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| Last album = ''[[Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (album)|Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert]]''<br />(2008)
| Last album = ''[[Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (album)|Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert]]''<br />(2008)
| This album = '''''Breakout'''''<br />(2008)
| This album = '''''Breakout'''''<br />(2008)
| Next album = ''[[Hannah Montana: The Movie|Hannah Montana: The Movie Soundtrack]]''<br />(2009)
| Next album = ''[[Hannah Montana: The Movie (soundtrack)|Hannah Montana: The Movie]]''<br />(2009)
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Breakout is the second studio album (third overall) by American teen pop singer Miley Cyrus. It was released under Hollywood Records on July 22, 2008, in the United States and debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of about 371,000 copies.[2]

On October 17, 2008, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for more than one million copies shipped in the U.S.[3]

Background

Breakout is the first album by Miley Cyrus that does not have any affiliation to the Hannah Montana character. Cyrus has said that Meet Miley Cyrus was "just meeting me, finding out who I am", while Breakout was inspired by "what's been going on in my life in the past year."[4] "I wanted to embrace my older audience a little more, kind of taking shackles off and doing the music I wanted to do," Cyrus said of Breakout.[5] Cyrus co-wrote all but four songs on the album.[4] "Songwriting is what I really want to do with my life forever, [...] I just hope this record showcases that, more than anything, I'm a writer."[6] A majority of the songs are co-written by Antonina Armato and Tim James, the writers of "See You Again" and "Good and Broken".

Two of the four songs that Cyrus did not co-write are covers. "These Four Walls" was originally recorded by MTV reality TV star Cheyenne Kimball, who released it under the song title, "Four Walls"; the song had appeared on her debut album The Day Has Come. Coincidentally, Kimball also has a song titled "Full Circle", but Cyrus's song of the same name is an original composition. Cyrus also covered Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". The song was originally performed by Miley with the The Cheetah Girls on their Party's Just Begun Tour. Cyrus recorded it as a solo song when it didn't appear on the Cheetah Girls' debut album TCG. The album's title track was written by Gina Schock of the Go-Go's,[7] Ted Bruner and Trey Vittetoe. The title track was initially sung by Katy Perry, who also provides background vocals on that song as well as "The Driveway". "Simple Song" is the only other song that does not feature a writing credit from Cyrus.

Promotion

Cyrus performed a free concert at Bryant Park on July 18, as a part of Good Morning America's summer concert series.[8] Cyrus also guest hosted TRL on two consecutive days, appeared on Today, and performed as a part of their summer concert series, shutting down 84th street for the first time because of the number of fans who attended.

The album was released in the United Kingdom via the label Polydor on September 1, 2008.[9] The album released a promotional single "See You Again (Rock Mafia Mix)" as know as (2008 Mix), which was released on August 25, 2008.

In Japan the album had two parts: In one, Breakout with the same tracklisting, but with two bonus tracks; In two, a DVD content music video, live performances, photo gallery and more.[10]

Singles

  • "7 Things" was the first single to be released from Breakout. It premiered on Radio Disney on May 12, 2008, with a wider premiere on Elvis Duran the following day.[11] The music video was aired by ABC and Disney Channel on June 20, 2008.[12] The video shows Cyrus singing with a band in front of a gray background, with many girls showing their emotions and singing along. "7 Things" debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.[13] After the single was released via the iTunes Store two weeks later, it rose sixty spots from number 70 to number nine.[14] It became Cyrus' highest charting single on the Hot 100 until "The Climb" debuted at #6 in March 2009. "7 Things" was released in the United Kingdom in November, and has already entered the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone.[15]
  • "Goodbye" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" debuted on the U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart at 24 and 13, respectively, due to digital downloads without any promotion.
  • "Full Circle" was to be the album's second official single, set for release in July, but was cancelled due to unknown reasons.[23]

Platinum Edition

On November 18, 2008 the album was re-released as a Platinum Edition which features the bonus tracks "Someday" and "Hovering", a duet with her brother Trace Cyrus.[24] The reissue also features a bonus DVD with the "7 Things" music video, live performances and more.[24]

Track listing

All of the following has been written by Miley Cyrus and the rest listed

Standard
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Breakout"Gina Schock, Ted Bruner, Trey Vittetoe3:26
2."7 Things"Miley Cyrus, Antonina Armato, Tim James3:33
3."The Driveway"Miley Cyrus,Scott Cutler, Anne Preven3:43
4."Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"Robert Hazard, Matthew Wilder3:06
5."Full Circle"Miley Cyrus, Scott Cutler, Preven3:14
6."Fly on the Wall"Miley Cyrus, Armato, James, Devrim Karaoglu2:31
7."Bottom of the Ocean"Miley Cyrus, Armato, James3:15
8."Wake Up America"Miley Cyrus, Armato, James2:46
9."These Four Walls"Cutler, Preven, Cheyenne Kimball3:28
10."Simple Song"Jeffrey Steele, Jesse Littleton3:32
11."Goodbye"Miley Cyrus, Armato, James, Kara DioGuardi3:53
12."See You Again (Rock Mafia Remix)"Miley Cyrus, Armato, James3:18
Total length:37:47
Japan Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."7 Things (Eric Kupper Remix)"Cyrus, Armato, James4:29
14."7 Things (Daishi Dance Remix)"Cyrus, Armato, James5:47
Total length:47:23
Japan Edition – DVD
No.TitleLength
1."7 Things" (video)3:38
2."See You Again" (live)3:28
3."Bonus Material" 
Platinum Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Hovering" (with Trace Cyrus)Armato, James2:30
14."Someday"Armato, Cyrus, James, Karaoglu3:03
Total length:42:80
Platinum Edition – DVD
No.TitleLength
1."7 Things" (video)3:38
2."7 Things" (live)3:31
3."The Driveway" (live)3:46
4."Simple Song" (live)3:46
5."See You Again" (live)3:28
6."Breakout" (live)3:12
7."Fly On The Wall" (live)2:40
8."Bonus Material" 

Critical reception

Breakout received generally favorable reviews.[25] Billboard magazine described the album as "still age-appropriate for minors", but "for the big kids too."[26] They noted that the album relies "entirely on the full-blooded, all-American guitar".[26] The Los Angeles Times agreed, calling it "a slightly tougher, more guitar-based sound."[27] They noted that, compared to Cyrus's previous albums, Breakout is "unlikely fodder for the razzle-dazzle road shows and 3-D concert films to come", but "rarely less than fascinating."[27] Entertainment Weekly said the "best tunes let Cyrus be feisty without graduating to Avril-like levels of petulance".[7] However, they described the second half of the album as "overly ballad-heavy".[7]

Many reviewers felt that the album was still calculated, although a step away from Cyrus' portrayal of Hannah Montana. The Village Voice said that "Miley often sounds held-back and controlled" but called her "a rare talent".[28] The album, according to The Boston Globe, "subtracts any trace of edge" from the songs; they further noted that while Cyrus "break[s] from the shiny, happy "Hannah Montana" character, [...] she hasn't scuffed up her sound so much".[29] allmusic noted that "while Breakout isn't as much of a breakthrough as it could be, it still moves Miley closer to an identity and career outside of Hannah."[1] However, T'Cha Dunlevy of The Gazette did not feel that Cyrus had separated herself from Hannah Montana, writing, "Cyrus claims this is a more mature album, it remains generic teen-pop through and through."[30] The Sacramento Bee agreed, saying that "with its overblown power chords, frenetic synth-pop and defiant lyrics, the 12 tracks here aren't much of a stylistic stretch from 2007's 'Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus'."[31]

The New York Times slated the album entirely, labeling it "a lackluster album, floated by two or three strong singles."[32] The Hartford Courant said it was "actually just a mash-up of moves tried and discarded by Lohan/Duff/fill-in-the-Disney-diva-of-your choice."[33]

Cyrus received comparisons to Natalie Maines ("These Four Walls"),[7] Wilson Phillips and Bonnie Raitt ("Bottom of the Ocean"),[26][27] the Pussycat Dolls ("Fly on the Wall"),[26][1][32] and Shania Twain ("7 Things").[1] According to one reviewer, "Cyrus' sound is still a mix of Avril Lavigne-esque sass and Michelle Branch-like vulnerability, served with a bright sheen borrowed from new wave".[1]

Release history

Region Date Label
United States[34] July 22, 2008 Hollywood Records
Canada[35]
Hong Kong[36] July 23, 2008 Hollywood Records/EMI
Philippines August 3, 2008 Hollywood Records
Brazil[37] August 5, 2008
Taiwan August 8, 2008
Australia August 30, 2008
United Kingdom[9] September 1, 2008 Polydor Records
Indonesia Hollywood Records
New Zealand
Peru September 2, 2008
Chile September 7, 2008
Argentina
Italy September 12, 2008
Poland September 4, 2008
Spain September 16, 2008
Germany September 26, 2008 Universal Music
Japan[38] October 15, 2008 Avex Trax
France October 20, 2008 Hollywood Records
Platinum Edition
United States[39] November 18, 2008 Hollywood Records
Canada
Hong Kong Hollywood Records/EMI
Australia November 22, 2008 Hollywood Records
Philippines November 28, 2008
United Kingdom December 1, 2008 Polydor Records
Spain December 2, 2008
Brazil December 5, 2008 Hollywood Records

Chart performance

In its first day of release, Breakout sold 110,000 copies.[40] The album was "neck and neck" with Sugarland's third studio album Love on the Inside in race for No. 1, initially separated by just 2,000 copies.[40] Within three days, Breakout had sold 205,000 copies, leading Sugarland by 16,000 copies.[41] Ultimately the album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of about 371,000 copies. This was the second-biggest sales week of the year for a female artist; Mariah Carey's E=MC² previously sold 463,000 copies in its first week.[2] The album sold 163,000 copies in its second week on the chart, falling to number two, behind Sugarland's Love on the Inside.[42] It remained at number two in its third week, selling about 102,000 copies,[43] then fell to number four in its fourth week on the chart, selling about 85,000 copies.[44] In its fifth week on the Billboard 200 it fell two spots to number six with about 62,000 copies sold.[45] To date the album has sold more than 1,361,000 copies in the U.S. [46] and over 2,300,000 million copies worldwide.

In Canada, Breakout debuted at number one with 27,000 copies, becoming Cyrus' first number one in Canada; her previous album reached No. 2.[47] Breakout stayed at the number one spot for two weeks, but dropped to #2 behind the soundtrack of the movie Mamma Mia!

On September 14, 2008, Breakout topped the Australia ARIA Album charts becoming her first number #1 album outside North America.[48] She is also the youngest artist to top the Australian charts since Avril Lavigne. On November 17, 2008, reached more than 70,000 units, being accredited as Platinum.[48]

In New Zealand "Breakout" debuted at number four on September 8, 2008 and peaked at number two. The album was certified Gold of sales of 7,500+ after five weeks, and Platinum after twelve weeks with sales of over 15,000.[49]

In Poland album "Breakout" acquired the status of golden plates on 11 February 2009, album is sold 10,000+. [50]

In the UK, Cyrus' "Breakout" album has sold more than 250,000copies as of March 20, 2009.[51]

In Irish album "Breakout" acquired the status of platinim on 20 Janaruay 2009,album is sold 15,000+.[52]

Charts

Personnel

Production

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Preceded by U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album
August 9, 2008 – August 16, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
September 15, 2008 – September 22, 2008 		Succeeded by
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