''All American'' is the third solo album released in 2015 by

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member Nick Carter. The album was released on November 25, 2015, on his own record label, Kaotic, Inc. This is his first solo album since ''

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'', which was released four years earlier.

Background

In January 2015, Carter let fans know he was working on another solo album that would be titled ''All American''. On September 22, 2015, he released the lead single from the album, "I Will Wait" on Vevo, which he said was inspired by

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's songwriting. Carter also has a track featuring Canadian singer

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, titled "Get Over Me". ''All American'' was released on November 25, 2015, a day after the ''

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'' finale, where he was one of the four finalists.

Musical style

The musical style of the album combines pop, rock and

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, and features some rock music instruments such as drum and

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. The song "Cherry Pie" has the throwback type feel like that of

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. Some songs have a guitar sound of pop punk music, such as "19 in 99", "Tijuana", "All American" and "Left for Dead". The songs "Get Over Me", "California", "Second Wind", "Sweet" and "In Over My Head" have more of a

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and

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sound. "I Will Wait" is an emotional

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inspired by

, with a clear acoustic guitar sound.

Singles

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" is the first single of the album, released on September 12, 2015, on iTunes, and September 22 on Vevo. The song climbed to No. 1 on the ''

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'' Trending 140 Chart. On September 24, Carter performed the song on the finale of ''

''. On February 3, 2016, "

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" was released only in Japan, set as the promotional single and bonus track of the ''All American'' Japanese standard edition. Carter duets with Japanese singer Nissy on this song, which was originally recorded by American musician

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, with lyrics by

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and

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. The song entered the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 at No. 86. However, it debuted at No. 12 on the Japanese iTunes Weekly Chart. "

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" was released as the second official international single of the album. Its music video was released on February 5, 2016 on

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and

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, and was directed by Kevin Estrada. Bandmate

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makes a cameo appearance in the video.

Track listing

All songs produced by

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Charts

Release history

In the US, the physical CDs were only available on his official website. The album is also available digitally on Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify worldwide.

Tour

To support this album, Carter went on a North American tour that began in February 2016. The tour included 18 cities in 30 days. It started in Beverly Hills and ended in Nashville.

Opening act and guests

American singer Riley Biederer was announced to be the opening act of the entire All American Tour. On February 25, which was the second show held in

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, bandmate

AJ McLean Alexander James McLean (born January 9, 1978) is an American singer, dancer, actor and a member of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys. Early life McLean was born on January 9, 1978, in West Palm Beach, Florida, to Denise (née Fernandez, n ...

made an appearance and sang a duet with Carter on the song " The Call". Those in the audience included

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, Rochelle McLean,

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and wife Lauren Kitt. American actress

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attended the Dallas concert on March 4. During the show in New York, Carter brought out a surprise guest, bandmate

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for singing two Backstreet Boys songs; "

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Setlist

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. Carter also covered some songs by other artists during concerts, such as " Wonderwall" by

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, " Jesse's Girl" by

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, "

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. During the song " The Call", Carter performed dance moves that he learned from ''Dancing with the Stars'', where he was one of the contestants. Show intro #"Blow Your Mind" #"I'm Taking Off" #"Horoscope" #"All American" (contains elements of " Jesse's Girl") #" As Long as You Love Me" #"One More Time" #"

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" Unplugged #

" #

" Madeleine" #

" #

" Shape of My Heart" #

"Second Wind" Full band rock show #

"Burning Up" #

"Swet" #

" Larger than Life" #

" The Call" #

"Falling Down"(contains elements of "

") #

" #

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" Encore #

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" I Got You" *" Shape of My Heart" was later replaced by " Wonderwall".

Tour dates

References

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