My Everything 

is the second studio album by American singer Ariana

Grande, released on August 25, 2014, by Republic Records. In the album's
production, Grande worked with a host of producers and co-writers,
including Max Martin, Shellback, Benny Blanco, Ryan
Tedder, Darkchild, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Zedd, and David Guetta, to name a
few.
Grande sought for My Everything to sound as "an evolution" from her debut
album Yours Truly (2013); exploring more mature and diverse lyrical
content and musical styles. Primarily a pop and R&B record, My
Everything expands on the 1990s retro-R&B style of its predecessor, while
also approaching new genres such as EDM, electropop and dance-pop.
My Everything debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United
States, selling 169,000 copies in its first week, marking Grande's second
consecutive chart-topper in the US. It was later certified double platinum by
the Recording Industry Association of America, and was listed as one of
the most popular albums of 2014, 2015 and the 2010s on the Billboard 200.
The album debuted at number one in Australia and Canada as well, and
peaked in the top ten of twenty countries worldwide. It received generally
favorable reviews from music critics, appearing in year-end best-music lists
of 2014. At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015, My Everything was
nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album.
My Everything was supported by five singles; all of which reached global
success. The lead single, "Problem", broke numerous digital sales records
upon release, and peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. The
second single, "Break Free", reached number four in the United States.
The following single, "Bang Bang", peaked at number three in the US and
topped charts internationally. The fourth and fifth singles, "Love Me Harder"
and "One Last Time", peaked at numbers seven and thirteen, respectively,
with the latter reaching number two in the United Kingdom. Aided by My
Everything's singles, Grande attained the most top ten hits for any artist in
2014 on the Hot 100. To further support the album, Grande embarked
on the Honeymoon Tour in 2015.
Grande's debut studio album Yours Truly was released on September 3,
2013, and was met with critical acclaim. Later that month, in an interview
with Rolling Stone, Grande stated that she had begun writing and working
on her second studio album and had already completed two songs.
[1]
 Recording sessions began in October 2013 with Grande working with
previous producers from her debut album Harmony Samuels and Tommy
Brown.[2][3] Grande was initially aiming at releasing the album around
February 2014.[4] In January 2014, Grande confirmed she had been
working with new producers Ryan Tedder, Savan Kotecha, Benny
Blanco, Key Wane and Max Martin.[5][6][7] Grande stated in late February that
she wanted to name her album after a song she had finished that weekend
that is very honest and makes her cry.
It was announced on March 3, 2014, that Grande would be featured on the
fifth single from Chris Brown's album X titled "Don't Be Gone Too Long".
[10]
 The single was originally set for release on March 25, 2014. However, it
was postponed due to Brown being sent to jail awaiting trial on assault
charges.[11] Grande had announced the song's delay on March 17, 2014,
via Twitter stating "My loves… so obviously some things have changed
recently... So we have to delay the dbgtl countdown, some things are out of
our control".[11] That same night she held a live stream to make up for the
single's delay, where she previewed four new songs from her second
album.[12][13] Two days following the announcement, Grande revealed that
due to the song's delay, she would be releasing the first single from her
upcoming second studio album instead.[14][15] She finished working on the
album in late May 2014.[16] On June 28, Grande confirmed the title of the
album to be My Everything and the release date to be August 25, 2014.
[17]
 The photos for the packaging in the album were taken on May 27, 2014.
[18]
 Grande stated that she chose the cover artwork because she felt that
"each song is so strongly themed that I just wanted to have a very simple
overall cover. So that within each song we could create more visual
themes.