BE NOT NOBODY

'''Be Not Nobody''' is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).
"A Thousand Miles" was the first single from the album and became Carlton's breakthrough hit, reaching the top five on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number one in Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom. A worldwide top ten hit, it was one of the biggest singles of 2002.^[1] At the same time "A Thousand Miles" was ascending the airplay charts in America, ''Be Not Nobody'' debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart; it was successful elsewhere, reaching number seven in the UK and number twelve in Australia. ''Be Not Nobody'' was certified gold by the RIAA in June 2002, and platinum the following October.^[2]
The second and third singles, "Ordinary Day" and "Pretty Baby", respectively, fell far short of the success of "A Thousand Miles". "Ordinary Day" charted inside the top forty on the U.S. Hot 100, but it failed to do so in Australia or the UK. "Pretty Baby", which was nominated for a 2003 Teen Choice Award for "Choice Love Song",^[3] did not appear on the Hot 100 or the UK top seventy-five. As of late 2004 the album had sold 1.38 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan,^[4] and ''Variety'' magazine reported in July 2003 that it had sold 2.3 million worldwide.^[5] ''Billboard'' magazine placed Carlton at number twenty-one on its year-end "Top Pop Artists" list for 2002.^[6]
The cover art for the album is based on a lithograph of the actress Sarah Bernhardt by the Czech artist Alfons Mucha.
"A Thousand Miles" was used in the 2004 film ''White Chicks''. The trademark piano riff of "Ordinary Day" was used in the trailer of the 2007 film ''Martian Child''.

Contents

Track listing

Production

Charts

Album

Singles

Notes

References

Track listing

#"Ordinary Day" (Carlton) – 3:58
#"Unsung" (Carlton) – 4:20
#"A Thousand Miles" (Carlton) – 3:57
#"Pretty Baby" (Carlton) – 3:55
#"Rinse" (Carlton) – 4:31
#"Sway" (Carlton) – 3:57
#"Paradise" (Carlton) – 4:50
#"Prince" (Carlton) – 4:09
#"Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:30
#"Wanted" (Carlton) – 3:55
#"Twilight" (Carlton) – 4:49

Production

★ Producer: Ron Fair

★ Executive producers: Vanessa Carlton, Ron Fair

★ Engineers: Tal Herzberg, Michael C. Ross, Bill Schnee

★ Assistant engineers: J.D. Andrew, Bryan Cook, Jim Danis, Jay Goin, Erik Reichers, Jeff Rothschild, Chris Steffen, Brian Vibberts, Chris Wonzer

★ Mixing: Hugh Padgham, Jack Joseph Puig, Michael C. Ross

★ Mastering: Eddy Schreyer

★ A&R: Ron Fair, Elisa Yastic

★ Digital Editing: Tal Herzberg

★ Arrangers: Vanessa Carlton, Ron Fair, Randy Kerber

★ Orchestral Arrangements: Ron Fair

★ Art Direction: Drew FitzGerald

★ Photography: Kurt Iswarienko, Alan Silfen, Jim "Big Jim" Wright

★ Illustrations: Drew FitzGerald

★ Stylist: Stephanie Woolf

Charts

Album

Chart (2002) Peak position U.S. ''Billboard'' 200[7] 5 Top Internet Albums (North America) 5 UK Albums Chart[8] 7 Australia ARIA Albums Chart[9] 13 Austria Top 75 Albums Chart[10] 13 Switzerland Hitparade Albums Chart[11] 15

Chart (2002) Peak position France Albums Chart[12] 17 Japan Oricon Albums Chart[13] 17 Denmark Albums Chart[14] 20 New Zealand Top 50 Albums Chart[15] 23 Norway Albums Chart[16] 33 Sweden Albums Chart[17] 44

Singles

Single Chart (2002) Peak position "A Thousand Miles" U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100[18] 5 U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary 1 U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40 Mainstream[19] 1 U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40 Tracks 2 U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Top 40 2 U.S. ''Billboard'' Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay 40 U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40[20] 1 Australian ARIA Singles Chart 1 Indonesian Singles Chart 1 Denmark Singles Chart[21] 3 New Zealand Top 50 Singles Chart 4 United World Tracks Chart[22] 4 UK Singles Chart 6 France Singles Chart 8 Switzerland Hitparade Singles Chart 8 Austria Top 75 Singles Chart 12 Norway Singles Chart 14 Sweden Singles Chart 30 "Ordinary Day" U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 30 U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40 Mainstream 9 U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40 Tracks 17 U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Top 40 29

Single Chart (2002) Peak position "Ordinary Day" U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 3 Indonesian Singles Chart 3 New Zealand Top 50 Singles Chart 17 Australian ARIA Singles Chart 48 UK Singles Chart 53 Switzerland Hitparade Singles Chart 64 "Pretty Baby" U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40 Mainstream 21 Single Chart (2003) Peak position "Pretty Baby" U.S. ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 1 U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40 Tracks 32 U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 12 World Jazz Top 20 Singles 13 Indonesian Singles Chart 20 Switzerland Hitparade Singles Chart 62 UK Singles Chart 94 "A Thousand Miles" U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary 1 U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Top 40 2 Single Chart (2004) Peak position "A Thousand Miles" U.S. ''Billboard'' Top 40 Adult Recurrents 1

Notes

1. http://www.unitedworldchart.de/countdown2002.htm
2. http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/
3. http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1915733
4. http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/articles/1008carlton.html
5. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117889092.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=vanessa+carlton+nobody
6. http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/yearendcharts/2002/hsitlparts.jsp
7. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hypzefbk2gfo~T3
8. UK charts compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published by ''Music Week'' and Charts Plus; see http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_C1.HTM.
9. Australia charts compiled by the ARIA; see http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/23790.
10. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Vanessa+Carlton&titel=Be+Not+Nobody&cat=a
11. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Vanessa+Carlton&titel=Be+Not+Nobody&cat=a
12. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vanessa+Carlton&titel=Be+Not+Nobody&cat=a
13. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/478110/1/
14. http://www.hitlisterne.dk/2006/lister.asp?w=36&y=2002&list=a40
15. http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
16. http://lista.vg.no/artist_info.php?ArtistOp=show&artistId=3782
17. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vanessa+Carlton&titel=Be+Not+Nobody&cat=a
18. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=477787&model.vnuAlbumId=648076
19. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pqcm96hojep6~T31
20. http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-c/vanessacarlton.htm
21. http://www.hitlisterne.dk/2006/lister.asp?w=32&y=2002&list=s20
22. http://www.mediatraffic.de/week36-2002.htm

References

★ http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=2096