Be Not Nobody

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Be Not Nobody
Vanessa Carlton - Be Not Nobody.jpg
Studio album by
Vanessa Carlton
ReleasedApril 30, 2002 (2002-04-30)
Genre
Length45:57
Label A&M
Producer Ron Fair
Vanessa Carlton chronology
Be Not Nobody
(2002)		 Harmonium
(2004)
Singles from Be Not Nobody
  1. "A Thousand Miles"
    Released: February 18, 2002 [1]
  2. "Ordinary Day"
    Released: July 1, 2002 [2]
  3. "Pretty Baby"
    Released: December 2, 2002 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly C [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Be Not Nobody is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released on April 30, 2002, through A&M Records. As of late 2004 the album had sold 1.38 million copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan, [8] and Variety magazine reported in July 2003 that it had sold 2.3 million worldwide. [9] Billboard magazine placed Carlton at number twenty-one on its year-end "Top Pop Artists" list for 2002. [10]

Contents

"A Thousand Miles" was released as the lead single from the album and reached the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100, number one in Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom. Be Not Nobody was certified gold by the RIAA in June 2002, and platinum in October 2002. [11] "Ordinary Day" charted inside the top forty on the US Hot 100. "Pretty Baby" was remixed and released as the album's third and final single in early 2003. After the single's release, subsequent pressings of the album contained the remixed single version of the song in place of its original album version. "Pretty Baby" did not appear on the Hot 100 or the UK top seventy-five, but was nominated for a 2003 Teen Choice Award for "Choice Love Song". [12]

Track listing

All songs were written by Vanessa Carlton, except where noted.

  1. "Ordinary Day" – 3:58
  2. "Unsung" – 4:20
  3. "A Thousand Miles" – 3:57
  4. "Pretty Baby" – 3:55
  5. "Rinse" – 4:31
  6. "Sway" – 3:57
  7. "Paradise" – 4:50
  8. "Prince" – 4:09
  9. "Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:30
  10. "Wanted" – 3:55
  11. "Twilight" – 4:49

UK bonus track

  2. "Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Japanese bonus tracks

  2. "Twilight" (Live) – 4:07
  3. "Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Asian Tour Edition bonus tracks

  2. "A Thousand Miles (Piano & Vocal - Live in Tokyo)"– 4:02
  3. "Ordinary Day (Piano & Vocal - Live in Holland)"– 3:47
  4. "Paradise" (Piano & Vocal Version) – 3:49
  5. "A Thousand Miles" (Live in New York) (Video) – 4:26

Reissues

  2. "Pretty Baby" (single version) – 4:08

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic and album's liner notes. [13] [14]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales figures for Be Not Nobody
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [41] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [42] Gold50,000^
Japan (RIAJ) [43] Platinum200,000 [44]
New Zealand (RMNZ) [45] Gold7,500‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [46] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [47] Platinum1,380,000 [8]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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