![]() Issued as the third single from the 2008 Camp Rock soundtrack, “This Is Me” marked a pivotal moment in the script for the Disney Channel TV film and became Lovato’s first US Top 10 single, peaking at No.9. Not The Greatest Showman anthem instead the start of Demi Lovato’s musical story. “Like I said in the first line: This is a story that I’ve never told/I gotta get this off my chest to let it go.’ I wanted to let it go.”Ĭlick to load video 12: This Is Me (featuring Joe Jonas) “That song was probably the hardest and easiest to write on the whole album,” Demi Lovato told Billboard. With 12 other outstanding songs from the collection to compete with, however, it somehow got overlooked, but found its audience more slowly, building up a very impressive number of streams across many years. 13: WarriorĪnother shockingly raw confessional closed the Demi album and is a power ballad that seemed certain to receive a single release. “At the time when I was recording it, I almost listen back and hear these lyrics as a cry for help,” Demi told Zane Lowe. Demi picked the track as a statement performance at the 2020 Grammy Awards to signal she was ready to face the world again, but the recording’s fragile vocals still haunt. The shocking backstory for the lead single from 2020’s Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over chilled fans when it emerged it was recorded just days before Demi Lovato’s 2018 overdose and subsequent spells in hospital and rehab. “No Promises” was further evidence of how in-demand Lovato was as a featured artist at this stage of their career. Sharing vocal duties with Trevor Dahl, Demi Lovato demonstrated how versatile their music was becoming when they reworked the track with an acoustic arrangement, supported by a haunting guitar lead that drew out the softer undertones of this gorgeous melody (it appeared on deluxe editions of Tell Me You Love Me). ![]() This slinky dance track was recorded with DJ collective Cheat Codes and was a huge club smash in 2017. 15: No Promises (Cheat Codes, featuring Demi Lovato) ![]() Their appetite for a full-blown collaboration led to Sam’s demo being reworked as a duet and the track was picked as the second single from 2020’s Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over in February the following year. The Australian singer-songwriter Sam Fischer remains poised for a wider international breakthrough after the success of his 2019 single “This City,” but Demi Lovato spotted his star potential and loved this composition. 16: What Other People Say (Sam Fischer & Demi Lovato) The song failed to break the US Top 50 but it became their first solo Top 40 hit in the UK, following “This Is Me,” their launch duet with Joe Jonas. “La La Land” is one of the many songs they wrote with the brothers for their debut album and it’s typical of the power guitar-pop Lovato first became famous for. 17: La La Landĭemi Lovato’s friendship with Jonas Brothers is well documented and Demi’s career has been intertwined with theirs since Demi appeared on their Burnin’ Up tour. Co-written by Wayne Hector, famous for his work with One Direction and Westlife, this melodic pop smash became Lovato’s first platinum record in the UK and has sold more than a million copies around the world. ![]() The song later turned up on deluxe versions of Demi, but truly deserves a wider hearing. “Up,” recorded with British solo star Olly Murs, was a huge international hit when it was released in late 2014. Listen to the best Demi Lovato songs on Apple Music and Spotify.Ĭlick to load video 18: Up (Olly Murs, featuring Demi Lovato) Millions of sales and streams testify to the fact that, since their breakthrough in 2008, it’s the bond that has been hardest to break, whatever else life has thrown at them. But it’s music that remains Lovato’s first love. The 2020 confessional opus Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over was a confident return to form after another rough personal patch and impressed critics often more excited by TV appearances on Will & Grace and the US The X Factor. We all know Lovato’s life has not been characterized by cloudless skies, but it’s their honesty and relatable real-life cut-through that has earned them millions of fans and a CV that contains many surprises. Across a career that has spanned seven studio albums and countless singles, Demi Lovato has built a body of songs that deftly chronicles the challenges of juggling 21st-century fame with a range of artistic and philanthropic causes close to their heart. ![]()
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