The album originally did not feature " There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" until the Illuminate World Tour began.Illuminate also picked up 3.8 million audio on-demand streams, the second highest total of the week, trailing only Drake's Views.
In his native Canada, the album debuted at number one with 21,000 total consumption units, of which 17,000 were album units sold, surpassing the highest one week sales total reached with his last album, Handwritten. 1 with Sounds Good Feels Good (2015) and their self-titled debut album (2014), and the first male artist to claim the distinction since 2015, when ASAP Rocky bowed atop the list with At. In addition, Mendes is the first artist to have their first two full-length studio albums hit No. 1 albums at such a young age, following Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff and LeAnn Rimes. 1 at 18 years, two months and seven days old, becoming the fifth artist to score their first two No. It became Mendes' second number-one album in the US and his best sales week. Illuminate debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 145,000 equivalent album units, of which 121,000 copies were pure album sales. " There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" (NOTD Remix) " There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" (acoustic) " Treat You Better" (live at Madison Square Garden) Associated Press listed it at number 5 on their best albums of 2016. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that the album has "a bit of grace and warmth" and that Mendes "came into his own on Illuminate while also complimenting his "small and sweet" voice and how he "has gelled into his pop persona." Sonia de Freitas, writing for Renowned for Sound, noticed that it "is apparent that Mendes has shifted to a more mature and soulful sound, and far more introspective lyrical content" while praising his vocals, writing that "he sings earnestly, with an emotive delivery in every song." īillboard listed the track " Don't Be a Fool" at number 90 for the best deep cuts from 21st century pop stars. Writing for Rolling Stone, Joe Levy noted " Illuminate mixes professions of romantic agony like "Mercy" (where a quietly hummed hook explodes into crashing drums), with nice-boy valentines like "Treat You Better" and bedroom come-ons like "Lights On"" while naming the album "disarmingly intimate." Jon Reyes of Idolator, wrote that " most noticeable change, aside from the tight music hall sonics, is the subtle infusion of sex into the lyrics" as well as feeling that the record as a whole "displays his lyrical development" and "polishes a proven formula." The album received generally positive reviews from music critics.
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" Treat You Better" was released as the lead single from the album on June 3, 2016.
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