Shatter Me (album)

Shatter Me
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)
RecordedSeptember 2013–February 2014
Length47:07
Label
Producer
  • SILAS
  • Marko G
  • Kill Paris
  • Scott Gold
  • Robert DeLong
  • Lindsey Stirling (exec.)
  • Rafii*
  • Reuben Keeney
Lindsey Stirling chronology
Lindsey Stirling
(2012)
Shatter Me
(2014)
Lindsey Stirling: Live from London
(2015)
Singles from Shatter Me
  1. "Beyond the Veil"
    Released: March 24, 2014
  2. "Shatter Me"
    Released: April 21, 2014
  3. "Master of Tides"
    Released: August 14, 2014
  4. "Roundtable Rival"
    Released: October 20, 2014
  5. "Take Flight"
    Released: March 23, 2015
  6. "We Are Giants"
    Released: September 9, 2015
  7. "Heist"
    Released: January 7, 2016

Shatter Me is the second studio album by American violinist and solo artist Lindsey Stirling. It is Stirling's first album to include collaborations with other vocalists, featuring Lzzy Hale and Dia Frampton, and Stirling has said its musical style is more progressive than her first album.[1] The album was released on iTunes on April 25, 2014, in most of the world,[2] on April 29, 2014, in the United States, and on May 2 in Germany.[3] The first single, "Beyond the Veil", was released on March 24, peaking at number 22 on Billboard Dance and Electronic Digital Songs. The video was posted the following day.[4] The second single, "Shatter Me", was released on April 23, accumulating 1.3 million views after one day on YouTube.[5]

The album reached number two on the Billboard 200,[6] making it Stirling's biggest week of her career in terms of sales, while peaking on three other Billboard charts. It has sold 337,000 copies in the United States as of August 2016.[7] The album has been awarded a platinum certification in Germany in 2016 for selling over 200,000 copies.[8] On October 21, Stirling's album was certified gold in Austria, being her second album in doing so.[9] The album won the 2015 Billboard Music Awards for Top Dance/Electronic Album.[10]

  1. ^ Fulghum, Sherrill (April 4, 2014). "Lindsey Stirling: Shattering the nonbelievers". Allvoices. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "iTunes - Music - Shatter Me by Lindsey Stirling". iTunes. Apple. April 28, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  3. ^ Stirling, Lindsey (March 26, 2014). "New Album "Shatter Me" Track Listing!". Lindsey Stirling. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  4. ^ "Lindsey Stirling- Album Shower". YouTube. March 11, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  5. ^ "Twitter / LindseyStirling: WOW! 1.3 million views of my". Twitter.com. April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  6. ^ "Billboard 200 - May 17, 2014". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference us sales was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  9. ^ "IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  10. ^ Calvin Harris, DJ Snake & Lindsey Stirling Win The 2015 BBMAs Retrieved May 20, 2015.

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