The High Road

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The High Road
The High Road cover
Studio album by JoJo
Released October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)
(see release history)
Recorded 2005—2006
Genre Pop, R&B, hip-Hop
Label Blackground/Universal
Producer Josh Alexander, Beau Dozier, Sean Garrett, Matthew Gerrard, Vincent Herbert (also executive), Ryan Leslie, J. R. Rotem, Soulshock & Karlin, Stargate, Billy Steinberg, Peter Stengaard, Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz, Justin Trugman
Professional reviews
JoJo chronology
JoJo
(2004)		 The High Road
(2006)		 All I Want Is Everything
(2008)
Singles from The High Road
  1. "Too Little Too Late"
    Released: August 15, 2006
  2. "How to Touch a Girl"
    Released: November 14, 2006
  3. "Anything"
    Released: May 7, 2007

The High Road is the second studio album by American pop/R&B singer JoJo, released on October 17, 2006 (see 2006 in music) in the United States. It debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 behind Diddy's Press Play and Evanescence's The Open Door, selling 108,000 copies in its first week of release. The album debuted at number twelve on the Canadian Albums Chart, and was certified gold by the CRIA in January 2007 for selling in excess of 500,000 copies. Album sales dropped off 70% in its second week. In the United Kingdom, the album reached a peak of number twenty-four on the chart; as of May 22, 2007, it went silver with sales of 65,799, and it was certified gold by the BPI on June 8, 2007 for shipping over 100,000 copies[1]. The album was certified gold by the RIAA in December 2006.[2] As of November 2007, it had sold 550,000+ copies in the U.S.[3]

The first single from the album was "Too Little Too Late", which peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Billboard Pop 100, becoming JoJo's most successful single to date. The video, which was shot in Los Angeles on May 19 and May 20, was released on July 18 on AOL. The second single "How to Touch a Girl" charted just outside the Billboard Hot 100, but reached number seventy-six on the Pop 100 chart. "Anything", the third single, did not chart in any major market except the UK, where peaked at number twenty-one. The High Road re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number seventy-four the week that "Anything" was made available for download, and the next week it climbed to number fifty-five.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "This Time" (Sean Garrett, Scott Storch) – 3:28
  2. "The Way You Do Me" (Garrett, Swizz Beatz, Emcee Drive) – 3:14
  3. "Too Little Too Late" (Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, Ruth-Anne Cunningham) – 3:41
  4. "The High Road" (Bridget Benenate, J. R. Rotem, Matthew Gerrard) – 3:50
  5. "Anything" (Beau Dozier, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Justin Trugman, Mischke Butler) – 3:50
  6. "Like That" (Corey Williams, Ryan Leslie) – 3:48
  7. "Good Ol'" (Frankie, Kenneth Karlin, Lisa Simmons, Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano, Soulshock) – 4:08
  8. "Coming for You" (Alex Cantrall, Frankie, Karlin, Simmons, Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano, Soulshock) – 3:30
  9. "Let It Rain" (Makeba Riddick, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen) – 3:47
  10. "Exceptional" (Diane Warren) – 3:43
  11. "How to Touch a Girl" (Steinberg, Alexander, Levesque) – 4:27
  12. "Note to God" (Warren) – 4:27

[edit] iTunes exclusive (U.S.)

Released October 17, 2006

  1. "Do Whatcha Gotta Do" – 4:32
  2. "I Can Take You There" – 4:52
  3. "No Puedes Volver" ("Too Little Too Late" - Spanish version) – 3:41
  4. Digital Booklet "The High Road"

[edit] Wal-Mart exclusive

Released October 17, 2006

  1. "Get It Poppin'" (Emile Ghantous, Erik Nelson) – 3:41

[edit] Best Buy exclusive

Released October 17, 2006

  1. "I Can Take You There" – 4:51

[edit] Target and Circuit City exclusive DVD

Released October 17, 2006

  1. "The High Road" (Behind the Scenes in the Studio) – 1:39
  2. "The Glamorous Life" (Behind the Scenes of the Photo Shoot) – 4:24
  3. "Lights, Camera, Action" (Behind the Scenes of the Video Shoot) – 7:00
  4. "Visual Imagery" (All JoJo's videoclips, including the solo clip of Baby It's You (without rapper Bow Wow) – 17:00

[edit] British edition

Released November 6, 2006

  1. "The Way You Do Me"
  2. "Anything"
  3. "This Time"
  4. "Too Little Too Late"
  5. "Let It Rain"
  6. "The High Road"
  7. "Like That"
  8. "Good Ol'"
  9. "Coming for You"
  10. "Exceptional"
  11. "How to Touch a Girl"
  12. "Note to God"
  13. "Do Whatcha Gotta Do" – 4:30
  14. "I Can Take You There" – 4:51
  15. "Leave (Get Out)" – 4:02

[edit] International edition

  1. "The Way You Do Me"
  2. "Anything"
  3. "This Time"
  4. "Too Little Too Late"
  5. "Let It Rain"
  6. "The High Road"
  7. "Like That"
  8. "Good Ol'"
  9. "Coming for You"
  10. "Exceptional"
  11. "How to Touch a Girl"
  12. "Note to God"
  13. "Do Whatcha Gotta Do"
  14. "I Can Take You There"
  15. "No Puedes Volver" ("Too Little Too Late" - Spanish version)

[edit] Japanese edition

  1. "The Way You Do Me"
  2. "Anything"
  3. "This Time"
  4. "Too Little Too Late"
  5. "Let It Rain"
  6. "The High Road"
  7. "Like That"
  8. "Good Ol'"
  9. "Coming for You"
  10. "Exceptional"
  11. "How to Touch a Girl"
  12. "Note to God"
  13. "Do Whatcha Gotta Do"
  14. "I Can Take You There"
  15. "No Puedes Volver" ("Too Little Too Late" - Spanish version)
  16. "Get It Poppin'"

[edit] Unreleased Tracks

  1. "So I Can" (Produced by Timbaland)
  2. "Memories"
  3. "Bad Boy"
  4. "Learning To Love"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position		 Sales Certification
Australian ARIA Urban Albums Chart 22 — —
Canadian Albums Chart 12 — Gold[4]
Chilean Albums Chart 49 — —
Japanese Oricon Album Chart 45 — —
Swiss Albums Chart 96 — —
German Albums Chart 6 — —
UK Album Chart 24 — Gold[5]
U.S. Billboard 200 3 — Platinum
Brazil Brazilian Albums Chart 2 50,000 Platinum
United World Chart 7 2,000,000 -

[edit] Release History

Region Date
United States October 17, 2006
United Kingdom November 6, 2006
Denmark[6] November 13, 2006
Sweden[7]
Norway[8]
Australia November 20, 2006
Germany November 24, 2006
Poland November 27, 2006
Chile[9] February 19, 2007

[edit] Promotion

On September 20, 2006, fans were able to buy from the iTunes Store snippets of three of JoJo's songs from the album. The songs were:

  • "The Way You Do Me"
  • "Let It Rain"
  • "This Time"

On September 27, JoJo performed two songs on MTV's TRL:

  • "Too Little Too Late"
  • "This Time"

On September 28, AOL released Sessions@AOL where JoJo performed:

  • "How to Touch a Girl"
  • "The Way You Do Me"
  • "This Time"
  • "Too Little Too Late"

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.bpi.co.uk
  2. ^ RIAA (1981–). RIAA (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-23.
  3. ^ Billboard.com - Ask Billboard
  4. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for January 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
  5. ^ The Bpi
  6. ^ CDON.com DEN
  7. ^ CDON.com SWE
  8. ^ CDON.com NOR
  9. ^ MixUp Music Stores in Mexico


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JoJo
Albums
JoJo · The High Road · All I Want Is Everything
Other albums
Singles
Other songs
"Secret Love" · "Come Together Now"
Filmography
Aquamarine · RV  · The Bernie Mac Show · America's Most Talented Kid · American Dreams · Shark Tale  · Romeo!  · Punk'd  · True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet
Tours
The High Road Tour
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