Album Development: The Saturdays Greatest Hits, Ariana Grande (Target)

The Saturdays Release Greatest Hits Album Cover, Tracklist

After releasing 4 full length studio albums, UK all girl group The Saturdays have announced that they plan to release a 2 disc greatest hits on August 11th, 2014 of this year. The standard edition of the greatest hits album (titled Finest Selections: The Greatest Hits) will contain 20 "selections" (most of which are top 10 UK Singles Chart efforts) including 3 new tracks. A deluxe edition will be released including the most popular B-Sides on a second disc. 19 B-Sides will be part of the deluxe edition. A Super Fan Edition only from the official The Saturday's store will include all of this plus all 18 music videos recorded for the official singles. The album's lead single "What Are You Waiting For?" will be released on August 10th. See the track lists below.

Standard Edition Tracklist

1. What About Us (Feat. Sean Paul)

2. Higher (Feat. Flo Rida)
3. Ego
4. All Fired Up
5. What Are You Waiting For?
6. Up
7. Forever Is Over
8. Issues
9. Disco Love
10. Notorious
11. Missing You
12. Work
13. Not Giving Up 
14. 30 Days
15. 808
16. Gentleman
17. If This Is Love
18. Walking Through The Desert
19. My Heart Takes Over
20. Just Can’t Get Enough

Deluxe Edition Tracklist (Disc 2; Flashback - The B-Sides)
1. Not That Kinda Girl

2. Flashback
3. Wildfire
4. Beggin’
5. Turn Myself In
6. Love Come Down
7. Ladykiller
8. I Can’t Wait
9. Somebody Else’s Life (Acoustic)
10. Had It With Today
11. Ready To Rise
12. So Stupid.

13. What Am I Gonna Do
14. On The Radio
15. Unofficial 
16. Golden Rules
17. Bigger
18. Crashing Down
19. When Love Takes Over

Super Fan Deluxe Edition Tracklist (Disc 3; The Videos)

1. If This Is Love (Music Video)
2. Up (Music Video
3. Issues (Music Video)
4. Just Can’t Get Enough (Music Video)
5. Work (Music Video)
6. Forever Is Over (Musicc Video)
7. Ego (Music Video)
8. Missing You (Music Video)
9. Higher (Music Video)
10. Notorious (Music Video)
11. All Fired Up (Music Video)
12. My Heart Takes Over (Music Video)
13. 30 Days (Music Video)
14. What About Us (Music Video)
15. Gentleman (Music Video)
16. Disco Love (Music Video)
17. Not Giving Up (Music Video)
18. What Are You Waiting For? (Music Video)

Ariana Grande Announces Deluxe Tracklist, Unveils Target Bonus Version

After announcing and revealing the album covers for the deluxe and standard edition track lists of her second studio album, My Everything, Ariana Grande announced that Target will carry a super deluxe version of the album. This new version includes 2 additional bonus tracks (on top of the 3 deluxe version tracks). The Target version will include a slightly revamped cover that's pink tinted with shades of gray. See all the covers below (pink is Target, Gray is standard, and navy plus is deluxe) plus all three track lists. A special deluxe Japanese version includes "Baby I" (a song that featured on Grande's debut studio album) for no particular reason.

Standard Edition

1. Intro

2. Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)

3. One Last Time

4. Why Try

5. Break Free (feat. Zedd)

6. Best Mistake (feat. Big Sean)

7. Be My Baby (feat. Cashmere Cat)

8. Break You Heart Right Back (feat. Childish Gambino)

9. Love Me Harder (With The Weeknd)

10. A Little Bit Of Out Heart

11. Hands On Me (feat. A$AP Ferg)

12. My Everything

Deluxe Edition

13. Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)

14. Only 1

15. You Don't Know About Me

Target Extra Bonus

All of the above +2 more songs.

16. Cadillac Song

17. Too Close

Jhené Aiko Announces Album Release Date

R&B/Soul singer Jhené Aiko has announced that she will release her debut studio album, "Souled Out" on August 25th... in direct competition with Ariana Grande's My Everything. The album comes preceded by "To Love & Die (feat. Cocaine 80s), the album's leaded singles. Aiko previously released her debut mixtape Sailing Soul(s) in 2011 and her 2013 debut EP Sail Out. Apparently she likes souls and sailing. No announced track list or cover yet.

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