It's About Us
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| Studio album by Alex & Sierra | ||||
| Released | October 7, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
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| Length | 42:03 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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It's About Us is the debut studio album by American duo Alex & Sierra, released on October 7, 2014 by Columbia Records. Their debut single and the album's lead single "Scarecrow" was written by the duo along with Martin Johnson and Sam Hollander and was released on June 23, 2014, while "Little Do You Know" was released as the second single from the album.
The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 selling 27,000 copies within its first week of release.
In 2013, Alex & Sierra won Season 3 of The X Factor. Their prize included a $1 million recording contract from Sony Music Entertainment. Following their win on The X Factor, Alex & Sierra announced they would be making their debut album 'quick' and 'right'. They've worked with Julian Bunetta, Sam Watters, John Shanks, Toby Gad, Jason Mraz and One Direction member Harry Styles, Grammy award winning singer/songwriter John Legend also made a contribution upon the early stages of the album, however the track was not selected to be on the album. On May 3, 2014, Alex & Sierra revealed their debut single, "Scarecrow".
Alex & Sierra have commonly described the album as one that is not just filled with slow or upbeat songs. They hope it becomes one of those albums that you can listen to without the songs ever sounding the same. Also, in an interview with Glamour.com the two shared that they had never written a song before. The duo described it as a really laid-back and magical experience and added that they wrote a total of twenty songs in five days.
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