Chapter One (Ella Henderson album) Digital Spy, Henderson said that, "I wanted each song to explain a situation, and then [for] the next song [to] kind of get you through that. I write very openly and lyrically, so it's very much like an open diary. I had to make sure it runs like that. It took me a while to get the tracklisting right, but I'm happy with it now." On 15 June 2014, the same day as her debut single "Ghost" went to number one in the UK, Henderson announced the album's release date as 22 September 2014 through a series of tweets, posting
Chapter One (Ella Henderson album) high placing" on the list despite it being the most recent one on it (at the time "Chapter One" was in its first week of release and had yet to chart). Albums that ranked higher were "Take Me Home" by One Direction, "Heaven" by Rebecca Ferguson, "Salute" by Little Mix and "Spirit" by Leona Lewis at numbers four to one respectively. The article also praised Ella's "genuine talent for songwriting" as something that set her and "Chapter One" aside from other releases by former contestants of the show. Chapter One (Ella Henderson album) Chapter One is the debut studio album