Yours Truly

Yours Truly is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande. It was released on August 30, 2013, by Republic Records. The album's songs were recorded over nearly a two-year period, with Harmony Samuels, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Patrick "J. Que" Smith and Grande's Victorious co-star Leon Thomas III, as well as others, handling the album's music production. Featured collaborators include Big Sean, Mika, Mac Miller, and The Wanted's Nathan Sykes. Yours Truly draws stylistic influences off the music of Grande's artistic inspirations, including singers Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, and Christina Aguilera. Musically, the album is a pop and R&B record, while incorporating 1990s hip hop, 1950s piano pop, and doo-wop music within its production. It was acclaimed by critics upon release, with praise for Grande's vocals. Yours Truly debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart, with over 138,000 units sold in its first week. It made Grande the fifteenth female artist to ever debut at number-one in the United States with her debut album. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yours_T...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)