Album · 2011
When the Sun Goes Down
When the Sun Goes Down is a 2011 dance-pop album by Selena Gomez & The Scene. It runs 16 tracks across 54 minutes on Hollywood Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 1 rating.
Dance-Pop · Electronic · Electropop
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- 62 /100
- 5 critics
- 16
- Tracks
- 54 min
- Runtime
- 123 bpm
- Tempo
- F major
- Key
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- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Allmusic4/5
- Club Fonograma64/100
- Rolling Stone2/5
- The Guardian2/5
- Metacriticaggregate58/100
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When the Sun Goes Down album cover
The When the Sun Goes Down cover was designed by Nick Steinhardt, photographed by Kate Turning, and art-directed by Jeri Heiden and Nick Steinhardt.
- Design
- Nick Steinhardt
- Photography
- Kate Turning
- Art direction
- Jeri Heiden, Nick Steinhardt
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16 tracks · 54 min
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When the Sun Goes Down is the third and final studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene, released on June 28, 2011, by Hollywood Records. The band worked with several artists on this album, including writers and producers from their debut, Kiss & Tell (2009), and their second album, A Year Without Rain (2010), such as Rock Mafia's Tim James and Antonina Armato, as well as Katy Perry, Devrim "DK" Karaoglu, and Toby Gad. New contributors to this album included Britney Spears, Priscilla Renea, Emanuel Kiriakou, Dreamlab and Sandy Vee. When the Sun Goes Down spawned three singles. The lead single from the album, "Who Says" was released in March 2011, peaking at number 21 in the United States and in the top twenty in Canada and New Zealand. The acoustic pop song also went Platinum in the United States. The second single from the album is "Love You like a Love Song" charted in the top forty in Belgium, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. The third and final single, "Hit the Lights" was released on January 20, 2012, and reached number 11 in Belgium.
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The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with sales 78,000 copies, surpassing the first week sales of the group's first two albums. The album rose to number three in its second week. As of January 2020, the album sold over 710,000 copies in the United States. This is the final album released by the group before their indefinite hiatus.
In brief
- Is When the Sun Goes Down good?
- Riffiter listeners rate When the Sun Goes Down 4.0/5 from 1 rating.
- When was When the Sun Goes Down released?
- When the Sun Goes Down was released in 2011 on Hollywood Records.
- How many tracks are on When the Sun Goes Down?
- When the Sun Goes Down has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 54 minutes.
- What genre is When the Sun Goes Down?
- When the Sun Goes Down is catalogued under Dance-Pop, Electronic, Electropop.
- What BPM is When the Sun Goes Down?
- When the Sun Goes Down runs at a median tempo of 123 BPM across its tracks, most often in F major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to When the Sun Goes Down?
- Listeners of When the Sun Goes Down also rate PRISM by Katy Perry, Stars Dance by Selena Gomez, Talk That Talk by Rihanna.