My Worlds: The Collection

My Worlds: The Collection
Compilation album by Justin Bieber
Released	November 19, 2010
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, teen pop
Label	Island, RBMG
Producer	Usher Raymond IV (exec.), Scooter Braun (exec.), Antonio "L.A." Reid (exec.), and other various.
Justin Bieber chronology
My World 2.0 (2010) My Worlds: The Collection (2010) My Worlds Acoustic (2010)
Singles from My Worlds: The Collection
"Pray" Released: December 9, 2010 (2010-12-09)

My Worlds: The Collection is the first compilation album released by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. As the international alternative to the Walmart and Sam's Club exclusive My Worlds Acoustic (2010), My Worlds: The Collection was released in numerous European countries on November 19, 2010. The album consists of two discs; the first is a slightly altered version of My Worlds Acoustic, and the second is My Worlds, a compilation itself made up of My World (2009) and My World 2.0 (2010). In addition, the album also features a new song, an inspirational ballad entitled "Pray", a Jaden Smith collaboration, "Never Say Never", and remixes of "Somebody to Love." The new versions of the songs were produced by Bieber's music director, Dan Kanter, his vocal producer Kuk Harrell, and also producer Rob Wells. While most reviewers complimented the set, several thought that its release was unneeded. The album charted moderately in Europe, reaching the top half of several album charts.

Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 2.1 Critical reception 2.2 Commercial performance 3 Track listing 4 Credits and personnel 5 Charts 6 References

Background

The first disc includes songs from My Worlds Acoustic, which features acoustic version of songs from Bieber's debut extended play, My World, and his first studio album, My World 2.0. Bieber spoke with MTV News and he wanted to record the acoustic songs for the "haters" who say he cannot sing and saying his voice was auto-tuned, and that "stripping it down and having it kind of really mellow and being able to hear my voice" was his purpose.^[1] The singer said he wanted to do the acoustic set because the production sometimes "drowns out your voice" and "takes away from the singer, over the synths and everything."^[1] In addition to the acoustic tracks, the first disc also contains the Usher-featuring and J-Stax remixes to "Somebody to Love", the single version of "Never Say Never", featuring Jaden Smith, as well as a new song, an inspirational ballad entitled, "Pray." The second disc features songs that were present on My Worlds, a package of My World and My World 2.0, which was released instead of or in conjunction with My World 2.0 in select international countries.

According to Bieber, "Pray" is a gift to his fans.^[2] The song's arrangement is set to reflect Bieber's music before he was discovered, but also includes instrumentation from a string quartet, congas, and a cajon drum, the latter to represent Bieber's worldy travels, specifically to Africa.^[2] While Bieber was being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest on his radio show, Bieber talked about the songs initial writing stating the song was influenced by Michael Jackson, and he thought of Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" when writing the song.^[3] Vocally, Bieber's vocals are sung in a lower key compared to previous singles.^[4][5] Bieber plays guitar on the acoustic versions, along with his guitarist and musical director Dan Kanter.^[2] According to Bieber, the song is a gift to his fans.^[2] The acoustic versions of the songs were produced by Kanter, Bieber's vocal producer Kuk Harrell, and also producer Rob Wells.^[6]

The album was released on November 19, 2010.^[7] "Pray" was released as the album's first and only single on in select international countries on December 3, 2010.^[8] It charted moderately, reaching number sixty-three in Austria, fifty-one in Germany, and appeared on the Tip charts in Belgium.

Reception

Critical reception

The compilation received mixed reviews from critics. Andy Kellman of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars.^[9] Although Lucy Jones of The Daily Telegraph said the album seemed as something else to be "cashed in on", she called the collaborations "perfectly polished", and gave the album four out of five stars.^[10] Hermonie Hoby of The Guardian said that "regifting" following his past two releases seemed unnecessary, but noted that "the billion or so Beliebers" wouldn't feel "churlish."^[11]

Commercial performance

Due to its limited release in European countries, the album was only eligible to chart in those territories. In Denmark, on the Danish Albums Chart, My Worlds: The Collection debuted at number twenty-six.^[12] Six weeks later, on the week labeled January 4, 2011, the album peaked at number thirteen on the chart, and it spent a total of fifteen weeks on chart.^[12] On the New Zealand Albums Chart, the album entered at number forty, and peaked at number nineteen, and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.^[13] My Worlds: The Collection debuted at number forty-five on the Swedish Albums Chart, and six weeks later peaked at number thirty.^[12] On the Dutch Albums Chart, the album debuted at number forty-one, and peaked at number twenty-six the next week. It would go on to spend a total of sixteen weeks on the chart.^[12]

The album debuted at number sixty-two on the Italian Albums Chart, and weeks later it would peak at twenty-seven.^[12] On the Finnish Albums Chart the album debuted at number forty-nine, and fell of the chart the next week.^[12] However, the week of January 1, 2011, the album re-entered the chart at number forty-seven, and peaked at number thirty-six the next week.^[12] The album debuted and peaked at forty-three on the Greek Albums Chart, spending a week on the chart.^[12] In Poland on the Polish Albums Chart, My Worlds: The Collection debuted at peaked at forty-five, and would spend a total of three weeks on the chart.^[13]

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Adapted from My Worlds: The Collection liner notes.^[6]

Arden Altino – writer, producer Kisean Anderson – writer, featured artist Johnta Austin – writer Nasri Atweh – writer, producer Warren Babson – engineer Carlos Battey – writer, background vocals Steven Battey – writer, background vocals Matt Beckley – editing Justin Bieber – vocals, writer Antea Birchett – writer Anesha Birchett – writer Benny Blanco – writer, producer Luke Boyd – writer Scooter Braun – executive producer Lonny Breaux – writer Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges – writer, featured vocals Heather Bright – writer James Bunton – writer, producer Lashaunda "Babygirl" Carr – writer, producer Corron Cole – writer, producer Bryan Michael Cox – writer, producer Tom Coyne – mastering Jerry Duplessis – writer, producer Dernst Emile II – writer, producer Blake Eiseman – recording Jaycen Joshua-Fowler – mixing Justin Franks – producer Serban Ghenea – mixing Taylor Graves – background vocals Christy Hall – production assistant Sean Hamilton – writer, producer Kuk Harrell – vocal producer, producer Christopher Hicks – producer Melvin Hough – writer, producer Jessica Jarrell – featured vocals Dan Kanter – producer Phillip Lawrence – writer Ari Levine – writer Mason Levy – writer Ezekiel Lewis – writer, producer Giancarlo Lino – mixing assistant Ryan Lovette – writer Phillip Lynah Jr. – engineer Erik Madrid – mixing Assistant Bill Malina – writer Glen Marchese – mixing Manny Marroquin – mixing

Bonnie McKee – background vocals Bruno Mars – writer Omar Martinez – writer Adam Messinger – writer, producer Christina Milian – writer Balewa Muhammad – writer, producer Terius Nash – writer, producer Luis Navarro – assistant engineer Thabiso Nkhereanye – writer Waynne Nugent – writer, producer Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm – writer Dave Pensado – mixing Nina Persson – writer Omarr Rambert – writer Usher Raymond IV – executive producer, writer, featured vocals Antonio "L.A." Reid – executive producer Jeremy Reeves – writer, producer Dwight Reynolds – writer, keyboards Dan August Rigo – writer Kevin Risto – writer, producer Ray Romulus – writer, producer Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – production engineer Greg Ogan – engineer Christian Plata – mixing assistant Kevin Porter – recording assistant Kelly Sheehan – Engineer Hyuk Shin – writer, producer Taurian Shropshire – writer Jaden Smith – writer, featured vocals Tricky Stewart – writer, producer Peter Svennsson – writer Delisha Thomas – writer Theron Thomas – writer Timothy Thomas – writer Brian "B-Luv" Thomas – engineer Sam Thomas – engineer Pat Thrall – engineer Dapo Torimiro – Sergio "Sergical" Tsai – engineer Rob Wells – producer Jesse "Corporal" Wilson – writer Rivelino Wouter – writer Andrew Wuepper – engineer Jonathan Yip – writer, producer Frédéric Yonnet – harmonica

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Danish Albums Chart[12]	14
Dutch Albums Chart[12]	26
Finnish Albums Chart[12]	36
Greek Albums Chart[12]	43
Italian Albums Chart[13]	27
New Zealand Albums Chart[13]	19
Polish Albums Chart[13]	45
Swedish Albums Chart[12]	30

References

Justin Bieber Discography · Awards and nominations Studio albums My World 2.0 · Under the Mistletoe · Believe Extended plays My World Compilation albums My Worlds: The Collection Remix albums My Worlds Acoustic · Never Say Never – The Remixes Singles "One Time" · "One Less Lonely Girl" · "Baby" · "Somebody to Love" · "U Smile" · "Pray" · "Never Say Never" · "Mistletoe" Featured singles "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" · "Wavin' Flag" · "Eenie Meenie" · "Next 2 You" Other songs "Love Me" · "Favorite Girl" · "Down to Earth" · "Bigger" · "First Dance" · "Never Let You Go" · "That Should Be Me" Tours Fearless Tour · Urban Behavior Tour · My World Tour Filmography School Gyrls · Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Related articles Scooter Braun · Usher · Island Records · RBMG Book  · Category  · Portal