Call Me Irresponsible (album)

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Call Me Irresponsible
Call Me Irresponsible cover
Studio album by Michael Bublé
Released May 1, 2007 (U.S. and Canada)
Genre Big band
Traditional pop
Length 50:23
Label 143 Records, Reprise
Professional reviews
Michael Bublé chronology
With Love
(2006)		 Call Me Irresponsible
(2007)		 TBA
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Call Me Irresponsible is a 2007 (see 2007 in music) Grammy Award-winning album by the Canadian jazz singer Michael Bublé.

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[edit] Release

The album's first single was "Everything" and has thus far peaked at #46 on the U.S. Hot 100,[1] Bublé's highest peaking song so far. It has also debuted at number 3 on the Canadian BDS Airplay Charts and now holds the record for the highest debut ever on that chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the Australian ARIA Singles chart.

Bublé appeared on an American Idol season 6 results show to sing "Call Me Irresponsible" when scheduled singer Tony Bennett, with whom he had collaborated before on the album Duets: An American Classic was unable to attend.

On Monday, April 23, 2007, members of Bublé's official fanclub Bungalow B were given an exclusive listening party of the album's tracks and a look at a video clip at "Lost", Bublé's second original song. [2] On this day, his official site was also given a makeover to match his coming album and his official YouTube channel released the video for the lead single. The channel also has behind-the-scenes videos and short snippets of videos used to make various commercials and preview clips. The entire album leaked shortly before its release.

This album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2008.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:05
  2. "It Had Better Be Tonight" ("Meglio Stasera") (Franco Migliacci, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini) – 3:06
  3. "Me and Mrs. Jones" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert) – 4:33
  4. "I'm Your Man" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:59
  5. "Comin' Home Baby" (Bob Dorough, Benjamin M. Tucker) (duet with Boyz II Men) – 3:27
  6. "Lost" (Alan Chang, Jann Arden, Michael Bublé) – 3:40
  7. "Call Me Irresponsible" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:16
  8. "Wonderful Tonight" (Eric Clapton) (duet with Ivan Lins) – 4:12
  9. "Everything" (Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gilles, Bublé) – 3:31
  10. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:47
  11. "Always on My Mind" (Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Thompson) – 4:30
  12. "That's Life" (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon) – 4:15
  13. "Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 5:06
  14. "L.O.V.E." (Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert) – 2:50 (Bonus track on Special Edition, iTunes and Internet edition)
  15. "Orange Coloured Sky" – 3:30 (Bonus track on Internet edition)

[edit] Chart performance

In the U.S., the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and rose to number one in its second week.[3] The only other artists to do this are Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Hilary Duff and N.W.A. The album is currently certified platinum for sales of 1,588,949 copies.

In Australia, the single peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart. While the album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number 1 with Bublé selling 37,005[4] copies of the album in the first week and giving him the highest sales for an album by an international artist in Australia for 2007. The album was also certified Platinum in its first week for shipments of 70,000 copies. The album sold a further 30,634[5] copies the second week, making Bublé the first artist in Australia for 2007 to sell over 30,000 units two weeks in a row. The album is now certified 5x platinum by ARIA for sales of 350,000 copies. The album rose to number one again on July 2 and July 9 and once more on July 22. The album was the #1 selling album of 2007 in Australia.

The Original version of 'Call Me Irresponsible' has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK. But The Special Edition version has sold over 462,000 copies, Making that version the '18th Best Selling Album of 2007' in the UK.

In Europe, the album was certified platinum by IFPI for shipments of million copies to date.

[edit] Chart positions

Album

Chart Peak
position		 Certification Sales
United World Chart
1
2xPlatinum
5,328,775 [6]
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[7]
1
5x platinum
350,000+
Billboard 200 (U.S.)
1
Platinum
1,588,949 [8]
Billboard European Top 100 Albums[9]
1
Canadian Albums Charts[10]
1
3x Platinum
300,000+ [11]
Europe[12]
1x platinum
1,000,000+
Portuguese Albums[13]
1
Gold
10,000
UK Albums Chart[14]
2
Platinum
300,000+
Italian Albums Chart
1
3x Platinum
250,000
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart
4
Gold
25,000
Irish Albums Chart
1
Austrian Albums Chart
2
Germany Albums Chart
1
Mexican Albums Chart[15]
12
Netherlands Albums Chart
1
Swiss Albums Chart
3
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart
7
Gold
7,500
Polish OLIS Albums Chart
11
Cyprus Albums Chart
11
Norwegian Albums Chart[16]
13
Danish Albums Chart[17]
9
Gold
15,000
Greek Albums Chart[18]
15
French Albums Chart
4
Hungarian Albums Chart[19]
5

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2007 "Everything" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 46
2007 "Everything" U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 26
2007 "Everything" U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
2007 "Everything" U.S. Billboard Pop 100 47
2007 "Everything" Canadian Hot 100 10
2007 "Everything" Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart 19
2007 "Everything" Australian ARIA Top 50 Physical Singles Chart 17
2007 "Everything" Dutch Top 40 9
2007 "Lost" Canadian Hot 100 25 [20]
2007 "Lost" Billboard Hot 100 97

[edit] References

  1. ^ billboard.com (2007-04-23). ""Artist Chart History - Michael Bublé"". Press release.
  2. ^ michaelbuble.com (2007-06-03). ""Latest News"". Press release.
  3. ^ Katie Hasty, "Buble Sidesteps Bone Thugs To Claim No. 1", Billboard.com, May 16, 2007.
  4. ^ Undercover - News
  5. ^ Undercover - News
  6. ^ United World Chart
  7. ^ ARIA Charts
  8. ^ Billboard Top 200, Retrieved on September 15, 2007.
  9. ^ European Albums Chart
  10. ^ Canadian Album Charts
  11. ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum
  12. ^ IFPI
  13. ^ Artistas & Espectáculos 2008 . Top Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa
  14. ^ "Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
  15. ^ (June 11th, 2007)
  16. ^ Norwegian Albums Chart
  17. ^ [1]
  18. ^ Ελληνικό Chart
  19. ^ mahasz.hu - Slágerlisták
  20. ^ Canadian Hot 100, "Canadian Hot 100 Chart", Billboard.com, October 6, 2007

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