Paris (Paris Hilton album)

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Paris
Studio album by Paris Hilton
Released August 22, 2006
Recorded 2004–2006
Genre Pop, R&B, dance, turbo-folk
Length 39:55
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Paris Hilton (exec.), Tom Whalley (exec.), Dr. Luke, Fernando Garibay, Greg Wells, J. R. Rotem, Kara DioGuardi, Rob Cavallo, Sheppard Soloman, Scott Storch (also exec.)
Singles from Paris
  1. "Stars Are Blind"
    Released: June 5, 2006
  2. "Nothing in This World"
    Released: September 12, 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Billboard (positive)[2]
Blender 2.5/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[4]
Robert Christgau (dud)[5]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[6]
Slant Magazine 3/5 stars[7]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[8]
The Observer 3/5 stars[9]
Yahoo! Music UK 7/10 stars[10]

Paris is the debut studio album by American media personality and singer Paris Hilton, released on her own label, Heiress Records, in association with Warner Bros. Records. The album was released in the United States on August 22, 2006. The entire album was posted on AOL Music on August 13, 2006, causing the album to be leaked on the internet before the release date.

As of March 2011, the album has sold 197,000 copies in the US.[11]

Contents

[edit] Production

Hilton first announced plans to record an album in 2003. In 2004, she met with producer Rob Boldt and began recording demo tracks. While collaborating with Boldt, Hilton came across the song "Screwed". Hilton recorded a demo for the song and began talking about it in many interviews, saying it would be the first single from the album. That same summer, Haylie Duff said in an interview that "Screwed" was actually going to be recorded by her and would be the first single from her album. The two girls began a legal battle for the song.[12] Not long afterwards, Duff was dropped by her record label which allowed Paris to claim the song as hers.

In 2005, Hilton was signed to Warner Bros. Records for distribution of her album. At that time, Hilton began working with Rob Cavallo, who had produced tracks for Green Day, Jewel, and Alanis Morissette. Initially, the album was planned to have a pop/rock sound. However, Hilton decided to move towards a pop/hip-hop sound after meeting with Scott Storch in Miami. After months of collaboration with Storch, the album was finally complete and ready for release.

Producers for Paris included Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi, Jane Wiedlin and Scott Storch. Hilton collaborated with Fat Joe and Jadakiss on the song "Fightin' Over Me." The first single from Paris, "Stars Are Blind," produced by Fernando Garibay, was released for download on June 20, 2006 and peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100; "Turn It Up" and "Nothing in This World" followed as worldwide singles.

[edit] Critical reception

Critical reception was generally mixed.[13] Allmusic commented that the album was "more fun than anything released by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson, and a lot fresher, too." At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 57, based on 17 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews.[14]

[edit] Banksy and Danger Mouse remix

In August/September 2006, Banksy replaced up to 500 copies of Paris in 48 different UK record stores with his own cover art and remixes by Danger Mouse. Music tracks were given titles such as "Why Am I Famous?", "What Have I Done?" and "What Am I For?". Several copies of the CD were purchased by the public before stores were able to remove them, some going on to be sold for as much as £750 on online auction websites such as eBay. The cover art depicted Paris Hilton digitally altered to appear topless. Other pictures feature her with a dog's head replacing her own, and one of her stepping out of a luxury car, edited to include a group of homeless people, which included the caption "90% of success is just showing up."[15][16][17]

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Turn It Up"   Scott Storch, Penelope Magnet,
Jeff Bowden, Paris Hilton		 Scott Storch 3:12
2. "Fightin' Over Me" (featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss) Storch, Magnet, Hilton, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Alonzo Jackson, Taura Jackson Scott Storch 4:01
3. "Stars Are Blind"   Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon, Ralph McCarthy Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon (co.) 3:56
4. "I Want You"   Johnathan Rotem, Kara DioGuardi, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Barry Gibb Johnathan "J.R." Rotem 3:12
5. "Jealousy"   Storch, DioGuardi, Hilton Scott Storch 3:40
6. "Heartbeat"   Storch, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander Scott Storch 3:43
7. "Nothing in This World"   Lukasz Gottwald, Solomon Dr. Luke 3:10
8. "Screwed"   DioGuardi, Greg Wells Greg Wells 3:41
9. "Not Leaving Without You"   DioGuardi, Wells, Hilton Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi 3:35
10. "Turn You On"   Storch, Hilton, A. Jackson, T. Jackson, Courtney Triggs Scott Storch 3:06
11. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"   Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings Scott Storch 4:34

[edit] Sales and chart performance

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[18] 24
Austrian Albums Chart[18] 9
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders)[18] 18
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia)[19] 49
Canadian Albums Chart[20] 4
Colombian Album Charts 7
Danish Albums Chart[18] 20
Dutch Albums Chart[18] 28
Finnish Albums Chart[18] 17
French Albums Chart[18] 67
German Albums Chart[18] 18
Greek International Albums Chart 11
Hungarian Albums Chart[21] 40
Irish Albums Chart[18] 27
Italian Albums Chart 22
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart 8
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[18] 16
Spanish Albums Chart 98
Swedish Albums Chart[18] 6
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 7
UK Albums Chart[18] 29
U.S. Billboard 200[18] 6

[edit] References

  1. ^ Paris (Paris Hilton album) at Allmusic
  2. ^ Billboard magazine review
  3. ^ Blender magazine review
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^ Robert Christgau review
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ Slant Magazine review
  8. ^ The Guardian review
  9. ^ The Observer review
  10. ^ Yahoo! Music review
  11. ^ Caulfield, Keith (9 March 2011). "Kim Kardashian vs. Paris Hilton: Whose Debut Single Sold More?". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/news/kim-kardashian-vs-paris-hilton-whose-debut-1005066052.story#/news/kim-kardashian-vs-paris-hilton-whose-debut-1005066052.story. Retrieved 11 March 2011. 
  12. ^ "MTV News". http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490143/20040812/story.jhtml. Retrieved 2004-08-12. 
  13. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/hiltonparis/paris?q=paris
  14. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/paris
  15. ^ "Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank". BBC News. 4 September 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5310416.stm. Retrieved 19 September 2006. 
  16. ^ Truscott, Claire; Hodgson, Martin (3 September 2006). "Banksy targets Paris Hilton". London: The Independent on Sunday. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1325440.ece. Retrieved 19 September 2006. 
  17. ^ "Paris Prank Confirmed". 7 September 2006. http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/news_article.php?id=10995. Retrieved 19 September 2006. 
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Paris Hilton – Paris – αCharts.us
  19. ^ Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia)
  20. ^ Paris Hilton – Paris – Allmusic
  21. ^ Hungarian Albums Chart

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