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}} ''TY.O'' is the third studio album by British record producer and recording artist Taio Cruz. Taking a more electronic music sound than his previous releases, ''TY.O'' was released in December 2011 by Universal Island Records but for reasons unknown to Cruz, its British and American release were held off. Instead, a year after its original release, an extended play (EP) version of the album titled ''The Fast Hits'' was released in the UK on 16 December 2012. ''TY.O'' features a range of top-twenty and top-thirty singles including "Hangover" (featuring Flo Rida), "Troublemaker", "There She Goes" (sometimes featuring Pitbull), the limited release "World in Our Hands" and "Fast Car" which features on the Special Edition and ''Fast Hits'' versions of the album. The album itself reached top-twenty in Switzerland and top-thirty in Germany, considerably less successful than Cruz's previous albums. ==Background== Cruz began recording his third studio album in late 2010, where he rumoured that he would be exploring other musical genres for the album, including dubstep and rock anthems. In March 2011, Cruz premiered an all-new song, entitled "Telling the World", which was co-written by himself and Alan Kasiyre for the ''Rio'' soundtrack. The track was not featured on any of Cruz's prior studio albums. On 23 May 2011, Cruz received his first ''Billboard'' Music Award in the United States, and announced live on stage that his third album would be released in the fourth quarter of 2011, and would be entitled ''Black and Leather''. In June 2011, Cruz released the collaborative single "Little Bad Girl", with French DJ David Guetta and American rapper Ludacris. The song was relatively successful, reaching top-ten in charts around the world. In an interview, Cruz promised a "fun" and "energetic" album. The album's title was later changed to ''TY.O'' as Cruz believed in would help those who mispronounced his name.〔(Taio Cruz: 'Everyone gets my name wrong!' - MusicFIX Blog )〕 A year later in June 2012, Cruz confirmed he was unsure of when ''TY.O'' would be released in the UK or US, commenting that it was a "big label decision" and out of his hands. Speaking on how ''TY.O'' differs from previous album ''Rockstarr'' (2010), Cruz told Digital Spy, "Rokstarr had a lot more rockier songs on it, apart from the singles. This album is a lot more electro-driven." On 30 September 2014, the album was finally released to American digital markets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TY.O」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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