Jeremih (album)

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Jeremih
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Studio album by
Jeremih
ReleasedJune 30, 2009 (2009-06-30)
Recorded2008–2009
Genre R&B
Length51:54
Label Def Jam
Producer Mick Schultz (also exec.)
Jeremih chronology
Jeremih
(2009)		 All About You
(2010)
Singles from Jeremih
  1. "Birthday Sex"
    Released: March 24, 2009
  2. "Imma Star (Everywhere We Are)"
    Released: June 9, 2009
  3. "Break Up To Make Up"
    Released: November 17, 2009

Jeremih is the debut studio album by American R&B recording artist Jeremih. It was released on June 30, 2009, through Def Jam Recordings. The production on the album was handled by Mick Schultz who also co-wrote the album with Jeremih. To promote the release of the album, the album was posted online for an exclusive preview on MySpace.

Contents

Jeremih was supported by three singles: "Birthday Sex", "Imma Star (Everywhere We Are)" and "Break Up To Make Up". The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200, selling 59,000 copies in its first week. [1]

Background

While attending Columbia College Chicago, Jeremih collaborated with record producer Mick Schultz. [2] Jeremih began writing all of these songs, while Schultz produced the entire album. The duo recorded approximately 20 songs for the album. [3] In February 2009, Jeremih met with the Def Jam Recordings CEO Russell Simmons and its executive vice president of A&R, Karen Kwak. After a vocal performance, Jeremih signed a recording contract with the label that same day. [4] [5]

Singles

The lead single from the album, called "Birthday Sex" was released on March 24, 2009. The single topped it on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [6] The single even peaked it at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 58 on the Canadian Hot 100. [7] [8]

The album's second single, called "Imma Star (Everywhere We Are)" was released on June 9, 2009. The song peaked at number 23 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. [9]

The album's third and final single, "Break Up To Make Up", impacted US rhythmic radio stations on November 17, 2009. [10] The song peaked at 87 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year70/100 [11]
Metacritic 70/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Sarasota Herald-Tribune C− [14]

Upon its release, Jeremih received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 70 based on four reviews. [15]

Andy Kellman of Allmusic described Jeremih's vocals as "charmingly sly", expressing a comparison to Slim of 112 and Raphael Saadiq. [16] Giving the album a C−, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune felt that the use of Auto-Tune made Jeremih sound like a "clone" of Kanye West, but showed "little of West's imagination on his debut album". [14] Meanwhile, following the album's August 2009 UK release, noted R&B writer Pete Lewis of 'Blues & Soul' referred to it as "A promisingly-diverse R&B set which combines jiggy, club-flavoured tracks like the sexy 'That Body' and catchy 'My Ride' with classy soulful ballads like the hauntingly mellow 'Starting All Over' and wistful 'My Sunshine'. [17]

Commercial performance

Jeremih debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 59,000 copies in the first week. [1] This became Jeremih's first US top-ten debut. [1] In its second week, the album dropped to number 15 on the chart, selling an additional 29,000 copies. [18] On October 1, 2021, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over one million units in the United States. [19]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."That Body"3:54
2."Birthday Sex"3:46
3."Break Up to Make Up"3:47
4."Runway"4:05
5."Raindrops"4:33
6."Starting All Over"4:39
7."Imma Star (Everywhere We Are)"4:21
8."Jumpin"3:20
9."Hatin' on Me"3:28
10."My Sunshine"4:19
11."My Ride"3:41
12."Buh Bye"4:09
iTunes Store bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Birthday Sex (Up-Tempo)"3:57

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [19] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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