Welcome to the Dollhouse (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	2008
Billboard	(favorable) 2008
The Boston Globe	(negative) 2008
Entertainment Weekly	(C) 2008
Slant Magazine	2008
USA Today	2008

Welcome to the Dollhouse is the second studio album by American R&B/pop group Danity Kane, released by Bad Boy and Atlantic Records on March 18, 2008 in the US and March 25, 2008 in Canada.^[1] Danity Kane recorded the album in under five weeks, while filming the second season of Making the Band 4 with fellow label mates Day26 and Donnie Klang first in New York City, New York, then in Miami, Florida. It became the group's second consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was the last album released before the group broke up in early 2009, and was their final album released with D. Woods who did not rejoin the group following their 2013 reunion, and Aundrea Fimbres, who announced she was leaving the group on May 16, 2014 to start a family with her fiance.

Production

For this album, all of the girls had written and/or produced some kind of song, that they thought was suitable for their second effort. As mentioned in interviews, Danity Kane has stated that they came up with the name of the album when they all had brought in their own material into the studio to see which tracks would make the cut. They also expressed, that it felt as if they were in a music box, hence getting the name, Welcome to the Dollhouse. Each of the girls, also, were given chances to co-write a handful of the tracks that are on the record.

Commercial performance

Welcome to the Dollhouse debuted on top of the US Billboard 200, with first week sales of 236,000 copies making it the band's second consecutive #1 album.^[2]^[3] Danity Kane is the first female group in Billboard history to have both their debut and second albums enter the main charts at #1. Less than a month after its release, Welcome to the Dollhouse was certified gold by the RIAA as of April 22, 2008.^[4] On September 28, 2008, the album had sold over 546,790 copies in the US. Billboard's weekly release of its popular Top 200 Albums, known as the Billboard 200, saw the album's biggest gain in sales for the magazine of October 11, 2008. Welcome to the Dollhouse landed at #75 on the year end Billboard 200.^[5]

The group intended to open for Janet Jackson's Rock Witchu Tour for promotion, but had to withdraw due to label conflicts.^[6]

Singles

The album's lead single, "Damaged",^[1] was chosen through an online fan poll. In January 2008, Danity Kane had posted a bulletin on their respective MySpace page expressing that they were giving their fans the chance to choose their newest single. Fans were given two choices, "Damaged" and "Pretty Boy". Of the two choices, "Damaged" dominated the poll by a vast majority, and thus, became the lead single from Welcome to the Dollhouse. The single "Damaged" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart at #64, and in its second week it shot up to #27.

Erik White directed and Gil Duldulao choreographed the music video for "Bad Girl".^[7] The video featured cameos from Missy Elliott, Qwanell Mosley from their fellow Bad Boy Records band Day26, and Talan Torriero of the MTV show Laguna Beach. The concept of the video is a graphic novel and stays true to the line in the song "When the red light comes on, I transform" as each member transforms into an alter ego of theirs after a flash of red light. This is their last single as a group before their early 2009 breakup, and the last single to be released with now-former members D. Woods and Aundrea Fimbres, peaking at #85 on the Billboard Pop 100.^[8]

Track listing

Standard edition^[9]^[10]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Welcome to the Dollhouse" (featuring P. Diddy)	Antwan Thompson Harve Pierre Sean Combs	Thompson Pierre	0:46
2.	"Bad Girl" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Mary Brown James Washington Devin Parker Nathanial Hill Missy Elliott	Danja^[A]^[B]	4:01
3.	"Damaged"	Jonathan Yip Jeremy Reeves Micayle McKinney Ray Romulos Shannon Lawrence Rose Marie Tan James Smith Justin Walker Combs Mario Winans	Stereotypes Combs* Winans*	4:04
4.	"Pretty Boy"	Balewa Muhammad Candace Nelson Ezekiel Lewis P. "J. Que" Smith Hill	Danja	3:59
5.	"Strip Tease"	Wanita Woodgett Dawn Richard Aundrea Fimbres Shannon Bex Aubrey O'Day Washington Hill	Danja	3:15
6.	"Sucka for Love"	Bryan-Michael Cox Kendrick A.J. Dean B. Muhammad Lewis Smith Nelson	Cox** Wyldcard* The Clutch*	2:55
7.	"Secret Place" (Interlude)	Winans Richard W. Woodgett Fimbres Bex O'Day	Winans**^[B]	1:16
8.	"Ecstasy" (featuring Rick Ross)	Andrew Harr Jermaine Jackson Brown William Roberts	The Runners^[C]	4:36
9.	"2 of You"	Cox Darnley Scantlebury State of Emergency Adonis Shropshire Dean Aian David Clarke Wynter Gordon	Cox State of Emergency Wyldcard*^[D]	3:53
10.	"Lights Out"	Richard Neil Betz Craig Betz Winans Combs	Flex & Hated Akeem Lee Combs* Winans*	3:25
11.	"Picture This" (Interlude)	O'Day W. Woodgett Winans	Winans**	1:14
12.	"Poetry"	James Hoe Tiff Star Winans Combs	Malay Winans*^[E]	4:42
13.	"Key to My Heart"	Shanell Woodgett Reggie Perry	Scyience	2:29
14.	"Flashback" (Interlude)	Romeo IX W. Woodgett Richard	Romeo IX	1:13
15.	"Is Anybody Listening..."	Niara Scarlet Fridolin Nordsoe Winans Combs	Fridolin Combs* Winans*^[F]	3:27
16.	"Ain't Going" (featuring Day26 and Donnie Klang)	Iyanna Dean Dawn Richard W. Woodgett Bernard Malik	Bernard Malik	3:12

Target edition bonus track^[11]^[12]^[13]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Make Me Sick"	Anesha Birchett Antea Joy Birchett Chris Grayson Kateeb Muhammad	Rockwilder	3:40

US iTunes edition bonus tracks^[14]^[15]
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Show Stopper" (Dave Audé Club remix)	7:26
17.	"Show Stopper" (Solitaire Club remix)	7:29
18.	"Damaged" (Acapella)	4:06
19.	"Ain't Going" (featuring Day26 and Donnie Klang)	3:12
20.	"Damaged" (Music video)

Notes

(*): Co-producer.
(**): Produced and arranged by:
(A): ^{^} Backing vocals by Mary Brown.
(B): ^{^} Vocals produced and arranged by Mary Brown.
(C): ^{^} Vocals produced by Mary Brown. Addition vocal production by Harve Pierre.
(D): ^{^} Addition vocal production by Adonis and Voyce Alexander.
(E): ^{^} Vocal production by Tiff Star and Jim Beanz.
(F): ^{^} Vocal production by Harve Pierre and Shannon Lawrence.

Credits and personnel

According to the album's booklet and the BMI Repertoire.^[9]^[10]^[13]

Sean Combs – executive producer
Harve Pierre – co-executive producer
Conrad Dimanche - associate executive producer, A&R
Shannon Lawrence - A&R
Daniel Mitchell - A&R coordinator
Hughes Felizor - A&R coordinator
Gwendolyn Niles - A&R administration
Sharon Tucker - A&R administration
Francesca Spero - Bad Boy Films/Making the Band 4 executive
Eric Wong - marketing
Kamala Salmon - marketing
Mark Obriski - art direction and design
Rod Gold - art manager
Carolyn Tracey - packaging production
Rodger Erickson - photographer
Marni Senofonte - styling
Julius Erving - management
Kenneth Meiselas - legal representation
Ed Shapiro - legal representation
Brian Gardner - mastering
Akeem Lee - producer ("Lights Out")
Antwan Thompson - producer ("Welcome to the Dollhouse")
Bernard Malik Doss - producer ("Ain't Going")
Bryan-Michael Cox - producer ("Sucka For Love" and "2 of You")
Danja - producer ("Bad Girl", "Pretty Boy" and "Strip Tease")
Flex & Hated - producer ("Lights Out")
Fridolin - producer ("Is Anybody Listening")
Harve Pierre - producer ("Welcome to the Dollhouse")
Mario Winans - producer ("Damaged", "Secret Place (Interlude)", "Lights Out", "Picture This (Interlude)", "Poetry" and "Is Anybody Listening")
Rockwilder - producer ("Make Me Sick")
Romeo IX - producer ("Flashback Interlude")
Scyience - producer ("Key to My Heart")
Sean Combs - producer ("Damaged", "Lights Out" and "Is Anybody Listening")
Stereotypes - producer ("Damaged")
The Clutch - producer ("Sucka for Love")
The Runners - producer ("Ecstasy")
Wyldcard - producer ("Sucka for Love" and "2 of You")
Victor Abijaudi - engineer
Steve Dickey - engineer
Paul J. Falcone - engineer
Andy Geel - engineer
Koil - engineer
Bernard Malik - engineer
Matthew Testa - engineer
Sam Thomas - engineer
Jeff Villanueva - engineer
Kevin Wilson - engineer
Marcella Araica - mixing engineer
Giz - mixing engineer
Ken Lewis - mixing engineer
Bernard Malik - mixing engineer
Fabian Marasciullo - mixing engineer
Matthew Testa - mixing engineer
Sam Thomas - mixing engineer
Adonis - vocal producer
Voyce Alexander - vocal producer
Jim Beanz - vocal producer
Mary Brown - vocal producer
Shannon Lawrence - vocal producer
Harve Pierre - vocal producer
Tiff Starr - vocal producer
Mary Brown - backing vocals on "Bad Girl"
Bryan-Michael Cox - arranger, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, programming, strings ("Sucka for Love" and "2 of You")*
Steve Dickey - mixing assistant
Daniel Mitchell - assistant engineer
Donnie Scantz - bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards ("2 of You")
Jahi Sundance - bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards ("2 of You")
Mario Winans - arranger ("Secret Place", "Picture This" and "Is Anybody Listening")
Wyldcard - keyboard, strings ("Sucka for Love"** and "2 of You")

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	1

Release history

Region	Date
United States	March 18, 2008
France	March 18, 2008^[16]
United Kingdom	April 21, 2008^[17]
Canada	March 25, 2008^[18]
Germany	May 9, 2008^[19]
Australia	September 13, 2008^[20]

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Preceded by Trilla by Rick Ross	Billboard 200 number-one album March 30, 2008 - April 5, 2008	Succeeded by Day26 by Day26

Danity Kane

Albums

Singles

"Show Stopper"
"Ride for You"
"Damaged"
"Bad Girl"
"Lemonade"
"Rhythm of Love"
"Tell Me"

Tours

Headlining	Jingle Ball Tour Making the Band 4 - The Tour

Supporting	The Never Gone Tour Monkey Business Tour Back to Basics Tour

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