Yours Truly

Yours Truly is the debut studio album by American recording artist Ariana Grande, Formerly titled Daydreamin', the album was released on August 30, 2013 through Republic Records. Incorporating a base core of R&B, pop music and Soul, Yours Truly was influenced by the likes of Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey amongst other of Grande's idols. Grande describes the album's first half as a "throwback" to the R&B music of the 1990s, and the second half being "very unique and very special that I've sort of written" which is completely original. The albums physical copy features a twelve-track standard edition, while the digital copy features the spanglish version of The Way as a bonus track. On the album, Grande co-wrote six out of the thirteen tracks.