| 8 | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Anggun |
| Cover: | Anggun - 8.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 8 December 2017 |
| Recorded: | 2016–17 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 33:33 |
| Label: | April Earth, Universal Music |
| Prev Title: | Toujours un ailleurs |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
8 is the seventh international studio album by Indonesian-French singer Anggun and her eleventh overall.[1] [2] It was released by Universal Music on 8 December 2017 and became her first English-language album not to have a standalone French version. The album's first single, "What We Remember", was released digitally on 13 October 2017[3] and reached number eight on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in the United States.[4]
Following the release of her sixth French-language album, Toujours un ailleurs (2015), Anggun worked on the English version.[5] In July 2017, it was announced that the singer had signed a pan-Asian recording deal with Universal Music Asia, based in Hong Kong, and her album would be released by the end of the year.[6] She then restarted the album's recording and rejected all the English songs from the Toujours un ailleurs session, including the ones she recorded with Brian Rawling in Metrophonic Studio, London.[1]
Titled 8, the album became Anggun's eighth album since her international breakthrough, following Snow on the Sahara / Au nom de la lune (1997), Chrysalis / Désirs contraires (2000), the Open Hearts soundtrack (2002), Luminescence (2005), Elevation (2008), Echoes / Échos (2011), and Toujours un ailleurs (2015).
The album was launched at the Apple Store on Orchard Road in Singapore on 8 December 2017, with an acoustic showcase by the singer.[7] [8] Anggun also travelled to Manila, Philippines to do a promotional tour.[9] "What We Remember" was released as the album's first single on 13 October 2017, with a music video directed by Roy Raz.[10] [11] The second single, "The Good Is Back", was released in two duet versions on 20 April 2018, one with Indonesian singer Rossa and the other with Malaysian singer Fazura.[12] [13]
| US Dance [14] | ||
| "What We Remember" | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| "The Good Is Back" | 20 |
| Region | Date | Label | Edition(s) | Format(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia[15] | 8 December 2017 | Universal Music | Standard edition | CD |
| Malaysia[16] | ||||
| Philippines[17] | ||||
| Taiwan[18] | ||||
| Various[19] | Digital download, music streaming |