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| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
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| label = [[Chugg Music]]
| producer = MSquared <br> (Michael Delozrenzis and [[Michael Paynter]]) <ref name=gong/>
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'''''Light It Up''''' is the seventh [[studio album]] by Australian country singer [[Casey Barnes]]. The album was announced on 10 November 2021 alongside a national tour set to commence on the album's day of release.<ref name=gong>{{cite web|url= https://gongscene.com.au/casey-barnes-announces-new-album-light-it-up/ |title= Casey Barnes Announced New Album Light it Up |website=Gongscene|date=10 November 2021|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref> ''Light It Up'' was released on 25 February 2022 through [[Chugg Music]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/cd-barnes-casey-light-it-up-cd?queryID=1c50155faca169223dde5648325061cb&objectID=539699|title=Casey Barnes Light It Up|website=[[JB Hi-Fi]]|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref> and peaked at number 17 on the [[ARIA Charts]].
The album was preceded by lead single "Come Turn Me On" which spent five weeks at #1 on The Music Network CountryTown Hot50 chart <ref name=gong/> and was the most played song on Australian country radio in 2021.<ref name=TMR/>
At the [[2022 ARIA Music Awards]], the album won [[ARIA Award for Best Country Album]].<ref name="2022 ARIA Wins">{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/aria-awards-2022-winners-wrap-baker-boy-king-stingray-amyl/101692604 | title=ARIA Awards 2022 Winners Wrap: Baker Boy Leads First Nations Sweep | first=Al | last=Newstead | publisher=[[Triple J]] ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)) | date=24 November 2022 | access-date=25 November 2022 }}</ref>
At the [[Country Music Awards of Australia]] of 2023, the album was nominated for Contemporary Country Album of the Year and Album of the Year. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/news/tamworth-toyota-golden-guitar-awards-nominees-announced/AFcYEhUUFxY/22-11-22|title= Tamworth Toyota Golden Guitar Award Nominees Announced|website=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]|date=22 November 2022|access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
==Reception==
Zanda Wilson from ''[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]'' said "the whole album is incredibly polished" calling ''Light It Up'' "...undoubtedly one of Casey Barnes' most complete albums to date."<ref name=TMR>{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/casey-barnes-light-up-album-review/_6UbExIVFBc/25-02-22|title=Album Review: Casey Barnes - 'Light It Up'|website= [[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]|date=25 February 2022| access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All songs written by Casey, MSquared, Kaci Brown and Sam Gray.<ref name=gong/>

# "Get to Know Ya" - 3:26
# "Kiss Me Like You Mean It" - 3:07
# "Small Town" - 3:42
# "Come Turn Me On" - 3:05
# "Light It Up" - 2:51
# "Up in Flames" - 3:34
# "God Took His Time On You" - 3:36
# "Love Fool" - 3:32
# "This Ain't the Encore" - 3:15
# "Gone Gone Gone" - 3:17

==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Light It Up''
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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{{album chart|Australia|17|artist=Casey Barnes|album=Light It Up|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 December 2022}}
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! scope="row"| Australian Country Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/14FEF0B241F7CEB7C1A860E6E864611737D77CD9DDBEFB3E1F8C8EA35D6F3F2C/ARIA%20Country%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=36 |title=ARIA Top 40 Country Albums |date=7 March 2022|website=[[ARIA Charts]]|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:2022 albums]]
[[Category:ARIA Award-winning albums]]

Revision as of 07:02, 15 December 2022

Light It Up
Studio album by
Casey Barnes
Released25 February 2022
GenreCountry
LabelChugg Music
ProducerMSquared
(Michael Delozrenzis and Michael Paynter) [1]
Casey Barnes chronology
Town of a Million Dreams
(2020) 		Light It Up
(2022)

Light It Up is the seventh studio album by Australian country singer Casey Barnes. The album was announced on 10 November 2021 alongside a national tour set to commence on the album's day of release.[1] Light It Up was released on 25 February 2022 through Chugg Music[2] and peaked at number 17 on the ARIA Charts.

The album was preceded by lead single "Come Turn Me On" which spent five weeks at #1 on The Music Network CountryTown Hot50 chart [1] and was the most played song on Australian country radio in 2021.[3]

At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, the album won ARIA Award for Best Country Album.[4]

At the Country Music Awards of Australia of 2023, the album was nominated for Contemporary Country Album of the Year and Album of the Year. [5]

Reception

Zanda Wilson from The Music said "the whole album is incredibly polished" calling Light It Up "...undoubtedly one of Casey Barnes' most complete albums to date."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Casey, MSquared, Kaci Brown and Sam Gray.[1]

  1. "Get to Know Ya" - 3:26
  2. "Kiss Me Like You Mean It" - 3:07
  3. "Small Town" - 3:42
  4. "Come Turn Me On" - 3:05
  5. "Light It Up" - 2:51
  6. "Up in Flames" - 3:34
  7. "God Took His Time On You" - 3:36
  8. "Love Fool" - 3:32
  9. "This Ain't the Encore" - 3:15
  10. "Gone Gone Gone" - 3:17

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Light It Up
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 17
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[7] 2

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Casey Barnes Announced New Album Light it Up". Gongscene. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Casey Barnes Light It Up". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Album Review: Casey Barnes - 'Light It Up'". The Music. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ^ Newstead, Al (24 November 2022). "ARIA Awards 2022 Winners Wrap: Baker Boy Leads First Nations Sweep". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Tamworth Toyota Golden Guitar Award Nominees Announced". The Music. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Casey Barnes – Light It Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. ^ "ARIA Top 40 Country Albums" (PDF). ARIA Charts. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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