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''I'm Not Dead'' debuted at number three in the United Kingdom and had not left the top forty by its forty-fifth week of release. The album was the ninth best-selling album of 2006 in the UK, with over 848,000 copies sold,<ref>''[[Music Week]]''. [[January 6]] [[2007]].</ref> and it was certified three times (900,000 copies) platinum in January 2007. Its current position is number twenty six(as of [[August 5]] [[2007]], 70th week on the chart). By [[May 20]] [[2007]] the album had surpassed sales of over one million.
''I'm Not Dead'' debuted at number three in the United Kingdom and had not left the top forty by its forty-fifth week of release. The album was the ninth best-selling album of 2006 in the UK, with over 848,000 copies sold,<ref>''[[Music Week]]''. [[January 6]] [[2007]].</ref> and it was certified three times (900,000 copies) platinum in January 2007. Its current position is number twenty six(as of [[August 5]] [[2007]], 70th week on the chart). By [[May 20]] [[2007]] the album had surpassed sales of over one million.


In Australia, after twenty-six weeks of release, it ascended to number one to become Pink's first number-one album. As of June 2007 it was certified seven times platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] with 490,000 copies shipped. It has become the most successful album in Australia for Pink.<ref>[http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do;jsessionid=93DB5189C3363C7EDD8AF1C42278A354.tomcat2?newsId=20030829004601 BMG Australia ''News'']</ref> ''I'm Not Dead'' was the second best selling album of 2006 in Australia, and the number-one selling album by an American or a female artist. The album is highly tipped to take out top honours for the number one album of 2007. It has spent sixty-eight weeks in the top fifty and forty weeks in the top five, and is the album with the longest stay in the top ten of the decade. On its sixty-first week on the Australian ARIA chart, ''I'm Not Dead'' repositioned itself at number one. As of July 22 "I'm Not Dead" still remains on the top 5 in the Australian Aria charts after 68 weeks it it coming in at 2<ref>[http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1A50 ARIA Albums Chart]</ref>
In Australia, after twenty-six weeks of release, it ascended to number one to become Pink's first number-one album. As of June 2007 it was certified seven times platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] with 490,000 copies shipped. It has become the most successful album in Australia for Pink.<ref>[http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do;jsessionid=93DB5189C3363C7EDD8AF1C42278A354.tomcat2?newsId=20030829004601 BMG Australia ''News'']</ref> ''I'm Not Dead'' was the second best selling album of 2006 in Australia, and the number-one selling album by an American or a female artist. The album is highly tipped to take out top honours for the number one album of 2007. It has spent sixty-eight weeks in the top fifty and forty weeks in the top five, and is the album with the longest stay in the top ten of the decade. On its sixty-first week on the Australian ARIA chart, ''I'm Not Dead'' repositioned itself at number one. As of August 12 "I'm Not Dead" still remains on the top 5 in the Australian Aria charts after 71 weeks coming in at number 2<ref>[http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1A50 ARIA Albums Chart]</ref>


In Canada the album debuted at number two with 13,000 copies sold in its first week.<ref>[http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Pink/2006/04/12/1531470-ca.html]</ref> It has sold over 100,000 copies and was certified platinum. In the rest of the world the album performed well, reaching the top ten in eighteen countries and number one in [[Germany]], and being certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in more than seventeen countries.{{Fact|date=May 2007}} The album had a positive critical reception, receiving a 70/100 score on [[Metacritic]].<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/pink/imnotdead</ref>
In Canada the album debuted at number two with 13,000 copies sold in its first week.<ref>[http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Pink/2006/04/12/1531470-ca.html]</ref> It has sold over 100,000 copies and was certified platinum. In the rest of the world the album performed well, reaching the top ten in eighteen countries and number one in [[Germany]], and being certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in more than seventeen countries.{{Fact|date=May 2007}} The album had a positive critical reception, receiving a 70/100 score on [[Metacritic]].<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/pink/imnotdead</ref>

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I'm Not Dead is the fourth album by pop singer Pink, released in North America on April 4, 2006 (see 2006 in music); it was released a day earlier in most other territories. Pink worked with producers billymann, Josh Abraham, Swedish hit maker Max Martin, and Luke Gottwald, Butch Walker and Mike Elizondo co-wrote the tracks, which range from the intrinsically personal to political. The album was originally titled Long Way to Happy, after the song of the same name, but Pink changed her mind because she thought I'm Not Dead made a stronger statement that this was a comeback album.[citation needed] The album, thus far, has yielded six commercial singles: "Stupid Girls", "Who Knew", "U + Ur Hand", "Nobody Knows", "Dear Mr. President" and "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)".

Description

The album is mostly dominated by pop and rock music, with some electronic music present in the bonus track "Fingers". Pink said she titled the album I'm Not Dead because "It's about being alive and feisty and not sitting down and shutting up even though people would like you to";[1] she said it came from "the awakening" and how "it felt good to feel again ... I turned twenty-five and I just kind of woke up and realized I have so much to learn, whereas before I thought I knew everything. That's definitely a huge part of that title."[2]

She said that she didn't expect to be very emotionally involved in the making of the album because the experience of making her last, Try This (2003), was "draining", but that she was "forced to be almost emotionally involved" by her collaborators, such as Billy Mann. "I guess I was just kind of at that place where I felt like I kind of had something to add to the world", she said. "I feel like there's a hole and I know how to fill it, people aren't talking trash anymore. I was just feeling really creative and really emotionally available again, and it came out great."[2] According to her, she wrote more than forty songs for the album on "everything I could possibly think of."[3]

Pink was inspired to write opening track "Stupid Girls", in which she deplores the lack of good role models for young girls while encouraging them to cultivate independence, after she noticed many such girls aspire to be like female pop icons, particularly those near her Los Angeles home. "There's a certain thing the world is being fed, and my point is there should be a choice", Pink said.[4] She stated that "Who Knew" is about "the death of friendship",[5] as well as friends of hers who died as a result of drug overdoses.[6] The song is about several people.[7]

The third song, "Long Way to Happy", is based on a poem about sexual abuse Pink wrote when she was thirteen years old. "I know a lot of people that have been abused and/or molested and/or fucked over by someone close to them. And I'm no exception. And that's that song", she said.[3] (See also pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs.) The ballad "Nobody Knows" describes feelings that one can have but not show to the outside world, and Pink has named it the most vulnerable track on the album.[8] "Dear Mr. President" is an open letter to the president of the United States, George W. Bush;[7] the song's format is a series of rhetorical questions for the President, specifically pertaining to how he really feels about issues such as war, homosexuality, homelessness and drug abuse.

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According to Pink, the sixth and title track, "I'm Not Dead", is her first "subtle" and "poetic" self-written song: "Usually it's very much more cartoon-y and blunt, the way I write songs. I don't really know diplomacy or subtlety."[3] The song was inspired by how Pink and producer billymann felt about the end of their working relationship: "We were scared to move on from each other, after seeing how much that little bit of time together changed us, and how scary change is."[7] In "'Cuz I Can" Pink says she plays by her own rules boasts about her "bling", a contrast to the anti-consumerist content of "Stupid Girls". Referring to the song, she called herself "a walking contradiction" and "a hypocrite sometimes."[9] This theme is echoed in "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)", which deals with contradictory feelings about a relationship; Pink said "That's how I live my life. I'm a walking conflict."[7] She called the song "a funny take on 'I love you' ... I get really cramped ... But, every girl needs her space".[2]

"U + Ur Hand", the ninth track, is a kiss-off song addressed to a man who is trying to seduce Pink; it became a fan favorite before the release of the album, when it was leaked to the internet.[9] Pink said of song such as "Runaway" that "It's been especially hard for [my parents] hearing me write about things they never knew about ... My mom's like, 'Were you really that angry? Was I really that in denial? Was I really that bad a parent?' 'No, Mom - you were great. You didn't try to run me over with your car. I made it up.' But by writing all of it down and sharing it with the world, I've broken with most of it."[10] "The One That Got Away" is, as Pink puts it, "the classic 'Is this the one? Or is the grass really greener?'"[5]

Pink described track thirteen, "Conversations with My 13 Year Old Self", as a "huge therapy session"[5] that addresses her "pissed-off, complicated" younger self.[3] She said of writing the song, "I needed a hug, and I get it ... now. If I tried to hug my 13-year-old self, she'd try to kick my ass, and then she'd collapse and cry."[5] "Fingers" is about her videotaping herself masturbating.[3] She said she probably didn't need to add to the number of songs about masturbation, but she couldn't help herself.[11] The final song on the album, the hidden track "I Have Seen the Rain" was written by and features Pink's father, James T. Moore. He wrote it when he was a soldier in the Vietnam War, but according to Pink "it's still relevant today. It's a soldier's cry." She had always wanted to record it with him and learnt to harmonize with it. She said of its recording, "He was so nervous, it was the most adorable experience for a father and daughter to share."[5]

History

Release and chart performance

The album was leaked to file sharing networks on March 25, eleven days before its release date, most likely from a promotional CD.[citation needed] On March 28 the official website of MTV previewed the album in a section titled The Leak, where one can listen to an album one week before it comes out in stores. The album sold 126,000 copies in its first week in the U.S. and debuted at number six, a higher debut position than those of Pink's last two albums, M!ssundaztood (2001) and Try This (2003); however, first-week sales for I'm Not Dead were lower.[12] I'm Not Dead was initially Pink's lowest seller in the U.S., and exited the Billboard 200 after just twenty-three weeks. It reappeared at number 198 in late December 2006 and has stayed in the chart ever since; as of June 23 2007, it had sold just over 800,000 copies and was at number forty-five on the chart. It has been certified platinum.

I'm Not Dead debuted at number three in the United Kingdom and had not left the top forty by its forty-fifth week of release. The album was the ninth best-selling album of 2006 in the UK, with over 848,000 copies sold,[13] and it was certified three times (900,000 copies) platinum in January 2007. Its current position is number twenty six(as of August 5 2007, 70th week on the chart). By May 20 2007 the album had surpassed sales of over one million.

In Australia, after twenty-six weeks of release, it ascended to number one to become Pink's first number-one album. As of June 2007 it was certified seven times platinum by the ARIA with 490,000 copies shipped. It has become the most successful album in Australia for Pink.[14] I'm Not Dead was the second best selling album of 2006 in Australia, and the number-one selling album by an American or a female artist. The album is highly tipped to take out top honours for the number one album of 2007. It has spent sixty-eight weeks in the top fifty and forty weeks in the top five, and is the album with the longest stay in the top ten of the decade. On its sixty-first week on the Australian ARIA chart, I'm Not Dead repositioned itself at number one. As of August 12 "I'm Not Dead" still remains on the top 5 in the Australian Aria charts after 71 weeks coming in at number 2[15]

In Canada the album debuted at number two with 13,000 copies sold in its first week.[16] It has sold over 100,000 copies and was certified platinum. In the rest of the world the album performed well, reaching the top ten in eighteen countries and number one in Germany, and being certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum in more than seventeen countries.[citation needed] The album had a positive critical reception, receiving a 70/100 score on Metacritic.[17]

In Australia the album debuted at number 1. It is currently at number 3 after 70 weeks.

Singles

Before "Stupid Girls" was chosen as the album's lead single, videos were shot for it and "U + Ur Hand", which became the third single. Released in February–March 2006, "Stupid Girls" reached number thirteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 — becoming Pink's biggest hit since 2002 — and the top five in the UK and Australia. It was the subject of considerable discussion, with Pink attending The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss what she called the "stupid girl epidemic"; in the song she deplores the lack of good role models for girls while encouraging them to cultivate independence. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" (see Grammy Awards of 2007).

"Who Knew" was released as the second single in May 2006 and initially failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but it later debuted at number ninety-five in March 2007. It was re-released in the U.S. in June 2007, and has now risen to number 27 as of August 10th. It reached the top ten in other countries, including Australia (where it reached no.2, and went gold) and the UK. It received a Golden Tape in Germany for being number one on MTV's TRL for twenty days. The music video for the next single, "U + Ur Hand", reached number one on MTV's TRL in America; the single itself took three months to chart on the Hot 100 and has since peaked at number nine in April 2007. It reached the top twenty across most of Europe and Australia during August–September 2006. The fourth single, "Nobody Knows", was released outside the U.S. in November and reached the top forty in the UK and Australia.

Pink performing in October 2006 on the I'm Not Dead Tour.

The song "Dear Mr. President" attracted publicity, and there was popular belief that it would be released as a single. During a promotional visit to Australia, Pink appeared on the TV show Rove Live and said that the track would never be released commercially, despite unexpected radio airplay in some markets.[18] Pink mentioned during a radio interview in Seattle on Kiss 106.1 that she would not release "Dear Mr. President" as a single because she didn't want people to think it was a publicity stunt.[19] In Belgium an acoustic version of the song was released as a download-able single in late 2006, and it reached number one on the Ultratop chart. In the UK "Dear Mr. President" was released as a download-only single with "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)". It reached the UK top forty, also charting in the top 5 in Australia. Dear Mr. President debuted at #6 in Australia becoming her 5th top 5 hit from I'm Not Dead.

Promotion

In March 2006 Pink performed songs from the new album during a live performance broadcasted by MTV in New York. The bonus track "Fingers" was used on a cellphone commercial in Taiwan and Korea, and "Long Way to Happy" was featured in an episode of MTV's The Hills. "Who Knew" was used in promotion for the ABC television show October Road in March 2007; the consequent increase in download sales of the song was responsible for its appearance on the U.S. Hot 100.[20] The song "I'm Not Dead" was used in an episode of the last season of the television show Charmed. "Dear Mr. President" was used during the closing of to the fourth season premiere of the series The L Word.

Tour

Pink began her North American I'm Not Dead Tour on June 24 2006 in Chicago (IL), and it ended in Dallas (TX) after twenty shows. She subsequently started her European tour on September 8 of the same year in Istanbul; it ran for fifty-two shows and was scheduled to end in Milan on December 21. A DVD of a concert on this leg of the tour, Pink: Live from Wembley Arena, was released in April 2007. In 2007 Pink headed back to the U.S. to accompany Justin Timberlake on his FutureSex/LoveShow tour. She began her sold-out Australian tour in April 2007, and additional dates were scheduled to meet high demand. The Australian leg of the tour was finally set at a record-breaking thirty-five shows, selling around 307.000 tickets. It became the most successful tour by a female artist in Australia.[21] Pink broke another record by being the only female artist to play seven sold-out shows in Sydney.

Sony BMG Australia released a special tour edition of I'm Not Dead on March 17, 2007. It contains the original album including two bonus tracks and a DVD that features live performances and music videos.

Track listing

  1. "Stupid Girls" (Pink, Billy Mann, Robin Mortensen Lynch) – 3:17
  2. "Who Knew" (Pink, Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald) – 3:28
  3. "Long Way to Happy" (Pink, Butch Walker) – 3:49
  4. "Nobody Knows" (Mann, Pink) – 3:59
  5. "Dear Mr. President" (Pink, Mann) featuring Indigo Girls – 4:33
  6. "I'm Not Dead" (Pink, Mann) – 3:46
  7. "'Cuz I Can" (Pink, Martin, Gottwald) – 3:43
  8. "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" (Pink, Walker) – 3:18
  9. "U + Ur Hand" (Pink, Martin, Gottwald, Rami) – 3:34
  10. "Runaway" (Pink, Mann) – 4:23
  11. "The One That Got Away" (Pink, Mann) – 4:42
  12. "I Got Money Now" (Pink, Mike Elizondo) – 3:55
  13. "Conversations with My 13 Year Old Self" (Pink, Mann) – 3:50
  14. "Fingers" (Pink, Mann, Christopher Rojas) – 4:13 (non-U.S. bonus track) includes 30 seconds of silence on non-UK version
  15. "Centerfold" (Pink, Greg Kurstin, Cathy Dennis) – 3:20 (UK bonus track, with 17 seconds of silence)
  16. "I Have Seen the Rain" (James T. Moore) featuring James T. Moore – 3:29 (hidden track) marked as no. 15 on non-UK releases
Bonus DVD - DualDisc DVD side
  1. Entire Album in 5.1 Surround Sound & Enhanced Stereo
  2. Preview of the Live in Europe Concert DVD
  3. Interview with P!nk
  4. P!nk Presents: The Stupid Girls
  5. "Stupid Girls" music video
  6. "Stupid Girls" outtakes & bonus photos
Australian Tour Edition - CD/DVD set
  • CD
14. "Fingers" (non-U.S bonus)
15. "I Have Seen the Rain"
16. "Who Knew" (Bimbo Jones radio edit) marked as no. 15 on album cover
17. "U + Ur Hand" (Beatcult remix) marked as no. 16 on album cover
  • DVD
  1. "Stupid Girls" – video
  2. "Who Knew" – video
  3. "U + Ur Hand" – video
  4. "Nobody Knows" – video
  5. "Dear Mr. President" – live video
  6. "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" – live video
  7. "Stupid Girls" – making the video
  8. "U + Ur Hand" – making the video
Single B-sides
  • "Heartbreaker" ("Stupid Girls")
  • "Disconnected" ("Who Knew")
  • "Crash & Burn" ("U + Ur Hand")
  • "Words" ("Nobody Knows")

Charts and certifications

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position
Year-end
position
(2006)
Sales Certification
Australian ARIA Album Chart[22] ARIA 1 2[23] 490,000+[24] 7x platinum[25]
Austria Albums Chart[26] Media Control Europe 1 9 30,000+[24] Platinum[27]
Belgium Albums Chart[28] Ultratop/Nielsen 3 33[29] 40,000+[24] Platinum[28]
Billboard 200 (U.S.)[30] Billboard 6 130 900,123 (sold)
1,000,000 (shipped)[31]
Platinum
Billboard Digital Albums (U.S.) 7
Billboard Comprehensive Albums (U.S.) 6
Canada Albums Chart[32] Nielsen SoundScan 2 100,000+[24] Platinum[33]
Czech Republic Albums Chart[34] IFPI 19
Denmark Albums Chart[35] IFPI / Nielsen 13 15,000+[24] Gold[35]
Estonian Album Chart[36] Pedrobeat 6 5,000+[24] Gold[36]
Europe Charts[37] IFPI 1 2,700,000+ 2x platinum[38]
Finland Albums Chart[39] GLF 3 26 15,000+[24] Gold[40]
France Albums Chart[41] SNEP/IFOP 7 227,000[42] Platinum
Germany Albums Top 50[37] Media Control 1 9 600,000+[24] 3x platinum[43]
Greece Albums Chart[44] IFPI 2
Hungary Albums Chart[45] MAHASZ 9 10,000+[24] Platinum[46]
Ireland Albums Chart[47] IRMA 9 25 35,000+[24] 2x platinum[48]
Italy Albums Chart[37] FIMI/Nielsen 31 40,000+[24] Gold
Japan Albums Chart[49] Oricon 19 53,469[50] N/A
Netherlands Albums Chart[51] Mega Charts BV/NVPI 4 74[52]
New Zealand Albums Chart[53] RIANZ 1 30,000+[24] 2x Platinum[53]
Norway Albums Chart[54] VG Nett 4
Poland Albums Chart[55] ZPAV 39
Portugal Albums Chart[56] AC Nielsen Portugal 28
Russia Albums Chart[57] NFPF 1 75,000+[24] Platinum[57]
South Korea Albums Chart[58] ? 20 2,000+ N/A
Sweden Albums Chart[59] GLF 7 12 30,000+[24] Gold[59]
Switzerland Albums Chart[60] Media Control Europe 1 8[61] 60,000+[24] Platinum[62]
UK Official Top 75 Albums[63] BPI/The Official UK Charts Company 3 9 1,071,000[64] 3x Platinum
United World Chart[65] Media Traffic 2 10[66] 5,035,000
5,412,625(+7,5)[67]
2x platinum
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album (first run)
October 2, 2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album (second run)
June 4, 2007
Succeeded by

Awards

2006

Awards ceremony Award
Glamour Magazine International Solo Artist of the Year (Pink)
MTV Video Music Awards Best Pop Video ("Stupid Girls")
MTV Golden Tape Twenty days at #1 on TRL ("Who Knew")
Yahoo Online Music Video Awards Best Fun Video ("Stupid Girls")

2007

Awards ceremony Award
Rockbjörnen Awards Best International Album
MTV Australia Video Music Awards Best Download ("Who Knew")
MTV Australia Video Music Awards Best Female Artist

Personnel

  • Pink: Producer, Vocals, backing vocals, keyboard, piano
  • Adem Hawkins: Song mixing
  • Al Clay: Song mixing
  • Amy Ray: Backing vocals
  • Andy Timmons: Guitars
  • Beth Cohen: Backing vocals
  • Billy Mann: Backing vocals, guitars, piano, orchestra arranged, drums
  • Butch Walker: Backing vocals, additional programming, guitars, bass
  • Chris Rojas: Mixing, keyboard programming, violins, drum programming, guitars, bass, backing vocals
  • Dan Chase: Keyboard programming, drum programming
  • Dan Warner: Electric guitars
  • Emily Saliers: Backing vocals, guitars
  • Fermio Hernandez: Assistant mix engineer
  • Geoff Zanelli: Guitars, bass, synthesizer
  • Jeff Phillips: Guitars
  • Joey Waronker: Drums
  • John Hanes: Additional Pro Tools engineer
  • Justin Meldal-Johnson: Bass
  • Lasse Mårtén: Drums
  • Lee Levin: Drums
  • Leon Pendarvis: Orchestra arranged, conducted
  • Lukasz Gottwald: Guitar programming, drum programming
  • Max Martin: Keyboard programming, Guitar programming, drum programming
  • Mike Elizondo: Additional programming, keyboard programming, keyboard, guitars
  • Niklas Olovson: Drum programming, bass
  • Molecules: Guest MC
  • Mylious Johnson: Drums
  • Pete Wallace: Keyboard programming, drum programming, guitars, piano, percussion
  • Rafael Moreira: Guitars
  • Robin Lynch: Guitars
  • Roc Raida: DJ
  • Serban Ghenea: Song mixing
  • Shawn Pelton: Drums
  • Steven Wolf: Additional programming, tamborine
  • Tim Roberts: Assistant mix engineer
  • Tom Lord-Alge: Song mixing
  • Tom Talomaa: Assistant mix engineer
  • Tom Coyne: Mastering
  • Thom Cadley: 5.1 mixing
  • Mark Rinaldi: Assistant 5.1 mixing
  • Mark Wilder: 5.1 mastering

Production

  • Production coordinator: Lana Israel

Notes

  1. ^ "Pink: Singing With Dad Was 'Awesome'". CBS News. July 12 2006. Retrieved March 30 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Kalow, Natalie. "P!nk 'I'm not dead' Interview". GenerationQ. Retrieved May 31 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e McLean, Craig. "Pink: The outspoken pop star on fame and growing up". The Independent. March 25 2006. Retrieved March 30 2007.
  4. ^ Vineyard, Jennifer. "Pink's 'Stupid' New Video Features Fake Breasts, Fake 50 Cent". MTV News. January 18 2006. Retrieved October 22 2006.
  5. ^ a b c d e Vineyard, Jennifer. "Pink: Not Dead, Not Stupid". MTV News. February 17 2006. Retrieved September 22 2006. Cite error: The named reference "MTVNews-Feb202006" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  6. ^ Ellen, Barbara. "Philly girl". The Observer. June 4 2006. Retrieved March 23 2007.
  7. ^ a b c d Vineyard, Jennifer. "Pink Pens An Open Letter To President Bush On New Album" MTV News. January 3 2006. Retrieved March 30 2007.
  8. ^ Making of Nobody Knows
  9. ^ a b "How Pink Got Her Groove Back". MTV News. April 17 2006. Retrieved March 30 2007.
  10. ^ McCormack, Neil. "Colour me pink with rage". The Telegraph. March 30 2006. Retrieved March 30 2007.
  11. ^ Adams, Cameron. "Pink's true colours". The Courier-Mail. January 25 2007. Retrieved March 30 2007.
  12. ^ Harris, Chris. "Pink Outdone By Rascal Flatts On Billboard Chart". MTV News. April 12 2006. Retrieved January 30 2006.
  13. ^ Music Week. January 6 2007.
  14. ^ BMG Australia News
  15. ^ ARIA Albums Chart
  16. ^ [1]
  17. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/pink/imnotdead
  18. ^ Pink in an interview with Rove live Australia
  19. ^ Cole Haddon, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, Simple Girl
  20. ^ "Chart Beat Chat - Suddenly In The Pink". Billboard. March 30 2007. Retrieved April 3 2007.
  21. ^ P!nk At #1 With Album, Aussie Airplay + Single SonyBMG Australia. Retrieved June 4, 2007.
  22. ^ www.ariacharts.com.au Australia Albums Charts
  23. ^ www.ariacharts.com.au - Australia year-end albums chart
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Certification Award Levels
  25. ^ Australian certifications 2007
  26. ^ www.austriatop40.at Austria Albums Chart
  27. ^ Austrian certifications
  28. ^ a b www.skynet.be Belgium Albums Chart
  29. ^ www.skynet.be Belgium year-end albums chart. Retrieved December 2006
  30. ^ www.billboard.com - Billboard Hot 200 albums sales. Accessed April 2006
  31. ^ Pink Brasil site
  32. ^ www.allmusic.com - Canadian and American digital peaks
  33. ^ www.cria.ca The Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved May 2006
  34. ^ www.ifpicr.cz Czech Albums Chart
  35. ^ a b www.hit-listen.dk Denmark Albums Chart
  36. ^ a b www.pedro.ee - CD top100 2006 week 14 (Estonian) Retrieved April 2006
  37. ^ a b c Europe, Germany and Italy Albums Chart - Allofmp3.com
  38. ^ www.ifpi.org Recording Industry Worldwide certifications. Retrieved October 9, 2006
  39. ^ www.finnishcharts.com Finaland Albums Charts
  40. ^ www.ifpi.fi - Finland international top 2006 or gold/platinum etc. reached
  41. ^ www.lescharts.com France Albums Charts
  42. ^ French sales
  43. ^ German Certifications
  44. ^ www.mad.tv Greece Albums Chart
  45. ^ www.mahasz.hu Hungary Albums Chart
  46. ^ Hungarian charts + certifications
  47. ^ www.irma.ie Ireland Albums Chart
  48. ^ Irish Certifications
  49. ^ www.oricon.jp Japan Albums Chart
  50. ^ [2]
  51. ^ www.megacharts.nl Netherlands Albums Chart
  52. ^ www.megacharts.nl Click on Jaarlijst 2005 (not changed yet in 2006) left under
  53. ^ a b www.rianz.org.nz New Zealand Albums Chart
  54. ^ www.norwegiancharts.com Norway Albums Chart
  55. ^ [3]
  56. ^ Portuguese Albums Chart
  57. ^ a b nfpf.org Russia Albums Chart
  58. ^ South Korea Albums Chart
  59. ^ a b www.hitlistan.se Sweden Albums Chart
  60. ^ www.swisscharts.com Switzerland Albums Chart
  61. ^ www.swisscharts.com Switzerland year-end albums chart
  62. ^ Swiss chart + certifications
  63. ^ www.bbc.co.uk UK Official Top 75 Albums
  64. ^ Pink UK official site
  65. ^ www.mediatraffic.de World sales
  66. ^ www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm United World year-end chart
  67. ^ [4]