Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album)

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Breakaway
Studio album by Kelly Clarkson
Released November 30, 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Pop rock
Length 44:45
Label RCA, 19, S
Producer Kara DioGuardi, Lukasz Gottwald, David Hodges, Chantal Kreviazuk, Clif Magness, Raine Maida, Max Martin, Ben Moody, John Shanks
Kelly Clarkson chronology
Thankful
(2003)		 Breakaway
(2004)		 My December
(2007)
Singles from Breakaway
  1. "Breakaway"
    Released: September 14, 2004
  2. "Since U Been Gone"
    Released: December 22, 2004
  3. "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
    Released: July 5, 2005
  4. "Because of You"
    Released: November 29, 2005
  5. "Walk Away"
    Released: March 13, 2006

Breakaway is the second studio album by American recording artist Kelly Clarkson, released on November 30, 2004. Breakaway received two awards at the 48th Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the hit single "Since U Been Gone".[1]

The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 for selling 250,000 copies. It was eventually certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA.[2] It remains Clarkson's best-selling album to date, with sales of 6,160,000 copies sold in the U.S, as of December 2010.[3] In Australia, after debuting at fifty-four[4] and peaking at two, Breakaway was Australia's second best-selling album of 2005[5] and is also the 30th best selling album of all time in that country.[6] In Canada, Breakaway was certified 5x Platinum for sales of over 500,000 copies shipped.[7] Billboard listed the album as 29 on their decade-end charts based on sales.[8] Breakaway has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.[9][10]

Contents

[edit] Writing

In June 2004, Clarkson expressed her intentions to collaborate with co-Idol Fantasia Barrino, who were both at the time expected to record an album.[11] Clarkson wrote some of the tracks featured in the album with assistance from former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody. She said, "[The new album] is like the first CD in the sense that it's versatile, but it's more into the rock. It's more into the soulful roots, and it's just a little bit deeper."[12]

The album's title track was written by Canadian pop-rock singer Avril Lavigne, along with Matthew Gerrard, and Bridget Benenate. Originally, Clarkson recorded "Breakaway" to tide fans over until September 2004 when the supposed lead single of the album would hit the airwaves.[13]

[edit] Chart performance

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars....[14]
Robert Christgau (B-)[15]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars....[16]
Slant Magazine 3.5/5 stars....[17]
Stylus Magazine (B)[18]
Yahoo! Music 7/10 stars.........[19]
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After spending 61 consecutive weeks in the top 20 of the Billboard 200, Breakaway descended to number 24. It remained in the top 30 for 74 consecutive weeks. It spent 103 weeks on the Billboard 200 (as of November 23, 2006), re-entering the chart (issue date: February 3, 2007) for its 104th week; this was its last eligible week on the chart. As of March 18, 2010 Breakaway reentered the Billboard 200 at position number 169. This was almost 6 years after its initial release. The album also re-entered the Australian ARIA Charts in the week beginning April 19, 2010, at number 100, while in Australia with the All I Ever Wanted Tour.[20]

With over six million copies sold in the US, Breakaway is the second most successful album by an Idol in the US, only behind Some Hearts by season four winner, Carrie Underwood, which sold over seven million copies. However, with worldwide sales of over 12 million copies, Breakaway is the most successful album by an Idol overall.

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Breakaway"   Matthew Gerrard, Bridget Benenate, Avril Lavigne John Shanks 3:57
2. "Since U Been Gone"   Max Martin, Luke Gottwald Martin, Gottwald 3:09
3. "Behind These Hazel Eyes"   Kelly Clarkson, Martin, Gottwald Martin, Gottwald 3:19
4. "Because of You"   Clarkson, David Hodges, Ben Moody Hodges, Moody 3:39
5. "Gone"   Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks Shanks 3:27
6. "Addicted"   Clarkson, Hodges, Moody Hodges, Moody 3:57
7. "Where Is Your Heart"   Clarkson, DioGuardi Chantal Kreviazuk Raine Maida, Kreviazuk 4:39
8. "Walk Away"   Clarkson, Kreviazuk, Maida, DioGuardi Maida, DioGuardi,Kreviazuk 3:09
9. "You Found Me"   DioGuardi, Shanks John Shanks 3:39
10. "I Hate Myself for Losing You"   DioGuardi, Jimmy Harry, Shep Solomon Clif Magness 3:20
11. "Hear Me"   Clarkson, DioGuardi, Magness Magness 3:54
12. "Beautiful Disaster" (live) Matthew Wilder, Rebekah Jordan Toby Francis 4:35
Total length:
 44:42

[edit] Credits and personnel

  • Jon Berkowitz - Assistant Engineer
  • Bridget Benante - Composer
  • Johan "Brorsan" Brosson - Assistant, Pro-Tools Tech
  • Paul Bushnell - Musician
  • David Campbell - String Arrangement
  • Dan Certa - Recording
  • Sergio Chavez - Assistant Engineer
  • Kelly Clarkson - Composing, Vocals
  • Mark Colbert - Musician
  • Randy Cook - Musician
  • Olle Dahlstedt - Musician
  • Kara DioGuardi - Composer, Producer
  • Stephen Ferrera - A&R
  • Lars Fox - Additional Engineering
  • Toby Francis - Live Engineer
  • Josh Freese - Musician
  • Simon Fuller - Manager
  • Brian Garcia - Recording
  • Matt Gerrard - Composer
  • Brad Gilderman - Mixing
  • Serban Ghenea - Mixing
  • Luke Gottwald - Composer, Musician, Producer
  • Kevin Guarnieri - Recording
  • Jason Halbert - Musician, Piano Arrangement
  • Jimmy Harry - Composer
  • John Hanes - Additional Pro-Tools Engineers
  • David Hodges - Composer, Musician, Producer, String Arrangement
  • Rebekah Jordan - Composer
  • Mark Kiczula - Assistant Engineer
  • Chantal Kreviazuk - Composer, Producer
  • Avril Lavigne - Composer
  • Jason Lader - Musician, Programming
  • Victor Lawrence - Musician
  • Aaron Lepley - Assistant Engineer
  • Raine Madia - Composer, Musician, Producer, Recording
  • Cliff Magness - Composer, Engineer, Musician, Producer, Programming
  • Lasse Marten - Recording
  • Renson Mateo - Assistant Engineer
  • Max Martin - Composer, Musician, Producer, Recording
  • Ben Moody - Composer, Musician, Producer
  • Marty O'Brien - Musician
  • Shawn Pelton - Musician
  • Glenn Pittman - Assistant Engineer
  • Shanti Randall - Musician
  • Jason Rankins - Assistant
  • Tim Roberts - Assistant
  • Mark Robertson - Musician
  • Jeff Rothschild - Mixing, Musician
  • John Shanks - Composer, Mixing, Musician, Producer
  • Shep Solomon - Composer
  • Shari Sutcliffe - Contractor/Production Coordinator
  • Mark Valentine - Additional Engineering
  • Shalini Vijayan - Musician
  • Cameron Webb - Recording
  • Matthew Wilder - Composer
  • Joe Yannence - Mastering
  • Phil X - Musician

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Weekly charts

Chart (2004-2006) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[21] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[21] 3
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[21] 3
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[21] 31
Canadian Albums Chart[21] 6
Danish Albums Chart[21] 2
Dutch Albums Chart[21] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[21] 6
French Albums Chart[21] 20
German Albums Chart[21] 4
Greek Albums Chart[21] 2
Irish Albums Chart[21] 1
Italian Album Chart[21] 36
Japanese Album Chart[21] 40
Malaysian Albums Chart[22] 1
Mexican Albums Chart[21] 13
New Zealand Albums Chart[21] 5
Norwegian Albums Chart[21] 8
Portuguese Albums Chart[21] 4
Spanish Albums Chart[21] 43
Swedish Albums Chart[21] 16
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 2
UK Albums Chart[21] 3
US Billboard 200[23] 3

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2005-2006) Position
Australian Albums Chart[24] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[25] 22
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[26] 10
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[27] 99
Danish Albums Chart[28] 13
Dutch Albums Chart[29] 10
Finnish Albums Chart[30] 17
Hungarian Albums Chart[31] 67
New Zealand Albums Chart 9
Swedish Albums Chart[32] 39
Swiss Albums Chart[33] 99
UK Albums Chart[34] 8
US Billboard 200[35] 3

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[36] 7× Platinum 490,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[37] Gold 15,000x
Belgium (BEA)[38] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[39] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[40] Platinum 40,000^
Europe (IFPI)[41] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*
France (SNEP)[42] Gold 75,000*
Germany (BVMI)[43] 3× Gold 300,000^
Hungary (Mahasz)[44] Gold 3,000x
Ireland (IRMA)[45] 7× Platinum 105,000x
Mexico (AMPROFON)[46] Gold 50,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[47] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[48] 3× Platinum 45,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[49] 2× Gold 40,000*
Sweden (GLF)[50] Platinum 60,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[51] Platinum 30,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[52] 4× Platinum 1,538,035[53]
United States (RIAA)[54] 6× Platinum 6,160,000[3]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

[edit] Decade-end charts

Chart (2000-2009) Position
Australian Albums Chart[55] 21
US Billboard 200[8] 29

[edit] References

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