page_title: Animal (Kesha album)
section_title: Commercial performance
hierarchical_section_title: Animal (Kesha album) / Commercial performance
caption_attribution_description: English: Ke$ha @ Studio Juste Pour Rire
context_page_description: Animal is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Kesha. The album was released on January 1, 2010 through RCA Records and distributed through Sony Music Entertainment. Kesha worked on the album with a variety of record producers and songwriters such as Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Benny Blanco, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin, Max Martin and others. Kesha had been recording demos for several years when one eventually ended up in the hands of Samantha Cox, senior director of writer/publisher relations at BMI. Cox passed along the demo and it ended up in the hands of Gottwald, who decided to have Kesha perform on the song "Right Round" with American rapper Flo Rida. Within two months, the song became a hit in multiple countries around the world. The event led to Kesha being sought after by many major labels, and she eventually signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records.
  Musically, Animal draws from the electropop genre, while incorporating elements of dance-pop in its production and beats. Lyrically, the majority of the album's songs are based on Kesha's past life experiences of love, heartbreak, boys, and having a good time.
context_section_description: In the United States, Animal debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 on the week of January 23, 2010 with sales of 152,000 (setting a record for digital sales of a number one album, at 76%). With "Tik Tok" occupying the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, Kesha became the first act to achieve this feat since 2008 when Spirit and "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis simultaneously held the pole positions. At the end of 2010, the album peaked at number twenty on Billboard's year-end chart. Animal  became the tenth best-selling album in the United States of 2010, selling 1.14 million copies that year. In December 2018, the album received a 3x platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of three million units and has since sold 3.2 million copies in the country alone.
  In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart with sales of 16,000, later going on to become the biggest-selling digital album in the country. On the Canadian album year-end chart the album peaked at number twelve. In May 2011, the album was certified double platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipment of 160,000 units. The album was released a month later in the United Kingdom and debuted at number eight on the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of 18,723.
  In Australia, the album debuted at number four, where it stayed consecutively for two weeks before falling to the number five position. On the Australian 2010 year-end chart, the album peaked at number eleven. The album has since been certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for sales of 140,000 copies. Animal was released on January 11, 2010 in New Zealand and debuted and peaked at number six on RIANZ chart. The album was peaked at number thirty on New Zealand 2010 year-end chart. It has since been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) for sales of 7,500 units.
caption: Kesha at Studio Juste Pour Rire on January 24, 2010.
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