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18 Months is the third studio album by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris. It was released on 26 October 2012 by Deconstruction, Fly Eye and Columbia Records. It marked Harris's first album to not primarily feature him on vocals, instead focusing more on songwriting and production. The album also shows a shift from Harris' usual nu disco-style songs, focusing more on an electro house style. A commercial success, 18 Months debuted at number one in his native Scotland and in the United Kingdom, earning Harris his second consecutive number-one album on the UK Albums Charts.
It was supported by the singles "Bounce", "Feel So Close", "Let's Go", "We'll Be Coming Back", "Sweet Nothing", "Drinking from the Bottle", "I Need Your Love" and "Thinking About You", all of which, along with "We Found Love" as a featured artist, led by Rihanna, reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, making 18 Months the first album in history to spawn nine top-10 singles. "Let's Go" and "Sweet Nothing" were nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 55th and 56th Grammy Awards, respectively.
On 23 August 2012, Harris announced that the name of his forthcoming album would be titled 18 Months, and announced via his Twitter that the album would feature collaborations with artists including Rihanna, Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah, Dizzee Rascal, Ayah, Nicky Romero and Dillon Francis. The album marked the first time that Harris did not perform vocals on most of the album's tracks. He cited his reasons in an interview with the BBC as "being too much", as expressed his intent on focusing on being a producer, saying that he is "a producer, I make the songs, I can't stress that enough" and "I am the guy that writes them, makes them and mixes them. No-one really does that but that's what I'm good at".
18 Months became the first album to produce nine top ten singles from one album in the United Kingdom, surpassing the previous record set by Michael Jackson with seven singles from one album, with Billboard referring to the album as "one of the most important albums in dance music and modern pop history". The album marked a change for Harris, and for dance music overall as suggested by Kat Bein from Billboard, who said that Harris "unabashedly embraced big-room elements and pop-friendly song structures" on the album, and had "taken 2012’s pop-dance style then-championed by David Guetta to more critically-appealing heights".
The albums title inspired the name for Harris's first compilation album, and seventh studio album overall, 96 Months (2024). The album features Harris's songs from the nine years prior to the albums release in 2024, and as a result, does not feature any of the songs featured on 18 Months.
The album received praise from music critics, with Billboard describing the album as Harris's "most surefire bid to step out of the “Produced By” shadows and become a recognizable U.S. pop artist on his own". The album was released on 26 October 2012 in Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland, and on 29 October 2012 in the United Kingdom and France, before being released in the United States and Italy a day later. It was a commercial success for Harris, becoming his second number one album in the United Kingdom, and also reached number one on the albums charts in his native Scotland as well as on the Australian Dance Albums Charts and the Billboard Top Dance Albums Charts.
It finished 2012 as the 17th best selling album in the United Kingdom and 79th best selling album in Australia. It was subsequently certified 4× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in the United Kingdom for sales in excess of 1.2 million copies, whilst in the United States it was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of one million copies. Additionally, it was certified 2× Platinum in Australia, Brazil and Canada. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and Album of the Year at the Scottish Album of the Year Awards in 2013.
"Bounce" was released as the album's lead single on 10 June 2011, featuring American R&B singer Kelis. The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, number six in Ireland and number seven in Australia. The second single "Feel So Close" was released on 19 August 2011, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and number seven in Australia. The song also became Harris's first solo single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, reaching number 12. "Let's Go" was released as the album's third single on 30 March 2012, and it features American R&B singer Ne-Yo. It peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, number six in Ireland and number 17 in Australia and the US. "Let's Go" received a nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013. The track was used in Pepsi Max's Crowd Surfing television advert. "We'll Be Coming Back", featuring English singer and rapper Example, was released on 27 July 2012 as the fourth single from the album. It peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and number eight in Australia, while becoming both Harris's and Example's first solo single to reach number one in Ireland.
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18 Months
18 Months is the third studio album by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris. It was released on 26 October 2012 by Deconstruction, Fly Eye and Columbia Records. It marked Harris's first album to not primarily feature him on vocals, instead focusing more on songwriting and production. The album also shows a shift from Harris' usual nu disco-style songs, focusing more on an electro house style. A commercial success, 18 Months debuted at number one in his native Scotland and in the United Kingdom, earning Harris his second consecutive number-one album on the UK Albums Charts.
It was supported by the singles "Bounce", "Feel So Close", "Let's Go", "We'll Be Coming Back", "Sweet Nothing", "Drinking from the Bottle", "I Need Your Love" and "Thinking About You", all of which, along with "We Found Love" as a featured artist, led by Rihanna, reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, making 18 Months the first album in history to spawn nine top-10 singles. "Let's Go" and "Sweet Nothing" were nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 55th and 56th Grammy Awards, respectively.
On 23 August 2012, Harris announced that the name of his forthcoming album would be titled 18 Months, and announced via his Twitter that the album would feature collaborations with artists including Rihanna, Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah, Dizzee Rascal, Ayah, Nicky Romero and Dillon Francis. The album marked the first time that Harris did not perform vocals on most of the album's tracks. He cited his reasons in an interview with the BBC as "being too much", as expressed his intent on focusing on being a producer, saying that he is "a producer, I make the songs, I can't stress that enough" and "I am the guy that writes them, makes them and mixes them. No-one really does that but that's what I'm good at".
18 Months became the first album to produce nine top ten singles from one album in the United Kingdom, surpassing the previous record set by Michael Jackson with seven singles from one album, with Billboard referring to the album as "one of the most important albums in dance music and modern pop history". The album marked a change for Harris, and for dance music overall as suggested by Kat Bein from Billboard, who said that Harris "unabashedly embraced big-room elements and pop-friendly song structures" on the album, and had "taken 2012’s pop-dance style then-championed by David Guetta to more critically-appealing heights".
The albums title inspired the name for Harris's first compilation album, and seventh studio album overall, 96 Months (2024). The album features Harris's songs from the nine years prior to the albums release in 2024, and as a result, does not feature any of the songs featured on 18 Months.
The album received praise from music critics, with Billboard describing the album as Harris's "most surefire bid to step out of the “Produced By” shadows and become a recognizable U.S. pop artist on his own". The album was released on 26 October 2012 in Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland, and on 29 October 2012 in the United Kingdom and France, before being released in the United States and Italy a day later. It was a commercial success for Harris, becoming his second number one album in the United Kingdom, and also reached number one on the albums charts in his native Scotland as well as on the Australian Dance Albums Charts and the Billboard Top Dance Albums Charts.
It finished 2012 as the 17th best selling album in the United Kingdom and 79th best selling album in Australia. It was subsequently certified 4× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in the United Kingdom for sales in excess of 1.2 million copies, whilst in the United States it was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of one million copies. Additionally, it was certified 2× Platinum in Australia, Brazil and Canada. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and Album of the Year at the Scottish Album of the Year Awards in 2013.
"Bounce" was released as the album's lead single on 10 June 2011, featuring American R&B singer Kelis. The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, number six in Ireland and number seven in Australia. The second single "Feel So Close" was released on 19 August 2011, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and number seven in Australia. The song also became Harris's first solo single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, reaching number 12. "Let's Go" was released as the album's third single on 30 March 2012, and it features American R&B singer Ne-Yo. It peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, number six in Ireland and number 17 in Australia and the US. "Let's Go" received a nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013. The track was used in Pepsi Max's Crowd Surfing television advert. "We'll Be Coming Back", featuring English singer and rapper Example, was released on 27 July 2012 as the fourth single from the album. It peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and number eight in Australia, while becoming both Harris's and Example's first solo single to reach number one in Ireland.