I Said I Love You First
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I Said I Love You First is a collaborative studio album by American singer Selena Gomez and American record producer Benny Blanco. It is Gomez's fourth studio album and Blanco's second. Following their respective studio albums Rare (2020) and Friends Keep Secrets (2018), it was released on March 21, 2025, through SMG Music, Friends Keep Secrets, and Interscope Records. The album features guest appearances from Gracie Abrams, the Marías, Tainy, and J Balvin, with additional contributions from Charli XCX and Finneas. I Said I Love You First achieved the biggest first-week album sales for Gomez and Blanco's careers in the United States, debuting at number-two on the Billboard 200. It became the first album by a real-life couple to top the Vinyl Albums chart in history. Internationally, the album has charted within the top-10 in 15 counties. The album further received generally favorable reviews from critics; Rolling Stone named the album as one of the best albums of 2025 so far. The album's track "Bluest Flame" received a nomination for Best Dance Pop Recording at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.0/10 |
| Metacritic | 66/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Clash | 8/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | |
| Pitchfork | 5.9/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Sputnikmusic | 3/5 |
| Chart (2025) | Peakposition |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 5 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 5 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 6 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 5 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 6 |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) | 30 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten) | 15 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 12 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 40 |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 12 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 2 |
| Greek Albums (IFPI) | 96 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) | 12 |
| Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn) | 32 |
| Irish Albums (OCC) | 4 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) | 48 |
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) | 22 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 6 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 10 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV) | 5 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP) | 3 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 3 |
| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) | 21 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 5 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 45 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 6 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 4 |
| US Billboard 200 | 2 |
| Chart (2025) | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 190 |
| Date | Region | Edition | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
| March 21, 2025 | Various | Standard | Digital downloadstreamingCDvinyl LP | SMGFriends Keep SecretsInterscope | |
| March 28, 2025 | I Said I Love You First... | Digital downloadstreaming | |||
| May 2, 2025 | I Said I Love You First... And You Said It Back | ||||
| June 27, 2025 | Japan | CD |
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