Girl (Maren Morris album)
Girl is the second studio album by American country music singer Maren Morris, released on March 8, 2019 through Columbia Nashville.[6] It was preceded by the single "Girl".[7] The promotional single "Common", featuring Brandi Carlile, was released alongside the album pre-order on February 8. The track was later nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, while the album's second single "The Bones" was nominated for Best Country Song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[8] Morris embarked on the Girl: The World Tour in support of the album.[9]
Girl
March 8, 2019
2017–2019
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Release and promotion[edit]
The album's lead single "Girl" was released on January 18, 2019, and was described as "an upbeat, optimistic single with a strutting, indie-rock guitar sound". The album's first promotional single "Common" features Brandi Carlile and was released on February 8. The collaboration was nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[10] "The Bones" was released on February 22 as the second and final promotional single of the album.[11] On August 16, 2019, the song was sent to radios as the second single from the album. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Morris' highest charting solo single to date, as well as hitting number one on the Country Airplay chart of February 2020, becoming Maren’s third number one for that chart. The song went on to earn a nomination for Best Country Song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[8] Maren later teased fans on social media that from having another consecutive hit, that the album will be having another single. In March 2020 she released "To Hell & Back" as the third single from the album.[12]
In support of the album, Morris embarked on Girl: The World Tour, which began on March 9 and concluded on November 16, 2019.[13]
Commercial performance[edit]
Girl debuted and peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 46,000 album-equivalent units, of which 25,000 were pure album sales in its first week. It is Morris' second US top-five album.[21] The album broke the record for the largest streaming week ever for a country studio album by a woman, with approximately 24 million streams in its first week.[22] On February 26, 2020, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units.[23] The album has sold 91,000 in traditional albums,[24] and has earned at least 636,000 equivalent album units as of April 2020.[25]