| For Your Consideration | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Kathy Griffin |
| Cover: | Kgfyc.jpg |
| Recorded: | at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy, California |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Length: | 57:38 |
| Label: | Music with a Twist, RED |
| Producer: | Kathy Griffin, Christian Stavros |
| Prev Title: | Straight to Hell |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | She'll Cut a Bitch |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
For Your Consideration is a 2008 comedy album recorded by American stand-up comedian Kathy Griffin. The album was recorded at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy, California on February 17, 2008. It is Griffin's first audio-only release of her stand-up material. Included on the disc are her takes on various celebrities and her personal life. Griffin stated that she decided to release this CD to try to win a Grammy award.[1] [2] For Your Consideration received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album, but lost to George Carlin's It's Bad for Ya.
In the Spring of 2008, a billboard for the album was placed on Sunset Blvd. Various print advertisements for bus stops, magazines and newspaper circulated from April 2008 to the release date of the album. The theme of the advertisements featured Griffin in a red carpetesque gown desperate for media attention (for which she is famously known).[1] The album also gained its own episode on Griffin's reality show, titled "For Your (Grammy) Consideration".[3]
The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at #85, making it the highest-ranked album by a female comedian since 1983, when Joan Rivers reached number 22 with What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most? . The album also debuted at #1 on Top Comedy Albums, making her the first female comedian to do so since the chart began in 2004.[4]
Adapted from AllMusic.[5]
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| Chart (2008) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200[6] | 85 | |
| U.S. Top Comedy Albums[7] | 1 | |
| U.S. Top Independent Albums[8] | 8 |
| Region | Date | Catalog Number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | June 17, 2008 | 728847 | |
| Canada | June 17, 2008 | 88697288472 |
To further promote the album, Griffin embarked on an American tour titled "For Your Consideration Tour". The tour began in May 2008 in Hawaii and ended in December 2008 in Los Angeles.[9]
| Date | City | Country | Venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | |||||
| May 24, 2008 | Honolulu | United States | Waikiki Shell | ||
| May 30, 2008 | Atlantic City | Borgata Event Center | |||
| May 31, 2008 | |||||
| June 19, 2008 | Newark | Prudential Hall | |||
| June 20, 2008 | Albany | Palace Theatre | |||
| June 21, 2008 | Westbury | Capital One Bank Theater at Westbury | |||
| July 11, 2008 | Saratoga | Mountain Winery Amphitheatre | |||
| July 12, 2008 | Concord | Sleep Train Pavilion | |||
| July 18, 2008 | Las Vegas | Mandalay Bay Theatre | |||
| July 26, 2008 | Grand Prairie | Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie | |||
| August 8, 2008 | Toronto | Canada | Massey Hall | ||
| August 9, 2008 | Niagara Falls | United States | Seneca Niagara Events Center | ||
| August 10, 2008 | Canandaigua | Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center | |||
| August 22, 2008 | Kansas City | Starlight Theatre | |||
| August 23, 2008 | Indianapolis | Murat Theatre | |||
| September 5, 2008 | Atlanta | Fox Theatre | |||
| September 25, 2008 | Washington, D.C. | DAR Constitution Hall | |||
| September 26, 2008 | |||||
| September 28, 2008 | |||||
| October 3, 2008 | Minneapolis | Orpheum Theatre | |||
| October 4, 2008 | Iowa City | Hancher Auditorium | |||
| October 15, 2008 | Chicago | Chicago Theatre | |||
| October 16, 2008 | |||||
| October 18, 2008 | Detroit | Fox Theatre | |||
| November 6, 2008 | Phoenix | Dodge Theatre | |||
| November 7, 2008 | |||||
| December 7, 2008 | Palm Desert | McCallum Theatre | |||
| December 8, 2008 | |||||
| December 9, 2008 | Los Angeles | Kodak Theatre | |||
| December 10, 2008 | |||||
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| December 12, 2008 | |||||