Paris (Paris Hilton album)

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Paris
Paris cover
Studio album by Paris Hilton
Released August 22, 2006
Recorded 2004–2006
Genre Pop, teen pop, dance-pop, hip pop
Length 40:05
Label Heiress, Warner Bros.
Producer Dr. Luke, Fernando Garibay, Greg Wells, J. R. Rotem, Kara DioGuardi, Scott Storch, Sheppard Soloman
Professional reviews
Singles from Paris
  1. "Stars Are Blind"
    Released: June 5, 2006
  2. "Turn It Up"
    Released: August 15, 2006
  3. "Nothing in This World"
    Released: September 12, 2006
  4. "Screwed"
    Released: February 7, 2007

Paris is Paris Hilton's debut album, released on her own label, Heiress Records, in association with Warner Bros. Records. The album was released in the U.S. on August 22, 2006. The entire album was posted on AOL Music on August 13, 2006, causing the album to be leaked on the internet before the release date.

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[edit] History

Hilton first announced plans to record an album in 2003. In 2004, she met with producer Rob Boldt and began recording demo tracks. While collaborating with Boldt, Hilton came across the song "Screwed". Hilton recorded a demo for the song and began talking about it in many interviews, saying it would be the first single from the album. That same summer, Haylie Duff said in an interview that "Screwed" was actually going to be recorded by her and would be the first single from her album. The two girls began a legal battle for the song.[1] Not long afterwards, Duff was dropped by her record label which allowed Paris to claim the song as hers.

In 2005, Hilton was signed to Warner Bros. Records for distribution of her album. At that time, Hilton began working with Rob Cavallo, who had produced tracks for Green Day, Jewel, and Alanis Morissette. Initially, the album was planned to have a pop/rock sound. However, Hilton decided to move towards a pop/hip-hop sound after meeting with Scott Storch in Miami. After months of collaboration with Storch, the album was finally complete and ready for release.

Producers for Paris included Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi, Jane Wiedlin and Scott Storch. Hilton collaborated with Fat Joe and Jadakiss on the song "Fighting Over Me." The first single from Paris, "Stars Are Blind," produced by Fernando Garibay, was released for download on June 20, 2006 and peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100; "Turn It Up" and "Nothing in This World" followed as worldwide singles. All Music Guide commented that the album was "more fun than anything released by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson, and a lot fresher, too." On the whole, critical reception was mixed.[2]

[edit] Banksy

In August of 2006, British graffiti artist Banksy and hip-hop producer and Gnarls Barkley member Danger Mouse replaced 500 copies of Paris Hilton's album in British music stores (HMV) with altered album artwork of Paris Hilton topless with a dog head and a 40 minute instrumental song containing various statements she had made. Those 500 album copies were quickly removed from shelves after several complaints about it.[3] Hilton had delayed the album's release to include a cover of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" (co-written by Danger Mouse), though it was not included in the final release. Gnarls Barkley and Hilton share a record company. [4]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Turn It Up" (Scott Storch, Penelope Magnet, Jeff Bowden, Paris Hilton) – 3:12-112 bpm
  2. "Fightin' over Me" (featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss) (Storch, Magnet, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Jackson, Jackson, Hilton) – 4:01
  3. "Stars Are Blind" (Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon, Ralph McCarthy) – 3:56-102 bpm
  4. "I Want You" (J. R. Rotem, DioGuardi, Bogart, Gibb) – 3:12 112 bpm(sampled from "Grease" by Frankie Valli)
  5. "Jealousy" (Storch, DioGuardi, Hilton) – 3:40
  6. "Heartbeat" (Storch, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander) – 3:43 (sampled from "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper)
  7. "Nothing in This World" (Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Solomon) – 3:10-130 bpm
  8. "Screwed" (DioGuardi, Wells) – 3:41-130 bpm
  9. "Not Leaving without You" (Kara DioGuardi, Wells, Hilton) – 3:35-117 bpm
  10. "Turn You On" (Storch, Hilton, Jackson, Jackson, Triggs) – 3:06-119 bpm
  11. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Stewart, Appice, Hitchings) – 4:34-111 bpm

[edit] Special edition

The special edition featured the same songs as the standard edition, with a bonus DVD, containing:

  1. Paris - The Music Special (featuring Making The Album and Behind the Scenes Footage)
  2. Jealousy in the Studio

[edit] iTunes edition

Includes three extra remixes.

  1. "Stars Are Blind" [The Scumfrog's Extreme Makeover Edit] – 4:57 (iTunes bonus track)
  2. "Turn It Up" [Paul Oakenfold Remix Edit] – 4:59 (iTunes bonus track)
  3. "Turn You On" [Claude Le Gache Le Club Edit] – 3:38 (iTunes bonus track)

[edit] Sales and chart performance

The album sold approximately 607,000 copies in the U.S. and over 1 million copies worldwide.[5]

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[6] 24
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 9
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders)[6] 18
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia)[7] 49
Brazilian Albums Chart 22
Canadian Albums Chart[8] 4
Colombian Albums Chart 21
Danish Albums Chart[6] 20
Dutch Albums Chart[6] 28
Finnish Albums Chart[6] 17
French Albums Chart[6] 67
German Albums Chart[6] 18
Greek International Albums Chart 11
Hungarian Albums Chart[9] 40
Irish Albums Chart[6] 27
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart 8
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[6] 16
Spanish Albums Chart 98
Swedish Albums Chart[6] 6
Swiss Albums Chart[6] 7
UK Albums Chart[6] 29
United World Chart[6] 6
U.S. Billboard 200[6] 6

[edit] References

  1. ^ "MTV News". Retrieved on 2004-08-12. (English) 
  2. ^ Discography - Paris Hilton - Paris CD/DVD Billboard.com
  3. ^ "Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank". 
  4. ^ Kilkelley, Daniel (May 20). Hilton's album release put back again?. Digital Spy. Retrieved on May 24, 2006.
  5. ^ New Paris Hilton Album in the Works. AOL Music News. AOL (2007-07-17). Retrieved on 2007-11-24. “The album got some buzz thanks to the hit single, "Stars Are Blind," and sold 607,000 copies.”
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Paris Hilton – Paris – αCharts.us
  7. ^ Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia)
  8. ^ Paris Hilton – Paris – Allmusic
  9. ^ Hungarian Albums Chart

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