Charmbracelet is the ninth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on December 3, 2002 by Island Records. It was her first album on the label and was also her first following the release of her film Glitter (2001) and its accompanying soundtrack album Glitter, both of which were critical and commercial disappointments. Sales of Charmbracelet were an improvement over those of Glitter, and the album went platinum in the United States. The album was unable to garner any U.S. hits, as none of its singles made the top 80 of the Billboard Hot 100. She once again collaborated with many artists on this album such as rappers Cam'ron, Jay-Z, Freeway, Westside Connection and R&B artists Kelly Price and Joe.[1] To date, Charmbracelet has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.[2]
Promotion and chart performance
The first single from Charmbracelet, "Through the Rain", only peaked at number 81 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but it was more successful in Canada and the UK where it reached the top ten. It also hit number 1 on the U.S. sales and dance charts. In association with the album's release, Carey was the subject of an MTV special, Shining Through the Rain.
The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 241,200 copies sold in its first week, just behind Tim McGraw's Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors which held the number two spot in a second consecutive week after selling over 250,000 copies, and Up! by Shania Twain which held the top spot for the third consecutive weeks with 317,000 copies sold.[3] Charmbracelet remained in the top twenty for just three weeks and on the chart for twenty-three. The second single, "Boy (I Need You)", failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. Another track from the album "Irresistible (Westside Connection)" peaked at number 81 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Carey's tour in support of the album, the Charmbracelet World Tour: An Intimate Evening with Mariah Carey, was the biggest tour of her career, lasting over eight months with more than sixty shows across many countries. During the tour, "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" was issued as the third single. The album was re-released in Asia and Europe to support the concert tour under the title Charmbracelet: Limited Edition with four bonus, unreleased tracks and videos for "Through the Rain" and "Boy (I Need You)".
Charmbracelet was certified platinum by the RIAA.[4] On May 18, 2005 "My Saving Grace" was solicited as a promotional single to gospel radio stations across the U.S. with "Fly Like a Bird", a song from Carey's tenth album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005).
"You Got Me" also appeared on collaborator Freeway's debut album, Philadelphia Freeway, released in February 2003.
[edit] Singles
- "Through the Rain" was released as the first single. It peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, Carey's lowest peak for a lead single to date. In other countries, the song managed to reach the top twenty. And it hit number 1 on the U.S. sales and dance charts.
- "Boy (I Need You)" was the second single to be released from the album. It failed to chart in the Billboard Hot 100, but hit 57 on the U.S. sales chart and the top 20 in the UK.
- "I Know What You Want" was a single released by Carey and Busta Rhymes. It features the Flipmode Squad as the other rappers who appeared in the song. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Carey's highest peaking single since 2001's "Loverboy". It was a bonus track on the re-release of the album.
- "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" is the fourth and final single from the album. It was an original by Def Leppard, and was produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson. It failed to chart in the Billboard Hot 100, but made number 5 on the U.S. dance chart.
- Other songs
- "The One" was the aborted second single from the album. Footage for the video was shot and directed by Joseph Kahn while Carey was in Japan, but due to the label's decision of changing the single, the shot footage was used for "Boy (I Need You)". It was released as a Promo single in the U.S. on 12" and CD single on December 3, 2002.
[edit] Reception
In general, the critical response to Charmbracelet was mixed to average. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 43, based on 13 reviews. The album was nominated in the category Rock and Pop Album of the Year at the 2003 Japan Gold Disc Awards.[5] According to Metacritic, it is the 36th worst album since 2000.[6]
In 2003 for the 45th Grammy Award ceremony, the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis production of the song "Through the Rain" was nominated for Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, but lost to Arif Mardin's Come Away with Me.[7]
[edit] Track listing
- Mariah Carey co-wrote most of the songs on the album; exceptions are marked with: (*); additional writers are listed below.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Through the Rain" | Mariah Carey, Lionel Cole | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Mariah Carey, James "Big Jim" Wright | 4:40 |
| 2. | "Boy (I Need You)" (featuring Cam'ron) | Mariah Carey, Justin Smith, Norman Whitfield | Just Blaze, Mariah Carey | 5:09 |
| 3. | "The One" | Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox | Jermaine Dupri, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Yours" | Mariah Carey, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, James Wright | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Mariah Carey, James Wright | 5:06 |
| 5. | "You Got Me" (featuring Jay-Z & Freeway) | Shawn Carter, Smith, Leslie Pridgen | Just Blaze, Mariah Carey | 4:20 |
| 6. | "I Only Wanted" | Mariah Carey, Cole | Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Clown" | Mariah Carey, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis, Maryann Tatum | Dre & Vidal, Mariah Carey | 3:20 |
| 8. | "My Saving Grace" | KMariah Carey, enneth Crouch, Randy Jackson, Trevor Lawrence | Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson | 4:08 |
| 9. | "You Had Your Chance" | Mariah Carey, Cox, Dupri, Leon Haywood | Jermaine Dupri, Mariah Carey, Bryan-Michael Cox | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Lullaby" | Mariah Carey, Davis, Harris | Dre & Vidal, Mariah Carey | 4:55 |
| 11. | "Irresistible (West Side Connection)" | O'Shea Jackson, Quincy Jones III, Theodore Life, Dexter Wansel, Damion Young | Mariah Carey | 4:22 |
| 12. | "Subtle Invitation" | Mariah Carey, Marcus Vest, Jackson, Crouch, Lloyd Smith, Rob Bacon | Mariah Carey, 7 Aurelius | 4:19 |
| 13. | "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" (*) | Pete Willis, Steve Clark, Joe Elliott | Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson | 4:31 |
| 14. | "Sunflowers for Alfred Roy" | Mariah Carey, Lionel Cole | Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson | 2:56 |
| 15. | "Through the Rain (Remix)" (featuring Kelly Price & Joe) | Mariah Carey, Crouch, Jackson | Just Blaze, Mariah Carey | 3:34 |
[edit] Bonus tracks
- 16. "Miss You" (featuring Jadakiss) (Carey, Cox, Dupri, Terry M. Etlinger, Linda Laurie, Jason Phillips) – 5:09 (UK/Japanese bonus track)
- 17. "I Know What You Want" (with Busta Rhymes featuring the Flipmode Squad) (Busta Rhymes, Rah Digga, Rampage, Rick Rock, Spliff Star, L. Jones) – 4:19 (UK bonus track)
Special tour edition bonus disc
- 1. "There Goes My Heart" – 4:11
- 2. "I Know What You Want" (with Busta Rhymes featuring the Flipmode Squad) – 4:19
- 3. "Got a Thing 4 You" (with Da Brat featuring Elephant Man) – 5:02
- 4. "The One" (So So Def Remix) (featuring Bone Crusher) – 4:38
- 5. "Through the Rain" (video)
- 6. "Boy (I Need You)" (video)
[edit] Charts and certifications
[edit] Charts
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[edit] Personnel
- Asif Ali – engineer
- Florian Ammon – digital editing, mixing
- Giulio Antognini – assistant engineer
- Bobby Ross Avila – guitar
- Robert Bacon – guitar, electric guitar
- Karen Elaine Bakunin – viola
- Charlie Bisharat – strings, string quartet
- Printz Board – trumpet
- Oswald "Wiz" Bowe – assistant engineer
- Denyse Buffum – viola
- Eve Butler – strings, string quartet
- David Campbell – string arrangements
- Darius Campo – strings, string quartet
- Mariah Carey – vocals, background vocals, producer
- Dana Jon Chappelle – engineer
- Susan Chatman – strings
- Lionel Cole – piano, synthesizer bass
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Bryan-Michael Cox – producer
- Kenneth Crouch – organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes
- Melonie Daniels – background vocals
- Vidal Davis – mixing
- Joel Derouin – strings, string quartet
- DJ Vice – programming
- Jermaine Dupri - background vocals, producer, mixing
- Elizabeth Dyson – cello
- Brian Frye – engineer
- Matt Funes – viola
- Armen Garabedian – strings, string quartet
- Paul Gregory – engineer
- Kevin Guarnieri – overdubs, digital editing
- Mick Guzauski – mixing
- Dawn Hannay – viola
- Andre Harris – mixing
- David Ryan Harris – guitar
- Steve Hodge – engineer, mixing
- John Horesco IV – assistant
- Jimmy Jam – producer, instrumentation
- Jay-Z – rap
- Eric Johnson – acoustic guitar
- Just Blaze – producer, instrumentation
- Suzie Katayama – cello, string contractor
- Steve Kempster – string mixing
- Peter Kent – strings, string quartet
- Ann Kim – violin
- Lisa Kim – violin
- Myung Hi Kim – violin
- Melissa Kleinbart – violin
- Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
- Trevor Lawrence – percussion, drums, drum programming
- Jeanne LeBlanc – cello
- John Lemkuhi – sound design
- Ken Lewis – engineer, mixing
- Terry Lewis – producer, instrumentation
- Trey Lorenz – background vocals
- Bob Ludwing – mastering
- Rob Mathes – conductor, string arrangements
- Jeremy McCoy – bass
- Colin Miller – engineer
- Ann Mincieli – assistant engineer
- Tadd Mingo – assistant engineer
- John Mitchell – drum programming
- Bill Molina – engineer
- Billy Odum – guitar
- Tim Olmstead – assistant engineer
- Suzanne Ornstein – violin
- Alyssa Park – strings, string quartet
- Sara Parkins – strings, string quartet
- John Patitucci – bass
- Dave Perini – assistant engineer
- Kelly Price – vocals, background vocals
- Michele Richards – strings, string quartet
- Steve Richards – strings, cello
- Alexander Richbourg – vocal programming
- Robert Rinehart – viola
- Tom Rosenthal – viola
- Jeff Rothschild – assistant engineer
- Laura Seaton – violin
- 7 Aurelius – programming, producer
- Andrew Sherman – piano
- Jaime Sickora – assistant engineer
- Dexter Simmons – mixing
- Fiona Simon – violin
- Carl "Butch" Small – percussion
- Jon Smeltz – engineer, mixing
- Dan Smith – strings, cello
- Xavier Smith – assistant engineer, assistant
- Brian Springer – engineer
- Brian Sumner – assistant engineer
- Phil Tan – engineer, mixing
- Mary Ann Tatum – background vocals
- Lesa Terry – strings, string quartet
- Michael Hart Thompson – percussion, strings, electric guitar, steel guitar, synthesizer bass, nylon string guitar
- Jeremy Turner – cello
- German Villacorta – assistant engineer
- Seth Waldman – assistant engineer
- Evan Wilson – viola
- John Wittenberg – strings, string quartet
- Mary Wooten – cello
- Jason Wormer – assistant engineer
- James "Big Jim" Wright – producer
- Sharon Yamada – violin
- Jung Sun Yoo – violin
- Bradley Yost – assistant engineer, assistant
- Antony Zeller – assistant engineer
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