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Not an Apology is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bea Miller. It was released on July 24, 2015, by Syco Music and Hollywood Records exclusively in United States and Canada. It includes all four tracks from her debut EP, Young Blood (2014).

Background

In April 2013, Miller announced that she was signed to Syco Music and Hollywood Records, marking the first collaborative arrangement between the two labels. On March 17, 2015, the album's title was confirmed by Headline Planet to be Not an Apology along with a release date of July 24, 2015. It was only released in the United States and Canada.

Commercial performance

Not an Apology debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 33,000 units, of which 24,000 are pure album sales.

Singles

"Young Blood" was released on April 22, 2015, along with Bea's debut EP, Young Blood. It had moderate success being used on American Idol and receiving praise from fans. It peaked on a few charts and barely failed to peak on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the song was received well from critics.

The second single released was "Fire n Gold" and is Bea's most successful single to date. The song had an outstanding success and was released to radios on April 28, 2015. The song has been used in Netflix commercials and has been praised by many fans and famous singers. The single became Bea's first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 78. The music video was released on May 14, 2015. The single has been certified Gold in the United States, with 500,000 copies sold.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Young Blood"Beatrice MillerMike Del RioMatt ParadPhoebe RyanDel Rio3:39
2."Fire n Gold"Nolan SipeFreddy WexlerJarrad RogersRogers3:31
3."I Dare You"Julia MichaelsMitch AllanAllanOh, Hush!3:26
4."Paper Doll"MillerMatthew MoralesJames G. MoralesJulio David RodriguezAutumn RoweShane StevensThe Elev3n3:36
5."Perfect Picture"AllanJason EviganOlivia WaitheThe Suspex3:07
6."Enemy Fire"Michael RyanMeghan "Shahnaz" Kabirbusbee3:51
7."Force of Nature"Ashley GorleyAndrew HarrJermaine JacksonMichaelsAlex DelicataThe RunnersDelicata4:01
8."This Is Not an Apology"Lucas BankerTravis HuffMatt SquireAli TamposiSquireSteve Tippeconic3:25
9."Dracula"MillerCJ BaranKara DioGuardiSkyler StonestreetBaran2:52
10."We're Taking Over"Demi LovatoEmanuel KiriakouAndrew GoldsteinLindy RobbinsGoldsteinKiriakou3:27
11."Rich Kids"Benji MaddenJoel MaddenSquireSquireTippeconic2:44
Total length:37:39

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak position
US Billboard 2007
US Digital Albums (Billboard)5

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
United StatesCanadaJuly 24, 2015CDdigital downloadSyco