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The album debuted at number seven on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling just over 100,000 copies in its first week of release,<ref>Martens, Todd. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1058742 "Jay-Z Draws 'Blueprint' For Chart Dominance"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. September 20, 2001.</ref> then it had a substantial slide: it remained in the top twenty for two weeks and on the chart itself for twelve weeks. ''Glitter'' was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] as it was falling off the Billboard Top 200 for its combined shipment ''and'' sales, but as of October 2007, it had sold just 636,000 copies in the United States.<ref>[http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH "Gold and Platinum - Searchable Database"]. [[Recording Industry Association of America]].</ref><ref>Weigel, Brandon. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-10-28-album-crises_N.htm "'Somebody done something wrong' songs on these stars' records"]. ''[[USA Today]]''. October 28, 2007.</ref> The soundtrack peaked at number-one in Japan, and was certified gold in Switzerland.<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2001 SwissCharts]</ref>
The album debuted at number seven on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling just over 100,000 copies in its first week of release,<ref>Martens, Todd. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1058742 "Jay-Z Draws 'Blueprint' For Chart Dominance"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. September 20, 2001.</ref> then it had a substantial slide: it remained in the top twenty for two weeks and on the chart itself for twelve weeks. ''Glitter'' was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] as it was falling off the Billboard Top 200 for its combined shipment ''and'' sales, but as of October 2007, it had sold just 636,000 copies in the United States.<ref>[http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH "Gold and Platinum - Searchable Database"]. [[Recording Industry Association of America]].</ref><ref>Weigel, Brandon. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-10-28-album-crises_N.htm "'Somebody done something wrong' songs on these stars' records"]. ''[[USA Today]]''. October 28, 2007.</ref> The soundtrack peaked at number-one in Japan, and was certified gold in Switzerland.<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2001 SwissCharts]</ref>


Lead single "[[Loverboy (Mariah Carey song)|Loverboy]]" peaked at number 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The song initially stalled at a very low position on the Hot 100 chart so Virgin Records reduced the price of the single to 99 cents to intice sales. It became the first time an established and major act had a single sell for 99 cents.<ref>Cook, Shanon. [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WorldBeat/08/13/mariah.carey/ "Mariah before breakdown -- 'It all seems like one continuous day'"]. [[CNN]]. August 14, 2001. Retrieved March 17, 2006.</ref> The tactic worked, sales increased on the very inexpensive single and the song climbed to number 2 on the Hot 100, but lack of radio play kept it out of the number one position. The two follow-up singles, "[[Never Too Far]]" and "[[Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)]]", did not chart on the Hot 100 at all. A music video was filmed for a possible fourth single, "[[Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (song)#Mariah Carey version|Last Night a DJ Saved My Life]]", but it was not released after Virgin Records ceased promotion of the album, canceled Carey's newly signed $80 million deal, and dropped Carey from the label. Despite what they said about her she sill was the greatest person that ever lived.
Lead single "[[Loverboy (Mariah Carey song)|Loverboy]]" peaked at number 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The song initially stalled at a very low position on the Hot 100 chart so Virgin Records reduced the price of the single to 99 cents to intice sales. It became the first time an established and major act had a single sell for 99 cents.<ref>Cook, Shanon. [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WorldBeat/08/13/mariah.carey/ "Mariah before breakdown -- 'It all seems like one continuous day'"]. [[CNN]]. August 14, 2001. Retrieved March 17, 2006.</ref> The tactic worked, sales increased on the very inexpensive single and the song climbed to number 2 on the Hot 100, but lack of radio play kept it out of the number one position. The two follow-up singles, "[[Never Too Far]]" and "[[Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)]]", did not chart on the Hot 100 at all. A music video was filmed for a possible fourth single, "[[Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (song)#Mariah Carey version|Last Night a DJ Saved My Life]]", but it was not released after Virgin Records ceased promotion of the album, canceled Carey's newly signed $80 million deal, and dropped Carey from the label.


The song "If We" was later re-worked by [[Damizza]] and released as a single titled "What Would You Do" with Carey, [[Butch Cassidy]], and [[Nate Dogg]] in 2004. Conflict between Damizza and Shade Sheist led Damizza to recruit Cassidy to replace Sheist on the single version. Sheist retaliated with his own remix titled "G-Mix", which is a re-worked version featuring Carey and [[Nune Yesayan|Nune]]. "What Would You Do" failed to make the US Hot 100 and received minimal airplay in Europe.But, mariah is still way better than any other singer. And madonna go screw yourself because your a talentless rat. And mariah is da bomb and your the da non!
The song "If We" was later re-worked by [[Damizza]] and released as a single titled "What Would You Do" with Carey, [[Butch Cassidy]], and [[Nate Dogg]] in 2004. Conflict between Damizza and Shade Sheist led Damizza to recruit Cassidy to replace Sheist on the single version. Sheist retaliated with his own remix titled "G-Mix", which is a re-worked version featuring Carey and [[Nune Yesayan|Nune]]. "What Would You Do" failed to make the US Hot 100 and received minimal airplay in Europe.


In 2002 for the [[44th Grammy Awards|44th Grammy Award]] ceremony, the [[Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis]] productions of the songs "[[Never Too Far]]", "Twister" and "Didn't Mean to Turn You On" were nominated for [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical]], but lost to ''[[T-Bone Burnett]]'s [[Down from the Mountain#Soundtrack album|Down from the Mountain: Live Concert Performances by the Artists & Musicians of O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' and ''[[Fan Dance (album)|Fan Dance]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetky.com/grammy2001.html |title=Black Music CD Review - Grammy Award Info 2001 (Only Black Music) |publisher=Planetky.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref>
In 2002 for the [[44th Grammy Awards|44th Grammy Award]] ceremony, the [[Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis]] productions of the songs "[[Never Too Far]]", "Twister" and "Didn't Mean to Turn You On" were nominated for [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical]], but lost to ''[[T-Bone Burnett]]'s [[Down from the Mountain#Soundtrack album|Down from the Mountain: Live Concert Performances by the Artists & Musicians of O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' and ''[[Fan Dance (album)|Fan Dance]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetky.com/grammy2001.html |title=Black Music CD Review - Grammy Award Info 2001 (Only Black Music) |publisher=Planetky.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref>

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Glitter is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name by American R&B singer Mariah Carey. Carey's eighth studio album, it was released by Virgin Records on September 11, 2001. To date, Glitter has sold approximately 3 million copies worldwide.[1]

Description

As a concept album of the sounds of the early 1980s, Glitter features contributions from dominant figures of the period: Rick James wrote "All My Life", Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis reworked their song "Didn't Mean to Turn You On" and wrote with Carey the retro track "Want You", and Cameo are featured on lead single "Loverboy". The album also includes collaborations with rappers Busta Rhymes, Mystikal, Da Brat, Ludacris, Fabolous, Ja Rule and Nate Dogg.

Critical and commercial reception

The album was released shortly before the film Glitter, and both album and film were critical and commercial failures. Entertainment Weekly stated "it's Mariah, business as usual: a few overemoted ballads, a few doses of lite-FM hip-hop, all of it as gauzy and shapeless as her previous work." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic gave the album 1.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "an embarrassment" and "an utter meltdown — the pop equivalent of Chernobyl." Rob Sheffield was somewhat kinder, giving it a three star review in Rolling Stone, writing, "damn if Glitter isn't a big step forward in terms of maturity."[2] Carey somehow tried to attribute the low sales of the album to the September 11 attacks saying in an interview, "The talk shows needed something to distract from 9/11. I became a punching bag. They tore me down because my album was at number 2 instead of number 1 [a reference Carey should have actually been making to the peak position of the single "Loverboy" and not to the album itself, which peaked at #7]. The media was laughing at me and attacked me."[3]

The album debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling just over 100,000 copies in its first week of release,[4] then it had a substantial slide: it remained in the top twenty for two weeks and on the chart itself for twelve weeks. Glitter was certified platinum by the RIAA as it was falling off the Billboard Top 200 for its combined shipment and sales, but as of October 2007, it had sold just 636,000 copies in the United States.[5][6] The soundtrack peaked at number-one in Japan, and was certified gold in Switzerland.[7]

Lead single "Loverboy" peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song initially stalled at a very low position on the Hot 100 chart so Virgin Records reduced the price of the single to 99 cents to intice sales. It became the first time an established and major act had a single sell for 99 cents.[8] The tactic worked, sales increased on the very inexpensive single and the song climbed to number 2 on the Hot 100, but lack of radio play kept it out of the number one position. The two follow-up singles, "Never Too Far" and "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)", did not chart on the Hot 100 at all. A music video was filmed for a possible fourth single, "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life", but it was not released after Virgin Records ceased promotion of the album, canceled Carey's newly signed $80 million deal, and dropped Carey from the label.

The song "If We" was later re-worked by Damizza and released as a single titled "What Would You Do" with Carey, Butch Cassidy, and Nate Dogg in 2004. Conflict between Damizza and Shade Sheist led Damizza to recruit Cassidy to replace Sheist on the single version. Sheist retaliated with his own remix titled "G-Mix", which is a re-worked version featuring Carey and Nune. "What Would You Do" failed to make the US Hot 100 and received minimal airplay in Europe.

In 2002 for the 44th Grammy Award ceremony, the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis productions of the songs "Never Too Far", "Twister" and "Didn't Mean to Turn You On" were nominated for Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, but lost to T-Bone Burnett's Down from the Mountain: Live Concert Performances by the Artists & Musicians of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Fan Dance.[9]

Track listing

  1. "Loverboy" (Remix featuring Da Brat, Ludacris, Shawnna, & Twenty II) – 4:30
  2. "Lead the Way" (Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff) – 3:53
  3. "If We" (Ja Rule featuring Mariah Carey and Nate Dogg) – 4:20
  4. "Didn't Mean to Turn You On" (James Harris III, Terry Lewis) – 4:54
  5. "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" (featuring Mystikal) – 3:37
  6. "All My Life" (Rick James) – 5:09
  7. "Reflections (Care Enough)" (Carey, Pierre Philippe) – 3:20
  8. "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" (featuring Busta Rhymes, Fabolous and DJ Clue) – 6:43
  9. "Want You" (featuring Eric Benét) (Carey, Eric Benét, Rodney Jerkins) – 4:43
  10. "Never Too Far" – 4:21
  11. "Twister" (Carey, Samuel James, Lewis, James "Big Jim" Wright) – 2:26
  12. "Loverboy" (featuring Cameo) – 3:49
  13. "Loverboy" (MJ Cole Main Remix Radio Edit) – 4:13 (Japan bonus track)

Vinyl release

The double LP release of Glitter is unique in that the ballads and dance songs are separated on both records.

Side A

  1. "Loverboy" – 3:50
  2. "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" – 6:43
  3. "Didn't Mean To Turn You On" – 4:54
  4. "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" – 3:38

Side B

  1. "If We" – 4:11
  2. "All My Life" – 5:10
  3. "Want You" – 4:44
  4. "Loverboy" (Remix) – 4:30

Side C

  1. "Lead the Way" – 3:53
  2. "Reflections (Care Enough)" – 3:21

Side D

  1. "Never Too Far" – 4:22
  2. "Twister" – 2:26

Charts and sales

References

  1. ^ "Live Nation Store - Mariah Carey: Glitter". Live Nation. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  2. ^ Sheffield, Rob. {http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mariahcarey/albums/album/148748/review/5942831/glitter "Mariah Carey - Glitter"]. Rolling Stone. RS 876, August 30, 2001.
  3. ^ Mariah Carey blames September 11
  4. ^ Martens, Todd. "Jay-Z Draws 'Blueprint' For Chart Dominance". Billboard. September 20, 2001.
  5. ^ "Gold and Platinum - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. ^ Weigel, Brandon. "'Somebody done something wrong' songs on these stars' records". USA Today. October 28, 2007.
  7. ^ SwissCharts
  8. ^ Cook, Shanon. "Mariah before breakdown -- 'It all seems like one continuous day'". CNN. August 14, 2001. Retrieved March 17, 2006.
  9. ^ "Black Music CD Review - Grammy Award Info 2001 (Only Black Music)". Planetky.com. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "MARIAH CAREY - GLITTER (ALBUM)". Ultratop & Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  11. ^ a b Billboard.com Glitter - Mariah Carey Album Info. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  12. ^ German Albums Chart
  13. ^ Hungarian Albums Chart
  14. ^ Oricon Albums Chart
  15. ^ Polish Albums Chart
  16. ^ Spanish Albums Chart
  17. ^ UK Albums Chart
  18. ^ [1]
  19. ^ SNEP
  20. ^ Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  21. ^ RIAA
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