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''The Truth About Love'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter
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. It was released on September 14, 2012, through
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. After giving birth to her first child in 2011, Pink started working on the album with longtime collaborator
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. With hopes of becoming more involved in the production of the album, she also reunited with
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and
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. Recording sessions took place between January and May 2012. ''The Truth About Love'' is primarily a pop record and includes elements of
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,
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, and
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. Its lyrics explore themes of love, monogamy, and sexuality, as evidenced by the album title. The songs on the album express various perspectives towards romance and delve into the realities of long-term relationships. It features guest appearances by
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,
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, and
Nate Ruess Nate Ruess is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder and lead singer of the indie pop band Fun, and of The Format. As of 2015, he also performs as a solo musician. Early life Ruess was born the second child of Larry ...
. The album received generally positive reviews from
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, who commended Pink's thematic and musical direction. Buoyed by extensive marketing, ''The Truth About Love'' was a commercial success, topping the charts in eight countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, and Sweden. In the United States, it became Pink's first number-one album on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and was later certified
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by the
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(RIAA) for sales of three million
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s. In Australia, ''The Truth About Love'' became the first album to top the year-end chart for two consecutive years and was certified nine times platinum by the
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(ARIA). It was ranked as the seventh best-selling album of 2012, with sales of 2.6 million copies sold worldwide. By 2016, the album had sold over seven million copies globally. Six tracks from the album were released as
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. "
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", the album's
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, was released on July 2, 2012, and peaked at number five on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The second single, "
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", attained the top-ten position in several countries worldwide, including Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK, and the US. It was followed by "
Just Give Me a Reason "Just Give Me a Reason" is a song recorded by American singer Pink featuring Nate Ruess of the band Fun. The song was chosen as the third single from Pink's sixth studio album, '' The Truth About Love'' (2012). Written alongside producer Jeff Bha ...
", which topped the record charts in over ten countries worldwide and became Pink's fourth number-one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. " True Love" charted moderately in various countries, while the album's other singles, " Walk of Shame" and "Are We All We Are", had a limited release. The album was further promoted through
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(2013–2014), which grossed $183 million upon completion. ''The Truth About Love'' was nominated for
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at the
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.


Background and development

In November 2010, Pink released her first
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, titled '' Greatest Hits... So Far!!!''. The album spawned two singles, "
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" and "
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", which achieved commercial success, peaking at number one and number two, respectively, on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On June 2, 2011, Pink gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Willow Sage Hart. Despite media speculation that Pink would take an extended break from music to focus on motherhood, her management team suggested in an interview with ''
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'' that the singer could release a new album next year. In March 2012, Pink confirmed via
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that she had begun working on her sixth studio album. In an open letter to her fans posted on her official website, she detailed the process of crafting the record, saying, "I'm putting my heart and soul into every song and there's a lot of that these days. This little girl has expanded me and what I am capable of feeling as a human". Pink later appeared on the cover of ''
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'' in June 2012. While discussing her return to the music scene, Pink revealed that the album was set to be released during the fall of the same year, and that she worked on new music with
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, among others. She added, "I've been in mommy mode, and I'm just starting to get back out there into the real world. I've been in the studio recording my new album, so now it feels like everything is falling back into place."


Writing and recording

The development process of ''The Truth About Love'' took place between January and May 2012. Pink recorded the album in sessions at Earthstar Creation Center in
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in
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, Suite 203, and The Modern Dirt Laboratories in
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. Before starting to work on the album, Pink contemplated how to successfully balance her music career and being a mother. In an interview for ''
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'', she explained, "Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud – what if I can't sing anymore? Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it's ok to suck, and move forward". While her previous albums were created by working every day until the early morning, Pink said becoming a mother has changed the process of making music, essentially complying with a strict routine. Recording sessions were therefore held only from Monday to Friday between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m., with breaks for nursing her daughter and having dinner. Weekends were off and dedicated to family time. For ''The Truth About Love'', Pink enlisted the help of her longtime collaborators, Billy Mann,
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, and
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, as well as first-time collaborators
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and Dan Wilson. Pink recalled that she started working on the album as "an experiment", and first met with Mann because she felt safe in a "no-shame zone" with him. She also reunited with record producer
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, with whom the singer had not collaborated since her fourth studio album, ''
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'' (2006). Noting that they shared great camaraderie, Pink felt that Kurstin would align with her musical ideas and elevate her production and musicality. Approximately 40 songs were written during the album's development process; Pink said she would write ideas for songs in her journal. The title track was the song that made her realize the project was taking a definite form and had a cohesive theme of love. Pink drew inspiration for her songwriting from the various emotions she had experienced in her "exhausting search" for love, as well as the year she and husband
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were separated, admitting she was "still exorcising some demons". Explaining her writing process, Pink told '' Daily News'' that the record reflects her life at the time and her newfound happiness, inspired by motherhood. She continued, "Everything's a song. It's just a lot more fun. ..I think that's a new thing for me. I was having a lot more fun than I was having before". She also sought to incorporate more musicality and raise the bar for herself, being more interested in the production aspects. Kurstin considered that the creative process was not difficult because Pink would compose lyrics fast once she felt inspired, comparing her work ethic with a
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. Every day spent in the studio resulted in the completion of a new song, and Pink would record just "one or two takes", which, according to Kurstin, were "usually amazing". Every song on the album was co-written by Pink, with the exception of "
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", which was written by
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and Ben West, and was originally recorded in 2010 by their former band GoNorthToGoSouth. They later pitched "Try" to Rani Hancock, an A&R executive of
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, hoping to give the song to
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or Daughtry. A
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version was also recorded by
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, but according to Busbee, he "just wasn't the right fit". After hearing it at a label meeting, the director of RCA agreed to pitch the song to Pink. Pink accepted the offer to record "Try", which Busbee said "was one of the first outside songs she had recorded in a long time". The concept of "
Just Give Me a Reason "Just Give Me a Reason" is a song recorded by American singer Pink featuring Nate Ruess of the band Fun. The song was chosen as the third single from Pink's sixth studio album, '' The Truth About Love'' (2012). Written alongside producer Jeff Bha ...
" was developed during a songwriting session with Bhasker and
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. Bhasker was introduced to Pink by
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, an executive of RCA Records. Pink approached Ruess because she was captivated by his "intense incredible" voice. After the first verse was written, Pink later worked on the lyrics at home. She envisioned that the song's conversational nature demanded another collaborator, and selected Ruess to be a guest vocalist. However, he was ambivalent about singing a duet with Pink because he only recorded a demo for the track. Nonetheless, Pink persuaded Ruess to record "Just Give Me a Reason" in a duet after "many, many months of convincing". She concluded; "I totally tricked him into doing it and I'm so glad that I was able to because no one could have done it better, and I think now he's very happy that he did it".


Music and lyrical interpretation


Overview

''The Truth About Love'' has been characterized as a pop album that incorporates elements of
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,
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, and
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. The album consists mostly of "shouty" pop songs with "radio-gripping hooks" and confessional
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. According to
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'', the album's instrumentation makes use of "dance beats, rock
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s, piano hymns,
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s, and hip-hop loops". Pink described ''The Truth About Love'' as a personal
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record about monogamous relationships and different perspectives towards love, including "dark, light, happy, ndsad", as well as "exploring how much it can hurt and how much it can feel good". Lyrical contents on the album are centered around Pink's recurring themes of love, sex, self-reliance, long-term relationships, and rebellion. ''The Truth About Love'' is a marked change in Pink's vocal style; she had quit smoking and expanded her upper vocal range by an octave.
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from ''
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'' noted that the album explored more "grown-up emotions" and Pink "embracing every one of her contradictions". Kyle Anderson of ''
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'' remarked the album's concept of expressing the darker side of love with "righteous anger ndirreverence", while Sarah Godfrey of ''
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'' identified its tracks as "aggressive, attitudinal love songs". Mesfin Fekadu from the ''
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'' summarized ''The Truth About Love'' as a "rollercoaster of emotions", comparing the album with "watching a reality show about the ups and downs of her relationship with her husband". Similarly, Christina Lee of ''
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'' suggested that the album documented Pink's year-long separation from her husband and her overall tumultuous relationship, pointing out the singer's realization that "the love of your life can also cause the heartbreak of your life".


Songs analysis

The album opens with "Are We All We Are", a self-empowering
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featuring instrumentation of "crashing drums",
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, and disorientated
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s. According to
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of ''
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'', lyrics such as "We are the people that you'll never get the best of" are inspired by
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and the
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movement. Described as a breakup anthem, the next track, "
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", is an upbeat electropop song with "
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-style rock
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s" and "snappy guitars". The song drew comparisons to
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's "
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" for having a similar sound; both songs were produced by Kurstin. The third track, "Try", is a 1980s-influenced power ballad about a damaged relationship and taking risks with love. It is followed by "Just Give Me a Reason", a duet with Nate Ruess. The lyrics find Pink pleading with a partner as they strive to stay together. The album's fifth track, " True Love", is a humorous ska-pop and
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song, with guest vocals from
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. Lyrically, it has been described as "a celebration of dysfunctional love" and retells aspects of Pink's riotous relationship. A 1970s inspired
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and
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number, "How Come You're Not Here?" shows Pink's furious side at a partner who may be in love with someone else. It contains distorted vocals, layered guitars, and bells played by Pink's daughter, Willow. "Slut Like You" is an
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song whose
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lyrics talk about female empowerment and owning one's sexuality. Critics found similarities between the track and Blur's 1997 single, "
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", as well as references to the 1983 American
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, '' Scarface''. The next track on ''The Truth About Love'' is the title track, a retro 1960s influenced song. Its subject matter centers around the realities of a long-term relationship. "Beam Me Up" is an acoustic ballad about taking a break from reality and longing to be with someone who has died. Pink revealed that the song was written "through a lot of tears" and was inspired by a close friend whose child had died. The tenth track, " Walk of Shame", is an anthemic new wave song about the embarrassment and regret on the morning after a
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. Described as an "alternative club banger", the
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-inflected "Here Comes the Weekend" features guest vocals by
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. The song revolves around letting loose at a party, as she sings on the chorus, "Here comes/ Comes the weekend hear it calling like a siren/ We don't look for trouble/ Just enough to seeing double". It is followed by "Where Did the Beat Go?", a midtempo R&B song with
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and multi-layered vocals. Its lyrics display a vulnerable Pink questioning a relationship falling apart and no longer feeling desired. The album's final song of the standard edition, "The Great Escape", is a piano ballad. Its somber lyrics explore themes of medication, going through difficult times, and contemplating suicide. The deluxe version of ''The Truth About Love'' continues with the track "My Signature Move", an anthemic pop-rock song produced by Walker, while "Is This Thing On?" contains influences of
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. The next song is "Run", an emotional power ballad dedicated to Pink's daughter, with lyrics such as the opening lines, "Remember make believe in you/ All the things I said I'd do/ I wouldn't hurt you, like the world did me/ Keep you safe, I'd keep you sweet". The final track of the deluxe edition, "Good Old Days", is characterized by "a refreshing, live-in-the-moment" message and melancholic lyrics.


Release and artwork

In 2011,
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announced that it would be disbanding
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,
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, and
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. With the shutdown, all artists previously signed to those labels, including Pink, would release their future material through RCA Records. Pink announced the album title during an interview on Australia's ''
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'' on July 4, 2012. The following day, she confirmed the album's release date as September 17, 2012 in the United Kingdom, and a day later in the United States. The album's artwork was unveiled through Pink's official website on July 16, 2012. Photographed by Andrew Macpherson, it depicts the singer with her "signature" pink hair crouching down and donning a short black top, short black shorts, garters, and red heels. On September 4, 2012, Pink announced that she partnered with the American retail company
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for a promotional campaign. The partnership included the release of an exclusive, deluxe edition of ''The Truth About Love'' album, featuring four extra tracks, and Pink appearing in television commercials for Target to promote the album. A special Fan Edition of the album was released in November 2012. In addition to the standard version of the album, the Fan Edition contains six additional songs, as well as a DVD containing the
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s of "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "Try", four live performances from a special ''The Truth About Love'' concert held in Los Angeles, and exclusive scenes from the album photoshoot.


Promotion


Live performances

To bolster album sales, Pink and RCA Records implemented an extensive marketing plan for the album. At the
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, Pink gave the first televised performance of "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", which she also performed on September 10, 2012, on ''
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'' and '' Le Grand Journal''. Three days later, Pink sang at the 2012
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at Roundhouse, in London. On September 14, 2012, Pink appeared on '' Alan Carr: Chatty Man'', where she was interviewed and performed "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)". Concurrent with the album's release in Germany, Pink held a special concert at
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, in
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. Songs performed included "Are We All We Are", "How Come You're Not Here?", "True Love", "Try", "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", and "Slut Like You", along with other tracks from her discography. She later performed "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "Try" on ''
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'' as part of their Toyota Concert Series. Pink also appeared on '' The View'' and ''
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'' singing "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)". Later the same month, the singer performed at the 2012
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where her setlist included "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "Try". In Australia, Pink promoted ''The Truth About Love'' by performing "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "True Love" on ''Today''. She also performed "Try" during the fourth season of ''The X Factor'' Australia and held a one-night-only concert at the
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, in
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. On November 12, 2012, she performed during the "Power of Pink" benefit concert at
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, singing her previous singles as well as "How Come You're Not Here?", "Try", and "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)". A day later, Pink was featured on an episode of ''
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''. Her setlist included "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", "How Come You're Not Here?", and she was accompanied on stage by Lily Allen and Nate Ruess during the performances of "True Love" and "Just Give Me a Reason", respectively. At the 2012 American Music Awards, Pink performed "Try" and recreated the highly choreographed routine from the music video joined by her male dancer, Colt Prattes. The performance was met with positive reviews from critics. Pink then returned to Europe to further promote the album. On November 30, 2012, Pink played a private concert organized by
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at
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in Paris, France. The following day, she appeared on Swiss television show ''Benissimo'' and sang "Try". Pink performed the song again on the semi-finale of the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' UK. On December 8, 2012, she performed "Try" on German television show'' Wetten, dass..?'', accompanied by Prattes. The singer was a main headliner at the 2012 edition of
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, an annually-held event promoted by Capital FM, which took place at the O2 Arena in London. Among the songs performed were "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "Try". She later performed "Try" on ''
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'', in an appearance aired on December 31, 2012. At the
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on January 26, 2014, Pink performed a medley of "Try" and "Just Give Me a Reason". Pink descended from the ceiling on ropes and performed "Try" while flying above the audience and executing an aerial dancing routine. She then landed on stage and sang "Just Give Me a Reason" joined by Nate Ruess.


Singles

The album's lead single, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" was released on July 2, 2012, a week ahead of schedule due to a
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onto the Internet. It received positive commentary from
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; reviewers complimented Pink's vocals and the song's anthemic chorus, being heralded as a return to form. The single topped the charts in Australia and Hungary while reaching a peak of number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.Chart history for Pink:





An accompanying music video, directed by Dave Meyers, was released on July 26, 2012. It depicts Pink taking revenge and crashing the wedding of a former lover. "Try" was released as the album's second single on September 6, 2012. The song attained top ten status in the United States and other 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Its music video was directed by
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and choreographed by the GoldenBoyz and
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. Released on October 10, 2012, the video portrays Pink and her lover, played by Prattes, expressing their intense love story and frustrations through an elaborate choreography inspired by the
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. "Just Give Me a Reason" was released as the third single from the album, on February 26, 2013. The song was a commercial success, topping the charts in over ten countries and reaching the top ten elsewhere. In the United States, "Just Give Me a Reason" spent three consecutive weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, becoming Pink's fourth number-one single in the country. The accompanying music video, directed by
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, is mainly set on a floating mattress surrounded by mist and water and features a cameo from Pink's husband. The album's fourth single, "True Love", was released on June 28, 2013. The song performed moderately on the charts, peaking within the top 40 charts in over 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, and Italy. An accompanying music video showing scenes of Pink playing, fighting, and riding bicycles with her family, interspersed with clips from a tour performance, was released on July 1, 2013. "Walk of Shame" was serviced to Australian
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stations on September 25, 2013, as the album's fifth single. The song's music video consists of a compilation of concert and behind-the-scenes footage from
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. In Europe, "Are We All We Are" was released as the final single from ''The Truth About Love'' on October 31, 2013.


Tour

The album received further promotion from The Truth About Love Tour, which started on February 13, 2013, in
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. The first leg consisted of 26 dates, visiting venues in North America, while the second row of shows comprised 30 concerts throughout Europe. The third leg included 46 dates in Australia and ran from June to September. Pink played an additional 40 shows in North America, which commenced on October 10, 2013, and concluded on January 31, 2014. The tour garnered positive reviews, with critics commending her vocals, stage presence, and aerial acrobatics. It became the third highest-grossing tour of 2013 and grossed a total of $183 million with over 1.9 million ticket sales. A
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of the tour was released on November 15, 2013, as DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download.


Critical reception

''The Truth About Love'' was met with generally positive reviews. At
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an
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score of 77, based on 16 reviews. Aggregator
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gave the album 6.3 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Kyle Anderson of ''
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'' commended the songs' confessional nature, describing the record as "honesty you can dance to". In a positive review for ''
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'',
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viewed that, apart from its last two songs, the album "hit every time" and summarized it as "a recorded image of ink'sfeisty, heartfelt, all-over-the-place love/sex life".
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from ''
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'' applauded the album for "expanding and deepening ink'smusic without succumbing to stuffy pretension", calling it "weird and willfully, proudly human". Robert Copsey of ''
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'' deemed ''The Truth About Love'' as a "fierce and thoroughly entertaining record". ''
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''s Andrew Hampp rated the record 4.5 out of 5 stars and hailed it as being a "peerlessly witty, endlessly melodic tour de force". Caryn Ganz of ''
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'' compared the album favorably to '' Stronger'' (2011) by Kelly Clarkson, stating that both records "are stocked with confidence-jolting up-tempo jams, broken-hearted weepers, and candid explorations of their own flaws". Ganz also remarked that both singers "have dug in their heels even harder for guitar pop", as opposed to following current musical trends. ''
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''s writer Sarah Rodman praised the album for juxtaposing "rock muscle, pop froth, and expressions both heartfelt and petulant".
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'' found the recording to be " ecognizingsome nonstorybook sides of romance". Writing for ''
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'', Caroline Sullivan noted that the singer "funnels her thoughts into some of the most pungent songs in pop" and commended her for having "the nous to convert raw emotion into pop-punk earworms". However, she criticized the ballads which "detract from an otherwise fierce record". Hermoine Hoby of ''
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'' favored its "workmanlike ballads delivered with beyond-workmanlike shading" over its "chunky guitar pop stuffed with shouty, bad-girl choruses", which she considered dominant on the album. Greg Kot of the ''
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'' perceived "formula production and hack songwriting", but complimented Pink's personality showcased in its "handful" of worthy tracks.
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, writing for ''
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'', viewed ''The Truth About Love'' as "supercatchy", although he opined that the album "devolves into self parody" as "Pink strains to shock, peppering songs with gratuitous curse words". Sal Cinquemani from ''
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'' gave the album a mixed review, rating it three out of five stars. He felt that the record was formulaic and denounced it as "competently, often frustratingly more of the same from an artist who still seems capable of much more".


Accolades

''Spin'' listed the album at number 11 on their list of best pop albums released in 2012, with editor Ganz noting that Pink "got over her pop-star identity crisis" and presented her "genuine" side. In his list for ''
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'', Christgau named ''The Truth About Love'' the fourth best album of 2012. ''Billboard'' ranked it as one of the best albums of the 2010s decade, with reviewer Sarah Grant affirming that Pink "created a ramshackle masterpiece that reminds us of what it's really like to be human" by "figuring out how the foreign experiences of a family-woman fit into errepertoire". The album was nominated for
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at the
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, while "Just Give Me a Reason" received nominations for Song of the Year and
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, respectively, at the 56th ceremony. In Canada, the album was nominated for International Album of the Year at the
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.


Commercial performance

''The Truth About Love'' became Pink's first number-one album in the United States, debuting at the summit of the ''Billboard'' 200 chart with 280,000 copies sold and earning her biggest first-week sales at the time. The following week, the album fell to number four with sales of 94,000 copies. It sold 945,000 copies by the end of 2012, finishing as the country's 12th highest-selling album of the year. By December 2013, the album had sold over 1.83 million copies. It was certified 3× Platinum by the
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(RIAA) in August 2017 for selling over three million
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s in the US. In Canada, ''The Truth About Love'' debuted atop the
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. With 28,000 copies sold in the first week, it became Pink's first number-one album there. It was certified 3× Platinum by
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(MC) for shipments of 240,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, ''The Truth About Love'' entered the
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at number two, selling 80,000 copies, behind
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' '' Battle Born'' which sold 94,000 copies. As of February 2019, the album has sold 907,000 sales in the UK and has been certified 3× Platinum by the
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(BPI). In France, it debuted at number four on the official album chart with 17,855 traditional units. The
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(SNAP) certified the album platinum, which denotes sales of 100,000 copies. In other regions, ''The Truth About Love'' reached number one on charts in Austria, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland, and peaked within the top ten in Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, among others. In Australia, ''The Truth About Love'' debuted at number one on the
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with first-week sales of 74,293 copies, becoming Pink's fourth number-one album in the country and claiming the biggest single-week sales of 2012. The album spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the summit of the chart, becoming the longest-running number-one album since
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's '' 21'' (2011). ''The Truth About Love'' was the nation's highest-selling album of both 2012 and 2013, thus becoming the first album to ever achieve this feat. As of January 2014, it has sold 560,000 copies and was certified 9× Platinum by the
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(ARIA) for selling over 630,000 units. The album experienced similar success in New Zealand, debuting at the top of the
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and spending six non-consecutive weeks there. It received a 4× Platinum certification from
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(RMNZ) for shipments of over 60,000 units. Globally, ''The Truth About Love'' was the seventh best-selling album of 2012, with sales of 2.6 million copies, and by November 2016, it had sold an estimated seven million copies worldwide.


Track listing


Notes

* signifies a co-producer * signifies an additional producer


Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the
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of ''The Truth About Love''.


Studios

Recording locations * Earthstar Creation Center (
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(Los Angeles) * Suite 203 * Effigy Studios (
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) * The Modern Dirt laboratories (
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) * Fishhead Music (
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) * Ruby Red Studios (
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) * West Triad Studios (Venice, California) Additional recording locations * Enormous Studios guitars recording * Capitol Studios (
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) strings recording Engineering locations * Earthstar Creation Center (Venice, California) * Ruby Red Studios (Santa Monica, California) * Sonora Recorders (Los Angeles) * Echo Studio (Los Angeles) * Modern World Studios (
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) * Turtle Sound Studios (
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) * Monster Island (
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) * New Track City (London/Los Angeles) * Ballroom West (Los Angeles) * Mission Sound (
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) Mixing and mastering locations * Eldorado Recording Studios (Los Angeles) * MixStar Studios (
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) * The Ballroom Studio (Los Angeles) * Super Sonic Scale (
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) * Ruby Red Studios (Santa Monica, California)


Musicians

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Pink Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...
lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...
,
background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...
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Butch Walker Bradley Glenn "Butch" Walker (born November 14, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the glam metal band SouthGang from the late 1980s to early 1990s as well as the lead vocalist ...
background vocals, arranger * Phillip A. Peterson strings * Zachary Baird keyboards *
Greg Kurstin Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He has won nine Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2017 and 2018, and written and produced four songs t ...
keyboards, guitar,
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,
piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
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Kevin Dukes Kevin Dukes is an American guitarist. A native of Natchez, Mississippi, Dukes attended The University of Southern Mississippi as a Music Theory and Composition major prior to moving to Los Angeles, California in the late 1970s. He has toured an ...
guitars *
Jeff Bhasker Jeff Bhasker (born March 4, 1974) is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. He was awarded the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year in 2016 and nominated in 2013. An accomplished producer, he ...
keyboards, synthesizer *
Nate Ruess Nate Ruess is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder and lead singer of the indie pop band Fun, and of The Format. As of 2015, he also performs as a solo musician. Early life Ruess was born the second child of Larry ...
featured vocals * Anders Mouridsen guitars * Lily Rose Cooper featured vocals * Willow Sage Hart
bell A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an inter ...
s, bass *
Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
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keyboards, background vocals * Shellback guitars, bass,
drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
, keyboards, background vocals *
Billy Mann William H. Mann (born William Isaiah Erlichman; December 20, 1968) is a Grammy-nominated American songwriter, record producer and founder of independent music publishing company Green & Bloom/Topline, as well as chairman of management firm Man ...
arranger,
acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
s,
electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...
s, bass, piano, live percussion *
David Schuler David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
arranger, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass, drums *
Jonathan Yudkin Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a Nashville-based session musician, record producer, arranger, and band leader. Biography Growin ...
strings *
Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...
featured vocals *
Erik Alcock Erik Alcock (born 1983) is a Canadian songwriter, composer and musician. He is a frequent collaborator with DJ Khalil, with whom he has written and played on two Grammy Award-winning albums (Eminem's ''Recovery'' and ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'', ...
guitars *
Chin Injeti Pranam "Chin" Injeti (born April 9, 1973 in India) is a Canadian singer, musician, and music producer. He got his start as a founding member of Juno Award-winning group Bass is Base. He frequently collaborates with producer DJ Khalil; together th ...
bass *
DJ Khalil Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard (born October 16, 1973), professionally known as DJ Khalil, is an American music producer and DJ from Los Angeles. He is the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Self Scientific (along with rapper Chace Infinite) an ...
keyboards * Danny Keyz keyboards * Liz Rodrigues background vocals *
Tracklacers Tracklacers was a British music production and songwriting team consisting of Jon Keep and Steve Daly. Collaborations include Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lana Del Rey, The Saturdays, Afrojack, and Danja. The team was based in London and Los Angele ...
arranger, bass, keyboards * Pete Wallace string arrangements * Dan Wilson piano, acoustic guitar, keyboards * Steve Wolf
tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...
* David Campbell string arrangements, conducting *
Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other New Age Jazz artists. He was born in Inglewood, CA in 1963 to parents who immigrated to the United States from Palestine in the 1950 ...
strings concertmaster * Sara Parkins
violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...
* Tamara Hatwan violin * Andrew Duckels
viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...
* Steve Richards cello * Dave Stone bass * Oli Kraus additional cello, viola, violin *
Jake Sinclair Jake Tony Sinclair (born 29 November 1994) is an English footballer who has played professionally for Southampton and Hibernian. He is currently a striker for Mangotsfield United. Career Sinclair joined Southampton at the academy level at ...
background vocals * Boyce Buchanan children's vocal * Barbara Klaskin Silberg children's vocal directing *
Eg White Francis Anthony "Eg" White (born 22 November 1966) is a British musician, songwriter and producer. He started his career in the cowpunk band Yip Yip Coyote in the 1980s and then formed Brother Beyond with his brother, David White, in the late ...
instruments, background vocals * Robin Lynch electric guitars * Niklas "Nikey" Olovson bass * Mark Shulman drums * Justin Derrico lead electric guitars


Production

* Butch Walker
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, music, songwriting, keyboard programming *
John Hill John Hill may refer to: Business * John Henry Hill (1791–1882), American businessman, educator and missionary * John Hill (planter) (1824–1910), Scottish-born American industrialist and planter * John Hill (businessman) (1847–1926), Austral ...
producer, music, songwriting *
Emile Haynie Emile Haynie (born July 13, 1980), often credited simply as Emile, is an American music producer from Buffalo, New York. His range of production includes alternative rock, hip hop, indie and pop music. Haynie has worked with several prominent ar ...
producer, music, songwriting * Jake Sinclair music, engineer * Pink songwriting,
executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ...
* Laura Sisk engineer *
Rich Costey Rich may refer to: Common uses * Rich, an entity possessing wealth * Rich, an intense flavor, color, sound, texture, or feeling ** Rich (wine), a descriptor in wine tasting Places United States * Rich, Mississippi, an unincorporated commun ...
mixing * Chris Kasych
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engineer * Eric Isip assistant engineered for mix * Greg Kurstin songwriting, producer, programming, engineer, mixing *
Jesse Shatkin Jesse Samuel Shatkin (born 1979) is an American songwriter, producer and engineer. He has worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, Fitz and the Tantrums and One Direction, among others. Shatkin was nominated in 2014 for Grammy Awards a ...
additional engineering *
Serban Ghenea Șerban Ghenea (born October 13, 1969) is a Grammy award-winning Romanian-Canadian audio engineer and mixer. Early life and education Ghenea was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1969. In 1976 he moved to Montreal with his family. He later attended ...
mixing * John Hanes engineered for mix * Phil Seaford assistant engineered for mix *
Busbee Michael James Ryan Busbee (June 18, 1976 – September 29, 2019), known professionally as Busbee, was an American songwriter, record producer, publisher, record label executive, and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his work in both po ...
songwriting * Ben West songwriting * Jeff Bhasker songwriting, producer, programming * Nate Ruess songwriting * John X Volaitis recording, assistant vocal recording *
Pawel Sek Paweł Sęk (born 7 April 1977, Przemyśl) is a Polish Music producer, producer, composer and audio engineer. He received three Grammy Award nominations. He grew up in Przemyśl, Poland. In 2000, Sek graduated from Berklee College of Music in Bost ...
guitars recording * Tyler Johnson guitars recording *
Tony Maserati Tony Maserati is an American record producer and audio engineer specializing in mixing. He was involved in the development of the New York R&B and hip-hop scene in the 1990s, working with Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy, and Queen ...
mixing * Justin Hergett assistant engineered for mix * James Krausse assistant engineered for mix * Lily Rose Cooper songwriting * Max Martin songwriting, producer * Shellback songwriting, producer, programming * Sam Holland recording * Billy Mann songwriting, producer, drum programming, engineer, keyboard programming * David Schuler songwriting, additional production, drum programming, engineer, keyboard programming *
Mark Needham Mark Needham is an American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music, including: Blue October, Newsboys, Fleetwood Mac, The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Chris Isaak, John Hiatt, Michelle Branch, P!nk, O.A ...
mixing * Will Brierre assistant engineered for mix * Pete Wallace engineer * Veronica Ferraro mixing * DJ Khalil songwriting, producer * Chin Injeti songwriting, producer * John Brown additional production * Mike Strange vocal recording * Jon Keep songwriting * Steve Daly songwriting * Tracklacers additional production, drum programming * Jonathan Yudkin engineer * Dan Wilson songwriting, producer * John Rausch engineer * Phil Allen engineer * Oliver Straus engineer *
Charlie Paakkari Christina Paakkari, also known as Charlie Paakkari, is an American audio engineer for Capitol Records and the recipient of a 2005 Grammy Award for her work on the Dianne Reeves album ''Good Night, and Good Luck ''Good Night, and Good Luck'' (st ...
strings recording * Eg White songwriting, producer, engineer, programming *
Tom Coyne Tom Coyne may refer to: * Tom Coyne (writer), American writer and professor * Tom Coyne (broadcaster) (1930–2015), British television presenter * Tom Coyne (music engineer) (1954–2017), American mastering engineer * Thomas Coyne (cricketer) (187 ...
mastering *
Machopsycho MachoPsycho is a Swedish songwriting team consisting of Niklas "Nikey" Olovson and Robin Lynch. Nikey was born in Stenungsund, Sweden in 1976 and Robin was born in Sandnessjøen, Norway also in 1976. They are among Sweden's most successful songw ...
producer, keyboard programming, engineer * Niklas "Nikey" Olovson songwriting * Robin Lynch songwriting * Pete Wallace keyboard programming


Management and design

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Roger Davies Roger Davies may refer to: * Roger Davies (actor), English actor known for ''Renford Rejects'' and ''The Cloverfield Paradox'' * Roger Davies (manager) (born 1952), Australian-born manager in the music industry * Roger Davies (footballer) (born 19 ...
management * Shady Farshadfar management * Irene Taylor management * Lisa Garrett management * Andrew Macpherson photography *
Deborah Anderson Deborah Leigh Anderson (born 16 December 1970) is an English musician, photographer, and film director. Her early music work was as a vocalist on her father Jon Anderson's albums. Her 1995 single "Feel the Sunshine" was her first song that char ...
photography * Jeri Heiden art direction, designing * Nick Steinhardt art direction, designing * Donald Passman legal * Gene Solomon legal * Helen Stotler legal * Nancy Chapman business affairs * Teresa Polyak business affairs * Otto Perez business affairs


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Decade-end charts


All-time charts


Certifications


Release history


See also

* List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2012 *
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List of number-one albums of 2013 (Australia) The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each album and EP's weekly physical and digital sales. In ...
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List of number-one hits of 2012 (Austria) This is a list of the Austrian number-one singles and albums of 2012 as compiled by Ö3 Austria Top 40, the official chart provider of Austria. References {{AustrianNumber1s Number-one hits Austria 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png ...
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List of number-one albums of 2012 (Canada) These are the Canadian number-one albums of 2012. The chart is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan and published by ''Jam!'' Canoe, issued every Sunday. The chart also appears in ''Billboard'' magazine as Top Canadian Albums. Chart history See als ...
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List of number-one albums from the 2010s (New Zealand) This is the Recorded Music NZ list of number-one albums in New Zealand during the 2010s decade. Adele's 2011 album ''21'' charted at number one for a total of 38 weeks, and was the top-selling album in both 2011 and 2012. New Zealand vocal trio ...
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List of best-selling albums of the 2010s in the United Kingdom The UK Albums Chart is a music chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) that calculates the best-selling artist albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2005, the chart has been based on the sales of both physical and digital ...
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List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of number-one hits of 2012 (Switzerland) This is a list of the Swiss Hitparade number ones of 2012. Swiss charts Romandie charts References Swisschart No.1 Singles and Albums 2012


References


Citations


Bibliography

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2012 albums Albums produced by Butch Walker Albums produced by DJ Khalil Albums produced by Emile Haynie Albums produced by Greg Kurstin Albums produced by Dan Wilson (musician) Albums produced by Jeff Bhasker Albums produced by Max Martin Albums produced by Shellback (record producer) Pink (singer) albums RCA Records albums