1944 (album)

1944 is the fourth studio album by Ukrainian recording artist Jamala. It was released on 10 June 2016 in Europe through Universal Music Denmark and on 10 July 2016 in United States through Republic Records.^[1][2][3][4] The album includes the single "1944".

1944
Studio album by Jamala
Released	10 June 2016 in Europe 10 July 2016 in US
Genre	Electro sophisti-pop funk
Length	48:24
Language	English Crimean Tatar (in one track) Ukrainian (in three track)
Label	Universal Denmark in Europe Republic in USA
Jamala chronology
Подих (2015) 1944 (2016) Крила (2018)
Singles from 1944
"1944" Released: 5 February 2016

Singles

"1944" was released as the lead single from the album on 5 February 2016. Jamala was announced as one of the eighteen competing acts in the Ukrainian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. She performed in the first semi-final on 6 February 2016, where she won both the jury and televote, advancing to the Ukrainian final. In the final, on 21 February, she was placed second by the jury and first by the televote, resulting in a tie with The Hardkiss and their song "Helpless". Jamala was announced as the winner, however, as the televoting acted as a tiebreaker. She received 37.77% of more than 382,000 televotes. She represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, performing in the second half of the second semi-final. The song is the first Eurovision song to contain lyrics in the Crimean Tatar language. She won the final receiving the second highest televoting score and second highest jury vote.

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"1944"	Art Antonyan Jamala	Jamala	3:00
2.	"I'm Like a Bird"	Jamala Olena Chubuklieva	Jamala	3:33
3.	"Hate Love"	Jamala	Jamala	3:46
4.	"Watch Over Me"	Maria Quintile	Jamala	5:47
5.	"Perfect Man"	Art Antonyan	Jamala	3:45
6.	"My Lover"	Art Antonyan Jamala	Jamala	3:38
7.	"Drifting Apart" (with The Erised)	Jamala	The Erised	3:31
8.	"You've Got Me"	Art Anonyan	Jamala	3:24
9.	"Thank You"	Art Antonyan	Jamala	3:22
10.	"With My Eyes"	Jamala Victoria Platova	Jamala	4:33
11.	"Way To Home"	Jamala Platova	Jamala	4:26
12.	"Breath"	Jamala Platova	Jamala	4:29
Total length:				48:24

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format
Europe	10 June 2016	Universal Denmark	Digital download CD
United States	10 July 2016	Republic	Digital download CD

References

1. Hanna Ivanova (31 May 2016). "Джамала: первое большое интервью после триумфа". Elle Ukraine. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
2. "Universal Music Group to release Jamala's album in the USA". Jamala's Official website. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. Andy Lamp (10 June 2016). "Eurovision 2016 winner Jamala releases new album "1944"". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. Olena Omelyanchuk (10 June 2016). "Jamala's album released in Europe". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

External links

• Official website