''Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection'' is a

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of American singer-songwriter

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's third studio album, '' Teenage Dream'' (2010). It was released on March 23, 2012, by

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, nearly two years after the original album. Perry collaborated with producers including

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to refine leftover material from the recording sessions at Playback Recording Studio for ''Teenage Dream''. The final product features three newly recorded songs, which incorporate

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styles previously seen in the original album, an acoustic version of " The One That Got Away" and three additional official remixes. Upon its release, ''Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection'' was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics, who were ambivalent towards the new songs' production but questioned the decision to reissue ''Teenage Dream''. As an independent release, the reissue reached the top ten in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. It has sold one million copies globally by the end of 2012. Two singles were released from ''Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection''. The lead single, " Part of Me", debuted at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and was eventually certified double-platinum by the

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(RIAA), while the second single, " Wide Awake", peaked at number two in the country. The record was further promoted with live performances during the

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and the 2012 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, in addition to the autobiographical documentary film '' Katy Perry: Part of Me'' (2012).

Background

In August 2010, Perry released her third studio album '' Teenage Dream''. While recording the record, she collaborated with producers including Dr. Luke and

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. Following its release, ''Teenage Dream'' became a worldwide commercial success; it debuted at number one on both the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and the

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, and charted highly in other international territories. The project was met with generally mixed reviews from music critics, receiving an average score of 52, based on 19 reviews on

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, indicating "generally mixed or average reviews". After its singles "

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", and " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" each reached the top of the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, ''Teenage Dream'' became the second album in history to produce five number-one singles on the chart after

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's '' Bad''. In October 2011, producer

confirmed that he was working with Perry to refine leftover material from ''Teenage Dream'' recording sessions for "something special she has going on". Perry officially announced ''Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection'' in February 2012, describing it as the "complete story" of the original album. She added that the expanded album would contain three newly recorded songs and four additional remixes to supplement the standard edition of the original album. "It was an incredible honor to tie ackson's''Billboard'' Hot 100 record, but I'm moving forward and had a few things left to get off my chest," she said.

New material

Tricky Stewart stated that he and Perry "always knew that the records

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created were special ndat the time it was more contractual obligation hat they did not make the album. He elaborated that they were originally excluded from the project to balance the original record with tracks from other producers, in addition to Perry not needing more songs at the time. The expanded album begins with the twelve tracks included on the standard version of ''Teenage Dream''. The newly recorded material for the reissue, which is made just for the album, begins with an acoustic rendition of " The One That Got Away" as the thirteenth track. " Part of Me" is a

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song that lyrically acts as an "emotional breakup anthem". It was speculated that its concept was inspired by Perry's relationship with her ex-husband

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. " Wide Awake" is a mid-tempo

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that sees inspiration from

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and

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; it lyrically discusses the end of a relationship, and was also reportedly influenced by Perry's experience with Brand. " Dressin' Up" is an uptempo,

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and

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song that sees the inclusion of "over-sexualized" lyrical content. The seventeenth track is a remix of "

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, while the eighteenth song is a remix of " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" featuring

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. The nineteenth and final track "

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's Megasix Smash-Up" incorporates elements of Perry's earlier singles "

", " Teenage Dream", "

", "E.T.", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", and "The One That Got Away".

Singles and promotion

" Part of Me" was serviced as the lead single from ''Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection'' on February 13, 2012. It was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics, and became the twentieth song in the history of ''

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'' to debut at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and was also certified double-platinum by the

(RIAA) for exceeding sales of two million copies. The track also peaked at number one in New Zealand, and performed moderately in other international territories. " Wide Awake" was released as the second and final single from ''The Complete Confection'' on May 22, 2012. It peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and charted moderately worldwide. The track was nominated for the

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. Perry performed "Part of Me" at the

on February 12, 2012, and sang "Wide Awake" at the 2012 ''Billboard'' Music Awards on May 20. ''The Complete Confection'' was also promoted through the feature film '' Katy Perry: Part of Me'' (2012), which followed Perry during her

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. A golden ticket to attend the premiere of the film was placed inside one American copy and one Canadian copy of the record.

Critical reception

Melissa Maerz of ''

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'' opined that the newly recorded material "runs stale", but stated that the disc contained "some delectable musical snacks" including " Dressin' Up" and the acoustic version of " The One That Got Away". Writing for ''

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'', Jesse Fox felt that the record is "obviously not perfect", but suggested that its enjoyable nature helped Perry "

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it off like a bright, flamboyant, short-lived, explosive, nearly abrasive, gasps-inspiring firework." A writer for

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appreciated ''The Complete Confection''s musical diversity, and thought that the lyrical content made the album a "journey in love, life and everything in between."

Commercial performance

In the United States, ''Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection'' boosted sales of the original ''Teenage Dream'', which consequently re-entered the top-ten of the ''Billboard'' 200 at number seven with first-week sales of 33,000 copies. This resulted in a 190%-increase from the previous tracking week, in which the original album stood at number 31. A similar situation occurred on the

, where ''The Complete Confection'' helped ''Teenage Dream'' rise from number 34 to number six after the former was released. ''The Complete Confection'' peaked at number two on the

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, aided by the combined sales of the two versions. Elsewhere, ''The Complete Confection'' performed moderately as an independently charting release. In Europe, the album respectively peaked at numbers 14 and 29 on the Belgian Flanders and Wallonia charts, both managed by

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. It also reached number four on the

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and number 18 on

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. The project was less successful on the Dutch

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and the Swedish

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, where it respectively peaked at numbers 44 and 48. In Oceania, it peaked at number five on the Australian

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. According to the

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(IFPI), the album was the 50th highest selling release of 2012 with 1 million copies sold.

Accolades

Notes * Awards listed in this list is only for new tracks featured in this album as it is a reissue album of ''Teenage Dream''. Awards related to tracks featured previously on ''Teenage Dream'' remains on its page.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection''. Notes * signifies a vocal producer * "

's Megasix Smash-Up" contains elements of "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and "The One That Got Away". * Japanese editions of the album do not include tracks 18 and 19.

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Kory Aaron – assistant, assistant engineer * Ammo – drums, keyboards, producer, programming * Chris Anokute – A&R * Benny Blanco – drums, keyboards, producer, programming * Tucker Bodine – assistant, assistant engineer * Ronette Bowie – A&R * Jon Brion – musician, producer * Angelo Caputo – assistant * Eric Caudieux – editing * Ted Chung – production coordination * Steve Churchyard – drum engineering * Cirkut – drums, keyboards, producer, programming, remix producer * Angelica Cob-Baehler – creative director * Kenneth Colby – drum programming, sequencing * Will Cotton – original paintings, photography * Megan Dennis – production coordination * Steven Dennis – assistant, assistant engineer * Dr. Luke – drums, executive producer, keyboards, producer, programming, remix producer *

– featured artist, vocals * Mikkel S. Eriksen – engineer, instrumentation * Nicolas Essig – assistant engineer * Josh Freese – drums * Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Serban Ghenea – mixing * Clint Gibbs – assistant, engineer * Noah Goldstein – vocal engineer * Jake Gorski – assistant * Aniela Gottwald – assistant, assistant engineer * Tatiana Gottwald – assistant, assistant engineer * Mark Gray – assistant, assistant engineer * Mike Green – programming * John Hanes – engineer, mixing * Kuk Harrell – vocal producer * Travis Harrington – assistant engineer * Chandler Harrod – assistant * Tor Erik Hermansen – instrumentation * Ngoc Hoàng – coordination * Sam Holland – engineer * Josh Houghkirk – assistant engineer * James Hunt – assistant * Liz Isik – A&R * Jaycen Joshua – mixing * Greg Koller – engineer, mixing * Damien Lewis – engineer * Ed Lidow – assistant * Giancarlo Lino – mixing assistant * Charles Malone – assistant, assistant engineer, guitar * Adam Marcello – celeste, percussion *

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– drums, executive producer, keyboards, producer, programming * Julio Miranda – guitar * Katie Mitzell – production coordination * Monte Neuble – keyboards * Luis Navarro – assistant, assistant engineer * Nick Chahwala – bass engineer, guitar engineer, sounds * Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer, guitar engineer * Carlos Oyanedel – engineer * Brent Paschke – guitar * L. Leon Pendarvis – arranger, conductor *

– guitar, primary artist, vocals * Lenny Pickett – Saxophone * Jo Ratcliffe – art direction * Irene Richter – production coordination * Justin Roberts – assistant, assistant engineer * Tim Roberts – assistant, mixing assistant * Phil Seaford – assistant * Bob Semanovich – marketing * Jason Sherwood – engineer * Vanessa Silberman – production coordination * Daniel Silvestri – bass, guitar *

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– featured artist, vocals * Stargate – producer * Rob Stevenson – A&R * C. "Tricky" Stewart – drum programming, keyboards, producer, sequencing * Patricia Sullivan – mastering *

– remix arrangement, remix producer * Phil Tan – mixing * Gavin Taylor – art direction, design * Brian "B-Luv" Thomas – drum programming, engineer, guitar engineer * Michael Thompson – bass, guitar * Pat Thrall – drum programming, engineer, guitar (rhythm), vocal effect, vocoder * Lewis Tozour – engineer * Randy Urbanski – assistant, assistant engineer * Julian Vasquez – vocal engineer * Sandy Vee – instrumentation, mixing, producer * Mark Verbos – engineer * Stephen Villa – assistant * Miles Walker – engineer * Fabien Waltmann – programming, synthesizer * Greg Wells – drums, piano, producer, programming, synthesizer *

– featured artist, vocals (courtesy of

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) * Emily Wright – engineer * Andrew Wuepper – engineer, guitar engineer

Charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

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