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Release Date
28 January 2021
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Length
21 tracks
"Not Your Muse" is the debut studio album by British singer and songwriter Celeste, released on 29 January 2021 via Both Sides and Polydor Records. Initially scheduled for late 2020, the album's release was repeatedly rescheduled amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The album includes the singles "Strange", "Stop This Flame", "A Little Love" and "Love Is Back". Not Your Muse was primarily written by Celeste alongside Jamie Hartman. With it, Celeste became the first British female artist in five years to have a number one debut album on the UK Albums Chart.
Most of the songs on "Not Your Muse" were written by Celeste and Jamie Hartman, the latter of whom also primarily produced the record. Celeste revealed to DIY that the tracks on "Not Your Muse" were written and recorded without the intention of commercial success but rather with creating "what wanted it to be." Alongside the announcement of the album on social media, Celeste wrote:
""Not Your Muse" is the power I found when I felt powerless… In making this album I have allowed myself to arrive at a place where I feel empowered, fiercely wide-eyed and fulfilled. I'm very proud of what I've achieved on my debut album and to be in this position, after the year that has been, I feel nothing but gratitude and excitement. I hope you enjoy it.
In January 2020, Celeste told NME that she would like the album to be one that people will "enjoy and listen to for a while– until at least 2022." She also told Vogue with the release of the album, she "want to be one of the superstar singers of time."
"Not Your Muse" was nominated for the 2021 Mercury Music Prize.
"Not Your Muse" debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart for the week beginning 5 February 2021, becoming the first debut album by a British female artist to top the chart in over five years, the last being Jess Glynne's "I Cry When I Laugh" in August 2015. It had made 16,957 sales by midweek, and 22,475 sales by the end of the week; 18,206 of which were physical copies.
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