TATTOO (SONG)

"'Tattoo'" is the first single from the debut album of Jordin Sparks, American Idol season six winner. It is her second single so far. A full version of the song leaked on August 23, 2007. The official release date is August 27, 2007. The song premiered on z100[1], and AOL Music[2] Friday August 24, 2007. The song is about an ending relationship in which the memories will be etched on her heart "just like a tattoo". The song was produced by Stargate, who have written songs for Ne-Yo, Beyonce, Shakira, and Elliott Yamin. The song was co-written by Amanda Ghost, who co-wrote James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" and "Beautiful Liar" by Beyoncé and Shakira. Initial response for the single has been positive, though noting that the song aims more towards younger audiences.

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Responses

Mediabase Charting

Billboard Charts

References

Responses

Ryan Seacrest, host of American Idol, called Jordin during his radio show, in which he said that he received a 100% positive response, and that it "will be a #1."^[1]

Mediabase Charting

Although Tattoo will not be officially released until Monday, August 27th, it is already climbing the Mediabase charts, currently at #112 after just two days and has reached an audience of 1.8 million. This exceeds Sparks' first single, ''This Is My Now'', which has only reached an audience of 9,000 people.
Tattoo was officially released on Monday, August 27, 2007. On its first day of release it climbed 20 spots to #82 on Mediabase, reaching an audience of over 2.5 million. On its second day of (Official) release it climbed another seven spots to #75 with 133 spins and an audience of 3.1 million.
According to Mediabase, as of August 31, 2007 4:00AM, it is at #67 with 228 spins and an audience of 4.735
As of September 1st, Tattoo is at #66 - up 103 spots from the previous week.
On September 2nd, Tattoo climbed an additional 2 spots fo #64 up 70 spots from 134 last week
As of September 3rd, Tattoo is at #61 - up numerous spots from other days. The single continues to grow more spins day after day. Tattoo remained at #61 on September 4th though it continued to grow in spins.
By September 5th, Tatoo climbed to #59 (up 16 spots from last week) with an audience of about 5.8 million.
As of September 6th - Tattoo is sitting at #58 and is continuing its upward trend in daily spins.
Tattoo remained at #58 for September 7th and 8th. Although it has remained in the same position for three days the number of spins is still increasing on a daily basis.
By September 9th - Tattoo reached #57 on the Mediabase Charts.

Billboard Charts

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In Tattoo's first week of release it debuted at #88 on the Pop 100 Chart and at #48 on the Pop 100 Airplay Chart. It is expected to crack the Hot 100 in the next week, or at least by the time it is released as a digital download. Tattoo's airplay is increasing on a daily basis according to Mediabase.

References

1. http://ryan.kiisfm.com/cc-common/losangeles/podcast/onair.html