Katharine McPhee (album)

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Katharine McPhee
Studio album by Katharine McPhee
Released	January 30, 2007
Recorded	Los Angeles, California (September 2006-January 2007)
Genre	R&B, Pop, Soul
Length	45:50
Label	RCA Records
Producer(s)	Nate "Danja" Hills Babyface Kara DioGuardi The Underdogs Billy Steinberg
Professional reviews
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Katharine McPhee chronology
	Katharine McPhee (2007)	TBA

Katharine McPhee is the eponymous debut album from American Idol season five runner-up, Katharine McPhee. The album was released on January 30, 2007 by RCA Records. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, selling 116,000 copies in its first week, behind Norah Jones' Not Too Late.^[1]

Contents 1 Album background 2 Track listing 3 Singles 4 Charts 5 Chart performance 6 Reference 7 External links

[edit] Album background

The album's release date changed - due to McPhee's wishes - on many occasions, originally set for November 14, then November 28, then December 5, then December 19, and eventually January 30, and sold 116,000 copies in its first week debuting at #2 on the Billboard top 200 albums. The album was released by RCA Records in association with 19 Recordings Limited. The album contains 12 songs, three of which McPhee co-wrote.

The album includes writing and production contributions from Babyface, The Underdogs, Kara Dioguardi, and Nate “Danja” Hills.^[2] It was also said that Ryan Leslie contributed to the album.^[3] However, none of the songs written or produced by him made the track listing. McPhee has described the album as rhythm pop, taking a different route from the traditional pop ballads she sang on American Idol.

On December 19, 2006, RCA Records released "I Lost You/Dangerous" as a single for a Wal-Mart exclusive.^[4] "I Lost You" was cut from the final album tracklisting.

On January 2, 2007 the first single, "Over It", and three snippets, "Each Other"; "Love Story"; and "Open Toes", were released on AOL Music: First Listen.^[5] Also accompanied were photos, quotes from the credited artist, and fan polls. McPhee was reportedly quoted on AOL Music for describing the first single, "it's a term that everyone uses, especially young girls. I didn't even realize just how much I used it. A lot of people will be able to relate to this song. This is really the only pure pop song on the record, so I thought it would be a good first single."^[6]

After falling on the Billboard 200 after its debut for many weeks, it has finally started to climb up the iTunes chart again, showing that "Over It" is impacting sales to rise.

From recent interview, Katharine has said that the second single would be either 'Love Story' or 'Open Toes'. Katharine herself prefers 'Love Story' as do many fans.

During March and April Katharine's songs from this album were played during the advertisements before commericals at AMC movie theaters. The songs that are played more often are Home, Each Other, Love Story, and Not Ur Girl. Saying any of those songs could be Katharine's second single.

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Written by	Produced by	Time
1.	"Love Story"	Nate Hills, Kara DioGuardi, Corte Ellis	Danja	03:08
2.	"Over It"	Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg, Ruth-Anne Cunningham	Danja	03:35
3.	"Open Toes"	Nate Hills, Kara DioGuardi, The Clutch, Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Katharine McPhee	Danja	03:23
4.	"Home"	Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks	Marti Frederiksen & Kara DioGuardi	04:07
5.	"Not Ur Girl"	Nate Hills, Kara DioGuardi, Corte Ellis, Katharine McPhee	Danja	03:58
6.	"Each Other"	Nate Hills, Kara DioGuardi, Corte Ellis	Danja	03:59
7.	"Dangerous"	Nate Hills, Corte Ellis	Danja	03:51
8.	"Ordinary World"	Walter Afanasieff, Emanuel Kiriakou, Lindy Robbins	Walter Afanasieff & Emanuel Kiriakou	03:50
9.	"Do What You Do"	Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, James Fauntleroy II, Makeba Riddick, Robin Tadross	The Underdogs	03:13
10.	"Better Off Alone"	Austin Carroll, Susan Marshall	Emanuel Kiriakou	04:04
11.	"Neglected"	Nate Hills, Kara DioGuardi, Balewa Muhammad, Katharine McPhee	Danja	04:50
12.	"Everywhere I Go"	Babyface, Ernest "Bishop Young Don" Dixon	Babyface	03:48

[edit] Singles

"Over It"
Released January 30, 2007 Recorded 2007 Writer(s) Josh Alexander Billy Steinberg Ruth-Anne Cunningham Producer(s) Billy Steinberg Josh Alexander	Main article: Over It (Katharine McPhee song) "Over It" is the lead single released by American singer Katharine McPhee from her debut album Katharine McPhee. Billboard Magazine has listed "Over It" on their HitPredictor list for the Pop 100 Airplay list. "Over It" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 48 on the chart for the week ending February 17, 2007.[3] Audio sample (help·info)
	Chart positions
	#21 ARC Weekly, #29 U.S Billboard Hot 100
	Track listing
	"Over It" (Main Version) – 3:35

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	2
United World Chart	5
Canada Top 100	23
iTunes Top 100 Albums	2
iTunes Top Pop 100 Albums	1

[edit] Chart performance

U.S. Billboard 200
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	12	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	2	11	29	39	44	61	73	74
Sales Total	116,000 116,000	48,000 164,000	35,000 199,000	20,000 219,000	16,000* 235,000*	13,000* 248,000*	10,000* 258,000*	11,000* 269,000*

[edit] Reference

[edit] External links

• Katharine McPhee at MySpace