drums, composer - Nik Karpen — assistant
- Jack LawlessJack LawlessJohn Lawless is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer for the popular pop rock band the Jonas Brothers.He is also the drummer of Ocean Grove Band. He grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey, part of Monmouth County. He is also popularly known as Flawless Lawless...
— drums
- Jon LindJon LindJon Lind is an American songwriter and performer.- Biography :Jon Lind was raised in New York City. He studied classical guitar at the Mannes College of Music. His first break was in the 1970s where he worked with Bob Cavallo. At this period he met Maurice White who recorded two of his songs. He...
— A&RA&RArtists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :... - Chris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
— mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may... - Demi LovatoDemi Lovato"She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals...
— composer, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, vocals - Stephen Lu — keyboards, string arrangement
- Sheryl Nields — photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Will OwsleyOwsley (musician)William Reese "Will" Owsley III , known professionally as Owsley, was an American singer-songwriter, best known as for his work as guitarist in Amy Grant's touring band. His solo albums won critical acclaim and one Grammy Award nomination...
— guitar, vocals - Tim Pierce — guitar
- Jason ReevesJason Reeves (songwriter)Jason Reeves is an ASCAP award-winning, American singer-songwriter and musician. He grew up in Iowa City, Iowa before locating to California in 2005, where he began a long-standing working relationship with producer Mikal Blue and singer Colbie Caillat. He co-wrote many songs with Caillat, most...
— composer - Daniel Rojas — guitar
- Robert Schwartzman — compose, vocals
- Dave Snow — creative director
- Gavin Taylor — art direction, design
- John Taylor — guitar, vocals
- Adam WattsAdam Watts (musician)Adam Watts is an American rock and pop artist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer. His songwriting and productions are featured on over 45 million records sold worldwide in the mainstream and contemporary Christian music industries.- Biography :Adam Watts was born in...
— composer
Source
Charts
| Chart (2008–09) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
9 |
| Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
77 |
| Japanese Albums Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
116 |
| Mexican Albums Chart Top 100 Mexico Top 100 México is a record chart which accounts for sixty percent of the albums sold in Mexico. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C. since 2005 on a weekly basis... |
62 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
34 |
| Polish Albums Chart Polish Music Charts The Polish Music Charts are two official album charts and seven singles charts in Poland, provided by ZPAV, the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . The first, the Top 100, is a monthly chart based on data received from the album companies... |
43 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 13 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
192 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
2 |
Certifications
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"|-
! Region
! Provider
! Certification
|-
| United States
| RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
| Gold
|-
Release history
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| Edition
|-
! scope="row"|United States
| rowspan="2"| September 23, 2008
| rowspan="2"|CD, digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
| rowspan="2"| Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...
| rowspan="3"| Standard
|-
! scope="row"|Canada
|-
! scope="row"|Japan
| February 18, 2009
| rowspan="3"| CD
| Avex Entertainment
|-
! scope="row"|United States
| rowspan="2"| March 31, 2009
| rowspan="2"| Hollywood Records
| rowspan="2"| Deluxe
|-
! scope="row"|Canada
|-
! scope="row"|United Kingdom
| April 16, 2009
|rowspan="2"| Digital download
| Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
|rowspan="4"| Standard
|-
! scope="row"|Australia
| April 19, 2009
| Hollywood Records
|-
! scope="row"|United Kingdom
| April 20, 2009
| CD
| Polydor Records
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
|-
! scope="row"|Poland
| April 27, 2009
| CD
| Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
|-