Dreamin (album)

"Dreamin." is the sophomore studio album by BJAYE. It was released through Republic Records on June 16, 2028. The album was recorded between July 2027 and May 2028.
Tha album won Best Pop Vocal Album & Album Of The Year at the 71st ceremony on February 10, 2029, marking BJAYE first four career Grammy wins.
==Background==
Following the release of BJAYE's debut studio album Sincerely, on September 17, 2027, which was met with extremely positive reviews, BJAYE confirmed on September 17, that he began working on the album in the beginning of the summer. On November 17, 2027 on an Instagram Live he confirmed that the album is midway finished. He stated that he wrote over 30+ songs on the album and is planning on cutting it out towards 20-22 songs, he also quoted and said "i personally feel like this is best album i've worked on, as of this time and when it gets released, but i'll not spoil the rest but i'll save that important information next year, love y'all."
On December 10, 2027, BJAYE confirmed that he is almost done on the album. Later that week he responded by saying, "This album talks about how personal trauma and healing caused me to become the happiest version of myself after focusing on myself and recovering from a lot of things." He also said that he wanted to go on tour like how he did with Sincerely, after the album's release but due to plans and schedule, He will have to postponed the tour plans to a later date due to it being "not the right time".
On December 23, 2027, BJAYE announced that the lead single, "Dreamin", would be released on January 7, 2028. He stated that this was going be the era that boosted him out more as a main pop artist and his "peak". On February 19, 2028, BJAYE posted a snippet of Good Things on Mind, Fans Speculated that this song was going to be a feature with Ariana Grande. This snippet has being trending on X as fans are really excited to hear this song when it comes out. 
During an Interview in on March 10 2028, BJAYE revealed that another single would be released in 2 weeks and the name of the single which is "Midnight" which was released March 24, 2028, He also revealed the name of the album, Dreamin. BJAYE also revealed 3 songs, "Just A Fantasy", "Break Him Into Pieces", & "Everything". On March 16, 2028, BJAYE later announced another song on the album, "Better Off Than Him", he later confirmed that its more R&B/Pop Combined With Hip-Hop. On March 25, 2028, BJAYE posted a snippet of Be Fine, a trap-pop/R&B beat. On April 3, 2028, BJAYE revealed that after cutting down a lil bit by 2-4 tracks with hopefully he releases some day as Dreamin: From The Vault, there are 18 tracks on the album. On April 10, 2028, BJAYE confirmed that there will be multiple features on the album.
On April 16, 2028, BJAYE announced the album and pre-orders were avaliable. The pre-order of albums sold over 350,000 units before it's release.
On May 29, 2028, BJAYE announced that "Good Things On Mind" would be released as a promotional single for the Album. On June 15, 2028, BJAYE hosted a album listening party, many celebs were invited and a few fans were flown out too.
After its release, the album received amazing reviews from music critics and one of the most popular albums of 2028.
==Recording==
He posted on his Instagram and tweeted that he was in the studio on July 6, 2027 - August 29, 2027 - October 13, 2027. 
On July 15 & 16, 2027, BJAYE had posted a snippet of the song "Dreamin" and stated "i've finished recording and editing the lead single and will hopefully be released sometime next year."
On August 25, 2027, BJAYE posted four photos and two videos of him in the studio.
On June 14, 2028, BJAYE revealed that the first song recorded for the album was "Everything", in early July 2027. He also revealed that the last song to be recorded was "D.E.W"), in late April - early May 2028.
* July 6, 2027
* July 15, 2027
* July 16, 2027
==Singles==
The lead single, "Dreamin", was released on January 7, 2028.
The second single, "Midnight", was released on March 3, 2028.
The third single , "Break Him Into Pieces", was released on June 30, 2028.BJAYE's Dreamin 3rd SingleFinal Single
The fourth and final single, "Some Days", was released on September 15, 2028.
===Promotional singles===
A promotional single, "Good Things On Mind", featuring Ariana Grande, was released on June 2, 2028, along with the pre-order of the album.
==Tour==
On November 25, 2028, BJAYE announced the Dreamin/Thought U, Were World Tour in support of his second studio album, Dreamin as well as his third studio album, Thought U, Were. The tour began on March 16, 2029 in Los Angeles, California, and concluded on December 20, 2029 in Inglewood, California.
==Commercial performance==
===Billboard 200===
Dreamin debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 767,000 album units, which 350,000 of the units are pure sales while 417,000 are album units. This is BJAYE' s second album to chart number one and to debut at the top of the chart. The album spent 11 weeks at No. 1 and spent over 50 weeks in the Top 10, This is also his most album sales in the first week at that time. All of the tracks of the album debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the same week. The album spent 11 non-consecutive weeks at number one.
===Spotify Records===
On June 17, 2028, It was announced that Dreamin has became the most streamed male album in a single day with 158m streams, Behind Taylor Swift's "1989 (Taylor’s Version) " which had over 176m streams.
On June 23, 2028, Dreamin projected over 896 million streams in it's first week This had made him the most streamed artist of 2028.
The album has now surpassed over 10 billion streams on Spotify, becoming his second album to surpass this.
==Dreamin (BJAYE's Edition)==
Dreamin (BJAYE's Edition) is the second re-recorded album by American singer-songwriter BJAYE. It is a re-recording of BJAYE's sophomore studio album, Dreamin, (2028), and was released on June 17, 2038, via Republic Records. The album is part of BJAYE's ongoing response to celebrate the tenth anniversaries of his first ten albums. It was announced at the So Dangerous Tour on April 15, 2038, at the last night of the Austin Show. 
==Charts==
Chart (2028–2029) 	Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF) 	2
Australian Albums (ARIA) 	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 	1
Canadian Albums (Billboard) 	1
Croatian Albums (HDU) 	1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) 	1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) 	2
Estonian Albums (Eesti Tipp-40) 	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 	1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)	1
French Albums (SNEP) 	2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 	1
Greek Albums (IFPI) 	1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 	8
Irish Albums (IRMA) 	1
Italian Albums (FIMI) 	1
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 	1
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 	1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 	1
Polish Albums (ZPAV) 	1
Portuguese Albums (AFP) 	1
Scottish Albums (OCC) 	1
Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) 	1
South Korean Albums (Gaon) 	24
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 	1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 	1
UK Albums (OCC) 	1
US Billboard 200 	1
==Trivia==
*The first song recorded for the album was "Everything".
* The last song recorded for the album was "D.E.W".
*BJAYE's favorite songs from the album are Midnight, Good Things On Mind, Some Days, D.E.W, Dreamin, and tie between One Time, Above The Sky & Illusions.
*The album's cover shows him in a room with a blue background projecting on him and him laying on a wall to make it look sideways upside down
*All track titles are stylized in lowercase apart from "D.E.W", which is stylized in sentence case, and "Better off than him".
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==Tracklist ==
*wishes (upon a star)
* illusions (feat. Larray)
*just a fantasy (feat Mason)
*d.e.w
*midnight
*be fine
*everything
*some days
*dreamin
* good things on mind (feat. Ariana Grande)
*trouble
*one time (feat. Nicki Minaj) 
*creative
*above the sky
*break him into pieces
*better off than him
==Cut/scrapped tracks==
* universe is in me
* be okay
* number one
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