Celebrity Skin
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Celebrity Skin is the third studio album
by American alternative rock
band Hole
, released worldwide by Geffen Records
on September 7, 1998 and one day later in the United States
. Similarly to vocalist and guitarist Courtney Love
's refined image during this era, the sound of the album itself moved away from Hole's harder alternative rock
past and toward a cleaner and more radio friendly pop rock
format.
The album was the group's first to feature bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
after the death of Kristen Pfaff
, and was the band's last album before their eventual departure in 2002.
Celebrity Skin proved to be Hole's most commercially successful album, garnering them a #1 hit single on the Modern Rock Tracks
chart with the title track. Critical reaction to the album was largely positive, though not as universally so as the band's previous record, Live Through This
(1994).
who had recommended the studio for Hole's previous album, Live Through This. Producer, Michael Beinhorn was also hired for the album's production. The studio work, which took place at various locations, including Los Angeles
, New York City
, London
and Miami
, took almost a year and a half, due to Love's rising movie career, and fruitless recording attempts in New Orleans
and Nashville
.
The album title, which was originally Use Once & Destroy but was changed as it "was just a one-to-one sick relationship that was quite quick", was conceived by Love as early as 1995, as during an interview on Later... with Jools Holland on May 5, 1995, Love joked the album's title was "Celebrity Skin... 'cause I touched a lot of it!" She later stated that "there was this real loser band in [Los Angeles] called Celebrity Skin, there were like, totally horrifying. And then there's this magazine called Celebrity Skin;;, it's like a nudy magazine of uh, famous people that have like, maybe a nipple out or you know, something. Women, generally. Women, exclusively. And it's a bootleg, so I can have the name."
did not play drums on the album, though she is credited as a both a Hole member and drummer on the sleeve and in the liner notes. "Malibu" and "Dying" were already in the works and almost complete when Corgan contributed his involvement for eight days. Courtney Love later revealed on the hole.com forums in 2002 that Billy Corgan also played bass on "Petals" because Melissa Auf der Maur was unable to play it. It has been said that this may be the reason why they never played the song live whilst Melissa was a member of the band. It wasn't until 2010, with the new lineup, that Petals was played live.
In a 2011 documentary on drummer Patty Schemel
, it was revealed that she had left the band after the recording sessions when producer Michael Beinhorn
sought to replace her with a session drummer. Schemel was replaced with Samantha Maloney
for the album tour, and a "lookalike" was hired to play drums in the music video for "Celebrity Skin
". In retrospect, at a MoMA
screening of the documentary, Courtney Love called Bienhorn a "Nazi".
, to prevent the album from leaking (including an "iron clad" agreement that prohibited music journalists who received advance copies from allowing anyone else to hear or record the album), the first single from the album, "Celebrity Skin
", was leaked three weeks before its intended release dates and played "nearly a dozen times" on New York radio station WXRK (92.3 FM) and their Los Angeles-based sister station, KROQ-FM
(106.7 FM), on the weekend of July 31 to August 2, 1998. DGC spokesperson Jim Merlis denied that the leak originated from them and issued WXRK a cease and desist
order on August 3. Nevertheless, San Francisco radio station Live 105
(105.3 FM) played the single again the following weekend.
There have since been claims that Samantha Maloney did not play drums on the album, and that her parts were done by a hired session musician. Either way, drum takes were recorded after Patty Schemel
left the band during the recordings and photo shoots for the album.
"Pretty on the Inside
"
"Heaven Tonight"
"Northern Star"
"Awful"
"Paradise City
"
"Celebrity Skin"
The live tracks featured on the limited bonus CD also appeared on the Awful: Australian Tour Souvenir EP.
mentioned that,
called it a "mild letdown, not for the greedy pop leanings, but for the subject matter: Hollywood." Rolling Stone
described the album as,
The album was featured in several year-end "Best Of" periodicals and also holds a spot in 1001 albums you must hear before you die
. Celebrity Skin was certified Platinum by the RIAA
on December 21, 1998.
with just under 86,000 copies sold in its first week, and has sold over 1.4 million copies in the US (as of 2006), making it multi-platinum. It has also achieved platinum status in Canada and gold status in Australia.
, and Celebrity Skin
became a #1 hit. Malibu
was a #3 hit in the US as well, and went gold in Australia in 1999.
Best Rock Album
,
Best Rock Song
, and
Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
.
"Malibu
" received a Grammy nomination at the 42nd Grammy Awards, for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
. The music video
for "Malibu" also resulted in a 1999 MTV Video Music Award
nomination for Best Cinematography for Martin Coppen
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Hole
Hole (band)
Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The band is fronted by vocalist/songwriter and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson...
, released worldwide by Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
on September 7, 1998 and one day later in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Similarly to vocalist and guitarist Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
's refined image during this era, the sound of the album itself moved away from Hole's harder alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
past and toward a cleaner and more radio friendly pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
format.
The album was the group's first to feature bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a...
after the death of Kristen Pfaff
Kristen Pfaff
Kristen Marie Pfaff was an American bass guitarist, best known for her work with Hole.-Early life and career:Pfaff was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, attending Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart. She spent a short time in Europe and briefly attended Boston College before ultimately...
, and was the band's last album before their eventual departure in 2002.
Celebrity Skin proved to be Hole's most commercially successful album, garnering them a #1 hit single on the Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...
chart with the title track. Critical reaction to the album was largely positive, though not as universally so as the band's previous record, Live Through This
Live Through This
Live Through This is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Hole. It was released by Geffen Records on April 12, 1994, just four days after frontwoman Courtney Love's husband, Kurt Cobain, was found dead in their home....
(1994).
Recording history and title
After attempts to record Hole's third album in New Orleans after their reported hiatus, Hole made plans to record the album in 1997. Love penned all of the lyrics and the music was written by the band, most notably by Eric Erlandson. Some songs were co-authored by Smashing Pumpkins frontman, Billy CorganBilly Corgan
William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the...
who had recommended the studio for Hole's previous album, Live Through This. Producer, Michael Beinhorn was also hired for the album's production. The studio work, which took place at various locations, including Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, New York City
New York City
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, London
London
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and Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, took almost a year and a half, due to Love's rising movie career, and fruitless recording attempts in New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
and Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
.
The album title, which was originally Use Once & Destroy but was changed as it "was just a one-to-one sick relationship that was quite quick", was conceived by Love as early as 1995, as during an interview on Later... with Jools Holland on May 5, 1995, Love joked the album's title was "Celebrity Skin... 'cause I touched a lot of it!" She later stated that "there was this real loser band in [Los Angeles] called Celebrity Skin, there were like, totally horrifying. And then there's this magazine called Celebrity Skin;;, it's like a nudy magazine of uh, famous people that have like, maybe a nipple out or you know, something. Women, generally. Women, exclusively. And it's a bootleg, so I can have the name."
Production and post-production
Eric Erlandson posted several messages on the bulletin board KittyRadio.com about the album's recording sessions in 2005. According to Erlandson, Love was allegedly "not caring about" playing her instrument on the record, focusing only on singing and songwriting. He also confirmed Billy Corgan played bass on "Hit So Hard" and that former drummer Patty SchemelPatty Schemel
Patricia Theresa Schemel is an American drummer, most notably known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Hole from 1992 until 1998.-Early music career:Schemel learned to play drums after her father bought her a drum kit at age 11...
did not play drums on the album, though she is credited as a both a Hole member and drummer on the sleeve and in the liner notes. "Malibu" and "Dying" were already in the works and almost complete when Corgan contributed his involvement for eight days. Courtney Love later revealed on the hole.com forums in 2002 that Billy Corgan also played bass on "Petals" because Melissa Auf der Maur was unable to play it. It has been said that this may be the reason why they never played the song live whilst Melissa was a member of the band. It wasn't until 2010, with the new lineup, that Petals was played live.
In a 2011 documentary on drummer Patty Schemel
Patty Schemel
Patricia Theresa Schemel is an American drummer, most notably known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Hole from 1992 until 1998.-Early music career:Schemel learned to play drums after her father bought her a drum kit at age 11...
, it was revealed that she had left the band after the recording sessions when producer Michael Beinhorn
Michael Beinhorn
Michael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
sought to replace her with a session drummer. Schemel was replaced with Samantha Maloney
Samantha Maloney
Samantha Maloney is an American musician best known for playing in the bands Hole, Mötley Crüe, Eagles of Death Metal and in Peaches' live band "The Herms".-Early career:...
for the album tour, and a "lookalike" was hired to play drums in the music video for "Celebrity Skin
Celebrity Skin (song)
"Celebrity Skin" is the tenth single by the American alternative rock band Hole, released on September 1, 1998 by Geffen Records. It is the debut single from their third studio album Celebrity Skin and is Hole's most commercially successful single, being the only one to reach #1 on the Modern Rock...
". In retrospect, at a MoMA
Moma
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screening of the documentary, Courtney Love called Bienhorn a "Nazi".
Release
In spite of the extreme measures undertaken by Hole's label, DGC RecordsDGC Records
DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...
, to prevent the album from leaking (including an "iron clad" agreement that prohibited music journalists who received advance copies from allowing anyone else to hear or record the album), the first single from the album, "Celebrity Skin
Celebrity Skin (song)
"Celebrity Skin" is the tenth single by the American alternative rock band Hole, released on September 1, 1998 by Geffen Records. It is the debut single from their third studio album Celebrity Skin and is Hole's most commercially successful single, being the only one to reach #1 on the Modern Rock...
", was leaked three weeks before its intended release dates and played "nearly a dozen times" on New York radio station WXRK (92.3 FM) and their Los Angeles-based sister station, KROQ-FM
KROQ-FM
KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...
(106.7 FM), on the weekend of July 31 to August 2, 1998. DGC spokesperson Jim Merlis denied that the leak originated from them and issued WXRK a cease and desist
Cease and desist
A cease and desist is an order or request to halt an activity and not to take it up again later or else face legal action. The recipient of the cease-and-desist may be an individual or an organization....
order on August 3. Nevertheless, San Francisco radio station Live 105
KITS
KITS is a San Francisco, California, USA-based radio station broadcasting at 105.3 MHz. The station is owned by CBS Radio and programs a modern rock format. The station also broadcasts on HD channel L2, locally on Comcast cable channel 986, and is streaming online.-Hot Hits:The station's...
(105.3 FM) played the single again the following weekend.
Musicians
- Courtney LoveCourtney LoveCourtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
– vocals, rhythm guitar - Eric ErlandsonEric ErlandsonEric Erlandson is an American musician known as the co-founder, former songwriter and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole.-Early life and career:...
– lead guitar - Melissa Auf der MaurMelissa Auf der MaurMelissa Auf der Maur is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a...
– bass, backing vocals - Samantha MaloneySamantha MaloneySamantha Maloney is an American musician best known for playing in the bands Hole, Mötley Crüe, Eagles of Death Metal and in Peaches' live band "The Herms".-Early career:...
– drums (uncredited) - Billy CorganBilly CorganWilliam Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the...
– bass on "Hit So Hard" (uncredited) - Craig Armstrong – strings on "Petals" and "Dying"
- David CampbellDavid Campbell (American arranger/composer)David Richard Campbell is a Canadian-American arranger, composer and conductor. He has worked on over 450 gold and platinum albums including Death Magnetic , Minutes to Midnight , KISS Symphony: Alive IV Spirit , These Days , Fallen , and various albums by his son...
– strings on "Northern Star"
There have since been claims that Samantha Maloney did not play drums on the album, and that her parts were done by a hired session musician. Either way, drum takes were recorded after Patty Schemel
Patty Schemel
Patricia Theresa Schemel is an American drummer, most notably known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Hole from 1992 until 1998.-Early music career:Schemel learned to play drums after her father bought her a drum kit at age 11...
left the band during the recordings and photo shoots for the album.
Personnel
- Michael BeinhornMichael BeinhornMichael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
- producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, programming - Eric Erlandson - additional producer
- Paul NorthfieldPaul NorthfieldPaul Northfield is a prolific record producer and sound engineer, who has worked on albums by bands like Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Rush and Suicidal Tendencies.-Selected discography:-External links:* * *...
- engineerAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including... - Rob EatonRob EatonRob Eaton is an American guitarist. He is best known for his work with the renowned Grateful Dead tribute band, Dark Star Orchestra, of which he has been a member since 2001.-Career:...
- engineer - Joe BarresiJoe BarresiJoe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with bands such as Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive and Bad Religion.-Biography:...
- engineer - Frank FilipettiFrank FilipettiFrank Filipetti is a music producer, engineer and mixer who was born in Bristol, Connecticut. He was one of the first engineers to embrace digital...
- engineer - John Nelson - additional engineer
- Ben Holt - additional engineer
- Ann Mincieli - additional engineer
- Paul PDub Walton - additional engineer
- Tom Lord-AlgeTom Lord-AlgeTom Lord-Alge is a four-time Grammy Award–winning record producer and mixer. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Lord-Alge, Lisa Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge...
- mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
("Malibu", "Reasons To Be Beautiful", "Northern Star", "Heaven Tonight") - Chris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
- mixing ("Malibu", "Reasons To Be Beautiful", "Northern Star", "Heaven Tonight") - Jack Joseph PuigJack Joseph PuigJack Joseph Puig is a Grammy Award-winning music engineer and producer with a long track record of successful productions, including the mid-1990s production of Tonic. Puig also worked with Hole, Jellyfish, The Black Crowes, John Mayer, Weezer, Fiona Apple, Green Day, The Counting Crows, No Doubt,...
- mixing ("Hit So Hard") - Leo Ferrera - mixing assistant
- Femio Hernandez - mixing assistant
- Rob Hoffman - mixing assistant
- Mike Dy - mixing assistant
- Jim Champagne - mixing assistant
- Ted JensenTed JensenTed Jensen is an American recording engineer. Jensen is the chief mastering engineer at Sterling Sound. He started his career as a mastering engineer in 1976 and is currently the most active Mastering Engineer in the industry...
- masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
- Paul DeCarli - programming
- Max Risenhower - programming
- Chris Vrenna - programming
- Nick Franglen - programming
- Chris Whitemyer - studio technician
- Jim Barber - A&RA&RArtists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
- Joe-Mama Nitzberg - art direction
- Janet Wolsborn - art direction
- Front coverAlbum coverAn album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
: Guzman - Back cover: Ophelia by Paul SteckPaul Albert SteckPaul Albert Steck was a French painter of the late 19th century.Paul Albert Steck was born in Troyes, France, probably in 1866 though the exact date is not known. He began his career studying under Jean-Léon Gérôme. In 1896 he was made a member of the Société des Artistes Français and exhibited...
, 1895 (Giraudon/Art Resource, New York)
- Front cover
- Maggie Hallahan - photography
- Robert Dawson - photography
- Richard Prince - photography
Track listings
The domestic releases of the CD and LP differed in track order. Some international releases included bonus tracks.Pretty on the Inside
Pretty on the Inside is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Hole. Released August 23, 1991 on Caroline Records, it was Hole's first major label release after their formation in 1989 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson...
"
Paradise City
-Personnel:* Axl Rose - lead vocals, synthesizer, whistle* Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, percussion* Slash - lead guitar, backing vocals* Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals* Steven Adler - drums-Live:...
"
The live tracks featured on the limited bonus CD also appeared on the Awful: Australian Tour Souvenir EP.
Japanese bonus track
The Japanese release included a bonus track, which was an outtake from the Celebrity Skin sessions and later used as a b-side:- "Best Sunday Dress" - 4:25 (Kat BjellandKat BjellandKatherine "Kat" Bjelland is an American musician who is currently the lead singer-guitarist of the band Katastrophy Wife, and is the former lead singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Babes in Toyland....
, Erlandson, Love)
Reception
Reviews
NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
mentioned that,
The two-line review of the album from Blender
"the first thing you think when Celebrity Skin smacks you in the nose is that you may never need to hear a rock 'n' roll record ever again. It feels that good as soon as Courtney sneers the word "demonology" across a monster riffRIFFThe Resource Interchange File Format is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used to store multimedia such as sound and video, though it may also be used to store any arbitrary data....
revived from somewhere in LA in the late-'70s."
Blender (magazine)
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....
called it a "mild letdown, not for the greedy pop leanings, but for the subject matter: Hollywood." Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
described the album as,
"sprung, flung and fun, high-impact, rock-fueled pop with the body and flexibility of really good hair. ... [It] teems with sonic knockouts that make you see all sorts of stars [and is] accessible, fiery and intimate – often at the same time."
The album was featured in several year-end "Best Of" periodicals and also holds a spot in 1001 albums you must hear before you die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a musical reference book edited by Robert Dimery, first published in 2005. The most recent edition consists of a list of albums released between 1955 and 2010, part of a series from Quintessence Editions Ltd...
. Celebrity Skin was certified Platinum by the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
on December 21, 1998.
Album charts
The album charted in more countries than any other Hole release. It debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
with just under 86,000 copies sold in its first week, and has sold over 1.4 million copies in the US (as of 2006), making it multi-platinum. It has also achieved platinum status in Canada and gold status in Australia.
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
9 |
| Top Canadian Albums | 3 | |
| Top UK chart | 11 | |
| New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... Top 40 |
15 |
Single charts
In the United States, three songs appeared on various Billboard chartsBillboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
, and Celebrity Skin
Celebrity Skin (song)
"Celebrity Skin" is the tenth single by the American alternative rock band Hole, released on September 1, 1998 by Geffen Records. It is the debut single from their third studio album Celebrity Skin and is Hole's most commercially successful single, being the only one to reach #1 on the Modern Rock...
became a #1 hit. Malibu
Malibu (song)
"Malibu" is the eleventh single by American alternative rock band Hole, and the second from their third studio album Celebrity Skin, released in November 1998...
was a #3 hit in the US as well, and went gold in Australia in 1999.
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "Celebrity Skin" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 |
| Modern Rock Tracks | 1 | ||
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 85 | ||
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 | 33 | ||
| "Malibu" | Modern Rock Tracks | 3 | |
| 1999 | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 18 | |
| The Billboard Hot 100 | 81 | ||
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 | 38 | ||
| "Awful" | Modern Rock Tracks | 13 |
Awards and nominations
The album received three nominations at the 41st Grammy Awards:Best Rock Album
Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the rock music genre...
,
Best Rock Song
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre...
, and
Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1980 and 2011.The award was discontinued after the 2011 award season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories...
.
"Malibu
Malibu (song)
"Malibu" is the eleventh single by American alternative rock band Hole, and the second from their third studio album Celebrity Skin, released in November 1998...
" received a Grammy nomination at the 42nd Grammy Awards, for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1980 and 2011.The award was discontinued after the 2011 award season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories...
. The music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Malibu" also resulted in a 1999 MTV Video Music Award
1999 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 9, 1999, honoring the best music videos from June 13, 1998, to June 11, 1999. The show was hosted by Chris Rock at Metropolitan Opera House in New York City....
nomination for Best Cinematography for Martin Coppen