This Is Acting

Operating as a fascinating conceptual experiment, the hit-making songwriter comprised this album entirely of songs she had originally written for, and been rejected by, other massive pop artists like Adele and Rihanna. The record relies heavily on soaring, stadium-ready electropop production and her signature, overwhelmingly powerful vocal belting. Driven by the colossal hit 'Cheap Thrills', it proved her undeniable mastery of the pop formula.