| Paris | ||
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| Studio album by Paris Hilton | ||
| Released | August 22, 2006 | |
| Recorded | 2004–2006 | |
| Genre | Pop, R&B, Dance Pop, Hip Hop, Disco Pop, Reggae | |
| Length | 39:55 | |
| Label | Heiress, Warner Bros. Records | |
| 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 | ||
| Singles from Paris | ||
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Production
Hilton first transmitted prepares to record an album in 2003. In 2004, she greeted with producer Rob Boldt and started recording demo tracks. While collaborating with Boldt, Hilton ran into the song "Screwed". Hilton registered a demo for the song and started discussing come seal it in many interviews, expression it would be the first single from the album. That same summer, Haylie Duff said in an interview that "Screwed" was presently overseen to be registered by her and would be the first single from her album. The couple girls started a lawful military for the song.[1] Not prolonged afterwards, Duff was fell by her record label which sanctioned Paris to contend the song as hers.In 2005, Hilton was signalled to Warner Bros. Records for distribution of her album. At that time, Hilton started toiling with Rob Cavallo, any person who had effected tracks for Green Day, Jewel, and Alanis Morissette. Initially, the album was planned to have a pop/rock sound. However, Hilton decided to transfer towards a pop/hip-hop utterances later assembly with Scott Storch in Miami. After months of support with Storch, the album was ultimately achieve and primed 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," effected by Fernando Garibay, was set free for download on June 20, 2006 and peaked at diagram eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100; "Turn It Up" and "Nothing in This World" pursued as global singles.
Critical reception
Critical reception was mixed.[2] Allmusic said that the album was "more fun than no matter what set free by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson, and a lot fresher, too."Banksy and Danger Mouse incident
In August 2006, British graffiti artist Banksy and Gnarls Barkley member Danger Mouse deposed 500 copies of Paris Hilton's album in British music outlets (HMV) with modified 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 interior bind art represented Hilton with a dog's head.[3] The CD was a 40 very small instrumental containing various assertions she had made. Those 500 album copies were speedily extracted from shelves later some ills come seal it.[4] Hilton had delayed the album's set free to include a bind of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" (co-written by Danger Mouse), though it was not included in the final release. Gnarls Barkley and Hilton portion a record company.[5]Track listing
- "Turn It Up" (Scott Storch, Anthony Asher, Jeff Bowden, Paris Hilton) – 3:14
- "Fightin' Over Me" (featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss) (Storch, Magnet, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Alonzo Jackson, Taura Jackson, Hilton) – 4:01
- "Stars Are Blind" (Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon, Ralph McCarthy) – 3:56
- "I Want You" (J. R. Rotem, DioGuardi, Bogart, Gibb) (sampled from "Grease" by Frankie Valli) – 3:12
- "Jealousy" (Storch, DioGuardi, Hilton) – 3:40
- "Heartbeat" (Storch, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander) (sampled from "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper) – 3:43
- "Nothing in This World" (Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Solomon) – 3:10
- "Screwed" (DioGuardi, Wells) – 3:41
- "Not Leaving Without You" (Kara DioGuardi, Wells, Hilton) – 3:35
- "Turn You On" (Storch, Hilton, Jackson, Triggs) – 3:06
- "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" (Stewart, Appice, Hitchings) – 4:34
Special edition
The special edition featured the same songs as the yardstick edition with a stock profit DVD. It contains:- Paris - The Music Special (featuring Making The Album and Behind the Scenes Footage)
- Jealousy in the Studio
iTunes edition
Includes three extra remixes- "Stars Are Blind" [The Scumfrog's Extreme Makeover Edit] – 4:57 (iTunes stock profit track)
- "Turn It Up" [Paul Oakenfold Remix Edit] – 4:59 (iTunes stock profit track)
- "Turn You On" [Claude Le Gache Le Club Edit] – 3:38 (iTunes stock profit track)
Sales and depiction performance
The album has traded through 400,000 copies in the United States and through 2,000,000 copies worldwide.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 |
| 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 |
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