Metamorphosis (Hilary Duff album)

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Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis cover
Studio album by Hilary Duff
Released August 26, 2003 (U.S.)
September 1, 2003 (UK)
Recorded 2003
Genre Pop, Teen pop
Length 43:35
Label Hollywood, Buena Vista Music Group
Producer Chico Bennett, Meredith Brooks, Kara DioGuardi, Jim Marr, The Matrix, Charlie Midnight, Wendy Page, John Shanks, Denny Weston, Jr.
Professional reviews
Hilary Duff chronology
Santa Claus Lane
(2002)		 Metamorphosis
(2003)		 Hilary Duff
(2004)
Metamorphosis (UK Edition)
(2003)
Most Wanted
(2005)
Alternate covers
Non-U.S. cover
Non-U.S. cover
Japanese Standard Edition cover
Japanese Standard Edition cover
Singles from Metamorphosis
  1. "Why Not"
    Released: 2003
  2. "So Yesterday"
    Released: July 26, 2003
  3. "Come Clean"
    Released: January 17, 2004
  4. "Little Voice"
    Released: June 15, 2004

Metamorphosis is the first full-length studio album by American singer Hilary Duff, released in the United States on August 26, 2003 (see 2003 in music). According to Duff, the album incorporates elements of pop and rock music, and it represents changes that are specific to her life and that everyone experiences. Songwriters and producers on the album include Charlie Midnight, Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks and Duff's sister Haylie, and it was noted for the presence of The Matrix, known at the time for their popular work with Avril Lavigne.

Metamorphosis was released shortly after Duff's departure from Disney's Lizzie McGuire franchise, and it coincided with other high profile projects in which she was involved in other media. Backed by heavy promotion, the album was a major success in the U.S., selling more than three million copies; it consolidated Duff's popularity with preteens and teenagers, and provided a breakthrough in the development of her music career. For Hollywood Records, it was the label's first high seller in several years, and led to the company's further successful cultivation of new artists and brands using the Disney Channel. Singles from Metamorphosis include "So Yesterday", "Come Clean" and "Little Voice".

Contents

[edit] Background and production

In 2001 Duff saw her sister, Haylie, rehearsing with her band, thought it looked fun and told her mother that she wanted to be involved in singing.[1] During the same period, she attended a Radio Disney concert where she met Andre Recke, whose client Myra was performing. According to Duff, watching the pop musicians preparing and warming up backstage at the concert made her think, "'I want to do this so bad.'"[2] Recke said he thought Duff, who was popular with preteens at the time because of her role in the popular Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, had "something special ... Sometimes you just have that feeling, that, 'Wow, she's a star.'"[2] After becoming determined to start a music career, Duff resumed her vocal lessons — which she had started before her acting career began — and became one of Recke's clients. "I've always had a big drive", she said. "When I felt like something looked fun or I wanted to accomplish something, I really just go for it ... I didn't really know what it was gonna be like, but I knew I wanted to try it and I knew that I could do it."[3] She recorded several songs for Disney soundtrack and compilation albums, and a Christmas album, Santa Claus Lane, in 2002. Her songs "I Can't Wait", "Why Not" and "What Dreams Are Made Of" were hits on Radio Disney, but Recke and executives at Buena Vista Music Group envisioned Metamorphosis as a vehicle by which Duff could reach a more mature audience.[2]

To that effect, Recke, Duff and Duff's mother, Susan, enlisted songwriting and production team The Matrix — who Recke had previously hired to write songs for Myra's 2001 debut album, Myra — and songwriter Charlie Midnight, who had contributed to Santa Claus Lane. According to Duff, her, her mother and Recke "worked very hard to really get good music that I related to and was age-appropriate for me and wasn't just cheesy pop stuff".[2] She did not want to make "a really poppy album" because that was not the type of music she said she would listen to: "I wanted to do music that I really like, and that I would actually listen to", she said.[1] The presence of The Matrix was noted because of their work on Avril Lavigne's highly successful 2002 debut album, Let Go, but Duff said she did not want to emulate other artists: "There are definitely people I respect and I love their music, but there was never really an artist that I said, 'I want to be just like them...' ... I wanted to be like myself".[2]

According to Duff, although she didn't write most of the songs, she collaborated on each of them.[4] Aside from The Matrix and Charlie Midnight, contributions to the album came from singer-songwriter Meredith Brooks, Kara DioGuardi, Matthew Gerrard, John Shanks and Duff's sister, Haylie, who Duff said knows her "better than anyone else in the world".[5] Also included on the album is a cover of the Sahlene song "The Little Voice" (retitled "Little Voice"). Duff discussed her feelings with some of the songwriters, and she praised them because they were open to her opinions and "really got it".[5] She said that she would have liked more time to work with the songwriters and co-write more of her own material, saying "I feel like you need time to really get in touch with yourself to do that".[2] In May 2004, Meredith Brooks, writer and producer of "Party Up", complained about the million-dollar budgets major labels spend to produce albums, saying "There's something seriously wrong with all that! You can't keep that going. Artists have to sell millions of records for anybody to make money off of those bloated budgets."[6]

[edit] Style

Duff described the album as "pop music [that] has some more rock and edginess to it";[1] she said the type of music was "somewhere in between" pop and "hardcore rock", but that she didn't know how to explain it. According to her, there is "a lot of different music" on Metamorphosis that she finds difficult to categorise.[7] The music on the album is "a little different" from her previous music because, according to her, the album "has all the kinds of music I like to listen to". She said that there are many "different sounds" on the album, such as rock and electronic, and "a whole range" of tempos, including "deep, slow" tracks and "high-energy" songs to provide her with a "boost". According to Duff, everyone experiences varied feelings and moods, and they can "feel a bit better" by playing their favorite song.[5]

Rolling Stone magazine described the album as "a slick collection of pop songs, master-crafted to appeal to huge numbers of young people".[8] Duff told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2005 that because she was under the control of a record label during the making of Metamorphosis and her second album, Hilary Duff (2004), she wasn't able to incorporate the sound she wanted into her recordings. She said the production "[had] been mastered and sounds really pretty ... If I could change it, I would, and it would sound [less pop]. My name is Hilary Duff, and I don't know why I don't get to make Hilary Duff music."[9]

[edit] Themes

Duff said the album represented "kind of a change" because it was "kind of different" from anything she'd previously done;[10] as she put it, "We called the album Metamorphosis because it's about changes that everybody experiences".[11] Duff called change "a very important and natural thing", saying that the album was a good way to introduce everyone to "the real me" because, in her words, "Everyone evolves and changes".[5] She said she was "excited" about Metamorphosis because it represented her rather than characters she played: "It's more personal than acting", she said;[4] however, she said that the album was "not just about me".[11] Duff said she believed her music provided a way for people to get to disassociate her from her Lizzie McGuire persona, a goal she said was "so important to me".[12][7] She described it as "definitely stuff that everybody my age can relate to",[12] and according to her, her fans relate to the album.[5] She characterised the recording process as "cool" because the songs are strongly related to her personal life.[4]

The opening track, "So Yesterday", is a song Duff described as "very empowering toward breaking up with your boyfriend and getting over it and stuff."[1] "Come Clean" documents a relationship between a boy and a girl who feel they are "in the dark" about each other; in Duff's words, "they're coming clean, whether it means they're gonna be together or not."[3] "Sweet Sixteen" is a song that Duff said is "really fun" and "totally relates to my life right now", and "Inner Strength" is, as she put it, "[v]ery empowering and uplifting" and "really beautiful".[5] She said the track "Metamorphosis" is about "getting over a boy", although she said it wasn't about fellow singer Aaron Carter, with whom she was rumored to have broken up after a fight.[4]

[edit] Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide wrote of the album, "[it] is what teen pop should sound like in 2003... a very good modern bubblegum album"; he said that it was influenced by Avril Lavigne but that Duff "has a sweeter, more appealing voice than Avril, and the rest of the record follows her cheerful charisma, resulting in a charmingly effervescent listen".[13] However, Slant magazine said that Duff "has decided to ride the Avril wave" and noted that, like Lavigne, Duff enlisted The Matrix to produce and write some of the tracks.[14] Blender magazine called it "a masterfully executed tour through contempo mall-pop, '80s new-wave bubblegum and girl-power affirmations".[15] USA Today named it the tenth worst pop album of 2003, writing "Note to all young, modestly talented singers: Stay in school and you won't wind up on worst-of lists before you're old enough to vote."[16]

Metamorphosis was nominated at the Juno Awards of 2004 for International Album of the Year, which it lost to 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin'.[17] Duff won in the Best New Artist category at the 2004 World Music Awards and Best Female Artist at the Kids Choice Awards.

[edit] Promotion

During the period in which Metamorphosis was released, Duff was participating in many projects in film, brand licensing, music and television; USA Today wrote in July 2003 that she was emerging as "The Next Big Thing" and "a marketing powerhouse" with nine to twelve year-olds, and Billboard magazine said that she "is looking to become more than just the nation's next teen pop princess. She wants to become a brand-name phenomenon ... [Metamorphosis] is just the beginning."[18] These projects included the high profile Hollywood films Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) and A Cinderella Story (2004), a clothing and accessories line called Stuff by Hilary Duff, a Lizzie McGuire merchandise line, and a VISA prepaid credit card for children aged six to thirteen.[19] She also participated in a marketing campaign for the Hasbro personal video player VideoNow, for which she filmed the video A Day in the Life of Hilary Duff, which included a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the "Why Not" music video. Entertainment lawyer Larry Golring called it "a great cross-promotion" for VideoNow and Duff's music career, which he said were "two new brands that are going to be huge this time next year, and they hopefully will have helped each other get there".[20] The Associated Press quoted Bob Cavallo, the chairman of Buena Vista Music Group, as saying that "At this point, she's obviously already a franchise".[12]

Marketing people such as Laura Groppe, president of Girls Intelligence Agency, said that the timing of the release of Metamorphosis and other Duff-related products was right because there had been a lack of teen idols since Britney Spears, and that Duff "[is] not too pretty. Not too thin. Not too anything ... like a little Meg Ryan."[19] According to Marketing Evaluations/TvQ, Duff was, in July 2003, the female star most popular with kids aged between six and eleven.[19] Amy Doyle, at MTV's vice president of music programming, said Duff was "definitely one of the hot people to watch ... She's become the fabric of pop culture with teens right now."[4] There was concern from some, however, that Duff could become overexposed, although Duff's manager emphasised his selectiveness against "[i]f something looks cheesy", and that Duff "doesn't want to be all over TV commercials".[19] Others, such as Robert Thorne, the CEO of the Olsen twins' Dualstar Entertainment, said that Duff should have stayed with The Walt Disney Company — from which she separated after contract negotations broke down — to build the Lizzie McGuire franchise and use it to help develop her career into adulthood.[21] In spite of this split, the profile of Duff and the album was supported by the DVD release of The Lizzie McGuire Movie and reruns of Lizzie McGuire episodes on the Disney Channel for two seasons. Duff herself said that Lizzie McGuire was "a great place to begin my career", but said that "it's exciting to go out on my own" with Metamorphosis.[18]

Before the release of the album, and beginning in July 2003, Duff and Metamorphosis were given substantial promotional support from MTV, which highlighted "So Yesterday" on Making the Video and Total Request Live; Duff co-hosted the special TRL's All-Star Backyard BBQ.[22] "So Yesterday" was released to U.S. Top 40 radio in mid-July, after which it became the "most added" song on the format.[23] On the internet AOL Music had a marketing relationship with Duff and Metamorphosis: it hosted the premiere of "So Yesterday" and recording a Sessions@AOL broadcast with her, among other content exclusive to AOL members.[24] In late September The WB Television Network aired an hour-long Hilary Duff birthday special, and MTV aired an episode of the documentary series Diary that followed Duff through a day.[11] A DVD containing music videos, performance and behind-the-scenes footage and bonus features, Hilary Duff: All Access Pass, was released in November.[25]

Duff embarked on a four-week concert tour in the U.S. from November to early December 2003.[26] The song "Anywhere but Here" was included on the soundtrack of the film A Cinderella Story; Duff promoted the film and Metamorphosis with a series of television appearances in July 2004, including one on ABC's Good Morning America.[27] She performed before roughly 7,000 people, breaking a Good Morning America audience record.[28] In the same period she embarked on a U.S. summer tour, during which she performed a one-hour set that included Metamorphosis tracks, covers of The Go-Go's' "Our Lips Are Sealed" and The Who's "My Generation", and previously unheard material from Hilary Duff. Haylie Duff was the opening act on the tour, which ran for thirty-six dates and sold well in major arenas ; Pollstar editor-in-chief said that there was "a real positive buzz about ticket sales for Hilary's show".[29] The tour was involved with the charity Kids with a Cause, of which Duff was a charter member in 1999; it sponsored a "Food for a Friend" drive and encouraged attendees to bring canned food to each tour venue, where the cans were collected and distributed across shelters in each city through which Duff toured. By early August 2004, enough food had been amassed to feed more than 12,000 children.[29] The success of the tour was credited with helping keep the teen pop market alive in the tour circuit,[30] and for being one of the "bright spots" in a slow concert season.[31]

[edit] Chart performance and singles

Bob Cavallo said he expected the album to sell "a couple of million [copies] ... [i]f the pixie dust flies the right way".[19] The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 203,000 copies sold in its first week of release;[32] at the time, it was the highest opening week sales figure for a debut album by a female artist in 2003.[33] Despite a 35% sales drop in its second week, during which it sold 131,000 copies, Metamorphosis ascended to number one on the chart for that week.[34] It was certified platinum by the RIAA in three months, and two times platinum by the end of the year. In late November/early December, after Duff had appeared at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and sneak previews of the film Cheaper by the Dozen were held in select cities, Metamorphosis returned to the top five on the albums chart with a 132% sales increase over the previous week.[35] In the Christmas shopping week, when the album was at number six on the Billboard 200, it sold 275,000 copies.[36] It was the eighth best selling album of 2003 according to Nielsen SoundScan, selling 2.44 million copies,[37] and it was certified three times platinum in mid-2004. By the September 2004 release of Duff's third album, Hilary Duff, the album had sold 3.4 million copies in the U.S.,[38] and as of March 2007, it had sold 3.7 million.[39] In August 2005, the release month of Duff's compilation album, Most Wanted (on which several Metamorphosis tracks are featured), the album re-entered the Billboard 200.[40]

Metamorphosis was credited with helping to significantly raise the industry and corporate profile and marketplace presence of Hollywood Records, which Geoff Mayfield, charts director and senior analyst for Billboard magazine, said "[have] had some top albums before with the Tarzan movie soundtrack in 2000, but not like this Hilary Duff album".[41] The San Fernando Valley Business Journal wrote that the album was "giving Hollywood Records a needed shot in the arm" after a decline in CD sales during the previous two years had forced the label to reduce costs and alter its operation. Hilliard Lyons analyst Jeffrey Thomison cited Metamorphosis as a reflection of Disney's ability to develop "great synergy between their cable, film and music segments", particularly after The Lizzie McGuire Movie indicated that Duff's television fanbase could be migrated to film[41] — Geoff Mayfield said on the subject, "All things being equal, if this album were done by anybody else, it would not be a hit".[41] Metamorphosis made Duff the first "breakout artist" for Hollywood Records in its ten-year history, and its success coincided with that of albums by other artists on the label, such as Rascal Flatts and Josh Kelley, and of soundtracks for films such as The Cheetah Girls, Freaky Friday and The Lizzie McGuire Movie.[41] Later, partly as a result of Metamorphosis, Hollywood Records used the Disney Channel to launch brands such as High School Musical and Hannah Montana, and artists such as Aly & AJ, The Cheetah Girls, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus and Jesse McCartney.[42]

Blender magazine wrote that the success of the album consolidated Duff's status as a "tween icon",[43] and estimated that it had earned her US$3,000,000.[15] Moreover, sales of Metamorphosis indicated that Duff's popularity with teenagers was rising — 70% of buyers were aged between thirteen and twenty-two, compared to the soundtrack for The Lizzie McGuire Movie, 70% of the buyers of which were below the age of thirteen.[41] Bob Cavallo attributed the album's success to Duff's amassing of fans of the singers and former Disney "Mouseketeers" Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.[41]

In Canada, the album reached the top spot in its first week of release. It was certified platinum four months after its release for sales of 100,000, and in December 2004 it was certified quadruple platinum for sales exceeding 400,000 copies.[44] In Australia, the album sold well and was certified platinum for sales of 70,000; it was number seventy-four on the ARIA year-end chart.[45] Metamorphosis debuted at number twenty-six in France, and peaked at number twenty-two a week later, remaining on the chart for thirty-nine weeks.[46] By late 2004, the album had sold approximately five million copies worldwide.[28]

"So Yesterday" was released as the album's first single in late July 2003. It peaked at number forty-two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and its video received heavy rotation on MTV's Total Request Live and Canada's MuchMusic; Billboard described it as "an out-of-the-box smash".[2] It was a success in Europe, peaking inside the top ten in the UK and France.[47]

"Come Clean" was the album's second single, and was released in early 2004. It did not match the success of "So Yesterday" outside North America, but substantial radio airplay in the U.S. led to a peak of number thirty-five on the Billboard Hot 100. Its video was a MuchMusic favorite and a Total Request Live number-one. It was a moderate success in Europe and reached the top ten on the Dutch Top 40.[48] The song was used as the theme song of the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which premiered in September 2004. "Little Voice" was the third single, released in May 2004 in Australia, where it reached the top forty. The final single was "The Math", a live version of which was released on Launch.com in North America in July 2004;[49] the album version of the song was made available with the tracks "The Girl Can Rock", "Metamorphosis" and "Party Up" to request on Radio Disney in the U.S.[50]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "So Yesterday" (Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards, Charlie Midnight) – 3:35
  2. "Come Clean" (Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks) – 3:34
  3. "Workin' It Out" (Midnight, C. Pettus, M. Swersky) – 3:16
  4. "Little Voice" (DioGuardi, P. Berger) – 3:03
  5. "Where Did I Go Right?" (Christy, Spock, Edwards, Midnight) – 3:51
  6. "Anywhere But Here" (Jim Marr, Wendy Page, Bennett) – 3:32
  7. "The Math" (Christy, Spock, Edwards, Midnight) – 3:19
  8. "Love Just Is" (Marr, Page, Midnight) – 4:02
  9. "Sweet Sixteen" (Haylie Duff, Toran Caudell) – 3:09
  10. "Party Up" (Meredith Brooks, T. Rhodes, A. George) – 3:51
  11. "Metamorphosis" (Hilary Duff, Midnight, Bennett, Andre Recke) – 3:29
  12. "Inner Strength" (Haylie Duff) – 1:34
Bonus tracks
  • "Why Not" (Midnight, Matthew Gerrard) — 3:01 (all editions)
  • "A Day in the Sun" – 3:27 (Japan)
  • "Girl Can Rock" (Midnight, Weston) – 3:05 (Mexico, UK, Japan, Target)
Japan Deluxe Edition bonus tracks (with a bonus DVD)
  • "So Yesterday" (Thunderpuss remix)
  • "Come Clean" (radio mix)
Outtakes
  • "I Need a Sunday" (Haylie Duff)[7]

[edit] Charts and certifications

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Album Chart 19
Belgian Albums Top 50[51] 22
Top Canadian Albums 1
France Album Chart[46][51] 22
Ireland Albums Top 75[51] 41
Top Japan Oricon Albums 9
Dutch Albums Top 100[51] 23
New Zealand Album Chart[52][51] 20
UK Albums Chart 69
U.S. Billboard 200[51] 1
Country Certification Sales/shipments
Australia Platinum[53] 70,000
Canada 4× platinum[44] 400,000
France 88,000[54]
Japan Gold 160,000[55]
México Gold 50,000[56]
U.S. 3× platinum 3.7 million
Worldwide 2x Platinum 5 million[57]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Hiatt, Brian. "Duff Enough". Entertainment Weekly. August 15, 2003.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Rosen, Craig. "Hilary Duff: A Performer's Metamorphosis". Billboard. January 26, 2004.
  3. ^ a b "Hilary Duff comes clean". News Times. January 21, 2005.
  4. ^ a b c d e Bryson, Jodi. "Life after Lizzie - Hangin With - Hilary Duff". Girls' Life. August/September 2003.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Hilary Duff Biography". hilaryduff.com via sing365.com.
  6. ^ Johnson, Heather. "Meredith Brooks Redefines A&R". Mix. May 1, 2004.
  7. ^ a b c Downey, Ryan. J. "Hilary Duff: Not Just for Kids". MTV.com. June 2, 2003.
  8. ^ Binelli, Mark. "Teenager of the Year". Rolling Stone. August 26, 2003.
  9. ^ DeRogatis, Jim. "Is She For Real?". Chicago Sun-Times. July 19, 2005.
  10. ^ Lin, Lynda. "Hilary Duff: A Teenage Sensation". themovieinsider.com. March 20, 2003.
  11. ^ a b c "Hilary Duff's Album, 'Metamorphosis', Ready to Soar August 26; No. 1 Selling Single, 'So Yesterday', a Radio, Retail & Video Smash". Business Wire. August 25, 2003.
  12. ^ a b c Moody, Nekesa Mumbi. "Duff moves away from 'Lizzie' image". Associated Press via Deseret News. August 1, 2003.
  13. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Metamorphosis - Hilary Duff - Review". All Music Guide.
  14. ^ Cinquemani, Sal. "Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis". Slant. 2003.
  15. ^ a b Duerden, Nick. "The Golden Girl". Blender. October 2004.
  16. ^ Gardner, Elysa. "'Chicago' had razzle-dazzle to spare; Stewart had little". USA Today. December 31, 2003.
  17. ^ "Past Winners Database - 2003 34th Juno Awards". Los Angeles Times.
  18. ^ a b Traiman, Steve. "Hilary Duff Plots Album, Merchandise Bonanza". Billboard. June 27, 2003.
  19. ^ a b c d e Horovitz, Bruce. "Just can't get enough of Duff". USA Today. July 15, 2003.
  20. ^ "Hilary Duff thinks big and small". The Hollywood Reporter. May 2, 2003.
  21. ^ Weiner, Allison Hope. "Lizzie Tizzy". Entertainment Weekly. June 13, 2003.
  22. ^ "MTV Premieres Hilary Duff's New Music Video; First Single, "So Yesterday", Goes to Radio on July 15". Business Wire. July 14, 2003.
  23. ^ "Hilary Duff's First Top 40 Single "So Yesterday" Available at Retail on July 29; MTV Adds Video to Playlist This Week". Business Wire. July 29, 2003.
  24. ^ "Teen Queen Hilary Duff Goes Pop / Rock with First Ever Music Performance Only on America Online; Versatile Actress, Recording Star Makes Music Performance Debut on Sessions@AOL". Business Wire. August 13, 2003.
  25. ^ "Hilary Duff Invites Fans Behind the Scenes with "All Access Pass" Music DVD; Must-Have Holiday Gift Item Hits Stores November 4". Business Wire. October 28, 2003.
  26. ^ Waddell, Ray. "Billboard Bits: Jackson/Buffett, Hilary Duff, Summer". Billboard. September 9, 2003.
  27. ^ Jeckell, Barry A. "'Cinderella' Set Boasts New Duff Songs". Billboard. May 3, 2004.
  28. ^ a b "Hilary Duff comes to Manchester on Jan. 27". The Dover Community News. December 31, 2004.
  29. ^ a b Harrington, Jim. "'Tween queen". Oakland Tribune. August 13, 2004.
  30. ^ Jones, Steve. "Britney's tour a big draw in a crowded field". USA Today. April 8, 2004.
  31. ^ Jones, Steve. "Concerts singing sad song over ticket sales". USA Today. July 14, 2004.
  32. ^ Martens, Todd. "'Love & Life' Puts Blige Back On Top". Billboard. September 3, 2003.
  33. ^ "Hilary Duff's New Album Debuts with More Than 200K in First Week Sales; Solo Debut Marks Her Metamorphosis Into a Pop Music Star". Business Wire. September 5, 2003.
  34. ^ Martens, Todd. "Duff Debut Tops Album Chart". Billboard. September 10, 2003.
  35. ^ Martens, Todd. "Jay-Z Back Atop The Billboard 200". Billboard. December 3, 2003.
  36. ^ Carpenter, Troy. "Alicia's 'Diary' Nabs Xmas Week No. 1". Billboard. December 24, 2003.
  37. ^ "Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS 2003 Year End Music Industry Report". Business Wire. December 31, 2003.
  38. ^ Whitmire, Margo. "Rascal Flatts 'Feels Like' No. 1". Billboard. October 6, 2004.
  39. ^ Taylor, Chuck. "Duff Gets Personal On Dance-Driven New Album". Billboard. March 23, 2007.
  40. ^ Harris, Chris. "Staind Score Third Straight Billboard Win With Chapter V". MTV News. August 17, 2005.
  41. ^ a b c d e f Martinez, Carlos. "Hollywood Records turns up volume amid downturn.". San Fernando Valley Business Journal. September 29, 2003.
  42. ^ Chmielewski, Dawn C. "A Cinderella story for Disney Music Group". Los Angeles Times. July 9, 2007.
  43. ^ "The Blender 100 - 26 Hilary and Haylie Duff". Blender. August 2004.
  44. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum Certification - Audio Certifications". December 2004. CRIA.
  45. ^ In Argentina sold 80,000 copies go Platinum ."ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2003". ARIA.
  46. ^ a b "Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis (album)". lescharts.com.
  47. ^ Hilary Duff - So Yesterday: Charts - Music Square
  48. ^ Hilary Duff - Come Clean: Charts - Music Square
  49. ^ "Hilary Duff's 'The Math' Live Video". popdirt.com. July 17, 2004.
  50. ^ "Speak - Request a Song". Radio Disney.
  51. ^ a b c d e f "Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis". aCharts.us.
  52. ^ charts.org.nz - Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis
  53. ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums
  54. ^ Charts français
  55. ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - Japanese Charts-The Archives
  56. ^ Amprofon A.C
  57. ^ Hilary Duff :: With Love

[edit] References


Preceded by
Love & Life by Mary J. Blige		 Billboard 200 number-one album
September 20 - September 26, 2003		 Succeeded by
Heavier Things by John Mayer


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