Crystal Sky

Crystal Sky is the fourth studio album by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was released on digital retailers on 15 May 2015 via We Love Music and Universal Music.[4] The album includes productions by Biffco and Beatgees. The sound is described as electronic sounds with pop influences. The lead single "Traffic Lights" was released in native Germany and across Europe on 1 May 2015. Crystal Sky peaked number 2 on the German albums chart.[5]

This article is about the 2015 album. For the film production company, see Crystal Sky Pictures.

Crystal Sky
Studio album by
Lena
Released15 May 2015 (2015-05-15)
Recorded2014–15[1]
Studio
Genre
Label
Producer
Lena chronology
Stardust
(2012)		 Crystal Sky
(2015)		 Only Love, L
(2019)
Singles from Crystal Sky
  1. "Traffic Lights"
    Released: 1 May 2015
  2. "Wild & Free"
    Released: 11 September 2015
  3. "Beat to My Melody[2]"
    Released: 25 March 2016[3]

Background

In early 2014, Meyer-Landrut began principal work on her fourth studio album. In January, she traveled to New York City to engage in talks with record producer Bosko.[1] In May 2014, she visited the Yoad Nevo studios in London and in June 2014. she worked with Australian singer-songwriter Kat Vinter in Berlin and with Israeli-American singer-songwriter Rosi Golan in Los Angeles. In Brighton, she worked with the Biffco producer team. Further she worked with AFSHeeN and Berlin production team Beatgees who already produced a remix of "Neon (Lonely People)" and the children's song "Schlaft alle" for the compilation album Giraffenaffen 3 which was released in November 2014. On 7 August 2014, Meyer-Landrut revealed via her Twitter account that the title of the album would be Crystal Sky.[6]

Release and promotion

"Traffic Lights" was released as the lead single ahead of the album on 1 May 2015. The song entered the German singles chart at #14. The album followed two weeks later on CD, digital and limited CD+DVD version featuring music videos.

The next single "Wild & Free was released in September and served as the title track of the German comedy film Fack ju Göhte 2 (2015). It was later included on the deluxe CD+DVD version of the album released on 23 October 23, 2015.

"Beat to My Melody" was released as the third and final single from the album. A Remix EP was released on 8 April 2016 via Universal Music.

In 2017 Crystal Sky was reissued with additional bonus tracks from previous Lena albums.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Biffco and Beatgees, with additional programming by Steven Malcolmson. Original production on "Lifeline" by AFSHeen and Josh Cumbee.

Crystal Sky – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Girl"
  • Melisa Bester
  • Karl Johan Råsmark
  • Laila Samuelsen
4:09
2."Keep on Living"
3:21
3."Traffic Lights"
2:48
4."All Kinds of Crazy"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Laila Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
3:40
5."Beat to My Melody"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Katrina Noorbergen
  • Jonny Coffer
  • Sam Preston
3:36
6."Sleep Now"
3:47
7."Lifeline"
3:06
8."4 Sleeps"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
4:06
9."We Roam"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
3:47
10."Crystal Sky"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
3:28
11."Invisible"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Katrina Noorbergen
  • Coffer
  • Preston
3:31
12."Catapult" (featuring Kat Vinter and Little Simz)
5:09
13."In the Light"
3:18
14."Home"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Coffer
  • Preston
  • Katy Beth Young
3:42
Crystal Sky – Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Girl"
  • Melisa Bester
  • Karl Johan Råsmark
  • Laila Samuelsen
4:09
2."Keep on Living"
3:21
3."Wild & Free"
3:13
4."Traffic Lights"
2:48
5."All Kinds of Crazy"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Laila Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
3:40
6."Galaxies"
3:17
7."Beat to My Melody"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Katrina Noorbergen
  • Jonny Coffer
  • Sam Preston
3:36
8."Sleep Now"
3:47
9."Lifeline"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Afshin Salmani
  • Josh Cumbee
3:06
10."4 Sleeps"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
4:06
11."We Roam"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
3:47
12."Crystal Sky"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
3:28
13."Invisible"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Katrina Noorbergen
  • Coffer
  • Preston
3:31
14."Catapult" (featuring Kat Vinter and Little Simz)
5:09
15."Back in Time"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Laila Samuelsen
  • Simon Triebel
3:26
16."In the Light"
3:17
17."Home"
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Coffer
  • Preston
  • Katy Beth Young
3:42
18."Beat to My Melody" (Madizin Mix / Bonus Track)
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Katrina Noorbergen
  • Jonny Coffer
  • Sam Preston
3:38
Additional bonus tracks on the new version 2017[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
19."Satellite"
2:55
20."Stardust"
3:31
21."Taken By a Stranger"
3:24
Limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Traffic Lights" (Music video) 
2."Catapult" (Music video) 
3."Home" (Music video) 
Deluxe edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Traffic Lights" (MTV Live Sessions) 
2."Beat to My Melody" (MTV Live Sessions) 
3."4 Sleeps" (MTV Live Sessions) 
4."Catapult" (MTV Live Sessions) 
5."Junimond" (MTV Live Sessions) 
6."Wild & Free" (Music video) 
7."Traffic Lights" (Music video) 
8."Catapult" (Music video) 
9."Home" (Music video) 
10."Making Of Wild & Free" (Behind The Scenes) 
11."Making Of Traffic Lights" (Behind The Scenes) 

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 40

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[11] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, and reference
Region Date Formats Label Ref.
Various 15 May 2015 Universal Music
[1]

References
  1. "Lena Meyer-Landrut tüftelt an neuem Album". Ampya. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Song des Tages: Lena "Beat to My Melody" | MDR JUMP". Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. Lena [@Lenas_view] (6 March 2016). "@LilliBam3 Beat Tommy melody Remix am 25.03" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. "Lena". lena-meyer-landrut.de (in German). Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  5. Marlena Schönfeld. ""Crystal Sky": Neues Album von Lena Meyer-Landrut". www.tonight.de (in German). Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. "Lena: "Crystal Sky" - neues Album erscheint im Mai". Universal International Division (in German). 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  7. "Crystal Sky". Amazon Germany.
  8. "Austriancharts.at – Lena – Crystal Sky" (in German). Hung Medien.
  9. "Officialcharts.de – Lena – Crystal Sky". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Lena – Crystal Sky". Hung Medien.
  11. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Lena; 'Crystal Sky')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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