On the Loose (album)

On the Loose is the fifith studio album by American singer-songwriter Aaliyah O'Sullivan. It was released on November 4, 2016 by Blackbird Records, and Atlantic Records. After the successfull albums A Pocketful of Love (2009), and Let Yourself (2012), O'Sullivan opted for a new musical direction alongside her long-time producers Jeff Bhasker and Rami Yacoub, working with DJs as Avicii, Steve Aoki and Martin Garrix. Its music incorporates genres of dance-pop with electropop, and synth-pop, and occasionally dips into elements of R&B, and hip hop. The album lyrics explores themes about love, freedom, heartbreaker, fearless, and social issues.

The album received widespread acclaim from critics, who complimented its mix of different styles. On the Loose was a massive commercial success, debuting at number one in more than 28 worldwide charts; incluiding United States with 2.371 million copies sold in its first week: marking the largest single-week sales for an album by female artist since Adele's 25 album, which sold 3.38 million copies in its first week of release. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the album sold over 11.1 million copies within the year in in a period of two months, became second world's best-selling the year for 2015. At 58th Annual Grammy Awards, On the Loose resulted winner for Album of the Year and Best Electronic/Dance Album. By October 2017, the album was certified nine times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of 9 million copies in the United States, and worldwide sold 20 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling albums of all-time.

The album spawned six singles: Incluiding the hit–lead single, "Fallin'", which debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with sales of 931,000, reigning for 7 non-consecutive weeks at U.S Billboard Hot 100, the song resulted Record of the Year and Best Dance Recording winner at 59th Annual Grammy Awards, and "Get On My Feet", which becoming her tenth single to topped at U.S chart, was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Dance Recording at 58th Annual Grammy Awards. The singles "Heal the Hearbreaker", "Megaphone", "On the Loose" and "Petals on the Wind", reached top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Starligh" was released only in Australia and New Zealand. The album was supported by O'Sullivan's third concert tour On the Loose World Tour in 2017.

Track listing
On the Loose – Standard edition On the Loose – International deluxe edition
 * 1) "Get On My Feet"  – 3:47
 * 2) "Fallin'" – 3:42
 * 3) "What Ya Waiting For?" – 3:32
 * 4) "Megaphone" – 3:34
 * 5) "On the Loose" – 3:47
 * 6) "Heal the Heartbreaker" – 3:41
 * 7) "Love Island" – 3:51
 * 8) "Petals on the Wind" – 3:49
 * 9) "Surrender" – 3:27
 * 10) "Wherever I Go" – 3:44
 * 11) "Starlight" – 3:39
 * 12) "Fallin'" (Martin Garrix Remix) – 3:48
 * 1) "Stick Up" – 3:39
 * 2) "Catch Me If You Can" – 3:32
 * 3) "Safe" – 3:42

Charts
Weekly charts