Let Yourself

***Let Yourself*** is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Alysha. It was released on May 11, 2012 through Columbia Records. After release her debut album in November 2010, Braxton started to work on the album, the recording of the material lasted more than a year. Alysha wrote every song on the album, and collaborated with a number of producers, including Steve Robson, Benny Blanco, Ben Roulston, The-Dream, Rami Yacoub, Kara DioGuardi, Eg White, among others. *Let Yourself* have similar sound from her debut album, their efforts resulted in a primarily elements of pop, with influences of dance-pop, pop rock, disco, contemporary R&B, folk music, and soul. Lyrically, the album is inspired by Alysha's life events including the death of her mother, romantic relationships, and breaking free.

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics and it was ranked as one of the best albums of 2012 by several publications, including *Billboard*, *Time*, and *Rolling Stone,* andgarnered eight Grammy Award nominations ceremony, winning five, incluiding Album of the Year and Best Pop Album—making Braxton the youngest female artist to winner these categories, and was ranked as the "Greatest *Billboard* 200 Album of All Time".

*Let Yourself* peaked at number one in more than 30 countries, including in the United States, debuting at number one at *Billboard* 200 with 405,000 copies sold in its first week. Remained in the top three for its first 35 weeks, the top five for a record 46 consecutive weeks, and the top 10 for a total of 79 weeks. Eventually, the album became the world's best-selling album became the world's best-selling album of the year for 2012 and 2013 17.2 million and 5.7 million copies sold within the year, consecutively. By January 2014, it has sold 10 million copies, making it the second fastest album to sell 10 million since 2001. It was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Outside Alysha's native country, the album became second best-selling album of the 21st century and 9th best-selling album of all time in the United Kingdom, and 5th the best-selling album by non-Japanese artist in Japan. As of May 2017, the album sold over 28 million worldwide, becoming second best-selling albums of 21st century by a female artist, also was the best-selling album by a youngest solo artist of all time.

Five singles have been released from the album: "Out Of My Mind", "All My Love", "Powerless", "Nobody Compares", and "Say It Again". The first three album singles eached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, also reached number one in many charts around the world. At 55th Annual Grammy Awards, "Out Of My Mind" won Grammy Awards won for Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. While, "All My Love" won for Best Short Form Music Video. Alysha has performed songs from the album on different occasions, and as well through her debut sucessfull concert tour, Let Yourself Tour.

## Track listing

**Standard edition**

1. "Let Yourself" – 3:21
2. "Out Of My Mind" – 3:42
3. "All My Love" – 3:25
4. "Empty" – 3:47
5. "About You" – 4:01
6. "Nobody Compares" – 3:29
7. "Side Effects" – 3:22
8. "Don't Know Why" – 3:05
9. "Say It Again" – 3:04
10. "Love Sensation" – 3:29
11. "Powerless" – 3:26
12. "Goodbye"  – 3:31

**Deluxe edition bonus track**

1. "Call on Me" – 3:37
2. "Hold Me Down" – 3:22
3. "Red Carped" – 4:01

**Germany limited edition bonus track**

1. "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)" – 2:11
2. "All My Love" (A capella version) – 4:14

**Japanese tour edition DVD**

1. "Out Of My Mind" (music video)
2. "All My Love" (music video)
3. "Powerless" (music video)

## Singles

 2."All My Love"
 3. "Powerless"
 4. "Nobody Compares"
 5. "Say It Again"
Released: May 27, 2013

## **Charts**

**Weekly charts**

**Year-end charts**

 Austrian Albums Chart
 Canadian Albums Chart
 French Albums Chart
 German Albums Chart
 Italian Albums Chart
 Japanese Albums Chart
 UK Albums Chart
 US *Billboard* 200