Anaiyah (2012 album)

***Anaiyah*** is eponymous debut is debut studio album by Sahrawi-born American singer-songwriter Anaiyah. It was released on February 7, 2012 by Island Records. After signing a deal with Nick Records and Columbia Records to released her solo debut album in mid-June 2011. The recording sessions for the album took place during July to January 2004, she works alongside producers and songwriters Benny Blanco, Charlie Midnight, Oak Felder, Steve Angello, Cutfather for a period of six months to record and produce the album. the album features primarily a pop and rock music, with influences of power pop, and electropop.

The album debuted at number one the US *Billboard* 200, after selling 389,000 copies in its first-week of release. Outside United States, the album also reached number one in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Spain, while reached the top in Austria, Norway, and United Kingdom. The album eventually certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It has sold over 3,000,000 copies in the United States, also was certified platinum in Canada and gold in United Kingdom. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 52rd Grammy Awards, and Anaiyah breaking the record receiving a nomination for Best New Artist, being the youngest artist to be nominated for this categories since 1997. To date, *Anaiyah* has sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide.

The album featured five singles, the first single from the album "All The Things I Ever Wanted" was released on September 27, 2011 having a massive publicity by Nickelodeon, where Anaiyah starring the sitcom *Living with Carol*,and the song appare and the song ended up appearing in two episodes of the third sesson, the song entered the *Billboard* Hot 100 chart at number twenty-eight on ctober 4, 2011, and rose to number two on th Hot 100, after selling 225,000 in downloads on January 25, 2012, also peaked top ten in many countires. The second single from the album, "You're My Angel" reached number ten in U.S, while peaked at top twenty around the world. Following singles, Somedays, You're My Angel and Never Forget reached the top-thirty in the US. naiyah embarked on promotional tour beetween Februry to July 2009, and performed the singles from the album on several televised appearances and later embakerd on her debut concert tour from 2011 until 2012.

## Track listing

***Anaiyah*** – Standard edition

1. "All The Things I Ever Wanted" – 3:15
2. "Waking Up Again" – 3:54
3. "Never Forget" – 3:43
4. "Sweet Childhood" – 3:14
5. "Chocolate Flavor" – 2:54
6. "Take One Step" – 3:21
7. "Let's Play" – 3:44
8. "Jumpin'" – 3:34
9. "Under the Moon" – 3:16
10. "You're My Angel" – 3:34

***Anaiyah*** – iTunes Store bonus track

1. "Come Here" – 3:33

***Anaiyah*** – Japanese Deluxe edition bonus tracks

1. "Come Here" – 3:33
2. "Oh!" – 3:45

## Singles

Singles from ***Anaiyah***

 2."You're My Angel"
 3."Somedays'"
 4. "Never Forget"
 5. "Jumpin'"
Released: September 4, 2012

**Charts**

**Weekly charts**

### Yearly charts

 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)
 Canadian Albums Chart (ARIA)
 UK Albums (OCC)
 US *Billboard* 200