My World 2.0

This article is about the latter part Justin Bieber's debut album. For the first half, see My World (EP).

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My World 2.0 is the latter of two-part debut studio album from Canadian singer Justin Bieber, and is his first full studio release. The album is the follow-up to the first platinum certified half of the album, which was released on November 17, 2009, via Island Records, and 2.0 is anticipated for a March 23, 2010 release. Bieber will support the album with his very first headlining tour.

The album is preceded by the lead, "Baby", featuring Ludacris was released on January 18, 2010, and two digital singles, the "Never Let You Go" on March 2, 2010, and "U Smile" on March 16, 2010. The previous is set to be released later as the album's second single.

Background

In an interview with Billboard at the 2009 Z100 Jingle Ball, Bieber explained the reasoning behind splitting his debut release into two parts, My World and My World 2.0. Bieber said that people do not want to wait "over a year and half" for new music, and it was decided best to give it in parts. In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, Bieber stated, "I wanted to do something that was a little bit more R&B and that could reach out to everyone. I just wanted to be able to show my vocal abilities."

Musical structure and style

The album has been described as "edgier and more mature" than its predecessor, and also has a more prominent R&B feel to it. Bieber stated, "I wanted to do something that was a little bit more R&B and that could reach out to everyone. I just wanted to be able to show my vocal abilities."

Singles

"Baby", featuring Ludacris was released as the album's lead single on January 18, 2010, and went on to impact mainstream and rhythmic radio formats. The song has been Bieber's highest peaks to date, reaching number three and five, respectively in Canada and the U.S., and has charted in other countries.

"Never Let You Go" was released as the first digital-only single from the album on March 2, 2010. The song is also expected to be the second single from the album as Rolling Stone confirmed in January 2010 that the music video had already been shot by director Colin Tilley while Bieber was at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.

"U Smile", was released on iTunes on March 16, 2010, as a digital single.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	(B)
The New York Times	(mixed)
Toronto Star
Us Magazine

Andy Kellman of Allmusic's Andy Kellman have the album four out of five stars, praising the album for its "upbeat R&B-flavored pop songs." along with Bieber's ballads that "might be termed adult contemporary if the singer happened to be of age." He also complimented the dance-pop songs, calling them, "light on the ears yet memorable; and that "the unrequited material sounds deeply felt; the ballads have all the necessary us-against-the-world teen-love dramatics." Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B rating, stating that it "won't likely affect any adults not in the direct blast radius of Bieber's target range", however she praised his "R&B swagger" which reminded her "
of early-days Usher and Justin Timberlake", along with commending the song "U Smile" as a "shimmery slice of Hall & Oates-style blue-eyed souland", and finally stating "there's real talent, it seems, under all that hair." Ian Drew Us Magazine gave the album three and a half stars, stating that Bieber serves up more "hard-to-resist R&B pop and uniquely grown-up vocal trills." However he was weary of some of the lyrical content, as in "Eenie Meenie in which he called corny the line, "Catch a bad chick by her toe" in the nursery rhyme-derived 'Eeenie Meenie'." Sputnikmusic.com gave the album 1.5 out of 5 stars and said, "The songs themselves range from your typical radio pop-ballad ('U Smile,' closer 'That Should Be Me,') to slightly more upbeat numbers (opener 'Baby [which features Ludacris in a brief appearance]' and 'Eenie Meenie,') to... well, that's about it. The only genre present on here is the same annoying, sickeningly empty brand of pop as featured on his first record."

Track listing

The official track listing was confirmed on Bieber's official website on February 26, 2010.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Baby" (featuring Ludacris)	Justin Bieber, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Christina Milian	T. Nash, C. Stewart, C. Milian	3:36
2.	"Somebody to Love"	Justin Bieber, Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Heather Bright		3:42
3.	"Stuck In the Moment"	Justin Bieber, Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Dan Rigo		3:43
4.	"U Smile"	J. Bieber, Jerry Duplessis, Arden Altino, Dan Rigo		3:17
5.	"Runaway Love"	Justin Bieber, Melvin Hough, Rivelino Wouter, Timothy Thomas & Theron Thomas		3:33
6.	"Never Let You Go"	J. Bieber, Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox	J. Austin, B. Cox	4:26
7.	"Overboard" (featuring Jessica Jarrell )	J. Bieber, Midi Mafia, Dapo Torimiro, Taurian Shropshire		4:11
8.	"Eenie Meenie" (with Sean Kingston)	J. Bieber, Carlos Battey, Steven Battey, Kisean Anderson	Benny Blanco	3:23
9.	"Up"	Justin Bieber, Nasri Atweh & Adam Messinger		3:55
10.	"That Should Be Me"	Justin Bieber, Nasri Atweh, Adam Messinger & Luke Boyd		3:53

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Where Are You Now"		2:10
12.	"Kiss & Tell"	The Runners, The Monarch	3:29

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Edition
Poland	March 19, 2010	Universal Music	CD, digital download	Standard, My Worlds
Germany				Standard, My Worlds
France	March 22, 2010			My Worlds
Canada	March 23, 2010			Standard
United States		Island Records		Standard
Australia	March 26, 2010	Universal Music		Standard, My Worlds
United Kingdom	March 21, 2010	Mercury Records	Digital download	My Worlds
	March 22, 2010		CD
Brazil	March 23, 2010	Universal Music	CD, digital download	My Worlds

• My Worlds is a re-release of My World with the 12 new tracks added.

References

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=50544