| Breathing Underwater | ||||
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| Studio album by Marié Digby | ||||
| Released | June 24, 2009 (see release history) |
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| Recorded | November 2008 - April 2009[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop, Adult Alternative, Singer/Songwriter | |||
| Length | 62:52 (Japan version) 48:35 (US version) |
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| Label | Hollywood | |||
| Producer | Allison Hamamura,[2] Oak, Ezekiel Lewis, Brian Kennedy Seals, Andrew “Papa Justifi” Wansel, Antwoine “T-Wiz” Collins, The Movement, Madd Scientist | |||
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Breathing Underwater is the third album and second international studio album by American singer Marié Digby. It was released in Japan on June 24, 2009[6] and was released on September 7, 2009 on Amazon and on September 15, 2009 in the US and worldwide.
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On April 8, 2009, "Breathing Underwater" was leaked onto the internet, months prior to the new September release date.
On April 9, 2009, Digby responded on her MySpace page to those concerned about the leak:[7]
"Yesterday, my album advance was sent only to the folks at my record label, radio DJ's and music supervisors. It is just inevitable that one of those people are going to try and make a buck or put up the music just for their own personal satisfaction. [...] If you can't afford 8 dollars for an album, then you can always support your favorite artists by even just purchasing a song or two! If an artist I love had made a new album and it was on the internet, I would probably want it too !! But I would undoubtedly go and buy the album with pride on the date of release as well.. but that's just me :)"
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Daybreak" | Digby, Warren Felder, Ezekiel Lewis, Candice Nelson | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Avalanche" | Digby, Brian Kennedy Seals, Frankie Storm | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Breathing Underwater" | Seals, Troy Verges, Hillary Lindsey | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Should've Been Simple" | Digby, Seals, Andre Merritt | 4:06 |
| 5. | "Know You By Heart" | Digby, Felder, Storm, Andrew Wansel | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Feel" | Digby, Lewis, Reed Vertelney | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Come Find Me" | Digby, Seals, Lindsey, Verges, Antwoine Collins | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Symphony" | Digby, Collins, Claude Kelly | 4:20 |
| 9. | "Machine" | Digby, Seals, Lewis | 2:58 |
| 10. | "Overboard (feat. Livvi Franc)" | Digby, Franc, Kennedy, Storm | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Love With a Stranger" | Digby, James Bunton, Corron Cole | 4:11 |
| 12. | "Come to Life" | Digby, Seals, Storm | 3:42 |
| 13. | "Crazier Things" | Storm, Kelly, Joel Kipnis, Kier Gist, Dan Wilenski, Brian Coleman | 3:29 |
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| 14. | "Sanctuary" (Also Available in Amazon.com) | Digby, Lewis, Vertelney | 3:11 | ||||||
| 15. | "Make It Happen" | Digby, Storm, Theodore Thomas | 3:58 | ||||||
| 16. | "Surrender" | Digby, Thomas, Storm, Felder | 3:44 | ||||||
| 17. | "Fool on Parade" (Also Available in iTunes US) | Digby, Bunton, Cole | 3:22 | ||||||
The album's lead U.S. single "Avalanche" was released on April 13, 2009. On September 21, 2009. A music video for Avalanche was posted on Marié's official YouTube.[8] Another video was made for Asian countries, which is identical to the YouTube version but cuts out the behind-the-scenes clips and focuses more on the performance.
"Symphony", the album's second follow-up U.S. single was released on June 2, 2009. The song was used at the season 6 finale of The Hills.
A Japanese promotional single, "Feel" was aired in Japan and a music video of it was posted to Marié's official YouTube on June 11, 2009.[9] It was soon used as a promotion for her movie for the album.
On the 1st of July 2010, Digby released her first movie. It was a 17-episode musical series entitled "Breathing Underwater". The series became viewable through ABCLounge.com.[10] The movie will basically be about Digby's personal life and how she got to make "Breathing Underwater" (her 3rd album). The series plays all of her song from the album. The movie stars herself, some of her friends and some new actors. The movie was brought by Hollywood Records and StoryMusicStory.
| Region | Date | Label |
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| Japan | June 24, 2009 | Avex Trax |
| Australia[11] | July 15, 2009 | Hollywood |
| United States | September 15, 2009 | Hollywood |
| Brazil[12] | January 19, 2010 |
| Chart | Peak position |
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| United States Billboard 200 | 183 |
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