Dangerous Woman (album)

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Release Date	May 20, 2016
Genre	Pop, Dance-pop, R&B
Label	Republic Records
Producer(s)	Tommy Brown, Victoria Monet
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Dangerous Woman is Ariana Grande's third studio album. It was originally named Moonlight. It will be released on May 20, 2016. The album was recorded starting in August 2014 and finished in February 2016. The first single, "Focus", was released on October 30, 2015. "Dangerous Woman" was released as a single on March 11, 2016.

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History

Early recording as Moonlight

In a livestream in October 2014, Ariana confirmed that work had begun on her third studio album, which will be the follow up to her 2014 album My Everything. In the livestream, she said that she wanted to release it in late summer or early fall, following in suit to her previous albums. She also said that she had played some new material for her grandmother earlier that day. Ariana continued to record through the rest of the year and into early 2015. In February 2015, Ariana began the Honeymoon Tour. She would find time in between tour dates to record the album. In April, Ariana heavily worked with her friends and songwriters Tommy Brown and Victoria Monet. On the 8th Ariana tweeted that she had made "really cool song". Ariana tweeted about the song a few days later and said it was very lovely and special. Tommy posted about the song on Instagram and said he wished he could tell fans the name of the song. Ariana soon began hinting at the title by posting photos of crescent moons online. On May 29, 2015, Ariana stated that there would be a song off her album called "Moonlight". Ariana spoke about the album in June 2015, stating that the title track was inspired by "this boy" she had been dating. She said, "It’s about this very cute night we had together. I have a playlist of 12 songs already. I plan on writing a lot more as soon as I get home. It’s the most personal music I’ve ever written."

"Focus" was confirmed as the lead single in August 2015 under the name "Focus On Me" at the iHeartRadio Music Summit. It wasn't released until October 30, 2015 along with its music video. The song debuted at No. 7 in the United States but slid down the chart in the following weeks. "Focus" received mixed reviews from critics and generally underperformed. After the song died down, Ariana returned recording the album. On November 11, 2015, Ariana confirmed that there was only one collaboration on the album so far. Ariana was in the studio on November 17, 2015. On January 6, 2016, Ariana posted on Snapchat that she was recording in her studio. She also posted a picture of the recording booth that showed the corner of her song board. It confirmed three songs, "Be Alright", "Moonlight" and "Let Me Love You". On January 22, 2016, Ariana confirmed on Snapchat that she was done working on her new album.

Renaming and website launch

On January 11, 2016, Ariana removed "moonlight" from her Twitter bio which made fans suspicious. Ariana responded by saying "you'll see [why]" and then revealed she was debating to rename the album over a new song she had recorded. On January 14, Ariana appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and confirmed that she is was still deciding to change it. On January 21, 2016, Ariana posted a picture on Instagram that said "dw" hinted to fans at the possible new title. On January 17, 2016, Ariana tweeted possible new lyrics, "don't need permission, made my decision, to test my limits." On January 31, 2016, Ariana posted a photo on Instagram of her shirt covered up saying, "I can't tell you what this shirt says yet." On February 3, 2016 Ariana performed new music at the iHeartRadio Summit (although it's closed to the public and only a few pictures were released). Ariana was seen playing the guitar and using a vocoder, which are both new for her. The shirt Ariana wore (which was the shirt previously mentioned) could only be partially seen although fans concluded it said "Dangerous Woman" which they presumed could be the new title. On February 22, 2016, Ariana confirmed the name of the album to be "Dangerous Woman" through Snapchat and Twitter.

On February 24, Ariana launched a new website (dangerouswoman.com) to dedicate to album updates. The next day she revealed via the website that she would be performing "Dangerous Woman" and "Be Alright" on Saturday Night Live on March 12, 2016.

On February 29, Ariana held a live stream in which she confirmed that there would be 15 tracks on the standard edition of the album, with more songs on a bonus edition. In addition, she revealed that there would be 3 features.

On March 1, the title track, "Dangerous Woman" was confirmed to be the lead single. Ariana later launched a countdown (ending on March 11) for the album pre-order as well as the release of the single "Dangerous Woman" . On March 10, Ariana revelaed the album artwork.

Unknown song snippets

• On May 26, 2015, Ariana posted a violin snippet of a possible song. Some fans speculate it is "Ridiculous" intended for her sophomore album. Her caption suggests the title of the song.
• On October 27, 2015, Ariana shared a snippet of an untitled song on Snapchat.
• On January 10, 2016, Victoria Monet shared a snippet on Snapchat of an unknown song that will be on the album. It features an unknown male voice.
• On February 1, 2016, Ariana shared a snippet of a new song (fans call it "Hard To Breathe").
• On February 21, 2016, Ariana shared three snippets of a new song, "I Don't Care".

Other important dates

• On June 29, 2015 Ariana tweeted that she worked on something special for her fans that night.
• On July 28, 2015, Ariana tweeted that she was working on something exciting for her fans.
  • She also had a "very important meeting" with Republic Records.
  • She worked on her "favorite song of all time."
  • She then tweeted, "today was the most musically inspired day of my life."
• On November 25, 2015, Charlie Puth revealed that he was writing songs for Ariana.
• On February 4, 2016, Ariana did a photo-shoot but couldn't tell fans why. It could possibly be for Dangerous Woman.
• On Feburary 25, 2016, Ariana announced she would be performing "Dangerous Woman" and "Be Alright" on Saturday Night Live on March 12, 2016.
• On March 3, 2016, Ariana started a countdown on dangerouswoman.com, it is set to end on March 11, 2016 at 12:00 (EST). This has been confirmed to be the release date of the single "Dangerous Woman" and pre-order will become avaliable.

Tracklist

Title	Writer	Length
UK Standard Version
Moonlight	Ariana Grande, Victoria Monet, Tommy Brown
Dangerous Woman	Johan Carlsson, Ross Golan	3:55
Be Alright		2:57
Into You		4:04
Track 5
Let Me Love You (ft. Lil Wayne)		3:43
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
Track 10
Track 11
International Version Bonus Tracks
Track 12
Track 13
Track 14
Track 15
Japan Version Bonus Track
Focus	Grande, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ilya Salmanzadeh	3:31

Confirmed Tracks

• "I Don't Care"
• "Hard To Breathe" (Possible Title)
• Greedy

Cut Tracks

• "Intro"

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