Doo-Wops & Hooligans
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Doo-Wops & Hooligans is the debut studio album
by American
singer-songwriter Bruno Mars
, released on October 4, 2010. Mars' writing and production team The Smeezingtons
were credited with writing all songs and serve as the album's executive producer
s. Doo-Wops & Hooligans charted at number three on the Billboard 200
and in the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. Its title refers to doo-wop
music and was chosen to reflect simplicity, as well as appeal to both males and females.
The usage of a wide variety of influences was noted by critics, with musical comparisons made to Michael Jackson
and Jason Mraz
. Many praised the songs' catchy nature, as well as their carefree lyrics. Two digital singles—"Liquor Store Blues" featuring Damian Marley
and "Grenade
"—were released to promote the album. Lead single "Just the Way You Are
" was released on July 19, 2010, and topped the Billboard Hot 100
for four consecutive weeks, going on to become an international top ten hit. "Grenade" was later announced as the second single, and has charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, as well as becoming his second consecutive number one in the US and UK. "The Lazy Song
" was released as the third official single from the album in Spring 2011, peaking at #4 on the Hot 100 and becoming his third consecutive number one single in the UK as a solo artist. Mars embarked on a US headlining tour throughout November and December 2010 to promote the album. As of October 2011 the album has sold over 1.5 million copies in the US being certified platinum by the RIAA Recording Industry Association of America
and over 4 million copies worldwide.
On November 30th, the album received two Grammy Awards
nominations for Album of the Year
and Best Pop Vocal Album
and the single "Grenade" recieved three nominations for Record of The Year
, Song of The Year
and Best Pop Solo Performance
.
(EP), Sally Russel also had to get to the studio and is set to do a duet with him early 2012It's Better If You Don't Understand
, earlier in the year. Speaking to MTV News
, Mars said the EP gave a "nice effect of what's in store" for the album. The album cover was officially released on August 30, 2010. The official track listing was revealed by Atlantic Records
on September 9, 2010. Three of the four songs from It's Better If You Don't Understand are included on the album.
On the title of the album, Mars said, "'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music... Plus doo wop songs come from a time back in the day when there were no TRICKS! You just needed a beautiful melody, you needed a beautiful voice, and you needed to CONNECT!... So the 'doo-wop' part is for the women!"... But then because, on this album, I have records that women are going to relate to and men are going to relate to, the doo-wops are for the girls and hooligans are for the guys." In addition, he told 4Music
, "It explains the two sides of me. Doo-wop is a special form of music I grew up on. It's straight to the point, very simple. I have songs like that. ... I have that simple, romantic side of me but I'm also just a young, regular dude and that's like the hooligan side!"
, rock
, reggae
, R&B
, soul
, and hip hop
. Mars' sound has drawn comparisons to Michael Jackson
—especially the album's "atmospheric" opener "Grenade
" to "Dirty Diana
"—as well as to Jason Mraz
. Other comparisons in style and sound made include "Grenade" to Kanye West
and Shakira
, "Just the Way You Are
" to U2
, "Our First Time" to "Boyz II Men
" and singer-songwriters D'Angelo
, Al B. Sure!
, and Sade
, "Runaway Baby" to Little Richard
, "The Lazy Song
" to Sugar Ray
, "Marry You
" to Coldplay
, "Liquor Store Blues" to Bedouin Soundclash
, and "Count on Me" to Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
Lyrically, many tracks have been described as "feel-good", carefree, and optimistic, including love song
"Just the Way You Are" ("When you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while"), the friendship song "Count on Me" ("You can count on me like 1 2 3 / I'll be there"), and "Marry You", a song singing of a spontaneous marriage idea. In addition, "Runaway Baby" is a guitar-driven "snappy retro trip" and "The Lazy Song" is described as a "hymn to sloth
" and a "surf stoner's anthem" ("I be loungin' on the couch just chillin' in my Snuggie
/ click to MTV
so they can teach me how to Dougie
"). On the other hand, darker subjects are addressed in "Grenade", the album's masochistic heartbreak song ("Take a bullet straight through my brain / Yes, I would die for ya baby"), "Talking to the Moon" ("Talking to the moon... / In hopes you're on the other side"), and the reggae track "Liquor Store Blues" ("I'll take one shot for my pain / One drag for my sorrow"). The experimental
collaboration "The Other Side" was frequently noted as the album's highlight, being the most complicated and having the best production.
, released in the form of EP titled It's Better If You Don't Understand. The accompanying music video was directed by Nick Bilardello and Cameron Duddy, and was released in July 2010.
"Just the Way You Are
" was released as the album's official lead single
on July 19, 2010. It has since topped the Billboard Hot 100
for four consecutive weeks, having sold over 4.5 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan
, and has been certified
four times platinum in the U.S. It has also peaked at the top of the Australian Singles Chart, the Canadian Hot 100, the Dutch Top 40, the Irish Singles Chart
, the New Zealand Singles Chart
, and the UK Singles Chart
, as well as within the top ten in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The music video was directed by Ethan Lader and was released on September 8, 2010.
His second single "Grenade
" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has sold 4.4 million copies in the US. It has also peaked at the top of the Australian Singles Chart, the Canadian Hot 100, the UK Singles Chart
, as well as at the top of the national charts in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland. The music video, directed by Nabil, was released November 19, 2010 and features Mars dragging an upright piano through Los Angeles
to sing to the girl of his affections, only to find out she is with another man.
"The Lazy Song
" was released as the album's third single, and was sent to U.S. mainstream radio on February 15, 2011. It has peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart
and Danish Singles Chart, as well as entered the Top 10 within the national charts in Australia, Canada and the US. In the United Kingdom
the three singles from this album received commercial success reaching the top spot and selling a combined 2.2 million units.
"Marry You
" was released as the album's fourth single. It entered the Top 10 within the national charts in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In the UK, it has just missed the Top 10 landing at #11 on the official UK Singles Chart. It also charted at #85 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
was released to the iTunes Store
on September 21 as the album's promotional single
. "Liquor Store Blues" debuted at number ninety-seven on the Canadian Hot 100 for the week of October 1, 2010. "Runaway Baby" charted in the UK, peaking at number 19, this was due Mars' performance on The X Factor
the previous week. "Count on Me
" was sent to Australian radio on November 7, 2011.
In Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage
, two songs can be heard from the album in the movie, namely "Count on Me" and "Talking to the Moon". Both are credited to Bruno Mars in the final credits.
on September 24 and was released to digital retailers on October 4, then to stores on October 5, 2010. A deluxe edition was released that includes two more tracks: a remix of "Just the Way You Are" featuring Lupe Fiasco
and "Somewhere in Brooklyn", originally from It's Better If You Don't Understand. The deluxe edition also includes the music videos of "Just the Way You Are" and "The Other Side".
Mars premiered several of the album's songs during a performance at the Bowery Ballroom
in New York City
on August 25, 2010. He appeared as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live
on October 9, 2010, alongside host Jane Lynch
, and performed "Just the Way You Are", "Nothin' on You
", and "Grenade". Along with OneRepublic
, Mars promoted the album opening for Maroon 5 on the fall leg of the Hands All Over
Tour that began October 6, 2010. He also supported Travie McCoy
on his European tour from mid-October through November 2010. Atlantic has allowed the musical television series Glee
to cover two songs from the album; "Just the Way You Are" and "Marry You" were performed on "Furt
", an episode that aired in November 2010.
iPhone
app Tap Tap
made a series of game based on the album. It is called Bruno Mars Revenge. It features all 10 hits off the standard version from the album. Mars' song "Runaway Baby" was then used as opening song in the 2011 film Friends with Benefits
.
rating of 61/100, based on thirteen reviews on the aggregate
website Metacritic
. Entertainment Weekly
Leah Greenblatt gave the album a B+ rating, praising Mars for his "instant-access melodies" and "sly snatches of dance-floor swagger", but noting weaknesses in songs deviant from his conventional pop and soul genres. Sean Fennessey of The Washington Post
gave the album a favorable review, calling it "effortlessly tuneful" and a good start to a "durable career". Rolling Stone
Jody Rosen called the album "the year's finest debut" whose tracks "deliver pleasure without pretension". Jon Caramanica of The New York Times
called Doo-Wops & Hooligans a "fantastically polyglot record that shows him to be a careful study across a range of pop songcraft", applauding its diverse range of influences. Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski of The Daily Telegraph
called it "a really exciting debut" and complimented "the Kanye West
-style genre-bending on Grenade, The Other Side and Our First Time, which joins the dots between between Michael Jackson
and Bob Marley
."
However, Q
gave it two out of five stars and commented that "mostly, he has little to say." Tim Sendra of allmusic gave the album a rating of three stars out of five, calling it "an uneven debut ... [that] doesn't tap into his potential as a writer or a producer". Sendra commended the earlier released song "The Other Side" as the highlight of the album, noting, though, that it "points to a direction Mars could have taken with the album but didn't". Alexis Petridis of The Guardian
gave the album a rating of two stars out of five, commenting "Bruno Mars's pop nous is spoiled by some unfortunate vegetable metaphors". Eric Henderson writing for Slant Magazine
criticized the album, saying it "manages to wear out its welcome about halfway through", calling it an attempt to "please just about everybody." Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald
enjoyed the first two tracks of the album, but noted it could have had more of both titular elements to raise its "potency". Ken Capobianco was disappointed that the album lacked an autobiographical aspect to it, but otherwise commended Mars' delivery.
chart for the week of October 13, 2010, selling 55,000 copies. Since then the album has sold 1,258,500 copies in the United States and was also certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
. The album debuted the same week on the Canadian Albums Chart
at number six, and reached the top of the chart four months later. The album peaked at number one in the UK, in the top five in New Zealand and Australia, and number twenty-nine in Ireland. In 2011, Doo-Wops & Hooligans was certified Platinum in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK. As of October 30, 2011 the album has sold 1,500,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Debuting at number one, Doo-Wops & Hooligans is the first debut album of a foreign artist to reach number one on the German Albums Chart since Lady Gaga's
The Fame
did so in January 2010.
Sources:
Studio album
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by American
United States
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singer-songwriter Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars
Peter Gene Hernandez , better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an Filipino-American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age...
, released on October 4, 2010. Mars' writing and production team The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons is the name of a songwriting and production team consisting of Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine.They have produced and written songs for artists and groups such as the Sugababes, Travie McCoy, B.o.B, Brandy Norwood, K'naan, Lil Wayne, Flo Rida, Chad Hugo, Lil Eddie, Bad...
were credited with writing all songs and serve as the album's executive producer
Executive producer
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s. Doo-Wops & Hooligans charted at number three on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
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and in the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. Its title refers to doo-wop
Doo-wop
The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...
music and was chosen to reflect simplicity, as well as appeal to both males and females.
The usage of a wide variety of influences was noted by critics, with musical comparisons made to Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
and Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
. Many praised the songs' catchy nature, as well as their carefree lyrics. Two digital singles—"Liquor Store Blues" featuring Damian Marley
Damian Marley
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley....
and "Grenade
Grenade (song)
"Grenade" is a song performed by American singer-songwriter and producer Bruno Mars from his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Initially released as a promotional single on September 28, 2010, it was later announced to be the album's second single...
"—were released to promote the album. Lead single "Just the Way You Are
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song)
"Just the Way You Are" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It was released in the United States on July 20, 2010. It has also received airplay from AOL Radio's New Pop First station. The song was written by...
" was released on July 19, 2010, and topped the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
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for four consecutive weeks, going on to become an international top ten hit. "Grenade" was later announced as the second single, and has charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, as well as becoming his second consecutive number one in the US and UK. "The Lazy Song
The Lazy Song
"The Lazy Song" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It was released as the third single from the album on February 15, 2011. Mars wrote the song with K'naan and his production team The Smeezingtons, who also produced the track....
" was released as the third official single from the album in Spring 2011, peaking at #4 on the Hot 100 and becoming his third consecutive number one single in the UK as a solo artist. Mars embarked on a US headlining tour throughout November and December 2010 to promote the album. As of October 2011 the album has sold over 1.5 million copies in the US being certified platinum by the RIAA Recording Industry Association of America
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...
and over 4 million copies worldwide.
On November 30th, the album received two Grammy Awards
54th Grammy Awards
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nominations for Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
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and Best Pop Vocal Album
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album 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 pop music albums...
and the single "Grenade" recieved three nominations for Record of The Year
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959.-History:The honorees through its history have been:*1959-1965: Artist only.*1966-1998: Artist and producer....
, Song of The Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 and unlike the Record of the Year award, which goes to the performer and production team of a single song, Song of the Year...
and Best Pop Solo Performance
Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance is a new category in the annual Grammy Awards ceremony from 2012.It combines the previous categories for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Instrumental Performance....
.
Background and development
The release of Doo-Wops & Hooligans was announced in a press release on August 25, 2010, following the release of Mars' debut extended playExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
(EP), Sally Russel also had to get to the studio and is set to do a duet with him early 2012It's Better If You Don't Understand
It's Better If You Don't Understand
-Credits:*Bruno Mars — lead vocals, background vocals, songwriting*Bobby Simmons, Jr. — vocals, songwriting*Thomas Callaway — vocals*The Smeezingtons — background vocals, songwriting, producer*Keshown Cassell — producer*Albert Winkler — songwriting...
, earlier in the year. Speaking to MTV News
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, Mars said the EP gave a "nice effect of what's in store" for the album. The album cover was officially released on August 30, 2010. The official track listing was revealed by Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
on September 9, 2010. Three of the four songs from It's Better If You Don't Understand are included on the album.
On the title of the album, Mars said, "'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music... Plus doo wop songs come from a time back in the day when there were no TRICKS! You just needed a beautiful melody, you needed a beautiful voice, and you needed to CONNECT!... So the 'doo-wop' part is for the women!"... But then because, on this album, I have records that women are going to relate to and men are going to relate to, the doo-wops are for the girls and hooligans are for the guys." In addition, he told 4Music
4Music
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, "It explains the two sides of me. Doo-wop is a special form of music I grew up on. It's straight to the point, very simple. I have songs like that. ... I have that simple, romantic side of me but I'm also just a young, regular dude and that's like the hooligan side!"
Composition and influences
Doo-Wops and Hooligans was noted for its diverse variety of influences, with elements of popPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, reggae
Reggae
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, R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
, soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, and hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
. Mars' sound has drawn comparisons to Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
—especially the album's "atmospheric" opener "Grenade
Grenade (song)
"Grenade" is a song performed by American singer-songwriter and producer Bruno Mars from his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Initially released as a promotional single on September 28, 2010, it was later announced to be the album's second single...
" to "Dirty Diana
Dirty Diana
"Dirty Diana" is a song by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson that is featured on Jackson's seventh studio album, Bad. The song was released by Epic Records on April 18, 1988 as the fifth single from Bad. The song presented a harder rock sound similar to that of "Beat It" from...
"—as well as to Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
. Other comparisons in style and sound made include "Grenade" to Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
and Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
, "Just the Way You Are
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song)
"Just the Way You Are" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It was released in the United States on July 20, 2010. It has also received airplay from AOL Radio's New Pop First station. The song was written by...
" to U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
, "Our First Time" to "Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...
" and singer-songwriters D'Angelo
D'Angelo
Michael Eugene Archer , better known by his stage name D'Angelo, is an American R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known for his production and songwriting talents as much as for his vocal abilities, and often draws comparisons to his influences,...
, Al B. Sure!
Al B. Sure!
Albert Jason Brown III is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He grew up in Leonia, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York. During the late 1980s under the stage name Al B...
, and Sade
Sade (band)
Sade is a British smooth jazz band that formed in 1983, named for Nigerian lead singer Sade Adu. Their music features elements of R&B, soul, jazz, and soft rock....
, "Runaway Baby" to Little Richard
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
, "The Lazy Song
The Lazy Song
"The Lazy Song" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It was released as the third single from the album on February 15, 2011. Mars wrote the song with K'naan and his production team The Smeezingtons, who also produced the track....
" to Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California. The band, starting off more as an alternative metal band, first gained fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time,...
, "Marry You
Marry You
"Marry You" is a song by American recording artist Bruno Mars, released as the fourth single internationally from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Mars wrote the song with his production team The Smeezingtons, who also produced the track. "Marry You" incorporates influences of Reggae...
" to Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
, "Liquor Store Blues" to Bedouin Soundclash
Bedouin Soundclash
Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band currently based in Toronto. Their sound can be described as reggae and ska.-History:The band's current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, and bassist Eon Sinclair with Sekou Lumumba on drums. Their debut album, Root Fire, released in 2001...
, and "Count on Me" to Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
Lyrically, many tracks have been described as "feel-good", carefree, and optimistic, including love song
Love song
A love song is about falling in love and the feelings it brings. Anthologies of love songs often contain a mixture of both of these types of song. A bawdy song is both humorous and saucy, emphasizing the physical pleasure of love rather than the emotional joy...
"Just the Way You Are" ("When you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while"), the friendship song "Count on Me" ("You can count on me like 1 2 3 / I'll be there"), and "Marry You", a song singing of a spontaneous marriage idea. In addition, "Runaway Baby" is a guitar-driven "snappy retro trip" and "The Lazy Song" is described as a "hymn to sloth
Sloth (deadly sin)
In the Christian moral tradition, sloth is one of the seven capital sins, often called the seven deadly sins; these sins are called sins because they supposedly destroy the charity in a person's heart and thus may lead to eternal death.-Definition:Sloth is defined as spiritual or emotional...
" and a "surf stoner's anthem" ("I be loungin' on the couch just chillin' in my Snuggie
Sleeved blanket
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/ click to MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
so they can teach me how to Dougie
Teach Me How to Dougie
"Teach Me How to Dougie" is a song recorded by American hip hop group Cali Swag District. The track was produced by Runway Star for Cali Swag District's debut studio album, The Kickback . The song was written by Chanti Glee, Charon Childs, and Corey Fowler...
"). On the other hand, darker subjects are addressed in "Grenade", the album's masochistic heartbreak song ("Take a bullet straight through my brain / Yes, I would die for ya baby"), "Talking to the Moon" ("Talking to the moon... / In hopes you're on the other side"), and the reggae track "Liquor Store Blues" ("I'll take one shot for my pain / One drag for my sorrow"). The experimental
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
collaboration "The Other Side" was frequently noted as the album's highlight, being the most complicated and having the best production.
Singles
The very first single from the album was "The Other Side", featuring singer Cee Lo Green and rapper B.o.BB.o.B
Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. , better known by his stage name B.o.B, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is currently signed under the labels of Grand Hustle Records, Rebel Rock Entertainment, and Atlantic Records. His debut single "Nothin' on You" reached number one in both...
, released in the form of EP titled It's Better If You Don't Understand. The accompanying music video was directed by Nick Bilardello and Cameron Duddy, and was released in July 2010.
"Just the Way You Are
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song)
"Just the Way You Are" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It was released in the United States on July 20, 2010. It has also received airplay from AOL Radio's New Pop First station. The song was written by...
" was released as the album's official lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
on July 19, 2010. It has since topped the 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...
for four consecutive weeks, having sold over 4.5 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
, and has been certified
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
four times platinum in the U.S. It has also peaked at the top of the Australian Singles Chart, the Canadian Hot 100, the Dutch Top 40, the Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
, the New Zealand Singles Chart
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...
, and the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, as well as within the top ten in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The music video was directed by Ethan Lader and was released on September 8, 2010.
His second single "Grenade
Grenade (song)
"Grenade" is a song performed by American singer-songwriter and producer Bruno Mars from his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Initially released as a promotional single on September 28, 2010, it was later announced to be the album's second single...
" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has sold 4.4 million copies in the US. It has also peaked at the top of the Australian Singles Chart, the Canadian Hot 100, the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, as well as at the top of the national charts in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland. The music video, directed by Nabil, was released November 19, 2010 and features Mars dragging an upright piano through Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to sing to the girl of his affections, only to find out she is with another man.
"The Lazy Song
The Lazy Song
"The Lazy Song" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It was released as the third single from the album on February 15, 2011. Mars wrote the song with K'naan and his production team The Smeezingtons, who also produced the track....
" was released as the album's third single, and was sent to U.S. mainstream radio on February 15, 2011. It has peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and Danish Singles Chart, as well as entered the Top 10 within the national charts in Australia, Canada and the US. In the 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...
the three singles from this album received commercial success reaching the top spot and selling a combined 2.2 million units.
"Marry You
Marry You
"Marry You" is a song by American recording artist Bruno Mars, released as the fourth single internationally from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Mars wrote the song with his production team The Smeezingtons, who also produced the track. "Marry You" incorporates influences of Reggae...
" was released as the album's fourth single. It entered the Top 10 within the national charts in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In the UK, it has just missed the Top 10 landing at #11 on the official UK Singles Chart. It also charted at #85 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Other Songs
"Liquor Store Blues" featuring Damian MarleyDamian Marley
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley....
was released to the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
on September 21 as the album's promotional single
Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available...
. "Liquor Store Blues" debuted at number ninety-seven on the Canadian Hot 100 for the week of October 1, 2010. "Runaway Baby" charted in the UK, peaking at number 19, this was due Mars' performance on The X Factor
The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
the previous week. "Count on Me
Count on Me (song)
"Count on Me" is a song by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars for his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans . It was written by Mars, and Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine of production team The Smeezingtons, who also handled the song's production.- Charts :- Certifications :...
" was sent to Australian radio on November 7, 2011.
In Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage
Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage
Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage is a 2010 Belgian animated film produced in English...
, two songs can be heard from the album in the movie, namely "Count on Me" and "Talking to the Moon". Both are credited to Bruno Mars in the final credits.
Release and promotion
Doo-Wops & Hooligans saw its premiere on MyspaceMyspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
on September 24 and was released to digital retailers on October 4, then to stores on October 5, 2010. A deluxe edition was released that includes two more tracks: a remix of "Just the Way You Are" featuring Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco , better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco , is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Lupe is the CEO of 1st and 15th Entertainment. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his critically acclaimed debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food...
and "Somewhere in Brooklyn", originally from It's Better If You Don't Understand. The deluxe edition also includes the music videos of "Just the Way You Are" and "The Other Side".
Mars premiered several of the album's songs during a performance at the Bowery Ballroom
Bowery Ballroom
The Bowery Ballroom is a music venue in the Bowery section of New York City. The structure, at 6 Delancey Street, was built just before the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It stood vacant until the end of WWII, when it became a high-end retail store. The neighborhood subsequently went into decline...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
on August 25, 2010. He appeared as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
on October 9, 2010, alongside host Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch
Jane Marie Lynch is an American comedian, actress and singer. She gained fame in Christopher Guest's improv mockumentary pictures such as Best in Show and is currently best known for playing the role of Sue Sylvester in the television series Glee...
, and performed "Just the Way You Are", "Nothin' on You
Nothin' on You
"Nothin' on You" is the debut single by American rapper B.o.B. The song features vocals from Bruno Mars. The song is included in B.o.B's debut studio album B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. An official remix version of this song, which was featured by Big Boi, debuted on March 21, 2010...
", and "Grenade". Along with OneRepublic
OneRepublic
OneRepublic is an American pop rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by Ryan Tedder and Zach Filkins, the band achieved massive success on MySpace, becoming the most prominent unsigned act on the website then...
, Mars promoted the album opening for Maroon 5 on the fall leg of the Hands All Over
Hands All Over (album)
Hands All Over is the third studio album by the American pop rock band Maroon 5. Produced by veteran producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the album was released by A&M/Octone Records on September 21, 2010. On July 12, 2011, the band re-released the album to include their summer hit "Moves Like...
Tour that began October 6, 2010. He also supported Travie McCoy
Travie McCoy
Travie Lazarus McCoy is an American singer and rapper. He is the lead vocalist of the alternative hip-hop band Gym Class Heroes. He released his debut solo album Lazarus on June 8, 2010....
on his European tour from mid-October through November 2010. Atlantic has allowed the musical television series Glee
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
to cover two songs from the album; "Just the Way You Are" and "Marry You" were performed on "Furt
Furt
"Furt" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 30th episode overall. It was written by series creator Ryan Murphy, directed by Carol Banker, and premiered on Fox in the United States on November 23, 2010...
", an episode that aired in November 2010.
iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
app Tap Tap
Tap Tap
Tap Tap is a series of rhythm games by Tapulous available for the iOS of which several versions, both purchasable and free, have been produced. The goal of the game is to tap each of the colored balls when they reach a line at the bottom of the screen. If the ball is hit on the beat, the player...
made a series of game based on the album. It is called Bruno Mars Revenge. It features all 10 hits off the standard version from the album. Mars' song "Runaway Baby" was then used as opening song in the 2011 film Friends with Benefits
Friends With Benefits (Film)
Friends with Benefits is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Will Gluck and starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. The film features an ensemble cast which includes Woody Harrelson, Bryan Greenberg, Jenna Elfman, Richard Jenkins, Emma Stone and Patricia Clarkson...
.
Critical reception
Upon its release, Doo-Wops & Hooligans received mixed to positive reviews from music critics; it was given a normalizedStandard score
In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...
rating of 61/100, based on thirteen reviews on the aggregate
Review aggregator
A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews of products and services . This system stores the reviews and then uses them for purposes such as: creating a website for users to view the reviews, selling information to third parties about consumer tendencies and creating databases for...
website Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
. Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
Leah Greenblatt gave the album a B+ rating, praising Mars for his "instant-access melodies" and "sly snatches of dance-floor swagger", but noting weaknesses in songs deviant from his conventional pop and soul genres. Sean Fennessey of The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
gave the album a favorable review, calling it "effortlessly tuneful" and a good start to a "durable career". 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...
Jody Rosen called the album "the year's finest debut" whose tracks "deliver pleasure without pretension". Jon Caramanica of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
called Doo-Wops & Hooligans a "fantastically polyglot record that shows him to be a careful study across a range of pop songcraft", applauding its diverse range of influences. Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski of The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
called it "a really exciting debut" and complimented "the Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
-style genre-bending on Grenade, The Other Side and Our First Time, which joins the dots between between Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
and Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
."
However, Q
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
gave it two out of five stars and commented that "mostly, he has little to say." Tim Sendra of allmusic gave the album a rating of three stars out of five, calling it "an uneven debut ... [that] doesn't tap into his potential as a writer or a producer". Sendra commended the earlier released song "The Other Side" as the highlight of the album, noting, though, that it "points to a direction Mars could have taken with the album but didn't". Alexis Petridis of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
gave the album a rating of two stars out of five, commenting "Bruno Mars's pop nous is spoiled by some unfortunate vegetable metaphors". Eric Henderson writing for Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
criticized the album, saying it "manages to wear out its welcome about halfway through", calling it an attempt to "please just about everybody." Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald
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enjoyed the first two tracks of the album, but noted it could have had more of both titular elements to raise its "potency". Ken Capobianco was disappointed that the album lacked an autobiographical aspect to it, but otherwise commended Mars' delivery.
Commercial performance
In the United States, Doo-Wops & Hooligans debuted at number three on the US 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...
chart for the week of October 13, 2010, selling 55,000 copies. Since then the album has sold 1,258,500 copies in the United States and was also certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
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...
. The album debuted the same week on the Canadian Albums Chart
Canadian Albums Chart
The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...
at number six, and reached the top of the chart four months later. The album peaked at number one in the UK, in the top five in New Zealand and Australia, and number twenty-nine in Ireland. In 2011, Doo-Wops & Hooligans was certified Platinum in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK. As of October 30, 2011 the album has sold 1,500,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Debuting at number one, Doo-Wops & Hooligans is the first debut album of a foreign artist to reach number one on the German Albums Chart since Lady Gaga's
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
The Fame
The Fame
The Fame is the debut studio album by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released on August 19, 2008 through Interscope Records. After joining Kon Live Distribution and Cherrytree Records in 2008, Gaga began working on the album with different producers, primarily RedOne, Martin...
did so in January 2010.
Track listing
- All songs written and produced by The SmeezingtonsThe SmeezingtonsThe Smeezingtons is the name of a songwriting and production team consisting of Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine.They have produced and written songs for artists and groups such as the Sugababes, Travie McCoy, B.o.B, Brandy Norwood, K'naan, Lil Wayne, Flo Rida, Chad Hugo, Lil Eddie, Bad...
.
Weekly charts
| Chart (2010–11) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart | 2 |
| Austrian Albums Chart Hitradio Ö3 Hitradio Ö3 is one of the national radio stations of Austria's state-run broadcaster ORF.The station focuses on contemporary music. Until 1995 its schedules included many specialist music shows, but following a reorganization of ORF's channels shortly before the introduction in Austria of private... |
2 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
1 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
20 |
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
1 |
| Croatian Albums Chart | 19 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 3 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 1 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 3 |
| French Albums Chart | 13 |
| German Albums Chart | 1 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
29 |
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
1 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 11 |
| Mexican Albums Chart | 5 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 2 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 10 |
| Polish Albums Chart Polish Music Charts The Polish Music Charts are two official album charts and seven singles charts in Poland, provided by ZPAV, the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . The first, the Top 100, is a monthly chart based on data received from the album companies... |
7 |
| Portuguese Albums Chart Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa is currently the only recording industry association in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV and UNEVA .... |
6 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 9 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 6 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 1 |
| Taiwanese Albums Chart | 2 |
| 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... |
1 |
| US 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... |
3 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2010) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart | 45 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 26 |
Certifications
Credits and personnel
- B.o.BB.o.BBobby Ray Simmons, Jr. , better known by his stage name B.o.B, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is currently signed under the labels of Grand Hustle Records, Rebel Rock Entertainment, and Atlantic Records. His debut single "Nothin' on You" reached number one in both...
– vocals, composer - Aaron Bay-Schuck – A&R
- Jeff Bhasker – composer
- Nicki Bilardello – art direction, design
- Brody Brown – composer, instrumentation
- Mitchum Chin – composer
- Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-QueeSupa Dups-Biography:Dwayne Chin-Quee , better known as Supa Dups, is a Jamaican record producer, a drummer, and DJ/selector based in Miami, Florida. He is a member of the Black Chiney sound system and part of the duo D.A. & the Supa Dups with Chester French lead vocalist D.A. Wallach...
– drums, producer, arranger, composer, programming - DJ Dizzy – scratchingScratchingScratching is a DJ or turntablist technique used to produce distinctive sounds by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable while optionally manipulating the crossfader on a DJ mixer. While scratching is most commonly associated with hip hop music, since the late 1980s, it has been used...
- Lanre Gaba – A&R
- Cee Lo Green – vocals
- Claude KellyClaude KellyClaude Kelly is an American singer-songwriter. He has a prolific discography, well known for writing for artists such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Kelly Clarkson, Jay Sean, Adam Lambert, Jessie J and Charice.-Career:He began playing the piano...
– composer - Philip Lawrence – composer
- Ari Levine – composer, engineer, instrumentation
- Eric Madrid – assistant
- Stephen MarcussenStephen MarcussenStephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer of Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California. Marcussen is one of the most sought-after mastering engineers in the music industry and his expertise has been coveted by a wide range of artists over the years...
– mastering - Damian MarleyDamian MarleyDamian "Jr. Gong" Marley is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley....
– vocals, composer - Bruno MarsBruno MarsPeter Gene Hernandez , better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an Filipino-American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age...
– vocals, composer, instrumentation - NeedlzNeedlzKhari Cain, better known by his stage name Needlz, is an American record producer, Grammy Award Winning, engineer and composer.-Life and career:...
– producer, composer - Thomas Pentz – composer
- Michelle Piza – package manager
- Christian Plata – assistant
- Alex Schwartz – A&R
- Khalil WaltonCassius D. KalbKhalil "Cassius D. Kalb" Walton is an American Grammy Award-winning songwriter, and musician based in Atlanta, Georgia.-Music career:...
– composer - Albert Winkler – composer
- Andrew WyattAndrew WyattAndrew Wyatt is an American musician and producer. Born and raised in Manhattan, he has played in New York bands such as The A.M., and is currently vocalist in the electronic pop band Miike Snow...
– composer
Sources:
Release history
| Region | Date | Label(s) Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... |
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| France | October 4, 2010 | Warner Music Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies... |
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Standard |
| United States | Atlantic Atlantic Records Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz... , Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
Standard, Deluxe | ||
| Austria | October 5, 2010 | Warner Music | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
Standard |
| Canada | ||||
| Mexico | Digital download | Standard, Deluxe | ||
| United States | Atlantic, Elektra | CD | Standard, Deluxe | |
| New Zealand | October 11, 2010 | Warner Music | Standard | |
| Australia | October 15, 2010 | |||
| United States | December 7, 2010 | Atlantic, Elektra | LP LP record The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
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| Japan | January 12, 2011 | Warner Music | CD | Standard |
| Germany | January 14, 2011 | CD, LP | ||
| Denmark | January 17, 2011 | CD, digital download | ||
| United Kingdom | Elektra | |||
| Poland | January 24, 2011 | Warner Music | ||
| Brazil | February 18, 2011 | |||
| United Kingdom | November 18, 2011 |