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Riffiter listeners rate This Is Acting 4.0/5 from 761 ratings.

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Move Your Body, rated 5.0/5 by 1 listener on Riffiter.

When was This Is Acting released?

This Is Acting was released in 2016 on RCA.

How many tracks are on This Is Acting?

This Is Acting has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 47 minutes.

What genre is This Is Acting?

This Is Acting is catalogued under Pop, Electronic, Electropop.

What BPM is This Is Acting?

This Is Acting runs at a median tempo of 90 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.

What albums are similar to This Is Acting?

Listeners of This Is Acting also rate A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay, 21 by Adele, Talk That Talk by Rihanna.

Who produced This Is Acting?

This Is Acting was produced by Belief, Greg Kurstin, Jake Sinclair and 88‐Keys, among 13 credited in total. Belief produced 7 of them.

Album · 2016

This Is Acting

by Sia

This Is Acting is a 2016 pop album by Sia. It runs 12 tracks across 47 minutes on RCA. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 761 ratings.

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Pop · Electronic · Electropop

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761 ratings: 71 /100
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Tracks: 47 min
Runtime: 90 bpm
Tempo: E major
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Riffiter Jun 7, 2026
An album of pop songs written for other voices, sung by the writer: This Is Acting is Sia's rejected-demos concept made flesh, and "Cheap Thrills" — passed over by Rihanna — became her biggest hit anyway. The meta-concept intrigues more than it moves; the voice, as ever, does heavy lifting the material doesn't always deserve.
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This Is Acting album cover

The This Is Acting cover was designed by Michelle Holme and Sia, photographed by Erik Lang and Sia, and art-directed by Sia.

Design: Michelle Holme, Sia
Photography: Erik Lang, Sia
Art direction: Sia

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This Is Acting (10th Anniversary Edition)Anniversary edition · 2026 · 24 tracks
1. 1Bird Set Free
2. 2Alive
3. 3One Million Bullets
4. 4Move Your Body
5. 5Unstoppable
6. 6Cheap Thrills
7. 7Reaper
8. 8House On Fire
9. 9Footprints
10. 10Sweet Design
11. 11Broken Glass
12. 12Space Between
13. 13Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)
14. 14The Greatest (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
15. 15Confetti
16. 16Midnight Decisions
17. 17Jesus Wept
18. 18The Greatest
19. 19Fist Fighting A Sandstorm
20. 20Summer Rain
21. 21Bird Set Free (Live from The Village)
22. 22Alive (Plastic Plates Remix)
23. 23Move Your Body (Alan Walker Remix)
24. 24Unstoppable (R3HAB Remix)

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"This Is Acting" is the seventh studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, released on 29 January 2016 through RCA Records. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, "Alive" on 24 September 2015. This Is Acting received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.

In brief

Is This Is Acting good?: Riffiter listeners rate This Is Acting 4.0/5 from 761 ratings.
What is the highest-rated track on This Is Acting?: Move Your Body, rated 5.0/5 by 1 listener on Riffiter.
When was This Is Acting released?: This Is Acting was released in 2016 on RCA.
How many tracks are on This Is Acting?: This Is Acting has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 47 minutes.
What genre is This Is Acting?: This Is Acting is catalogued under Pop, Electronic, Electropop.
What BPM is This Is Acting?: This Is Acting runs at a median tempo of 90 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to This Is Acting?: Listeners of This Is Acting also rate A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay, 21 by Adele, Talk That Talk by Rihanna.
Who produced This Is Acting?: This Is Acting was produced by Belief, Greg Kurstin, Jake Sinclair and 88‐Keys, among 13 credited in total. Belief produced 7 of them.