Daughtry (album)
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Daughtry is the debut album of the American rock band Daughtry, the band formed and fronted by American Idol
Season 5 finalist Chris Daughtry
. The album is the fastest selling debut rock album in Soundscan history.
/alternative metal
band "Absent Element". These two songs appeared on the album Uprooted.
", and fellow Idol contestant G. Fraser, producer Amanda Smith, and Course of Nature
frontman Mark Wilkerson
are credited as co-writers. On December 25, 2008, the song was nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.
The album was released on November 21, 2006 by RCA Records
and 19 Recordings Limited
.
Three years after the album's release it continues to maintain a spot in the top 100 best selling albums. It is still being promoted, along with the band's second studio album Leave This Town
. In 2009, ESPN
's NASCAR
Food Network
telecasts used "Feels Like Tonight
" and "Home
" for promotions.
conceded that Chris Daughtry has "strong pipes and palpable angst", overall he found the band "generic", calling them "Fuel
Nickel
Staind
back
". People magazine found the album "a solid if not spectacular effort that at the very least proves that Chris Daughtry
is not just another Idol also-ran." Christian Hoard (with Rolling Stone
) said that "[Chris] Daughtry gets points for not courting soccer mom
s, but just because he can howl like a mother fucker doesn't mean he's not a cheeseball." In a truly mixed review, Billboard
said the album "is music tailor-made for ill-conceived radio formatting, music for consumers whose taste has already been well-established if not preprogrammed," then added, "But [Chris] Daughtry sure does sing his butt off." Allmusic broke from the pack, so to speak, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine calling the album a "a debut that's not only a lot more credible than any American Idol-affiliated rock album should be, but it's a lot easier to digest than most of its [post-grunge] ilk." In a humorous review, comedian Stephen Colbert
found Chris Daughtry's success further proof of the impending "cultural Armageddon." He remarked, "It's bad enough this guy sounds like Creed
...but Daughtry's success sets a dangerous precedent of rewarding losers...America elected Taylor Hicks
as its Idol, and we owe him our loyalty."
The album won an American Music Awards in 2007 for Favorite Pop-Rock Album. The album was nominated for four 2008 Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song for "It's Not Over", Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Home", and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "It's Not Over"; the album did not win any.
, Johnny Cash
and others), Daughtry proved to be commercially viable. 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,
The album reached number one on the Billboard 200, with 65,000 copies sold, in its ninth week on the chart, 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. In the next week the album fell to number three on the chart, but its sales increased to 80,000. In the following two weeks, the album remained at number three and sold nearly 80,000 copies each week. After this, sales increased to 102,000 copies, but the album dropped to number 9 on the Billboard 200; in the following week, the album climbed to number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 84,000 copies. In the next week, its fifteenth on the chart, it climbed back to the number one spot. It was then certified Double Platinum
on March 7, 2007. The album was released in the UK on August 20 and debuted at #13.
For the chart week of June 30, 2007 the album was certified 3x Platinum. The album stayed in the top 10 of the Billboard 200
chart for 27 of the first 28 weeks of its release.
The album deluxe version was released on the chart week of September 9, 2008 and bring a 95% leap to the previous week. As of the album's 87th week on the chart, it has never fallen out of the top hundred. The album has sold 4,813,000 in the US by June 2011 and has been certified 4 times platinum by RIAA.
Daughtry is the first American Idol artist to stay in the top 100 for 116 weeks (2.2 years), and was the only debut album in the history of Soundscan to have stayed in the top 200 for 136 weeks until Taylor Swift
released her debut album Taylor Swift (album)
which has charted for 169 weeks (all in the top 100) and is still on the charts.
On Daughtry's 130th week, Daughtry climbed from 174 to 69, making it the biggest jump of the year.
Daughtry and Taylor Swift
have been awarded the longest debut albums to stay on the top 100 after both albums have spent four years on the charts.
" led the album release, and proved to be a success, reaching the top five on multiple charts, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
where it peaked at number four.
The next single "Home
" joined "It's Not Over" on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number five and making Daughtry the first debut album by an Idol contestant to contain two top five Hot 100 singles. Meanwhile, "What I Want
" was released as the second single (the third overall) instead of "Home" to rock stations, and reached the top ten on Mainstream Rock, peaking at #6.
The band's fourth single, "Over You" was released to Top 40 and Hot AC radio on July 24, 2007, peaking in the top twenty of the Hot 100. "Crashed
" (the fifth overall single), was released in place of "Over You" on rock stations on September 10, 2007.
The sixth single from the album, "Feels Like Tonight
", was released on January 8, 2008. The song became a top forty Hot 100 hit for the band, peaking at #24. The seventh and final single, "What About Now
", was released on July 1, 2008. However, the song reached the top twenty of the Hot 100 over two months before its release, making it the band's fourth top twenty hit off the album on the chart.
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
Season 5 finalist Chris Daughtry
Chris Daughtry
Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol, from which he was eliminated on May 10, 2006...
. The album is the fastest selling debut rock album in Soundscan history.
Background and production
"Breakdown", as it appears on Daughtry, is actually a rewrite and combination of two songs previously, "Conviction" and "Break Down", performed by Chris Daughtry's former hard rockHard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/alternative metal
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
band "Absent Element". These two songs appeared on the album Uprooted.
Promotion and release
The first single released from the album is "It's Not OverIt's Not Over (Daughtry song)
"It's Not Over" is the first official single from Daughtry's first album, Daughtry. The song was used as a teaser to the second season fall finale of Prison Break. It was certified Platinum in April 2007...
", and fellow Idol contestant G. Fraser, producer Amanda Smith, and Course of Nature
Course of Nature
Course of Nature is an alternative rock band formed in Enterprise, Alabama in 2001, and now based in Los Angeles. The band was co-founded by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Wilkerson, and currently includes Sean Kipe , Jackson Eppley and Shane Lenzen O'Connell .-History:Before Course Of...
frontman Mark Wilkerson
Mark Wilkerson
Mark Wilkerson is the lead singer and guitarist for rock band Course of Nature.Wilkerson co-wrote the song "It's Not Over" which was released as a single and as the opening track on the eponymous album by Daughtry...
are credited as co-writers. On December 25, 2008, the song was nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.
The album was released on November 21, 2006 by RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
and 19 Recordings Limited
19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, United States, is a creator and producer of entertainment properties based around the areas of Music and Television / Film, including American Idol in the United States, Pop Idol in the United Kingdom as well as versions of the Idol series in more than...
.
Three years after the album's release it continues to maintain a spot in the top 100 best selling albums. It is still being promoted, along with the band's second studio album Leave This Town
Leave This Town
Leave This Town is the second album of the American rock band Daughtry and was released on July 14, 2009. It is the first album that they recorded as a band, as their self-titled debut album was recorded before the band was formed and only featured lead singer Chris Daughtry as an official...
. In 2009, ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's NASCAR
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
telecasts used "Feels Like Tonight
Feels Like Tonight
"Feels Like Tonight" is the fourth main single from Daughtry's debut album. The song is a power ballad in the vein of the band's previous hit, "Home". The official release date for the track in the U.S. was January 8, 2008.-Music video:...
" and "Home
Home (Daughtry song)
"Home" is a 2007 song by American rock band Daughtry from their self-titled debut album. The song had been climbing up the U.S. charts for a few weeks before the song was announced as the second single from the album.- Background and production :...
" for promotions.
Critical
Critical response to Daughtry was mixed; while many critics felt that the album was generally pleasing and the first real "rock" album from American Idol alumni, others felt it was unoriginal and too commercial. While Ken Barnes of USA TodayUSA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
conceded that Chris Daughtry has "strong pipes and palpable angst", overall he found the band "generic", calling them "Fuel
Fuel (band)
Fuel is an American rock band formed by guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie in 1989. Originally known as Small the Joy, they changed the group's name to Fuel sometime in 1994...
Nickel
Nickelback
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
Staind
Staind
Staind is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki...
back
Nickelback
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
". People magazine found the album "a solid if not spectacular effort that at the very least proves that Chris Daughtry
Chris Daughtry
Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol, from which he was eliminated on May 10, 2006...
is not just another Idol also-ran." Christian Hoard (with 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...
) said that "[Chris] Daughtry gets points for not courting soccer mom
Soccer mom
The phrase soccer mom broadly refers to a middle-class suburban woman who spends a significant amount of her time transporting her school-age children to their sporting events or other activities. Indices of American magazines and newspapers show relatively little usage of the term until a 1995...
s, but just because he can howl like a mother fucker doesn't mean he's not a cheeseball." In a truly mixed review, Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
said the album "is music tailor-made for ill-conceived radio formatting, music for consumers whose taste has already been well-established if not preprogrammed," then added, "But [Chris] Daughtry sure does sing his butt off." Allmusic broke from the pack, so to speak, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine calling the album a "a debut that's not only a lot more credible than any American Idol-affiliated rock album should be, but it's a lot easier to digest than most of its [post-grunge] ilk." In a humorous review, comedian Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.Colbert originally studied to be an...
found Chris Daughtry's success further proof of the impending "cultural Armageddon." He remarked, "It's bad enough this guy sounds like Creed
Creed (band)
Creed is an American rock band formed in 1995 in Tallahassee, Florida. Becoming popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the band has released three consecutive multi-platinum albums, one of which has been certified diamond, and has sold over 28 million records in the United States, with an...
...but Daughtry's success sets a dangerous precedent of rewarding losers...America elected Taylor Hicks
Taylor Hicks
Taylor Reuben Hicks is an American singer who achieved fame in 2006, when he won the fifth season of American Idol. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released...
as its Idol, and we owe him our loyalty."
The album won an American Music Awards in 2007 for Favorite Pop-Rock Album. The album was nominated for four 2008 Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song for "It's Not Over", Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Home", and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "It's Not Over"; the album did not win any.
Commercial
Competing with a flurry of releases during its opening week (Jay-Z, The BeatlesThe Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
and others), Daughtry proved to be commercially viable. The album debuted at number two on the U.S. 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...
, behind Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
's Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come (Jay-Z album)
Kingdom Come is the ninth studio album by American rap artist Jay-Z. It was released on November 21, 2006. It was considered a "comeback album" for the established rapper, as 2003's The Black Album was slated to be his final release...
. It sold approximately 304,000 copies in its first week,
The album reached number one on the Billboard 200, with 65,000 copies sold, in its ninth week on the chart, for the issue dated February 3, 2007, becoming the first album from an Idol alumnus to top the Billboard 200 since Ruben Studdard
Ruben Studdard
Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard , best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American R&B, pop, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...
's Soulful
Soulful (Ruben Studdard album)
Soulful is the 2003 debut album from second-season American Idol winner Ruben Studdard.-Track listing:# "Sorry 2004" – 4:22...
album in December 2003. In the next week the album fell to number three on the chart, but its sales increased to 80,000. In the following two weeks, the album remained at number three and sold nearly 80,000 copies each week. After this, sales increased to 102,000 copies, but the album dropped to number 9 on the Billboard 200; in the following week, the album climbed to number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 84,000 copies. In the next week, its fifteenth on the chart, it climbed back to the number one spot. It was then certified Double Platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
on March 7, 2007. The album was released in the UK on August 20 and debuted at #13.
For the chart week of June 30, 2007 the album was certified 3x Platinum. The album stayed in the top 10 of the 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...
chart for 27 of the first 28 weeks of its release.
The album deluxe version was released on the chart week of September 9, 2008 and bring a 95% leap to the previous week. As of the album's 87th week on the chart, it has never fallen out of the top hundred. The album has sold 4,813,000 in the US by June 2011 and has been certified 4 times platinum by RIAA.
Daughtry is the first American Idol artist to stay in the top 100 for 116 weeks (2.2 years), and was the only debut album in the history of Soundscan to have stayed in the top 200 for 136 weeks until Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
released her debut album Taylor Swift (album)
Taylor Swift (album)
Taylor Swift is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The album was released on October 24, 2006 by Big Machine Records. Swift wrote songs for the album during her freshman year of high school and has writing credits on all of the albums' songs including those...
which has charted for 169 weeks (all in the top 100) and is still on the charts.
On Daughtry's 130th week, Daughtry climbed from 174 to 69, making it the biggest jump of the year.
Daughtry and Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
have been awarded the longest debut albums to stay on the top 100 after both albums have spent four years on the charts.
Singles
"It's Not OverIt's Not Over (Daughtry song)
"It's Not Over" is the first official single from Daughtry's first album, Daughtry. The song was used as a teaser to the second season fall finale of Prison Break. It was certified Platinum in April 2007...
" led the album release, and proved to be a success, reaching the top five on multiple charts, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
where it peaked at number four.
The next single "Home
Home (Daughtry song)
"Home" is a 2007 song by American rock band Daughtry from their self-titled debut album. The song had been climbing up the U.S. charts for a few weeks before the song was announced as the second single from the album.- Background and production :...
" joined "It's Not Over" on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number five and making Daughtry the first debut album by an Idol contestant to contain two top five Hot 100 singles. Meanwhile, "What I Want
What I Want (Daughtry song)
"What I Want" is the second U.S. rock single from the band Daughtry from their self titled debut album, and the third overall. It was released only to U.S. rock stations on April 23, 2007. The song features Slash on guitar....
" was released as the second single (the third overall) instead of "Home" to rock stations, and reached the top ten on Mainstream Rock, peaking at #6.
The band's fourth single, "Over You" was released to Top 40 and Hot AC radio on July 24, 2007, peaking in the top twenty of the Hot 100. "Crashed
Crashed (Daughtry song)
"Crashed" is the third U.S. rock single, , from the band Daughtry's debut album. It was released only to U.S. rock stations on September 5, 2007...
" (the fifth overall single), was released in place of "Over You" on rock stations on September 10, 2007.
The sixth single from the album, "Feels Like Tonight
Feels Like Tonight
"Feels Like Tonight" is the fourth main single from Daughtry's debut album. The song is a power ballad in the vein of the band's previous hit, "Home". The official release date for the track in the U.S. was January 8, 2008.-Music video:...
", was released on January 8, 2008. The song became a top forty Hot 100 hit for the band, peaking at #24. The seventh and final single, "What About Now
What About Now (Daughtry song)
"What About Now" is the seventh single from American rock band Daughtry's eponymous debut album. The song is a ballad, that was written by Ben Moody, David Hodges , and Josh Hartzler, who is married to Amy Lee . It is one of only two songs on the album not at least co-written by Chris Daughtry...
", was released on July 1, 2008. However, the song reached the top twenty of the Hot 100 over two months before its release, making it the band's fourth top twenty hit off the album on the chart.
Track listing
- * Joshua Hartzler not credited in liner notes but is registered under BMI for co-writing "What About Now".
Album musicians
- Chris DaughtryChris DaughtryChristopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol, from which he was eliminated on May 10, 2006...
- lead vocals, rhythm & lead guitars - Phil XPhil XPhilip Xenidis, better known as Phil X , is a Greek-born guitarist and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based turbo pop band Powder. He also has a second band, the Drills. He is best known as the guitarist who replaced Rik Emmett in the Canadian rock band Triumph, for the Edge of Excess album and tour...
- lead & rhythm guitars - Howard BensonHoward BensonHoward Benson is a two-time Grammy-nominated music producer and aerospace engineer.-Biography:Howard Benson has a degree in materials engineering from Drexel University and studied composition at the Philadelphia College for Performing Arts. Later he worked for Garrett AiResearch, where he worked...
- keyboards - Chris ChaneyChris ChaneyChris Chaney is a rock bass player who has performed with artists including Jane's Addiction, Alanis Morissette, Slash, and many others. He was the bass player in the third incarnation of Jane's Addiction and a member of Morissette's touring and recording band for seven years...
- bass - Paul Bushnell - bass
- Josh FreeseJosh FreeseJosh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records....
- drums - SlashSlash (musician)Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
- lead & rhythm guitars on "What I Want" - Brent SmithBrent SmithBrent Smith is the lead vocalist and singer-songwriter of the band Shinedown. His biggest influences as a singer are Otis Redding, Billie Holiday, and Chris Cornell.-Personal life:...
- rhythm guitars on "There and Back Again"
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
November 21, 2006 | RCA | CD | |
| Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... |
January 12, 2007 | RCA | CD | |
| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
April 7, 2007 | SBME | CD | |
| Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
June 6, 2007 | RCA | CD | |
| Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
June 2007 | BMI | CD | |
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
August 20, 2007 | BMG | CD | |
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... Deluxe Edition |
September 9, 2008 | RCA | CD/DVD |
Album
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. 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... |
1 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums | 1 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
13 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 16 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 34 |
| Australia Albums Chart | 38 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 17 |
| French Albums Chart | 51 |
| Dutch Top 100 Albums Chart | 91 |
| Swiss Top 100 Albums Chart | 35 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
U.S. Hot AC Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
U.S. Main Rock | U.S. Mod Rock | ||
| 2006 | "It's Not Over It's Not Over (Daughtry song) "It's Not Over" is the first official single from Daughtry's first album, Daughtry. The song was used as a teaser to the second season fall finale of Prison Break. It was certified Platinum in April 2007... " |
4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 2007 | "Home Home (Daughtry song) "Home" is a 2007 song by American rock band Daughtry from their self-titled debut album. The song had been climbing up the U.S. charts for a few weeks before the song was announced as the second single from the album.- Background and production :... " |
5 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| "What I Want What I Want (Daughtry song) "What I Want" is the second U.S. rock single from the band Daughtry from their self titled debut album, and the third overall. It was released only to U.S. rock stations on April 23, 2007. The song features Slash on guitar.... "1 |
— | — | — | 6 | — | |
| "Over You" | 18 | 14 | 3 | — | — | |
| "Crashed Crashed (Daughtry song) "Crashed" is the third U.S. rock single, , from the band Daughtry's debut album. It was released only to U.S. rock stations on September 5, 2007... "1 |
— | — | — | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | "Feels Like Tonight Feels Like Tonight "Feels Like Tonight" is the fourth main single from Daughtry's debut album. The song is a power ballad in the vein of the band's previous hit, "Home". The official release date for the track in the U.S. was January 8, 2008.-Music video:... " |
24 | 17 | 1 | — | — |
| "What About Now What About Now (Daughtry song) "What About Now" is the seventh single from American rock band Daughtry's eponymous debut album. The song is a ballad, that was written by Ben Moody, David Hodges , and Josh Hartzler, who is married to Amy Lee . It is one of only two songs on the album not at least co-written by Chris Daughtry... " |
18 | 21 | 3 | — | — | |
- 1 Was only released to rock radio formats, not as a physical or mainstream single.
Certifications, peaks & sales
| Country | Peak Position | Certification (If Any) | Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 38 | Gold | 35,000 |
| Canada | 8 | 2x Platinum | 200,000 |
| Finland | 34 | ||
| France | 51 | ||
| Germany | 40 | ||
| Ireland | 38 | ||
| Netherlands | 91 | ||
| New Zealand | 16 | Gold | 7,500 |
| Singapore | - | Gold | 6,000 |
| South Africa | - | Gold | 20,000 |
| Sweden | 17 | ||
| Switzerland | 35 | ||
| United Kingdom | 13 | ||
| United States | 1 | 4x Platinum | 4,813,000 |