# Demi (album)
**Demi** is the fourth studio album by American singer [Demi Lovato](https://www.edgepedia.org/demi-lovato), released on May 14, 2013 through [Hollywood Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-records). It is a pop and dance-pop record and, in AllMusic's description, the first of Lovato's albums positioned as the work of a true adult, following her return from rehab.[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato) • [2](https://www.allmusic.com/album/demi-mw0002529176)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist / album | Demi Lovato, fourth full-length studio album, self-titled[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato) |
| Release | May 14, 2013, Hollywood Records[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato) |
| Genres | Pop, Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop, Teen Pop[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato) |
| Guest appearance | Cher Lloyd on "Really Don't Care"[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato) |
| Critical reception | Metascore 64 (generally favorable) from 6 critic reviews; user score 7.4 from 610 ratings[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato) |
| Standout track | "Heart Attack", the album's top track on Metacritic[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato) |
| Certification | Certified a gold album by Music Canada on December 18, 2013[3](https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=demi+lovato) |
## Background and positioning
The album arrived after Lovato's widely covered personal difficulties and her return to public life, and it marked a deliberate turn back toward mainstream pop. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, a veteran critic of popular music, describes it as the first of her records framed as the work of a true adult, while noting that maturity is handled cautiously: the album adopts current pop trends without fully escaping the studio system that produced Lovato.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/album/demi-mw0002529176) The Irish site entertainment.ie similarly observed that, rather than the ballad-filled tell-all some expected, the record is an upbeat pop album mixing radio-friendly pop with dancefloor-driven production.[4](https://entertainment.ie/music/album-review-demi-lovato-demi-269824/)
## Music and tracks
The standard edition runs 13 songs in about 47 minutes on Apple Music, which lists a May 10, 2013 date, while the Spotify edition lists 14 tracks in 51 minutes 15 seconds, closing with a "Heart Attack" Manhattan Clique Edit Remix.[5](https://music.apple.com/us/album/demi/1440620857?at=10l4PB&ct=albumAM&uo=4) • [6](https://open.spotify.com/album/19G5AywgXYnV2NK0mYPUsi) The track list includes "Heart Attack", "Made in the USA", "Without the Love", "Neon Lights", "Two Pieces", "Nightingale", "In Case", "Really Don't Care" (with [Cher Lloyd](https://www.edgepedia.org/cher-lloyd)), "Fire Starter", "Something That We're Not", "Never Been Hurt", "Shouldn't Come Back", and "Warrior".[6](https://open.spotify.com/album/19G5AywgXYnV2NK0mYPUsi)
Several songs draw openly on contemporary pop models. AllMusic singles out "Made in the USA" as borrowing from [Miley Cyrus](https://www.edgepedia.org/miley-cyrus)'s "Party in the USA", "Fire Starter" as appropriating the construction of [Katy Perry](https://www.edgepedia.org/katy-perry)'s "Firework", and "Nightingale" as a rewrite of Lovato's earlier ballad "Skyscraper"; it calls the back half of the record, including "Really Don't Care" and "Something That We're Not", the stronger stretch.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/album/demi-mw0002529176) A Sputnikmusic review praised the album's emotional lyrics and piano-backed balladry, highlighting "Warrior" as a personal confession drawing on Lovato's past struggles with self-harm and addiction.[7](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/56696/Demi-Lovato-Demi/)
## Critical reception
Professional reception was mixed but leaned favorable. Metacritic assigned a Metascore of 64, "generally favorable reviews", based on six critic reviews, with two positive, four mixed, and none negative; the user score was 7.4 from 610 ratings.[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato) [Individual](https://www.edgepedia.org/individual) scores were:
- The New York Times, 80: "an often impressive fourth album"[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato)
- Billboard, 79: praising Lovato's grip on her performance skills while she continues shaping her artistic formula[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato)
- AllMusic, 60: "a collection of moments" with enough good ones to solidify Lovato's comeback[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato)
- Rolling Stone, 60: predictable material, but Lovato is "good company" with a voice of "gustiness and character"[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato)
- [Entertainment Weekly](https://www.edgepedia.org/entertainment-weekly), 58: regretting that the album "sounds like such a decisive return to teen pop"[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato)
- [The Boston Globe](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-boston-globe), 50: Lovato "grasping for hits" compared with her earlier, more playful records[1](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato)
## Commercial performance and aftermath
[Music Canada](https://www.edgepedia.org/music-canada) certified a Demi Lovato album gold on December 18, 2013, within the album's release year.[3](https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=demi+lovato) A May 2014 concert announcement in [Louisville, Kentucky](https://www.edgepedia.org/louisville-kentucky), noted the one-year anniversary of the album's release, confirming its May 2013 timing.[8](https://www.kfcyumcenter.com/assets/doc/Demi-Lovato-Announcement.pdf) The album's standing fed into the run of records that followed, including *Confident* (2015) and *Tell Me You Love Me* (2017), as Lovato moved between pop, R&B, and rock styles across the next decade.[9](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/15/demi-lovato-confident-review-pop-record) • [10](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/demi-lovato-tell-me-you-love-me/)
## References
1. [Demi by Demi Lovato Reviews and Tracks, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/music/demi/demi-lovato)
2. [Demi Lovato: Demi Tracks & Reviews, AllMusic (review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine)](https://www.allmusic.com/album/demi-mw0002529176)
3. [Gold & Platinum, Music Canada](https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=demi+lovato)
4. [Album Review: Demi Lovato - 'Demi', entertainment.ie](https://entertainment.ie/music/album-review-demi-lovato-demi-269824/)
5. [Demi, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/demi/1440620857?at=10l4PB&ct=albumAM&uo=4)
6. [Demi, Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/19G5AywgXYnV2NK0mYPUsi)
7. [Demi Lovato - Demi (album review 2), Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/56696/Demi-Lovato-Demi/)
8. [Platinum-Selling Artist Demi Lovato Announces (Louisville concert announcement PDF)](https://www.kfcyumcenter.com/assets/doc/Demi-Lovato-Announcement.pdf)
9. [Demi Lovato: Confident review, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/15/demi-lovato-confident-review-pop-record)
10. [Demi Lovato: Tell Me You Love Me Album Review, Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/demi-lovato-tell-me-you-love-me/)
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