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| Studio album by Paris Hilton | |||||
| Released | August 22, 2006 | ||||
| Recorded | 2004–2006 | ||||
| Genre | Pop Hip Hop Dance-pop R&B Pop Rap |
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| Length | 40:05 | ||||
| Label | Heiress Records / Warner Bros. | ||||
| Producer | Dr. Luke, Fernando Garibay, Greg Wells, J. R. Rotem, Kara DioGuardi, Scott Storch, Sheppard Soloman | ||||
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Paris is reality TV star Paris Hilton's debut album, 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.
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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 "Fighting 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. All Music Guide commented that the album was "more fun than anything released by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson, and a lot fresher, too." On the whole, critical reception was mixed.[2]
UK CD vandalism
In August of 2006, British graffiti artist Banksy and hip-hop producer Danger Mouse replaced 500 copies of Paris Hilton's album in British music stores with altered album artwork of Paris Hilton topless with a dog head and a 40 minute instrumental song containing various statements she had made.[3]
Tracklisting
Standard edition
- "Turn It Up" (Scott Storch, Penelope Magnet, Jeff Bowden, Paris Hilton) – 3:12
- "Fightin' over Me" (featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss) (Storch, Magnet, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Jackson, Jackson, Hilton) – 4:01
- "Stars Are Blind" (Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon, Ralph McCarthy) – 3:56
- "I Want You" (J. R. Rotem, DioGuardi, Bogart, Gibb) – 3:12 (sampled from "Grease" by Frankie Valli)
- "Jealousy" (Storch, DioGuardi, Hilton) – 3:40
- "Heartbeat" (Storch, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander) – 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, 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 standard edition, with a bonus DVD, containing:
- 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 bonus track)
- "Turn It Up" [Paul Oakenfold Remix Edit] – 4:59 (iTunes bonus track)
- "Turn You On" [Claude Le Gache Le Club Edit] – 3:38 (iTunes bonus track)
Sales and chart performance
The album sold 76,000 copies in the first week of release in the US, debuting at #6.. The album quickly fell out of the chart, however, and was considered a commercial disappointment for Hilton in the United States. As of June 2007, the album had sold over 6,000,000 copies worldwide.[4]
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