Get 'em Girls
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Get 'Em Girls is the second studio album
by Australian R&B
recording artist Jessica Mauboy
, released in Australia on 5 November 2010 by Sony Music. Mauboy recorded the album in Los Angeles
, New York
and Atlanta. She worked with various American songwriters and producers, of whom she had never previously worked with before, including Bangladesh
, Harvey Mason, Jr.
, Chuck Harmony
, Brian Kennedy
, Alex James, among others. Musically, Get 'Em Girls contains up-tempo and ballad
-oriented songs, which derive from the genres of R&B
, pop
, and hip hop
. The album features guest vocal appearances from Snoop Dogg
, Ludacris
, Jay Sean, and Iyaz
.
The album debuted at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart
and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA), for shipments of 35,000 copies. Upon its release, Get 'Em Girls received mixed reviews from most critics, who were ambivalent towards its production. The album was preceded by the release of its Snoop Dogg-assisted lead single
, "Get 'em Girls
", which peaked with the top-twenty on the ARIA Singles Chart
. The second single, "Saturday Night
", featuring Ludacris, became a commercial hit for the album, and was certified double platinum for selling 140,000 digital copies. "What Happened to Us
", a duet with Jay Sean, and "Inescapable
", were released as the album's third and fourth singles, respectively. Mauboy promoted the album through live televised performances and served as a support act for Chris Brown's Australian F.A.M.E. Tour. An expanded double-disc deluxe edition of Get 'Em Girls was released on 12 August 2011, and featured five new songs, including a duet with Stan Walker
.
and New York
to record the follow-up to her debut studio album Been Waiting
(2008). She said, "We're going to meet some up and coming producers who are around my age and they are really hitting it hard in LA... I think it's their sound which is really catching me at the moment". Mauboy later told Who magazine that she would be working on the album there in February and March. In an interview for The Daily Telegraph
in June 2010, Mauboy explained that the album's concept would be "all about women and the power of women." Mauboy also revealed that during her time in Los Angeles, she worked with producers Harvey Mason, Jr.
and Rodney Jerkins
. She said, "I'd always wanted to go to the States and work with songwriters and producers who have worked with my idols... I've been able to go into the studio and have a strong point of view on what I want and what I want my album to sound like."
, Atlanta and New York
in 2009–2010. Mauboy spent most of her time there by herself without her manager or any of her friends around her. The experience of being so isolated gave her many things, including "strength and courage", which made her fearless. Mauboy would occasionally find herself in studios at three o'clock in the morning. She would sometimes begin working at nine o'clock at night and would finish until the next morning. Mauboy recorded 30 songs for the album; fourteen of which were selected for the track list.
During the early stages of production, Mauboy had booked a studio session with producer Rodney Jerkins
, which began at nine o'clock in the morning. During the first two hours of the session, they sat in silence, and Jerkins soon left. He later returned at one o'clock in the afternoon, still having not spoken to Mauboy, and he began to essay a rhythm track. They worked until midnight and Jerkins decided that a Jamaica
n dancehall
tune was the best outcome. Mauboy described the finished song as "interesting" and noted it was not chosen for recording. During many sessions, Mauboy would find herself in a studio where her male counterparts had the invariable entourage. She said, "they all had their little posses, with the smoke blowing, and it was just like that Notorious
movie." At one studio session in Atlanta, Mauboy worked with producer Jazze Pha
, who was asleep almost the entire time she was in the studio recording his song, "Handle It". An assistant handled the actual recording work.
Most of the songs on the album were mixed
by Phil Tan
at Soapbox Studios in Atlanta, while the title track
was mixed by Fabian Marasciullo at Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood, California
. "Fight for You" and "Here for Me" were mixed Harvey Mason, Jr.
. Most of the songs were mastered
by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound in New York
, while the title track was mastered by Dave Kutch at The Mastering Palace in New York.
and Take 40 Australia. The standard edition of Get 'Em Girls was released simultaneously with the limited CD
edition. The standard edition included the iTunes
bonus track, "Not Me", while the limited edition included "Forget Your Name". An expanded double-disc deluxe edition of Get 'Em Girls was released on 12 August 2011. In addition to the original track listing, the deluxe edition included five new songs and remixes of the album's title track
, "Saturday Night
", "What Happened to Us
", and "Inescapable
".
During the album's first two days of release, Mauboy toured shopping malls in Melbourne
, Mackay
and Sydney
performing several of the album's songs and signing CDs. The album was also promoted by Mauboy through live televised performances of "Saturday Night" on The X Factor (Australia) on 8 November 2010 and Hey Hey It's Saturday
on 27 November 2010. She also performed "Saturday Night" along with "Scariest Part" at the Channel Seven Perth Telethon
on 13 November 2010. Mauboy performed several of the album's songs and answered presubmitted questions from fans during her YouTube
Sessions program on 4 December 2010. Mauboy performed "Saturday Night" and "Scariest Part" on The Today Show
on 7 December 2010. Ahead of Oprah Winfrey
's visit to Melbourne, Mauboy performed at Federation Square
on 10 December 2010. In April 2011, she served as a support act for Chris Brown's Australian F.A.M.E. Tour.
", featuring American rapper Snoop Dogg
, was released on 17 September 2010, as the album's lead single
. The song received a mixed response from critics and peaked at number nineteen on the ARIA Singles Chart
. "Saturday Night
", featuring American rapper Ludacris
, was released as the second single on 27 October 2010. "Saturday Night" peaked at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart and certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA), for selling 140,000 digital copies.
"What Happened to Us
", featuring English recording artist Jay Sean, was released on 11 March 2011 and peaked at number fourteen on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was certified platinum for selling 70,000 copies. The re-release of "What Happened to Us" featured guest vocals from Stan Walker
. The album's fourth single "Inescapable
" was released on 15 July 2011, and became the first single released from the deluxe edition. The song peaked at number four and was certified double platinum. "Galaxy
", featuring Stan Walker, was released as the album's fifth single on 28 October 2011.
gave the album a rating of three out of five and commented that "many of the songs... lack stickability and will probably merge into a fluoro-tainted pool of background pop played in cheap clothing stores." Majhid Heath from ABC Online Indigenous
, gave the album two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that its "a non-cohesive mess of similar sounding, auto-tuned ravaged pop/R&B." Simon Sweetman from Stuff.co.nz
listed Get 'Em Girls as one of the worst albums of 2011, criticizing its use of the vocoder for "slurring... meaningless words into place, buttering up the dodgy pitch and lame phrasing and allowing it to slide in and around the big crashes of the drum machine." Alasdair Duncan from Rave
magazine gave awarded the album three stars and gave it a positive review, complimenting its "sassy floor fillers and ballads" for sounding well-produced.
Mauboy won the "Australian Female Artist" award at the 2010 IT List Awards, where Get 'Em Girls also won "Album of 2010". "Saturday Night" also earned an IT List Award nomination for "Single of 2010". In 2011, Mauboy received a nomination for "Act of the Year" at the 2011 NT Indigenous Music Awards
, where the album also received a nomination for "Album of the Year". Mauboy also garnered a nomination for "Female Artist of the Year" at the 2011 Deadly Awards.
Get 'Em Girls debuted at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart
on November 15, 2010. The album gave Mauboy her second top-ten album since The Journey
(2007). It has since been certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA), for shipping over 35,000 units.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Australian 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...
recording artist Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy , is an Indigenous Australian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, Mauboy was the runner-up on the fourth season of Australian Idol, she had auditioned for the talent show in Alice Springs to pursue a recording career...
, released in Australia on 5 November 2010 by Sony Music. Mauboy recorded the album in 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...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Atlanta. She worked with various American songwriters and producers, of whom she had never previously worked with before, including Bangladesh
Bangladesh (producer)
Shondrae Crawford, better known as Bangladesh or Mr. Bangladesh, is a Grammy Award winning American record producer and disc jockey and rapper, who was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.- Life and career :...
, Harvey Mason, Jr.
Harvey Mason, Jr.
Harvey Mason, Jr. is a songwriter, record producer and movie producer. He has written and produced songs for some of the biggest legends in the music industry including Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Whitney Houston, and Luther Vandross as well as today’s superstars like Britney Spears, Jordin...
, Chuck Harmony
Chuck Harmony
Charles T. Harmon better known as Chuck Harmony is an American music producer, musician and songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.-Early life:Harmon was born and raised in East St. Louis, Illinois...
, Brian Kennedy
Brian Kennedy (producer)
Brian Kennedy Seals is an American songwriter, record producer and musician from Kansas City, MO. Revered as a piano prodigy, he has been making music tracks since 2001...
, Alex James, among others. Musically, Get 'Em Girls contains up-tempo and ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
-oriented songs, which derive from the genres of 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...
, pop
Pop 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...
, 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...
. The album features guest vocal appearances from Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
, Ludacris
Ludacris
Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings...
, Jay Sean, and Iyaz
Iyaz
Keidran Jones , better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a singer signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records from the British Virgin Islands. His debut single "Replay", was released in 2009 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number-one in the UK, Australia and the top ten...
.
The album debuted at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA), for shipments of 35,000 copies. Upon its release, Get 'Em Girls received mixed reviews from most critics, who were ambivalent towards its production. The album was preceded by the release of its Snoop Dogg-assisted 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...
, "Get 'em Girls
Get 'em Girls (song)
"Get 'Em Girls" is a song by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg, who co-wrote the song with David Buchanan and producer Bangladesh for her second studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on 17 September 2010...
", which peaked with the top-twenty on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
. The second single, "Saturday Night
Saturday Night (Jessica Mauboy song)
"Saturday Night" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring American rapper Ludacris. It was released as the second single from Mauboy's second studio album, Get 'Em Girls, on 27 October 2010. The song was written by Angie Iron, Ludacris and Brian Kennedy, who also handled...
", featuring Ludacris, became a commercial hit for the album, and was certified double platinum for selling 140,000 digital copies. "What Happened to Us
What Happened to Us
"What Happened to Us" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring English recording artist Jay Sean. It was written by Sean, Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg, Jeremy Skaller, Rob Larow, Khaled Rohaim and Israel Cruz...
", a duet with Jay Sean, and "Inescapable
Inescapable
"Inescapable" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, written by Diane Warren and produced by Youngboyz. It was the first single released from the deluxe edition of Mauboy's second studio album Get 'Em Girls on 15 July 2011...
", were released as the album's third and fourth singles, respectively. Mauboy promoted the album through live televised performances and served as a support act for Chris Brown's Australian F.A.M.E. Tour. An expanded double-disc deluxe edition of Get 'Em Girls was released on 12 August 2011, and featured five new songs, including a duet with Stan Walker
Stan Walker
Stan Walker , is an Australian recording artist and actor. In 2009, Walker was the winner on the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia....
.
Background and development
In January 2010, Mauboy revealed that she would soon be heading to Los AngelesLos 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...
and New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to record the follow-up to her debut studio album Been Waiting
Been Waiting
Been Waiting is the debut studio album by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy. It was released in Australia on 22 November 2008 via Sony Music. While Mauboy was still a member of the girl group Young Divas, she began to work on what became Been Waiting...
(2008). She said, "We're going to meet some up and coming producers who are around my age and they are really hitting it hard in LA... I think it's their sound which is really catching me at the moment". Mauboy later told Who magazine that she would be working on the album there in February and March. In an interview for The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
in June 2010, Mauboy explained that the album's concept would be "all about women and the power of women." Mauboy also revealed that during her time in Los Angeles, she worked with producers Harvey Mason, Jr.
Harvey Mason, Jr.
Harvey Mason, Jr. is a songwriter, record producer and movie producer. He has written and produced songs for some of the biggest legends in the music industry including Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Whitney Houston, and Luther Vandross as well as today’s superstars like Britney Spears, Jordin...
and Rodney Jerkins
Rodney Jerkins
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Jerkins received two Grammy nominations in 2011.-Biography:...
. She said, "I'd always wanted to go to the States and work with songwriters and producers who have worked with my idols... I've been able to go into the studio and have a strong point of view on what I want and what I want my album to sound like."
Recording and production
Mauboy wrote and recorded most of the songs on Get 'Em Girls in several recording studios in Los AngelesLos 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...
, Atlanta and New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in 2009–2010. Mauboy spent most of her time there by herself without her manager or any of her friends around her. The experience of being so isolated gave her many things, including "strength and courage", which made her fearless. Mauboy would occasionally find herself in studios at three o'clock in the morning. She would sometimes begin working at nine o'clock at night and would finish until the next morning. Mauboy recorded 30 songs for the album; fourteen of which were selected for the track list.
During the early stages of production, Mauboy had booked a studio session with producer Rodney Jerkins
Rodney Jerkins
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Jerkins received two Grammy nominations in 2011.-Biography:...
, which began at nine o'clock in the morning. During the first two hours of the session, they sat in silence, and Jerkins soon left. He later returned at one o'clock in the afternoon, still having not spoken to Mauboy, and he began to essay a rhythm track. They worked until midnight and Jerkins decided that a Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
tune was the best outcome. Mauboy described the finished song as "interesting" and noted it was not chosen for recording. During many sessions, Mauboy would find herself in a studio where her male counterparts had the invariable entourage. She said, "they all had their little posses, with the smoke blowing, and it was just like that Notorious
Notorious (2009 film)
Notorious is a 2009 American biographical film about the life of iconic hip hop star The Notorious B.I.G. who is played by Jamal Woolard. The film co-stars Angela Bassett as his mother Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Sean Combs, and Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur...
movie." At one studio session in Atlanta, Mauboy worked with producer Jazze Pha
Jazze Pha
Phalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander ....
, who was asleep almost the entire time she was in the studio recording his song, "Handle It". An assistant handled the actual recording work.
Most of the songs on the album were mixed
Audio mixing (recorded music)
In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
by Phil Tan
Phil Tan
Phil Tan is an Atlanta, GA-based music/audio engineer.He is a 3-time Grammy Award recipient, as mixing engineer for Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" , Ludacris' "Release Therapy" and Rihanna's "Only Girl " .Among the artists on Tan's list of credits: Jill Scott, Jennifer...
at Soapbox Studios in Atlanta, while the title track
Get 'em Girls (song)
"Get 'Em Girls" is a song by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg, who co-wrote the song with David Buchanan and producer Bangladesh for her second studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on 17 September 2010...
was mixed by Fabian Marasciullo at Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. "Fight for You" and "Here for Me" were mixed Harvey Mason, Jr.
Harvey Mason, Jr.
Harvey Mason, Jr. is a songwriter, record producer and movie producer. He has written and produced songs for some of the biggest legends in the music industry including Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Whitney Houston, and Luther Vandross as well as today’s superstars like Britney Spears, Jordin...
. Most of the songs were mastered
Audio mastering
Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, while the title track was mastered by Dave Kutch at The Mastering Palace in New York.
Release and promotion
The album's official cover was revealed on 1 October 2010, the same day the album's track listing was revealed. On 1 November 2010, four days before its scheduled release, the album premiered on several websites, including The Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
and Take 40 Australia. The standard edition of Get 'Em Girls was released simultaneously with the limited 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 ,...
edition. The standard edition included the iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
bonus track, "Not Me", while the limited edition included "Forget Your Name". An expanded double-disc deluxe edition of Get 'Em Girls was released on 12 August 2011. In addition to the original track listing, the deluxe edition included five new songs and remixes of the album's title track
Get 'em Girls (song)
"Get 'Em Girls" is a song by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg, who co-wrote the song with David Buchanan and producer Bangladesh for her second studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on 17 September 2010...
, "Saturday Night
Saturday Night (Jessica Mauboy song)
"Saturday Night" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring American rapper Ludacris. It was released as the second single from Mauboy's second studio album, Get 'Em Girls, on 27 October 2010. The song was written by Angie Iron, Ludacris and Brian Kennedy, who also handled...
", "What Happened to Us
What Happened to Us
"What Happened to Us" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring English recording artist Jay Sean. It was written by Sean, Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg, Jeremy Skaller, Rob Larow, Khaled Rohaim and Israel Cruz...
", and "Inescapable
Inescapable
"Inescapable" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, written by Diane Warren and produced by Youngboyz. It was the first single released from the deluxe edition of Mauboy's second studio album Get 'Em Girls on 15 July 2011...
".
During the album's first two days of release, Mauboy toured shopping malls in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Mackay
Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
and Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
performing several of the album's songs and signing CDs. The album was also promoted by Mauboy through live televised performances of "Saturday Night" on The X Factor (Australia) on 8 November 2010 and Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years , debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later...
on 27 November 2010. She also performed "Saturday Night" along with "Scariest Part" at the Channel Seven Perth Telethon
Channel Seven Perth Telethon
The Channel Seven Perth Telethon, known simply as Telethon, is an annual telethon produced by TVW, a Seven Network owned television station in Perth, Western Australia for two main beneficiaries; Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, plus...
on 13 November 2010. Mauboy performed several of the album's songs and answered presubmitted questions from fans during her YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
Sessions program on 4 December 2010. Mauboy performed "Saturday Night" and "Scariest Part" on The Today Show
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
on 7 December 2010. Ahead of Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
's visit to Melbourne, Mauboy performed at Federation Square
Federation Square
Federation Square is a civic centre and cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
on 10 December 2010. In April 2011, she served as a support act for Chris Brown's Australian F.A.M.E. Tour.
Singles
"Get 'Em GirlsGet 'em Girls (song)
"Get 'Em Girls" is a song by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg, who co-wrote the song with David Buchanan and producer Bangladesh for her second studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on 17 September 2010...
", featuring American rapper Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
, was released on 17 September 2010, as the album's 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...
. The song received a mixed response from critics and peaked at number nineteen on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
. "Saturday Night
Saturday Night (Jessica Mauboy song)
"Saturday Night" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring American rapper Ludacris. It was released as the second single from Mauboy's second studio album, Get 'Em Girls, on 27 October 2010. The song was written by Angie Iron, Ludacris and Brian Kennedy, who also handled...
", featuring American rapper Ludacris
Ludacris
Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings...
, was released as the second single on 27 October 2010. "Saturday Night" peaked at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart and certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA), for selling 140,000 digital copies.
"What Happened to Us
What Happened to Us
"What Happened to Us" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring English recording artist Jay Sean. It was written by Sean, Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg, Jeremy Skaller, Rob Larow, Khaled Rohaim and Israel Cruz...
", featuring English recording artist Jay Sean, was released on 11 March 2011 and peaked at number fourteen on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was certified platinum for selling 70,000 copies. The re-release of "What Happened to Us" featured guest vocals from Stan Walker
Stan Walker
Stan Walker , is an Australian recording artist and actor. In 2009, Walker was the winner on the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia....
. The album's fourth single "Inescapable
Inescapable
"Inescapable" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, written by Diane Warren and produced by Youngboyz. It was the first single released from the deluxe edition of Mauboy's second studio album Get 'Em Girls on 15 July 2011...
" was released on 15 July 2011, and became the first single released from the deluxe edition. The song peaked at number four and was certified double platinum. "Galaxy
Galaxy (song)
"Galaxy" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, which features fellow recording artist Stan Walker. It was written by Richard Vission, Ferras Alqaisi, Brett McLaughlin, Dominique Calvillo, Chico Bennett and Brad Ackley. Production for the song was handled by Vission, Bennett and...
", featuring Stan Walker, was released as the album's fifth single on 28 October 2011.
Reception
Get 'Em Girls received mixed reviews from critics. Jacqueline Smith from The New Zealand HeraldThe New Zealand Herald
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gave the album a rating of three out of five and commented that "many of the songs... lack stickability and will probably merge into a fluoro-tainted pool of background pop played in cheap clothing stores." Majhid Heath from ABC Online Indigenous
ABC Online
ABC Online is the brand name in Australia for the online services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, managed by ABC Innovation. It covers a large network of websites including those for ABC News, television, radio, and video-on-demand through ABC iView.ABC Online is one of Australia's...
, gave the album two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that its "a non-cohesive mess of similar sounding, auto-tuned ravaged pop/R&B." Simon Sweetman from Stuff.co.nz
Fairfax New Zealand
Fairfax New Zealand Limited is the largest media company operating in New Zealand, and is part of Australia's Fairfax Media.Fairfax Media established its operation on the 1 July 2003 purchase of the publishing assets of Independent Newspapers Ltd...
listed Get 'Em Girls as one of the worst albums of 2011, criticizing its use of the vocoder for "slurring... meaningless words into place, buttering up the dodgy pitch and lame phrasing and allowing it to slide in and around the big crashes of the drum machine." Alasdair Duncan from Rave
Rave magazine
Rave was an Indian music magazine, launched in March 2002. Rave shut down in February 2009....
magazine gave awarded the album three stars and gave it a positive review, complimenting its "sassy floor fillers and ballads" for sounding well-produced.
Mauboy won the "Australian Female Artist" award at the 2010 IT List Awards, where Get 'Em Girls also won "Album of 2010". "Saturday Night" also earned an IT List Award nomination for "Single of 2010". In 2011, Mauboy received a nomination for "Act of the Year" at the 2011 NT Indigenous Music Awards
NT Indigenous Music Awards
NT Indigenous Music Awards are part of the Darwin Festival and are run by Music NT in association with the Northern Territory Government’s Indigenous Arts Development Unit.-Awards:...
, where the album also received a nomination for "Album of the Year". Mauboy also garnered a nomination for "Female Artist of the Year" at the 2011 Deadly Awards.
Get 'Em Girls debuted at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
on November 15, 2010. The album gave Mauboy her second top-ten album since The Journey
The Journey (Jessica Mauboy album)
The Journey is a CD/DVD by 2006 Australian Idol runner-up, Jessica Mauboy. It contains recordings of all her live performances from her time in the top- 12 on Idol...
(2007). It has since been certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA), for shipping over 35,000 units.
Track listing
Deluxe Edition
Notes- (*) Denotes co-producer
- (^) Denotes vocal producer
Personnel
Credits adapted from album booklet.- Phil TanPhil TanPhil Tan is an Atlanta, GA-based music/audio engineer.He is a 3-time Grammy Award recipient, as mixing engineer for Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" , Ludacris' "Release Therapy" and Rihanna's "Only Girl " .Among the artists on Tan's list of credits: Jill Scott, Jennifer...
– mixing - Victor Wainstein – assistant engineering
- Dave Kutch – mastering
- Fabian Marasciullo – mixing
- BangladeshBangladesh (producer)Shondrae Crawford, better known as Bangladesh or Mr. Bangladesh, is a Grammy Award winning American record producer and disc jockey and rapper, who was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.- Life and career :...
– production - Chuck HarmonyChuck HarmonyCharles T. Harmon better known as Chuck Harmony is an American music producer, musician and songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.-Early life:Harmon was born and raised in East St. Louis, Illinois...
– production - Israel Cruz – additional production
- Khaled – additional production
- CristyleCristyleCrystal Nicole Johnson, better known by her stage name Cristyle or sometimes credited as Cri$tyle is an American Grammy Award winning songwriter signed with So So Def/EMI Music.-Career:...
– vocal production - Fredrik "Fredro" Odesjo – production, instruments
- Andreas Levander – instruments, co-production
- Philip Cornish – additional keys
- Brian KennedyBrian Kennedy (producer)Brian Kennedy Seals is an American songwriter, record producer and musician from Kansas City, MO. Revered as a piano prodigy, he has been making music tracks since 2001...
– production - Damien Lewis – assistant mixing
- John Frye – mixing
- George Antoni – photography
- Harvey Mason, Jr.Harvey Mason, Jr.Harvey Mason, Jr. is a songwriter, record producer and movie producer. He has written and produced songs for some of the biggest legends in the music industry including Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Whitney Houston, and Luther Vandross as well as today’s superstars like Britney Spears, Jordin...
– production, mixing
- Mansur Zafr – production
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Lil' RonnieLil' RonnieLil' Ronnie, born Ronnie Jackson is a music producer from Kansas City, Missouri, Atlanta, Georgia who produced tracks for such artists as R. Kelly, T.I., Bow Wow, Britney Spears T-Pain, Usher, Mary J blige, Ciara, Reuben Studdard and many more. In 2009 he released the single Addicted featuring Bow...
– production - Jazze PhaJazze PhaPhalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander ....
– production - KG – production
- Carlin – production
- Tha Corna Boyz – production
- Jremy – production
- Bobbybass – production
- Audius MtawariraAudius MtawariraAudius Mtawarira, is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian record producer, composer, artist and songwriter more commonly known as "Audius".-Biography:...
– production - Leon Seenandan – production
- Jessica MauboyJessica MauboyJessica Hilda Mauboy , is an Indigenous Australian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, Mauboy was the runner-up on the fourth season of Australian Idol, she had auditioned for the talent show in Alice Springs to pursue a recording career...
– vocals - Jay Dee SpringbettJay Dee SpringbettJay Dee Springbett was a British-born record executive who appeared as a judge on the singing competition Australian Idol during the show's seventh season in 2009...
– A&R - Erin Zerner – A&R administration
- Andrew Cameron – business affairs
- Youngboyz – production
Charts
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
6 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2010) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Artists Albums Chart | 30 |
Certifications
| Country | Certifications |
|---|---|
| Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
Gold |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Edition(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 5 November 2010 | 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 ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
Sony Music Australia | Standard, limited edition |
| 12 August 2011 | Deluxe edition |