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
Ella Mai 100, and broke the record for the most weeks at No. 1 of any song by a woman on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. On August 14, she joined Bruno Mars on the 24K Magic World Tour after Cardi B dropped out. On August 3, she released the single "Trip," with an accompanied music video releasing on September 18. The song peaked at number 11 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Ella Mai released her self-titled debut album, a 16-track set featuring hit "Boo'd Up," on 12 October 2018. The album sold 69,000 album-equivalent units with 17,000 coming from pure sales. On