Happiness (Hurts album)

Happiness
Studio album by
Hurts
Released27 August 2010 (2010-08-27)
Recorded2009–2010
Studio
Length48:02
Label
Producer
Hurts chronology
The Belle Vue EP
(2010) 		Happiness
(2010) 		Exile
(2013)
Singles from Happiness
  1. "Better Than Love"
    Released: 23 May 2010
  2. "Wonderful Life"
    Released: 22 August 2010
  3. "Stay"
    Released: 15 November 2010
  4. "All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day"
    Released: 13 December 2010
  5. "Sunday"
    Released: 27 February 2011
  6. "Illuminated"
    Released: 1 May 2011
  7. "Blood, Tears & Gold"
    Released: 7 October 2011

Happiness is the debut studio album by English musical duo Hurts. It was released on 27 August 2010 by RCA Records. It was preceded by the release of the singles "Better Than Love" on 23 May 2010 and "Wonderful Life" on 22 August 2010. Collaborators include Jonas Quant and production team The Nexus,[1] as well as a duet with Australian singer Kylie Minogue on the song "Devotion". To promote the release of the album, the track "Happiness" was made available as a free download via Amazon.co.uk on 1 August 2010.[2]

Happiness received mixed reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, selling 25,493 copies in its first week[3]—the fastest-selling debut album of 2010 by a band in the United Kingdom.[4] It reached number one on the Greek International Albums Chart, number two in Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, and the top ten in Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Sweden. Happiness has sold 180,218 copies in the United Kingdom[5] and over two million copies worldwide.[6]


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  1. ^ Greeves, David (April 2011). "Hurts (Adam Anderson & Jonas Quant): Recording Happiness". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Happiness: Hurts: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. United Kingdom. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  3. ^ "X Factor and xx impact the charts". Music Week. 10 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. ^ "'Happiness' fastest selling debut by a band in the UK this year!". InformationHurts.com. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  5. ^ Jones, Alan (16 October 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: Faithless only need 12,341 sales to top album chart". Music Week. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. ^ Copsey, Robert (14 December 2012). "Hurts announce new album 'Exile'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 March 2013.