Shatter Me (album)
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| Studio album by Lindsey Stirling | ||||
| Released | April 29, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013–14 | |||
| Genre | Classical crossover, EDM, trance, dubstep, electro house | |||
| Length | 47:07 | |||
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Shatter Me is the second studio album by American violinist and solo artist Lindsey Stirling. It is Stirling's first album to include collaborations with other vocalists, featuring Lzzy Hale and Dia Frampton, and Stirling has said its musical style is more progressive than her first album. The album was released on iTunes on April 25, 2014 in most of the world, on April 29, 2014 in the United States, and on May 2 in Germany. The first single, "Beyond the Veil", was released on March 24, peaking at number 22 on Billboard Dance and Electronic Digital Songs. The video was posted the following day. The second single, "Shatter Me", was released on April 23, accumulating 1.3 million views after one day on YouTube.
The album reached number two on the Billboard 200, making it Stirling's biggest week of her career in terms of sales, while peaking on three other Billboard charts. It has sold 337,000 copies in the United States as of August 2016. The album has been awarded a platinum certification in Germany in 2016 for selling over 200,000 copies. On October 21, Stirling's album was certified gold in Austria, being her second album in doing so. The album won the 2015 Billboard Music Awards for Top Dance/Electronic Album.
On September 29, 2013, Stirling posted on her official website that after her 2012–13 worldwide tour she had returned to the United States to make her new studio album and in December Stirling announced the upcoming 2014 tour where she "would play some new songs and will have a brand new show to share". Although the second studio album was announced in late 2013, it was not until March 2014 that Stirling started posting information on her new material. On March 12, Stirling posted a video on YouTube in which she appeared with friends and well-known YouTube stars such as Tyler Ward and Steve Kardynal. Stirling announced in the video the title of the album and that it would be released around May 2014. On the same day Stirling started an account on PledgeMusic, an online Direct-to-Fan music platform, allowing anyone to pre-order the album alongside other exclusive items, such as behind-the-scenes videos, photos and pictures. On March 23, Stirling announced that the album would be released on April 29. On the following day the album pre-sale started on the iTunes Store and the first single of the album, "Beyond the Veil", was released. The official video for the single was released a day later where it accumulated half a million views on YouTube on its first day.
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