Paris Hilton – Paris / Warner Bros. Records Audio CD 2006 / 9362-44138-2
UPC 093624413820
Paris is the debut self-titled studio album by American media personality and singer Paris Hilton. It was released on August 14, 2006, by Warner Bros. Records. The entire album was posted on AOL Music, becoming available for online stream eight days before the scheduled physical copy release date. After being signed to the label in 2005, Hilton began working on the album with producer Rob Cavallo, who was originally set to produce the entire record. They recorded the song "Screwed", which was intended to be the lead single. However, after meeting with producer Scott Storch, Hilton decided to change the musical direction of the album and record more hip hop and R&B influenced songs. She collaborated with other producers, including Fernando Garibay, J.R. Rotem, Dr. Luke and Greg Wells. Musically, Paris is a pop album that is influenced by hip hop. It also incorporates elements of reggae, soul, pop rock and R&B.
Upon its release, Paris received mixed reviews from music critics, but saw commercial success, peaking at number six on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies. As of October 2013, the album has sold 198,000 copies in the United States and over 600,000 copies worldwide.
Three singles were released from Paris. "Stars Are Blind" was released as the lead single on June 5, 2006 to critical and commercial success. It peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the highest debuting singles of 2006.The second single, "Turn It Up", was successful on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, peaking at number one. "Nothing in This World", the album's third and final single, was released on August 28, 2006 and peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.
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Warner Bros. Records – 9362-44138-2 |
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CD, Album
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Europe |
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2006 |
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Electronic, Hip Hop, Reggae, Pop |
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Synth-pop, Hip Hop, Reggae-Pop |
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Tracklist:
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Turn It Up
Backing Vocals – Paris Hilton, Penelope Magnet, Pooh Bear, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Engineer – Chris "Crown-One" Brown, Conrad Golding, Eric Weaver, Nikolas "Niko Don" Marzouca, Wayne "The Brain" Allison
Guitar – Aaron "Franchise" Fishbein
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Producer – Scott Storch
Producer [Vocals] – Alonzo Jackson, Penelope Magnet, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Written-By – Jeff Bowden, Paris Hilton, Penelope Magnet, Scott Storch
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3:12
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Fightin' Over Me
Backing Vocals – Paris Hilton, Penelope Magnet, Penelope Magnet, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Engineer – Conrad Golding, Eric Weaver, Wayne "The Brain" Allison
Featuring – Fat Joe, Jadakiss
Guitar – Aaron "Franchise" Fishbein
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Producer – Scott Storch
Producer [Vocals] – Alonzo Jackson, Penelope Magnet, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Strings – Black Violin
Written-By – Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Paris Hilton, Penelope Magnet, Scott Storch, Taura Jackson
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4:01
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Stars Are Blind
Arranged By [Additional Vocal], Backing Vocals – Jennifer Karr
Co-producer – Sheppard Solomon
Engineer, Instrumentation By [All], Producer, Programmed By – Fernando Garibay
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Trombone – Eric Jorgenson
Trumpet – Lee R. Thornburg
Written-By – Fernando Garibay, Ralph McCarthy, Sheppard Solomon
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3:56
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I Want You
Arranged By [Vocals], Backing Vocals – Kara DioGuardi
Mixed By, Producer, Producer [Vocals] – Jonathan "J.R." Rotem
Written-By – Barry Gibb, Evan Kidd Bogart, Jonathan "J.R." Rotem, Kara DioGuardi
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3:12
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Jealousy
Backing Vocals – Kara DioGuardi, Paris Hilton, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Engineer – Conrad Golding, Eric Weaver, Wayne "The Brain" Allison
Guitar – Aaron "Franchise" Fishbein
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Mixed By [Assistant] – Neeraj Khajanchi
Producer – Scott Storch
Producer [Vocals, Additional] – Alonzo Jackson, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Producer [Vocals] – Kara DioGuardi
Strings – Black Violin
Written-By – Kara DioGuardi, Paris Hilton, Scott Storch
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3:40
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Heartbeat
Backing Vocals – Keely Pressly, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Engineer – Conrad Golding, Eric Weaver
Guitar – Coley Read
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Producer – Scott Storch
Producer [Vocals] – Alonzo Jackson, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Written-By – Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, Scott Storch
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3:43
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Nothing In This World
Edited By [Additional Protools] – John Hanes
Engineer [Assistant] – Aniela Gottwald
Instruments – Lukasz Gottwald
Mixed By – Serban Ghenea
Mixed By [Assistant] – Tim Roberts
Producer – Dr. Luke
Recorded By – Eric Weaver, Jake Davies, Matt Beckley
Written-By – Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Sheppard Solomon
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3:10
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Screwed
Backing Vocals – Kara DioGuardi, Paris Hilton
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Producer – Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi, Rob Cavallo
Recorded By – Chris Steffen
Written-By – Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi
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3:41
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Not Leaving Without You
Backing Vocals – Paris Hilton
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Producer – Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi
Recorded By – Chris Steffen, Mike Lattanzi
Written-By – Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi, Paris Hilton
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3:35
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Turn You On
Backing Vocals – Paris Hilton, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Engineer – Conrad Golding, Eric Weaver, Wayne "The Brain" Allison
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Producer – Scott Storch
Producer [Vocals] – Alonzo Jackson, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Written-By – Alonzo Jackson, Courtney Triggs, Paris Hilton, Scott Storch, Taura Jackson
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3:06
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Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
Backing Vocals – Nicki Harris, Paris Hilton, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Engineer – Conrad Golding, Eric Weaver, Wayne "The Brain" Allison
Guitar – Gabriel (12)
Mixed By – Tony Maserati
Producer – Scott Storch
Producer [Vocals] – Alonzo Jackson, Taura "Aura" Jackson
Saxophone – Ed Calle
Written-By – Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Rod Stewart
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- A&R – Jeff Aldrich
- Art Direction – Jeffrey Ayeroff, Matt Taylor
- Design – Matt Taylor
- Executive-Producer – Paris Hilton, Scott Storch, Tom Whalley
- Lead Vocals – Paris Hilton
- Management – Front Line Management, Jason Moore, Paris Hilton Entertainment
- Mastered By – Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
- Photography By – Anthony Mandler, James White
