The Alesha Show

The Alesha Show
Studio album by Alesha Dixon
Released	November 24, 2008 November 23, 2009 (Encore edition) (See release history)
Recorded	2007–2009
Genre	R&B, soul, funk
Length	52:25
Label	Asylum
Producer	Xenomania,[1] Steve Booker, The Underdogs,[1] Kuk Harrell, Stephen Lipson, Soulshock & Karlin, Al Shux
Alesha Dixon chronology
Fired Up (2006) The Alesha Show (2008) The Entertainer (2010)
Alternative cover
International cover
The Alesha Show - Encore cover
Singles from The Alesha Show
"The Boy Does Nothing" Released: November 10, 2008 "Breathe Slow" Released: February 9, 2009 "Let's Get Excited" Released: May 11, 2009 "To Love Again" Released: November 15, 2009

The Alesha Show is the second studio album from British R&B recording artist Alesha Dixon, the album is her first album to be released in the United Kingdom. It was released on November 24, 2008 in the UK by Asylum Records. Dixon, an ex-member of UK Garage girl group, Mis-Teeq, used her full name for the first time while releasing The Alesha Show (her previous album was credited mononymously as "Alesha"). The album's Xenomania-produced track, "The Boy Does Nothing" was chosen as the lead single.^[2]

A deluxe edition of the album was released on November 23, entitled The Alesha Show - Encore. The first single from the Encore edition was "To Love Again". All the singles released from the album, including the Encore edition, reached the top 15 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents 1 Reception 1.1 Commercial 1.2 Critical 2 Singles 2.1 Standard 2.2 Encore 3 Tracklisting 4 Release history 5 Tour 6 Charts 6.1 Certifications 7 References

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Digital Spy	[3]
Dotmusic	[4]
The Independent	[5]
MusicOMH	[6]
Orange	[7]
Teentoday.co.uk	[8]
The Times	[9]

Commercial

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number twenty-six, selling over 26,000 copies. It dropped off the top 75 chart after four weeks.^[10] The album slowly climbed up the chart and after the success of her second "Breathe Slow" it rose to a new peak of 12, giving the album its first top-twenty chart placing and has since been certified for sales of over 300,000 copies. Following the release of "Let's Get Excited", The Alesha Show rebounded to a new peak of 11.^[11]

Following the international release of "The Boy Does Nothing", The Alesha Show has charted in various European countries, including a peak of 39 on the French Albums Chart, compiled by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.

Critical

The album received generally mixed reviews from various critics. Alex Foster of the BBC started by praising Dixon on launching a well orchestrated comeback, saying "Modern celebrity is a fickle beast. After it chews you up and spits you out only a few are rewarded for their resilience with one more bite of the cherry".^[12] However, Foster continued onwards criticising Dixon's apparent genre change, stating "Is this the Britney of old? A rhymes-spitting, N.E.R.D video featuring, uniquely British R&B vixen that can ace rather than ape the Americans? The answer sadly is 'no'".^[12] However Foster did praise tracks such as "Breathe Slow" and "Hand It Over".^[12] Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the album three stars and stated that "Dixon tries her hand at everything from 60s glitz ('Cinderella Shoe') to synthy R&B ('Breathe Slow') to mellow ballads ('Don't Let Me Go'), managing more often that not to pull it off [...] Not unsurprisingly given its relentless genre-hopping, The Alesha Show does feature a few misfires. 'Ooh Baby I Like It Like That' sounds like a Dannii Minogue B-side from 2003".^[13] However, the review ended on an optimistic note, saying that "these quibbles aren't enough to sink an album that's often as lively and likable as the woman who made it".^[13]

Singles

Standard

• "The Boy Does Nothing" was released as the first single from the album. It became a worldwide hit and her best single to date. It became a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom. A top 10 hit in Australia, France, Norway, Italy, Romania, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Sweden, and Switzerland. It also became at top 20 hit in Belgium, Ireland and Slovakia, as well as a top 40 hit in Austria, Denmark and Germany.^[14]
• "Breathe Slow" is the second single from the album. The track is Dixon's most successful single to date in UK, peaking at #3. The song was nominated at the BRIT awards 2010 in the Best British single category. It also became a top 20 hit in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Ireland.^[15]
• "Let's Get Excited" is the third single. It peaked at #13 in the UK, #14 in Finland, and #36 in Ireland.

Encore

• "To Love Again" is the lead and only single from the encore edition of the album. The song is produced by John Shanks and was written by Gary Barlow of Take That. The song peaked at #15 in the United Kingdom and #23 in Scotland.^[16]

Tracklisting

Release history

Region	Date	Label
UK[17]	November 24, 2008	Asylum
Ireland
Japan[18]	January 21, 2009	JVC Victor Entertainment
Europe	February 20, 2009	Warner Music
Poland[19]	March 23, 2009
Brazil[20]	April 23, 2009
Spain[21]	May 12, 2009
Germany[22]	May 29, 2009
Austria[22]
Switzerland[22]
Australia[23]	September 4, 2009
United Kingdom[24] (Encore edition)	November 23, 2009	Asylum

Tour

In summer 2009 it was announced that Dixon would tour across the UK in support of The Alesha Show. Dixon named the 17 date concert tour "The Alesha Show". The tour is due to begin on October 20 in Nottingham and finish on November 19 in Brighton. Dixon had to reschedule three shows when it was announced that she would take on the role of judge on Strictly Come Dancing.^[25]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak position Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[26] 60 Dutch Albums Chart[27] 80 Finnish Albums Chart[27] 23 French Albums Chart[27] 39 Irish Albums Chart[27] 64 Spanish Albums Chart[27] 23 Swiss Albums Chart[27] 69 UK Albums Chart[27] 11 Year End Charts Chart Position UK Albums Chart Year-End Chart (2008)[28] 181 UK Albums Chart Year-End Chart (2009)[29] 59

Certifications Country Certifier Certification Sales United Kingdom BPI Platinum 300,000+

References

Alesha Dixon Studio albums Fired Up The Alesha Show The Entertainer Singles "Lipstick" "Knockdown" "The Boy Does Nothing" "Breathe Slow" "Let's Get Excited" "To Love Again" "Drummer Boy" "Radio" "Every Little Part of Me" "Do It Our Way (Play)" Featured singles "Take Control" Concert tours The Alesha Show Related articles Discography Mis-Teeq Strictly Come Dancing 5 7 8 9