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My World 2.0 (2010)

Where the lyrics of My World 2.0 take you, and where it was really made.

The album sold more in its second week than in its debut week, returning to number 1 after a dip.

Key places

Production in Atlanta (2010)

Recording site DARP Studios (Atlanta) — Most of the album's production took place in Atlanta, according to Bieber's interview with The New York Times. Tricky Stewart and The-Dream were brought back for the record. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• My World 2.0: debut studio album by Canadian singer Justin Bieber
• Released March 19, 2010, by Island Records
• Considered the second half of a two-piece project with the EP My World (2009)
• Follows the same vein as My World, mixing teen pop and R&B elements
• Lyrics discuss teen romance and coming-of-age situations

Background

• Signed a recording contract after growing popularity on YouTube
• Collaborators included mentor Usher and producers Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, and MIDI Mafia
• Split into two parts because people did not want to wait over a year and a half for new music
• Bieber said he wanted something a little more R&B that could reach everyone
• Said his first album was made in his first year, when he was a rookie in the studio

Recording

• Most of the production took place in Atlanta, according to a New York Times interview
• Collaborated again with Tricky Stewart and The-Dream

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer, born in London, Ontario and raised in Stratford.
• He was discovered by Scooter Braun after Braun found his 2007 YouTube covers, and signed to RBMG, a joint venture of Braun and Usher, later with Island Records.
• His debut EP My World (2009) and debut album My World 2.0 (2010) topped the US Billboard 200 at the time, making him the youngest solo male to do so in 47 years.
• Believe (2012) marked a shift from teen pop to dance-pop and R&B; by age 18 he had five US number-one albums.
• Purpose (2015) produced three US Billboard Hot 100 number-ones: Love Yourself, Sorry and What Do You Mean?.
• Later albums Changes (2020), Justice (2021), Swag (2025) and Swag II (2025) continued his chart success.
• He is estimated to have sold over 150 million records and is one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

Awards

• He has won 2 Grammy Awards, 8 Juno Awards, 2 Brit Awards and 26 Billboard Music Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its production
• Metacritic average score 68 out of 100
• AllMusic gave four out of five stars, praising its upbeat R&B-flavored pop songs
• Entertainment Weekly gave a B rating, saying it would likely not affect adults
• Rolling Stone gave three out of five stars and called it a seriously good pop record
• Sputnikmusic said the producers do Bieber little favors, but the album is largely unobjectionable pop
• The Boston Globe criticized the recycling of different styles
• The New York Times called it an amiable collection with intermittent bursts of misplaced precociousness

Records

• Debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 283,000 copies
• First US number 1 debut for Bieber and his second Top 10 album
• Youngest solo male artist to top the album chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963
• Second week: fell to number 2 behind Usher's Raymond v. Raymond, selling 291,000 more copies, a 3% increase
• Third week: returned to number 1 with 102,000 copies sold
• Fourth week: remained at number 1 with 92,000 copies, bringing the four-week total to 768,000
• As of December 2015, 3,330,000 copies sold in the US
• Certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA on June 24, 2020

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
• Bieber and Selena Gomez performed at a concert at the Houston Rodeo on March 21, 2010.
• Bieber performed in Berlin for the Dome 53 on March 5, 2010, around the album's release.
• The reissue My Worlds, which combines the My World EP and this album, came out on the same day as My World 2.0.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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