No Air
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| Single by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown | |||||||||||
| from the album Jordin Sparks | |||||||||||
| B-side | "Save Me" | ||||||||||
| Released | February 11, 2008 (see release history) |
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| Format | Radio single, digital download, CD single, CD maxi | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, soul | ||||||||||
| Length | 4:24 (Album Version) 3:09 (UK Radio Edit) |
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| Label | 19 Records, Jive, Zomba | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | James Fauntleroy II, Eric "Blue Tooth" Griggs, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas, Steve Russell | ||||||||||
| Producer | The Underdogs | ||||||||||
| Certification | 2x Platinum (ARIA) Platinum (RIAA), (RIANZ) Gold (SWE) Silver (BPI) |
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"No Air" is the second single (third overall, including "This Is My Now") taken from Jordin Sparks self-titled debut album, with R&B singer Chris Brown. It was released in the United States on February 11, 2008 and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is Sparks' best selling and highest peaking single in the US. It was also highly successful worldwide, peaking at number one in Australia and New Zealand and it was hugely successful in the UK, peaking at number three and certified silver for selling over 200,000 units. It is the most sold single from an American Idol contestant. "No Air" peaked at number three in the European Hot 100, the second highest peak for an American Idol contestant, second only to Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You" which peaked at number one in 2006. The single is also Chris Brown's best-selling single worldwide.
The song was ranked number 4 on New York's Hit Music Station, Z100's Top 100 Songs of 2008.[1]
It was the most successful song of 2008 in New Zealand.
No Air is also the song with the most paid downloads by an Idol contestant, selling 3,516,189 digital copies worldwide.[2]
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[edit] Reviews
Chuck Taylor of Billboard believed the song is beneficial to both singers saying "a sweeping midtempo jam that pushes boundaries, allowing Sparks to show a looser, soulful side, while Brown is cast as pop crooner more than ever before." He mentions that the song is seemingly organic while giving both singers crossover appeal. Taylor states "Clever enough, and a fine song that ultimately gives the "AI" alum a heap of befitting credibility."[3]
BBC Radio 1's ChartBlog, gave the song five stars, mentioning "this song's flaws and its assets are one and the same - it's ridiculous, it's OTT, and yet if they'd tried to tone it down even a little bit, it wouldn't work at all. Contrary to the popularly held belief, sometimes more is more."[4]
[edit] Music video
The music video for "No Air" (directed by Chris Robinson) was filmed Wednesday January 23, 2008 in New York City, with photos from the shoot leaking to the internet the next day. A leak of the video was uploaded to YouTube on February 20, 2008, nearly a week before the video was officially released to Yahoo! Music on February 25, 2008.
The video begins with Sparks playing the piano in her home. Suddenly, she stops playing and makes a call on her cell phone, which directs her to an answering machine. The camera cuts to the phone she is presumably calling, which has been left on a counter in a steamy room. Sparks leaves a message, asking someone (Chris Brown) to call her when he can. Her silhouetted profile is then seen on the left in a different scene, against a blank gray background, as the song begins. Sparks is then shown going to her window and looking out, drawing a heart in the fog on the cold glass as she sings the song. Brown is next shown, wiping off a foggy mirror in his bathroom as he begins singing his first verse. Brown's profile is also seen entering on the right in the the gray background scene, and the two's silhouetted profiles face each other. The video cuts to Brown, who is shown putting on his jacket and leaving his home as he walks through New York City.
Sparks is next seen at nighttime by the water with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. She gets into her car and begins driving through the city. Meanwhile, we see Brown still in the daytime, arriving at Sparks' home. In a climactic sequence Brown confronts Sparks by her piano and the two passionately sing the final chorus to each other. Brown then leaves, and the video ends with their two silhouettes against the gray background, pulling away from each other. Whether or not they were ever really in the same place at the same time, or were simply imagining the other's presence, is left to the discretion of the viewer.
There are individual face shots of Brown and Sparks intercut throughout the video as well. Brown is also seen singing alone in a studio room with drums, guitars, and a piano, which he plays at the end, mirroring Sparks' first appearance on screen. One notable motif throughout the video is the wind that often blows against Brown and Sparks when they are shown outside or in the silhouetted scenes, driving home the message of the chorus: despite the presence of "air" all around, neither finds it possible to "breathe" without the other.
The music video was nominated: for two BET Awards for Viewers Choice and Chris Robinson was nominated for Best Video Director for his work on the "No Air" music video; for MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best New Artist.
The video recently passed the 54,000,000 view mark on youtube.com, making it Jordin's highest viewed video on the website to date. This also made it the 19th most viewed video on youtube of all time, after which it was removed from the channel due to an alleged copyright claim. The re-uploaded video on the same channel had more than a million views in less than a week.
The video also won a Music Choice "Most Demanded '08" award for Best Collaboration. There is a 26-second intro to the video.
[edit] Chart performance
"No Air" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Sparks' highest charting song to date. The song is Sparks first song to appear on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it has peaked at number four. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart and number-three on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming Sparks' second top three hit there. The song's digital sales in the United States currently stand at 2,874,000.
"No Air" has also enjoyed international success in several countries, especially in Oceania. In New Zealand, the song spent seven consecutive weeks at number-one on the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart [5]. It became the highest selling single of 2008 in that country. In Australia, "No Air" entered the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number-sixteen and peaked at number-one for four consecutive weeks. The song has been certified platinum in New Zealand and double platinum in Australia [6]. She performed the song on "Australian Idol" where she was handed her certification of double platinum sales for "No Air".
The song has been very successful in Europe as well. The song debuted on the UK Top 75 singles chart in April 2008, after Sparks and Brown appeared on American Idol, which is shown in the UK on ITV2. It debuted at number 58, before falling out the following week but in June it shot back into the charts at number 74, rocketing to number 22 the following week and eventually peaked at number 3 and has spent 10 weeks in the top 10 and 21 weeks in the Top 40. This has become the highest charting song from any American Idol in the UK charts after Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" charted at number-five in 2005. It was announced as the 21st best-selling single of 2008 in the UK by BBC Radio 1 and has been certified silver by BPI denoting sales of 200,000+. The song sold 325,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company.
It also has reached number two on the Irish Singles Chart, a record there as well for a song by an American Idol contestant. The song peaked at number ten on the German Singles Chart and has also reached the top ten in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.
[edit] Track listing
| Australian CD Single | |||||||||
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| 1. | "No Air (Duet with Chris Brown)" | ||||||||
| 2. | "Save Me" | ||||||||
| 3. | "No Air (Duet with Chris Brown) (Tiesto Remix)" | ||||||||
| UK/German CD Single | |||||||||
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| 1. | "No Air (Duet with Chris Brown)" | ||||||||
| 2. | "Save Me" | ||||||||
| German CD Maxi | |||||||||
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| # | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "No Air (Duet with Chris Brown)" | ||||||||
| 2. | "Save Me" | ||||||||
| 3. | "No Air (Duet with Chris Brown) (Benny Benassi "Pump-Kin" Remix)" | ||||||||
| 4. | "No Air (Duet with Chris Brown) (Jason Nevins Remix)" | ||||||||
| 5. | "No Air (Duet with Chris Brown) (Music Video)" | ||||||||
[edit] Release history
| Date | Country | Format |
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| February 11, 2008 | United States | Digital download |
| February 12, 2008 | Top 40 radio | |
| May 17, 2008 | Australia | |
| May 30, 2008[7] | Germany | Digital download, Maxi CD, CD single |
| July 7, 2008 | United Kingdom | Digital download, CD Single |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Awards | Category | Result |
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| 2008 | BET Awards | Viewers Choice | Nomination |
| Best Video Director (Chris Robinson) | Nomination | ||
| Love Song (pre-show) | Won | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Hook-Up Single | Won | |
| Love Song | Nomination | ||
| MTV Video Music Awards | Best Female Video | Nomination | |
| Best New Artist (Jordin Sparks) | Nomination | ||
| People's Choice Awards | Favorite Combined Forces Song | Won | |
| Favorite Pop Song | Nomination | ||
| 2009 | Grammy Awards | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Nomination |
| NAACP Awards | Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration | Nomination | |
| MTV Australia Awards | Best Collaboration | Nomination |
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2008)[8][9] | Peak Position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[10] | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[11] | 8 |
| Belgian Singles Chart[12] | 19 |
| Canadian Hot 100[13] | 3 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 6 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[14] | 9 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[15] | 3 |
| Finnish Singles Chart[16] | 6 |
| German Singles Chart | 10 |
| Irish Singles Chart[17] | 2 |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 1 |
| Japan Hot 100 Singles[18] | 14 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[19] | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[20] | 7 |
| Portuguese Singles Chart[21] | 8 |
| Romanian Top 100[22] | 7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[23] | 10 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[24] | 8 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| UK R&B Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[25] | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100[26] | 2 |
[edit] Certifications
| Country | Certification | Sales | |
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| Singles | Digital | ||
| Australia | Platinum | 70, 000+ | |
| New Zealand | Platinum | 15,000 | |
| Sweden | Gold | 10,000 | |
| United States | 2x Platinum[27] | 2,874,000 | |
| United Kingdom | Silver | 350,000 | |
| Worldwide | 3,516,189 | ||
[edit] Chart procession and succession
| Preceded by "With You" by Chris Brown |
RIANZ New Zealand number-one single March 17, 2008 - May 5, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Love in This Club" by Usher featuring Young Jeezy |
| Preceded by "Dance wiv Me" by Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome |
UK R&B Chart number-one single July 13, 2008 - August 23, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Beggin'" by Madcon |
| Preceded by "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single June 16, 2008 - July 14, 2008 |
Succeeded by "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry |
[edit] Rissi Palmer version
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| from the album Rissi Palmer | |||||
| Released | 2008 | ||||
| Format | Radio single, digital download | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 3:56 | ||||
| Label | 1720 Entertainment | ||||
| Writer(s) | J. Fauntleroy II Eric "Blue Tooth" Griggs Harvey Mason, Jr. D. Thomas S. Russell |
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The country music version of "No Air" was released in late April 2008 by Rissi Palmer. When the song debuted at #58, it was Palmer's third charted single on the country charts.
[edit] Peak positions
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 47 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.z100.com/pages/top100/2008.html?article=4706087
- ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/30573/chart-watch-extra-the-american-idol-alumni-association/
- ^ Chuck Taylor.Single Reviews: No Air. Billboard. February 6 2008. Retrieved July 13 2008.
- ^ Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown - "No Air". BBC Radio 1. July 7 2008. Retrieved July 13 2008.
- ^ charts.org.nz - "no Air" on NZ charts
- ^ NZ & Aus charts
- ^ Pop24 Shops
- ^ All Billboard Charts
- ^ Chart Run for "No Air"
- ^ ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on June 15, 2008.
- ^ oe3.ORF.at / Woche 31 / 08
- ^ Belgium Singles Chart
- ^ Canadian Hot 100
- ^ Netherlands Hot 100
- ^ European Hot 100
- ^ Finland Hot 100
- ^ Ireland Hot 100
- ^ Japan Hot 100
- ^ New Zealand Hot 100
- ^ Norway Hot 100
- ^ Portugal Hot 100
- ^ Romanian Top 100
- ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jordin+Sparks+with+Chris+Brown&titel=No+Air&cat=s
- ^ Swiss Singles
- ^ Billboard Hot 100
- ^ Billboard Pop 100
- ^ RIAA Search - Jordin Sparks
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