Daughtry (album)

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Daughtry
Studio album by Daughtry
Released	November 21, 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Rock, Alternative
Length	43:20
Label	19 Recordings/RCA
Producer(s)	Howard Benson
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Daughtry is the eponymous debut album of the American rock band Daughtry, the band formed and fronted by American Idol season five finalist Chris Daughtry. The album is the fastest selling debut rock album in Soundscan history.^[1]

Contents 1 Chart success 2 Track listing 3 Album Musicians 3.1 Miscellanea 4 Cultural references 5 Charts 5.1 Album 5.2 Singles 5.3 Certifications 6 Trivia 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Chart success

The album was released on November 21, 2006 by RCA Records and 19 Recordings Limited. The first single released from the album is "It's Not Over", which was a success, reaching the top 5 across multiple charts, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 where it has so far peaked at number four.^[2]

The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200, behind Jay-Z's Kingdom Come. It sold approximately 304,000 copies in its first week,^[3] making it the second-highest first week sales of any American Idol contestant who did not win the competition (the highest first week sales of any American Idol singer to date is Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man, with over 613,000 copies sold in its first week). Competing with a flurry of ‘Super Tuesday’ releases during its opening week (Jay-Z, The Beatles, Johnny Cash and others), Daughtry proved to be commercially viable.

Despite Chris Daughtry coming in fourth place in the fifth season, the album beat out first week sales of both the season's winner, Taylor Hicks, and runner-up, Katharine McPhee, whose debut albums sold 298,000 and 116,000 copies respectively in their first weeks.^{[citation needed]}

The album was certified Platinum on December 21, 2006.^{[citation needed]} It reached number one on the Billboard 200, with 65,000 copies sold, in its ninth week on the chart,^[4] for the issue dated February 3, 2007, becoming the first album from an Idol alumnus to top the Billboard 200 since Ruben Studdard's Soulful album in December 2003.^{[citation needed]} The album's weekly sales over the number two album, Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture, was a mere 130 copies, the slimmest margin between number one and number two on the Billboard 200 ever.^[4] In the next week the album fell to number three on the chart, but its sales increased to 80,000.^[5] In the following two weeks, the album remained at number three and sold nearly 80,000 copies each week.^[6][7] After this, sales increased to 102,000 copies, but the album dropped to number 9 on the Billboard 200;^[8] in the following week, the album climbed to number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 84,000 copies.^[9] In the next week, its fifteenth on the chart, it climbed back to the number one spot with weekly sales of 90,000 copies. It was then certified Double Platinum on March 7, 2007.^[10]

[edit] Track listing

1. "It's Not Over" - 3:35 (Chris Daughtry, Greg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson, Brett Young)
2. "Used To" - 3:32 (Chris Daughtry, Howard Benson)
3. "Home" - 4:15 (Chris Daughtry)
4. "Over You" - 3:27 (Chris Daughtry, Brian Howes)
5. "Crashed" - 3:31 (Nina Ossoff, Dana Calitri, Kathy Sommer, Chris Daughtry)
6. "Feels Like Tonight" - 4:01 (Martin Sandberg, Lukasz Gottwald, Shep Solomon)
7. "What I Want" (featuring Slash) - 2:48 (Chris Daughtry, Brian Howes)
8. "Breakdown" - 4:01 (Chris Daughtry)
9. "Gone" - 3:21 (Chris Daughtry)
10. "There and Back Again" - 3:15 (Chris Daughtry, Brent Smith)
11. "All These Lives" - 3:24 (Chris Daughtry, Mitch Allan)
12. "What About Now" - 4:10 (Ben Moody, David Hodges)

Bonus Tracks

1. "Sorry" - 3:41 - iTunes- (Matthias Weber)
2. "Home (Acoustic)" - 4:15 - Wal-Mart
3. "Crashed (Acoustic)" - 3:17 - Wal-Mart

[edit] Album Musicians

• Chris Daughtry- Vocals
• Phil X- Guitar
• Howard Benson- Keyboards
• Paul Bushnell- Bass
• Josh Freese- Drums
• Slash- Featured guitarist on the song "What I Want."
• Chris Chaney- Bass

[edit] Miscellanea

Shortly after Daughtry was certified Gold, Chris Daughtry credited co-American Idol finalist Ace Young with contributing to the album's success, saying that Young helped write the chorus to the album's hit single "It's Not Over."

[edit] Cultural references

• The song "It's Not Over" was used at the end of the Prison Break special "The Road to Freedom", in addition to being used in a commercial for the FOX series. It also appears on the upcoming compilation album, Now That's What I Call Music! 24.
• The song "Home" was used on a commercial for American Idol, and is being used as the vote-off song of season six on American Idol. It is rumored that Daughtry will appear on the American Idol finale in May.
• The song "Feels Like Tonight" was used in WWE's Tribute to the Troops video.
• The song "What I Want" was used in a commercial for NCIS on CBS.
• The song "There and Back Again" was used on an Animal Planet commercial for a dog agility competition. It was also used in an episode of Smallville.

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums	1
U.S. Top Internet Albums	1
U.S. Top Comprehensive Albums	1
U.S. Top Digital Albums	1
United World Chart	2
New Zealand Album Charts	17

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	U.S.	U.S. Pop	U.S. Digital	U.S. Main Rock	U.S. Mod Rock	U.S. Hot AC	Album
2006	"It's Not Over"	4	3	2	6	20	1	Daughtry
2007	"Home"	48	47	28	-	-	-	Daughtry

[edit] Certifications

USA: 2x Platinum (2,000,000 Shipments)

[edit] Trivia

There is also an alternate version of the song "Breakdown", sung by Chris Daughtry and his former band Absent Element. The differences include a harder, more edgy sound; a different musical arrangement arrangement; and varying endings and choruses, the latter being seen below.

"Conviction" chorus

No, I cannot fill the void with what you're shoving on me. If you don't know the truth, how can you say you know me? If all this is wrong, I'll find out on my own. So don't kill me inside, I'm trying to live!

I'm trying to live. How is this helping me? I'm trying to live, trying to live.

"Breakdown" chorus

Well, it's not the time to breakdown. It's not the time to breakdown. It's not the time to break up this love, Keep it together now. It's not the time to break.

[edit] See also

• American Idol

[edit] References

Preceded by Dreamgirls Soundtrack by Various Artists	Billboard 200 Number-one album February 3, 2007 - February 9, 2007	Succeeded by Late Night Special by Pretty Ricky
Preceded by Not Too Late by Norah Jones	Billboard 200 Number-one album March 17, 2007 - March 23, 2007	Succeeded by Greatest Hits by The Notorious B.I.G.