My Universe (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = My Universe
| type = studio
| artist = the Shires
| cover = The Shires - My Universe.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|9|30|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Country pop{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/pop-the-shires-my-universe-8vw0m8s3n |title=Pop: The Shires: My Universe |work=The Times |date=30 September 2016 |access-date=23 October 2016 |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will}}
| length =
| label = Decca
| producer = {{hlist|Tim Larsson|Tobias Lundgren|Dan McDougall}}
| prev_title = Brave
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Accidentally on Purpose
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Singles
| name = My Universe
| type = studio
| single1 = Beats to Your Rhythm
| single1date = 29 July 2016
| single2 = My Universe
| single2date = 16 September 2016
}}
}}
My Universe is the second studio album by British country music duo the Shires, released on 30 September 2016 through Decca Records. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number three, with sales of 14,913 units which made it the fastest-selling UK country album of all time.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-shires-my-universe-becomes-the-fastest-selling-uk-country-album-ever__16586/ |title=The Shires' My Universe becomes the fastest-selling UK country album ever |last=Myers |first=Justin |date=7 October 2016 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=9 October 2016}} The album was recorded in Nashville.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37506419 |title=Can the Shires sell country back to America? |work=BBC News |access-date=9 October 2016}}
My Universe was accompanied by a tour of the same name.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Tim Larsson and Tobias Lundgren. Additional production on "Beats to Your Rhythm" by Dan McDougall.{{cite web|url=http://www.qobuz.com/nl-nl/album/my-universe-the-shires/0060255710869|title=My Universe - The Shires|website=Qobuz|accessdate=15 May 2018}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = My Universe
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ben Earle|Martin Brammer}}
| length1 =
| title2 = Beats to Your Rhythm
| writer2 = {{hlist|Earle|Dan McDougall}}
| length2 =
| title3 = Not Even Drunk Right Now
| writer3 = {{hlist|Earle|McDougall|Nina Nesbitt}}
| length3 =
| title4 = Naked
| writer4 = {{hlist|Earle|Steve Robson|Nesbitt}}
| length4 =
| title5 = Drive
| writer5 = {{hlist|Earle|Crissie Rhodes|Kip Moore|Manny Medina}}
| length5 =
| title6 = Daddy's Little Girl
| writer6 = {{hlist|Rhodes|Jeff Cohen|Victoria Banks|Livy Jeanne Richardson}}
| length6 =
| title7 = Everything You Never Gave
| writer7 = Earle
| length7 =
| title8 = Save Me
| writer8 = {{hlist|Earle|Rhodes|Brian White}}
| length8 =
| title9 = Common Language
| writer9 = {{hlist|Earle|Jonny Lattimer}}
| length9 =
| title10 = A Thousand Hallelujahs
| writer10 = {{hlist|Earle|Cohen}}
| length10 =
| title11 = Other People's Things
| writer11 = {{hlist|Earle|Nesbitt}}
| length11 =
| title12 = Desperate
| writer12 = {{hlist|Earle|Jack McManus|Young Chris}}
| length12 =
}}
Charts and certifications
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=Charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2016–17)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2017/04/aria-chart-watch-414/|title=ARIA CHART WATCH #414|publisher=auspOp|date=1 April 2017|accessdate=1 April 2017}}
| 63 |
| {{album chart|Scotland|2|date=2016-10-07|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 October 2016}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|3|date=2016-10-07|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 October 2016}} |
| {{album chart|UKCountry|1|date=2016-10-07|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 October 2016}} |
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=Certifications=
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Brave|artist=Shires|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|id=14056-4065-2|salesamount=132,858|salesref={{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-greatest-showman-holds-off-j-cole/072306|title=Charts analysis: Greatest Showman holds off J Cole|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=27 April 2018|work=Music Week|access-date=28 April 2018|url-access=subscription }}}}
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