Recording and production
In an interview with MTV News in February 2010, when referring to the then-upcoming record, Selena Gomez said, "It's kind of different — older — and it's kind of got, like, a reggae … See more

A Year Without Rain was promoted mainly through a series of live televised performances, as well as a tour. Gomez first performed " See more

A Year Without Rain was released on September 17, 2010. It debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 4, with sales of 66,154, barely beating out Kiss & Tell, which sold barely … See more

Credits adapted from the International edition's liner notes
Musicians
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The album features predominant dance-pop, and synthpop characteristics, while incorporating Eurodance, dancehall and disco See more

A Year Without Rain generally received positive reviews by the music critics, Mikael Wood of Billboard stated while the lyrics contain "standard issue tween-pop topics", the effort was an improvement over 2009's Kiss & Tell, commenting that the production … See more