Celebrity (album)

Celebrity
Studio album by NSYNC
Released July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)
Recorded 2001
Genre
Length 49:31
Label Jive
Producer
NSYNC chronology
No Strings Attached
(2000)		 Celebrity
(2001)		 Greatest Hits
(2005)
Singles from Celebrity
  1. "Pop"
    Released: May 15, 2001
  2. "Gone"
    Released: October 24, 2001
  3. "Girlfriend"
    Released: December 30, 2001

Celebrity is the fourth and final studio album by American boy band NSYNC. It was released on July 18, 2001 by Jive Records. The album was the band's second to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 1,879,495 copies, the second best debut-week sales in the country at the time, only behind its predecessor No Strings Attached and also becoming their third consecutive top ten album in the United States. As of 2015, the album has the third best-debut week sales in the US of all time.[2] Upon release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics.

Background

At the 2000 Billboard Music Awards on December 5, 2000, NSYNC announced that they would begin "experimenting with new music" for their fourth studio album in January 2001 at a recording studio in their native Florida. Justin Timberlake revealed that they plan to spend two months there to "see what [they] can come up with", while Joey Fatone stated that the group may "move out of state" as the project progresses. NSYNC revealed that they while they plan to do more songwriting and producing for the album, they hope to work with Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs and Richard Marx, who had collaborated with them on their third studio album, No Strings Attached (2000). Fatone said that working with Marx was "such a cool feeling", as the singer was someone that he had listened to when he was younger and "looked up to".[3]

The group sought to express more creative control on the album than they did with their previous work.[4] As such, the album features more songwriting and production from the group's members than any of their previous albums.

Promotion

A television special entitled The Road To Celebrity was broadcast on MTV from July 21-22, 2001.[5] The album spawned three singles: "Pop", "Gone" and "Girlfriend". which peaked at numbers nineteen, eleven and five on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively.

The band embarked on two tours to promote the album. The first, entitled PopOdyssey began in May 2001, two months before the album's release, and concluded in September. Earning over $90 million, it was one of the biggest tours of its year.[6] A video of the concert titled PopOdyssey Live was later released on home video. The second tour was the Celebrity Tour, which earned nearly $30 million.[7]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Blender[8]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[10]
Entertainment WeeklyB[11]
NME8/10[12]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[13]
Slant Magazine[1]

Celebrity received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65 based on 11 reviews.[14] Upon the album's release, Allmusic senior editor, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, writing that Celebrity is NSYNC's "most varied album yet, but the emergence of Timberlake and Chasez as credible soulful singers and, yes, songwriters makes it their best album yet, and one of the best of the teen pop boom of 1999-2001".[9]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Celebrity debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Although it did not sell as much as its predecessor, Celebrity still managed to gain the second-best debut-week sales at the time since SoundScan began monitoring record retailers in 1991, selling 1,879,955 copies.[15] On August 22, 2001, the album was certified five-time Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting five million shipments. The album also debuted at number one in Canada by selling 71,245 copies.[15]

Formats and track listings

Celebrity — Canadian and American edition
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Pop"  
  • BT
  • Timberlake
  • Robson
 3:57
2. "Celebrity"  
 3:17
3. "The Game Is Over"  
  • Riprock 'n' Alex G
  • Chasez
 3:25
4. "Girlfriend"  
The Neptunes 4:13
5. "The Two of Us"  
  • Chasez
  • Greggs
  • Daymond
  • Riprock 'n' Alex G
  • Chasez
 3:50
6. "Gone"  
  • Timberlake
  • Robson
  • Timberlake
  • Robson
 4:51
7. "Tell Me, Tell Me... Baby"  
Rami 3:36
8. "Up Against the Wall"  
  • Chasez
  • Timberlake
  • Greggs
  • Daymond
  • Riprock 'n' Alex G
  • Chasez
 3:36
9. "See Right Through You"  
  • Timberlake
  • Larry "Rock" Campbell
  • Robson
  • Timberlake
  • Robson
 2:52
10. "Selfish"  
Brian McKnight 4:19
11. "Just Don't Tell Me That"  
  • Lundin
  • Schulze
 3:02
12. "Something Like You"  
  • Timberlake
  • Robin Wiley
  • Timberlake
  • Wiley
 4:14
13. "Do Your Thing"  James MossPAJAM 4:19
Total length:
 49:31
Deluxe edition bonus disc
No. Title Length
1. "Pop" (Pablo La Rossa's Funktified Remix) 5:38
2. "Pop" (Deep Dish Cha-Ching Mix) 11:49
3. "Pop" (Terminalhead Vocal Mix) 5:35
4. "Gone" (Gone Clubbin' I'll Be Back Late Remix) 5:57
5. "Gone" (Spanish version) 4:22
6. "Girlfriend" (The Neptunes Remix Featuring Nelly) 4:43
7. "Girlfriend" (The Neptunes Remix Instrumental) 4:43
8. "Pop" (music video) 3:57
9. "Gone" (music video) 4:51
10. "Girlfriend" (music video) 4:13
11. "Girlfriend" (The Neptunes Remix featuring Nelly) (music video) 4:43

Personnel

  • Alan Armitage – engineer
  • Brady Barnett – digital editing
  • Kenny Blank – guitar
  • Bryan Popin – piano, cello, strings, writer ("Falling")
  • Stuart Brawley – engineer, mixing
  • BT – Arranger, programming, producer, engineer, mixing
  • Christopher Carroll – mixing
  • JC Chasez – producer
  • J. Valentine – background vocals, writer, producer
  • Bradley Daymond – mixing
  • Todd Fairall – engineer
  • Tony Flores – mixing
  • Michael Forbes – engineer
  • Richard Fortus – bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Brian Garten – engineer
  • Steven Gerstein – stylist
  • Alexander Greggs – mixing
  • Paul Gregory – engineer
  • Kevin Guarnieri – engineer, digital editing, assistant engineer
  • Chris Haggerty – digital editing
  • Hampton String Quartet – strings
  • Chaz Harper – mastering
  • Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing
  • Bill Importico – engineer
  • Rodney Jerkins – multi instruments, producer
  • Joel Kazmi – engineer, assistant vocal engineer
  • Scott Kieklak – mixing
  • Michael Landau – guitar (electric)
  • Michael Lang – piano
  • Kristian Lundin – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Brian McKnight – keyboards, producer
  • Peter Mokran – mixing
  • J. Moss – producer, engineer, rap, mixing
  • Dylan Koski-Budabin – engineer
  • Pablo Munguia – engineer, assistant engineer
  • Jackie Murphy – art direction, design
  • Anthony Nance – drum programming
  • Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar
  • Paulino Oliveira – assistant engineer
  • John O'Mahoney – mixing
  • Frankie Payne – hair stylist
  • Charles Pollard – programming, engineer, string arrangements
  • Rami – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Wade Robson – arranger, multi instruments, producer
  • Jacob Schulze – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mark Seliger – photography
  • Talley Sherwood – engineer
  • Mary Ann Souza – assistant engineer
  • Rich Tapper – assistant engineer, mixing
  • Michael Hart Thompson – guitar (acoustic)
  • Justin Timberlake – arranger, multi instruments, producer, beatbox
  • Jim Tobin - FOH Manager
  • Michael Tucker – engineer, assistant engineer, mixing, vocal recording
  • Carlos Vazquez – beat programming
  • WaWa – chant
  • Robin Wiley – producer, digital editing, string arrangements
  • Stevie Wonder – harmonica
  • Chris Wood – engineer
  • Yasu – string engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 10
Austrian Albums Chart 24
Belgian Flemish Albums Chart 31
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart 47
Canadian Albums Chart 1
Danish Albums Chart 7
Dutch Albums Chart 42
European Albums Chart[16] 12
German Albums Chart 5
Irish Albums Chart 25
Italian Albums Chart 54
Japanese Albums Chart[17] 11
Japanese (International Albums Chart)[18] 1
Malaysian Albums Chart[19] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 10
Norwegian Albums Chart 16
Scottish Albums Chart[20] 15
Spanish Albums Chart[21] 21
Swedish Albums Chart 27
Swiss Albums Chart 14
UK Albums Chart 12
U.S. Billboard 200 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[22] Gold 35,000^
Brazil (ABPD)[23] Gold 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[24] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[26] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
Japan July 18, 2001 CD Sony [27]
United Kingdom July 23, 2001
RCA [28]
Canada July 24, 2001 CD Sony [29]
United States
  • Cassette
  • CD
 Jive [30]
United Kingdom April 29, 2002 CD (special edition) RCA [31]
Japan August 7, 2002 CD (reissue) Sony [32]
June 20, 2007 [33]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cinquemani, Sal (July 22, 2001). "*Nsync: Celebrity". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Caulfield, Keith. "Adele's '25' Is the 20th Album to Sell a Million Copies in a Week: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Vanhorn, Teri (December 7, 2000). "'NSYNC to Hit Studio in January". MTV News. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "'N Sync: True Tales of the Pop Life". Rolling Stone. August 16, 2001.
  5. ↑ Flick, Larry. "'N Sync: Shouldering The Burden of 'Celebrity'". Billboard. Billboard. Archived from the original on June 30, 2001. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (December 21, 2001). "U2, 'NSYNC, Backstreet Top List Of 2001's Biggest Concert Grossers". MTV News. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
  7. ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (December 20, 2001). "Britney, 'NSYNC Buried In Ticket Sales By McCartney, Stones". MTV News. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
  8. 1 2 3 "Reviews for Celebrity by *NSYNC". Metacritic. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  9. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Celebrity – *NSYNC". AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: 'N Sync". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  11. ↑ Browne, David (July 27, 2001). "'N Sync: Celebrity Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  12. ↑ Needham, Alex (July 31, 2001). "Album Reviews – *NSYNC : Celebrity". NME. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  13. ↑ Walters, Barry (July 9, 2001). "Celebrity". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  14. ↑ Celebrity (2001): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on November 23, 2015
  15. 1 2 "*NSync No. 1 but can't match record". Jam!. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  16. ↑ http://books.google.ca/books?id=hRIEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1|title=Hits of the World - Eurochart|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=August 11, 2001
  17. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/41930/ranking/cd_album/
  18. ↑ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oricon.co.jp%2Fsearch%2Fresult.php%3Fkbn%3Dja%26types%3Drnk%26year%3D2001%26month%3D8%26week%3D1%26submit5.x%3D4%26submit5.y%3D12&sandbox=1
  19. ↑ Billboard - Google Books
  20. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20010729/40/
  21. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  22. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  23. ↑ "Brazilian album certifications – *NSYNC – Celebrity" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  24. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – *NSYNC – Celebrity". Music Canada. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  25. ↑ "British album certifications – *NSYNC – Celebrity". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 25, 2012. Enter Celebrity in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  26. ↑ "American album certifications – *NSYNC – Celebrity". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 25, 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  27. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005J4HW
  28. ↑ Release of Celebrity in the United Kingdom:
  29. ↑ http://www.amazon.ca/Celebrity-NSYNC/dp/B000065FM9
  30. ↑ Release of Celebrity in the United States:
  31. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Celebrity-Special-N-Sync/dp/B0000665FH
  32. ↑ http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/ZJCI-10087
  33. ↑ http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/BVCM-37906

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