Paris (Paris Hilton album)

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Paris
Studio album by Paris Hilton
Released	August 22, 2006
Recorded	2004–2006
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, pop rock, hip hop, ragga
Length	39:55
Label	Heiress
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.)
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Billboard (positive) link Blender link Entertainment Weekly (B) link Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine link The Guardian link The Observer link Yahoo! Music UK (7/10) link
Singles from Paris
"Stars Are Blind" Released: June 5, 2006 "Turn It Up" Released: August 15, 2006 "Nothing in This World" Released: September 12, 2006 "Screwed" Released: February 7, 2007

Paris is debut studio album by Paris Hilton, released on her own label, Heiress Records, in association with Warner Bros. Records. The album was released in the U.S. 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. This album is a mix of pop/rock and dance music songs with hip hop and reggae elements.

Contents 1 History 2 Banksy and Danger Mouse scandal 3 Track listing 3.1 Special edition 3.2 iTunes edition 4 Sales and chart performance 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

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.^[1] 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. Allmusic commented that the album was "more fun than anything released by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson, and a lot fresher, too." Critical reception was mixed.

[edit] Banksy and Danger Mouse scandal

In August 2006, British graffiti artist Banksy and hip-hop producer and Gnarls Barkley member Danger Mouse replaced 500 copies of Paris Hilton's album in British music stores (HMV) with altered album artwork of Paris Hilton topless, and a sticker which said: "Paris Hilton, Debut Album. Featuring "Why Am I Famous?", "What Have I Done?", and "What Am I For?". The inside cover art depicted Hilton with a dog's head.^[2] The CD was a 40 minute instrumental containing various statements she had made. Those 500 album copies were quickly removed from shelves after several complaints about it.^[3] Hilton had delayed the album's release to include a cover of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" (co-written by Danger Mouse), though it was not included in the final release. Gnarls Barkley and Hilton share a record company.^[4]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Turn It Up" (Scott Storch, Anthony Asher, Jeff Bowden, Paris Hilton) – 3:12
2. "Fightin' Over Me" (featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss) (Storch, Magnet, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Alonzo Jackson, Taura Jackson, Hilton) – 4:01
3. "Stars Are Blind" (Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon, Ralph McCarthy) – 3:56
4. "I Want You" (J. R. Rotem, DioGuardi, Bogart, Gibb) (sampled from "Grease" by Frankie Valli) – 3:12
5. "Jealousy" (Storch, DioGuardi, Hilton) – 3:40
6. "Heartbeat" (Storch, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander) (sampled from "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper) – 3:43
7. "Nothing in This World" (Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Solomon) – 3:10
8. "Screwed" (DioGuardi, Wells) – 3:41
9. "Not Leaving Without You" (Kara DioGuardi, Wells, Hilton) – 3:35
10. "Turn You On" (Storch, Hilton, Jackson, Triggs) – 3:06
11. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" (Stewart, Appice, Hitchings) (Rod Stewart cover) – 4:34

[edit] Special edition

The special edition featured the same songs as the standard edition, with a bonus DVD, containing:

1. Paris - The Music Special (featuring Making The Album and Behind the Scenes Footage)
2. Jealousy in the Studio

[edit] iTunes edition

Includes three extra remixes.

1. "Stars Are Blind" [The Scumfrog's Extreme Makeover Edit] – 4:57 (iTunes bonus track)
2. "Turn It Up" [Paul Oakenfold Remix Edit] – 4:59 (iTunes bonus track)
3. "Turn You On" [Claude Le Gache Le Club Edit] – 3:38 (iTunes bonus track)

[edit] Sales and chart performance

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Paris album site

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