page_title: Demi Lovato
section_title: 2015–2016: Confident
hierarchical_section_title: Demi Lovato / Career / 2015–2016: Confident
caption_attribution_description: English: Demi Lovato performing at the AT&amp;T Center in San Antonio, Texas on September 10, 2016.
context_page_description: Demetria Devonne Lovato is an American singer, songwriter, actress, author, and television personality. After appearing on the children's television series Barney & Friends, she rose to prominence for her role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel musical television film Camp Rock, its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, and as the titular character on Sonny with a Chance. The former film's soundtrack included "This Is Me", Lovato's duet with Joe Jonas, which peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. After signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato released her pop rock debut album, Don't Forget, which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Its follow-up, Here We Go Again, debuted at number one in the US and is certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
  Lovato's third studio album, Unbroken, experimented with pop and R&B, while her fourth studio album, Demi, followed a more pop-friendly sound. The album debuted with US sales of 110,000 copies, her highest first-week sales in the country. For her fifth and sixth studio albums, Confident and Tell Me You Love Me, Lovato infused soul and focused on more mature content as opposed to her previous works.
context_section_description: Lovato's fifth album, Confident, was released on October 16, 2015, and received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 98,000 copies. During the album's production, Lovato commented: "I've already started recording for my new album, and I have plans to record during the tour. The sound just evolves into everything that I've been and everything that I want to become." She further stated, "I've never been so sure of myself as an artist when it comes down to confidence, but not only personal things, but exactly what I want my sound to be and what I know I'm capable of and this album will give me the opportunity to show people what I can really do."
  In January 2019, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA, and has sold one million copies in the United States. In May 2015, Billboard revealed that Lovato was in the process of starting an "artist-centric" new record label, Safehouse Records, of which she would be co-founder and co-owner. The label would be a partnership between Lovato, Nick Jonas, and her then-manager Phil McIntyre, and will form part of a new collaborative arrangement with record label Island. Confident was released through the new venture deal. This would be Lovato's second multi-label venture of her career; she was formerly part of Jonas Records, a UMG/Hollywood/Jonas Brothers partnership, which is now defunct.
  Lovato released the lead single from Confident titled "Cool for the Summer" on July 1, 2015. The song attracted attention for its bi-curious theme and was a commercial success, peaking at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified double platinum in the U.S. On September 18, 2015, the title track "Confident" was released as the album's second single and peaked at number 21 on the Hot 100. On October 17, 2015, she performed a "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" medley, as well as "Stone Cold" melody on Saturday Night Live during the series' forty-first season. Lovato was also featured on the re-release of "Irresistible", the fourth single from Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho. The same month, she signed with the major modeling agency, Wilhelmina Models. Lovato released the music video for her R&B-infused song "Waitin for You" featuring rapper Sirah on October 22, 2015. On October 26, 2015, Lovato and Nick Jonas announced that they would be touring together on the Future Now Tour. She was honored with the first-ever Rulebreaker Award on December 11, 2015 at the 2015 Billboard Women in Music event. On March 21, 2016, "Stone Cold" was released as the third and final single from Confident. On July 1, 2016, Lovato released a new single titled "Body Say" to promote her tour.
caption: Lovato performing on her Future Now Tour in September 2016
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