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Begin (stylized as BEGIN.) is the fifth studio album by American singer David Archuleta.[5] The album is composed of nine cover songs and an exclusive original track sung by Archuleta himself.

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Begin
Studio album by David Archuleta
Released	August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07)
Recorded	2012
Genre	Pop
Length	45:01
Label	Highway Records
David Archuleta chronology
Forevermore (2012) Begin (2012) No Matter How Far (2013)
Singles from Begin
"Broken" Released: July 31, 2012

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment Tonight	Positive[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Recording Radio Film Connection	[3]
The Washington Times	[4]

Album information

The album was released on August 7, 2012, under Deseret Book's label, Highway Records, (formerly known as Lightwave Records), a subsidiary of Shadow Mountain.[6] The album consists of ten tracks, nine of which are cover songs by Archuleta and one of them, titled "Broken" is an entirely new song co-written and sung by Archuleta himself. Archuleta said about the album "I wanted to still be able to give people an idea of what it's like for me and find songs that they can connect with as well."[7] A music video for the song "Everybody Hurts" was released on August 23.^{[citation needed]} The video was directed by Jed Wells and features footage from Archuleta recording the song in the studio the day before he left on his mission.^{[citation needed]}

The album was released in Malaysia through Sony Music[8] and in Philippines by Ivory Records.

Track listing

Reception

The album sold around 11,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200 chart.[10]

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[11]	28
US Billboard Independent Albums[12]	5

Release history

Region	Date
United States	August 7, 2012
Canada
Philippines	August 25, 2012[13]
Taiwan	August 28, 2012[14]
Malaysia	September 4, 2012[15]

References

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