The House (Katie Melua album) explained

The House
Type:studio
Artist:Katie Melua
Cover:Katie Melua - The House.jpg
Released:24 May 2010
Length:45:44
Label:Dramatico
Producer:William Orbit
Prev Title:Live at the O² Arena
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Secret Symphony
Next Year:2012

The House is the fourth studio album by British singer Katie Melua, released on 24 May 2010 by Dramatico. This is Melua's first studio album not to be produced by Mike Batt. The first single from the album, "The Flood", was released on 17 May 2010 and was written by Melua, Guy Chambers and Lauren Christy.[1] The second single "A Happy Place" was released in July 2010, featuring a remix of the track by Sparks. The third single "To Kill You With A Kiss" (called I'd Love To Kill You on the album) was released at the end of November 2010.[2]

Track listing

All tracks produced by William Orbit.

Personnel

Additional musicians

Chart positions

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #4 with 29,611 copies sold in its first week.[3]

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[4] 3
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[5] 3
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart1
Canadian Albums Chart[6] 100
Danish Albums Chart[7] 2
Dutch Albums Chart[8] 3
European Top 100 Albums[9] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[10] 15
French Albums Chart[11] 5
German Albums Chart[12] 3
Irish Albums Chart[13] 18
Italian Albums Chart[14] 51
New Zealand Albums Chart[15] 15
Norwegian Albums Chart[16] 3
Polish Albums Chart[17] 1
Portuguese Albums Chart[18] 14
Spanish Albums Chart[19] 34
Swedish Albums Chart[20] 10
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 1
UK Albums Chart[22] 4
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers[23] 10

End of year charts

End of year chart (2010)Position
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[24] 60
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[25] 20
European Top 100 Albums[26] 33
Danish Albums Chart[27] 41
Dutch Albums Chart[28] 44
French Albums Chart[29] 85
German Albums Chart[30] 72
Swiss Albums Chart[31] 17
UK Albums Chart[32] 125

Notes and References

  1. Web site: In The House with Katie Melua. Colin Polonowski . 2010-03-17 . The Music Fix . 2010-03-17.
  2. Web site: product-page . Amazon.co.uk . 2012-09-19.
  3. Web site: Music Week . Music Week . 2012-07-26.
  4. Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . austriancharts.at . 2012-02-22.
  5. Web site: Katie Melua - The House . ultratop.be . 2012-02-22.
  6. Web site: CANOE - JAM! Music SoundScan Charts . https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html . usurped . December 26, 2004 . Jam.canoe.ca . 2012-02-22 .
  7. Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . danishcharts.dk . 2012-02-22.
  8. Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . dutchcharts.nl . 2012-02-22.
  9. Web site: European Albums . Billboard.com . 2010-12-11 . 2012-02-22.
  10. Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . finnishcharts.com . 2012-02-22.
  11. Web site: Disque en France . Disque en France . 2012-02-13 . 2012-02-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100329083439/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-256595.xml . 2010-03-29 .
  12. Web site: Charts: Longplay KW 08/2012, Chartverfolgung, Hitlisten . musicline.de . 2012-02-22.
  13. Web site: Katie Melua - The House - Music Charts . Acharts.us . 2012-02-22.
  14. http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_artisti.php
  15. Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Rianz.org.nz . 2012-02-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081216021138/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp . 2008-12-16 .
  16. Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . norwegiancharts.com . 2012-02-22.
  17. Web site: Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart . OLiS . 2010-06-20 . 2012-02-22.
  18. Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . portuguesecharts.com . 2012-02-22.
  19. Web site: Top 100 Albumes . promusicae.es . 2010-05-24 . 2012-09-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309060130/http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2010_21.pdf . 2012-03-09 .
  20. Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . swedishcharts.com . 2012-02-22.
  21. Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . hitparade.ch . 2012-02-22.
  22. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Katie Melua - The House . . 12 August 2011.
  23. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=katie melua|chart=Heatseekers Albums}} Katy Melua chart history ]. Billboard.com . 2012-09-19.
  24. Web site: Ultratop Belgian Charts . ultratop.be . 2012-03-18 . 2012-03-18.
  25. Web site: Ultratop Belgian Charts . ultratop.be . 2012-02-17 . 2012-02-22.
  26. Web site: Best of 2010 - European Top 100 Albums . Billboard.com . 2010 . 2012-09-20.
  27. Web site: Album Top 100 . WebCite . Hitlisten.nu . 2010 . 2012-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124011814/http://hitlisterne.dk/yearlist.asp . November 24, 2010 .
  28. Web site: Steffen Hung . Dutch year-end album chart 2010 . dutchcharts.nl . 2012-09-20.
  29. Web site: Classement des 100 premiers Singles Fusionnés par GfK Music . 2012-09-19.
  30. Web site: VIVA Album Top 50 - Alle Musikvideos - Chart . VIVA.tv . 2012-07-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110108131925/http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-album-jahrescharts-2010-2010-211/ . 2011-01-08 .
  31. Web site: Steffen Hung . Swiss Year-End Charts 2010 . swisscharts.com . 2012-02-22.
  32. Web site: UK Charts plus: 2010 . ukchartsplus.co.uk . 2012-09-19.