Be Not Nobody Explained

Be Not Nobody
Type:studio
Artist:Vanessa Carlton
Cover:Vanessa Carlton - Be Not Nobody.jpg
Label:A&M
Producer:Ron Fair
Next Title:Harmonium
Next Year:2004

Be Not Nobody is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released on April 30, 2002, through A&M Records.As of late 2004 the album had sold 1.38 million copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan,[1] and Variety magazine reported in July 2003 that it had sold 2.3 million worldwide.[2] Billboard magazine placed Carlton at number twenty-one on its year-end "Top Pop Artists" list for 2002.[3]

"A Thousand Miles" was released as the lead single from the album and reached the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100, number one in Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom. Be Not Nobody was certified gold by the RIAA in June 2002, and platinum in October 2002.[4] "Ordinary Day" charted inside the top forty on the US Hot 100. "Pretty Baby" was remixed and released as the album's third and final single in early 2003. After the single's release, subsequent pressings of the album contained the remixed single version of the song in place of its original album version. "Pretty Baby" did not appear on the Hot 100 or the UK top seventy-five, but was nominated for a 2003 Teen Choice Award for "Choice Love Song".[5]

Track listing

All songs were written by Vanessa Carlton, except where noted.

  1. "Ordinary Day" – 3:58
  2. "Unsung" – 4:20
  3. "A Thousand Miles" – 3:57
  4. "Pretty Baby" – 3:55
  5. "Rinse" – 4:31
  6. "Sway" – 3:57
  7. "Paradise" – 4:50
  8. "Prince" – 4:09
  9. "Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:30
  10. "Wanted" – 3:55
  11. "Twilight" – 4:49

UK bonus track

  2. "Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Japanese bonus tracks

  2. "Twilight" (Live)
  3. "Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic and album's liner notes.[6] [7]

Musicians

Orchestra

Technical personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 81
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[10] 153
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 98
French Albums (SNEP)[12] 134
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 63
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 109
US Billboard 200[16] 76

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carlton Finds Harmony On Sophomore CD. Billboard. October 7, 2004. January 7, 2016.
  2. News: Vanessa Carlton . Variety . July 9, 2003 . April 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081207003430/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117889092.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=vanessa+carlton+nobody . December 7, 2008 . dead .
  3. Web site: Billboard.biz – Music Business – Billboard Charts – Album Sales – Concert Tours . 2006-05-29 . 2006-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060929012559/http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/yearendcharts/2002/hsitlparts.jsp . dead .
  4. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=vanessa+carlton#search_section RIAA database for Vanessa Carlton
  5. Web site: Billboard.biz – Music Business – Billboard Charts – Album Sales – Concert Tours . 2006-05-28 . 2006-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060929013049/http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1915733 . dead .
  6. Web site: Be Not Nobody – Vanessa Carlton – Credits – AllMusic. AllMusic. November 20, 2015.
  7. Be Not Nobody . 2002 . booklet . A&M.
  8. Web site: ビー・ノット・ノーバディ. ja. Oricon. April 21, 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230421035313/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/296001/products/478110/1/. April 21, 2023 .
  9. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2002. Australian Recording Industry Association. October 18, 2020.
  10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184132/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html. September 6, 2004. Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales). Jam!. March 23, 2022.
  11. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2002. dutchcharts.nl. October 18, 2020.
  12. Web site: Top de l'année Top Albums 2002. SNEP. fr. October 18, 2020.
  13. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. October 18, 2020.
  14. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002. hitparade.ch. October 18, 2020.
  15. Web site: 2002 UK Albums Chart. ChartsPlus. October 18, 2020.
  16. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. October 18, 2020.
  17. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. October 18, 2020.

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