Doll Domination

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Doll Domination is the second studio album from the Pussycat Dolls, released on September 23, 2008. The album has debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, with 79,000 copies sold in its first week.[1]

Background and production

The tracks on the album have been produced and/or written by Timbaland, The Clutch, Cee-Lo Green, Lucas Secon,Wayne Hector,Cutfather, Jonas Jeberg, Sean Garrett, Darkchild, Kara DioGuardi, Fernando Garibay, Lady GaGa, Ryan Tedder, and Chase N. Cashe of Zone 4 Inc.[2]

Each of the dolls has a solo song on a separate bonus part of the album. The Deluxe Edition of the album is also set for a release, with a slightly different cover and five solo songs from each of the dolls, as Jessica confirmed during an interview with NewNowNext. As with PCD, Scherzinger is the only group member to have any songwriting credits on the album. It has been announced that the UK will get a special collector's edition with 5 other new solo tracks and another slightly different cover (green).

Promotion

On May 20, 2008, the Pussycat Dolls performed their new single "When I Grow Up" for the first time live on Jimmy Kimmel Live,[3][4] again at the MTV Movie Awards on June 1, and a third time on So You Think You Can Dance on June 12.[5] The song was released on May 27, 2008.[6]

Other promotions include hosting the 2008 Maxim Hot 100 on VH1. They hit the position number seventeen.[7]

Nicole made an appearance in Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious singing a song titled "Just Say Yes". It was going to be included in Nicole's solo album, then was rumored to be included on Doll Domination, however it did not make it, now leaving speculation to be included on Nicole's future solo efforts. Nicole also stated that the group also worked with Dr. Dre and Scott Storch but the tracks have not made the final.

They also performed five songs at a Wal-Mart Soundcheck showcase: "I Hate This Part", "Take Over the World" and "When I Grow Up" from Doll Domination, and "Buttons" and "Don't Cha" from PCD.

Doll Domination Tour

Main article: Doll Domination Tour

Chart Performance

Commercial Reception

The album has debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, with 79,000 copies sold in its first week, one notch higher than their first album PCD, which debuted and peaked at number five and sold 99,000 copies in its first-week sales.[8]

Singles

The first single from the album, "When I Grow Up" was released on 27 May, 2008 to iTunes. It was a hit, peaking at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart,[9] number two in Australia's Singles Chart, and number three in the UK Singles Chart and number three in the Canadian Hot 100. The video for this single won the Dolls a Video Music Award for Best Dancing in a Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.

Two singles were released in different regions. The second single in the United States "Whatcha Think About That" was released to iTunes and U.S. radio on September 9, 2008.

The second single in Europe, New Zealand and Australia (according to The Hot Hits) is "I Hate This Part", as confirmed by the group on KISS 100 FM on September 18, 2008. Due to the under performance of "Whatcha Think About That" in the U.S., "I Hate This Part" is going to be rushed released there as the third single, and will impact U.S. radio on October 21, 2008.On an interview from RapUp, Melody Thornton confirmed that the Dolls would shoot the video for "I Hate This Part" on her birthday, September 28, 2008. The song was released in New Zealand and Australia on October 7, 2008 and will be released in the UK on December 1 2008. A sneak peak of the video has been released.[10] It has been directed by Joseph Kanh, who directed the video for "When I Grow Up".[11]

"Out of This Club" will be released to U.S. urban radio on October 14, 2008.

The week the album was released, the track "Bottle Pop" featuring Snoop Dogg debuted at number 88 on the Canadian Hot 100.[12]

Critical reception

The album has received mixed to negative reviews from pop critics.[13] Critic August Brown of the Los Angeles Times, states that the album does not live up to its 2005 predecessor, and gave the album one-and-a-half stars out of five.[14] Likewise, Nic Oliver of Music OMH gives the album one star, stating that, besides the tracks "Out of This Club" with R. Kelly and "Love The Way You Love Me", "This is an album that reels off one clunker after another...this is an album heading straight for the bargain bins."[15] Margeaux Watson of Entertainment Weekly dismissed the Pussycat Dolls as a brand, rather than a band. Lead singer Nicole Scherzinger is also criticized for her dominant presence on the album, and the apparent absence of the other members: "This follow-up to 2005's multiplatinum PCD finds lead Doll Nicole Scherzinger in the spotlight, and she's no Beyoncé... After a while, listening to this CD feels like a one-way conversation with a vapid hot chick who's in love with the sound of her own voice... As for the others, well... can you name them? Do you even know how many there are?"[16]

Nic Oliver also writes that "the most notable contribution the rest of the group make is posing seductively on motorbikes on the album's cheesy cover image."[15] Dismissing their image as comparable to Bratz Dolls, Priya Elan of The Times writes that "Doll Domination lacks any distinct personality. The exceptions include "I Hate this Part", a break-up number on which Nicole Scherzinger is allowed to emote fully, and "Whatcha Think About That?", which contains a cheeky rap from Missy Elliot.[17] Glenn Gamboa of Newsday wrote, "They sound like they are at the mercy of their songwriters and producers, making for huge swings in quality," pointing out that they sounded "sleek and empowered" in "Whatcha Think About That" and "hopeless and screechy" on Inside Man. In conclusion, Gamboa wrote, "Dominated by subpar songs, the Dolls fall flat."[18] Adam Graham of the Detroit Free Press gave the album a D+, writing that they lacked personality or individuality. Like Margeaux Watson, Graham also criticized the over presence of Scherzinger and the other members lack of contributions in the album, writing that "there's the one who sings and whose solo album was torpedoed before it was even released, then there's ... well, the other ones. Wait, how many are there again?"[19] Rashod D. Ollison of the Baltimore Sun wrote, "Like the Mary Jane Girls before them, the Pussycat Dolls are essentially pinups fronting as a singing group." Ollison also wrote that "the painfully obvious attempts at giving the group anything close to an identity ultimately fail."[20]

Track listing

# Song Featured Artist(s) Producer(s) & Writer(s) Length
1. "When I Grow Up" Rodney Jerkins, Theron & Timothy Thomas 4:05
2. "Bottle Pop" Snoop Dogg Fernando Garibay, Sean Garrett, Nicole Scherzinger 3:30
3. "Whatcha Think About That" Missy Elliott Polow da Don, Esther Dean, Ron Fair 3:48
4. "I Hate This Part" Lucas Secon, Wayne Hector, Jonas Jeberg, Cutfather 3:39
5. "Takin' Over the World" Chase N. Cashe of Zone 4 Inc., Chisolm, Farris, Gouche, Groover, Sims 3:35
6. "Out of This Club" R. Kelly and Polow da Don Robert Kelly, Jamal Jones 4:08
7. "Who's Gonna Love You" Polow da Don, Nicole Scherzinger, Kara DioGuardi 4:00
8. "Happily Never After" Shea Taylor, Ne-Yo 4:49
9. "Magic" Tim Mosley, Jerome Harmon, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel Lewis, Balewa Muhammad, Patrick Smith 3:41
10. "Halo" Tim Mosley, Jerome Harmon, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel Lewis, Balewa Muhammad, Patrick Smith 5:24
11. "In Person" Tim Mosley, Jerome Harmon, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel Lewis, Balewa Muhammad, Patrick Smith 3:36
12. "Elevator" Rodney Jerkins, Cristyle 3:41
13. "Hush Hush" Ron Fair, Nicole Scherzinger, Wroldsen, Romdhane, Larossi 3:48
14. "Love the Way You Love Me" Hit-Boy & Chase N. Cashe of Zone 4 Inc., Woodard, Kara DioGuardi, Livingston 3:21
15. "Whatchamacallit" Tim Mosley, Jerome Harmon, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel Lewis, Balewa Muhammad, Patrick Smith 4:20
16. "I'm Done" S. Ridel, T.L. James, A. Huff 3:18
  • International Bonus Tracks
# Song Featured Artist(s) Producer(s) & Writer(s) Length
1. "Baby Love (J.R. Remix)" will.i.am Keith Harris, William Adams, Nicole Scherzinger, Kara DioGuardi 3:58
2. "Lights, Camera, Action" New Kids on the Block Polow da Don 3:46
3. "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" Osvaldo Farrés, Joe Davis 2:14
4. "When I Grow Up (Junior Caldera Remix Edit)" [iTunes France Exclusive Track] 3:30
  • Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
# Song Introducing Producer(s) & Writer(s) Length
1. "If I Was a Man" Jessica Sutta M. Nervo, M. Smith, O. Nervo, S. Ridel 3:31
2. "Space" Melody Thornton A. Frampton, J. Jones, J. Kugell, J. Pennock 3:08
3. "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" Kimberly Wyatt J. Child 3:21
4. "Played" Ashley Roberts R. Nevil, S. Diamond 3:20
5. "Until U Love U" Nicole Scherzinger Diane Warren 3:39

Release history

Date Region
September 19 2008 The Netherlands3[21]
Germany
Ireland 1
September 20 2008 Australia 4
September 22 2008 United Kingdom
Italy
New Zealand 4
Hong Kong 3
September 23 2008 United States3
Spain
Canada
September 25 2008 Thailand
September 26 2008 Taiwan[22]
September 29 2008 France[23]
Brazil 2
México
October 15 2008 Japan
  • 1 Only Standard edition was released physically. Deluxe edition available only as a download.
  • 2 Only Standard edition was released, with no official plans to release the deluxe edition.
  • 3 Standard edition and deluxe edition have both been released in stores and Digital.
  • 4 Australian Collector's Edition (also sold in New Zealand) was released physically and digitally upon release, with a physical Standard edition to follow once Collector's Edition has sold out.

Charts

Chart Peak
position 		Sales Certification
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 4 35,000+ Gold
Austrian Albums Chart 16
Belgium Albums Chart (VL) 19
Belgium Albums Chart (WA) 22
Canadian Album Charts 3
Dutch Albums Chart 24[24]
Europe Album Chart[25] 8
French Albums Chart 16[26]
Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart[27] 65
Mexican "Mixup" International 13
Malaysian Album Chart 1 45,000
German Albums Chart[28] 10
Irish Albums Chart 6
New Zealand Albums Chart[29] 8
Polish Albums Chart[30] 33
Spanish Album Chart 38
Swiss Albums Chart 7
United World Chart 5 200,000[31]
UK Album Chart 4 35,000[32]
U.S. Billboard 200 4 110,125

External links

References

  1. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/15238/week-ending-sept-28-2008-uncle-walthis-pop-star-factory
  2. ^ Nicole Source • N-Scherzinger.com • Your #1 source for everything Nicole Scherzinger
  3. ^ Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Upcoming Guests - ABC.com
  4. ^ Pussycat Dolls | News | Pussycat Dolls on the Jimmy Kimmel Show!
  5. ^ 2008 Movie Awards Story | Coldplay, Pussycat Dolls Set To Perform At MTV Movie Awards - Show Story | Headlines | MTV
  6. ^ umusic.ca ::The Pussycat Dolls
  7. ^ Maxim Hot 100 (2008) | Reality TV Show Video Clips on the VSPOT, Photos, Episodes and Online Message Boards | VH1.com
  8. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/15238/week-ending-sept-28-2008-uncle-walthis-pop-star-factory
  9. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
  10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5RypLPxqQU
  11. ^ http://www.nicole-scherzinger.net/
  12. ^ "[1]"
  13. ^ "Doll Domination".metacritic. Retrieved September 25, 2008
  14. ^ Pussycat Dolls "Doll Domination". Los Angeles Times. September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
  15. ^ a b Doll Domination. Music OMH. September 20, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2008 Cite error: The named reference "oliver" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  16. ^ "Doll Domination". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 17, 2008
  17. ^ Doll Domination, The Times. September 13, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2008
  18. ^ Review: Pussycat Dolls' 'Doll Domination', Newsday. September 23, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2008
  19. ^ Review: Pussycat Dolls' new CD is the dull 'Domination', Detroit Free Press. September 23, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2008
  20. ^ Pussycat Dolls' release falls short, Baltimore Sun. September 23, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2008
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  27. ^ Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart AMPROFON. October 9, 2008.
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  29. ^ Doll Domination on acharts
  30. ^ http://www.olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
  31. ^ http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm
  32. ^ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i33dc3a76c50a24ef30846fc6ce1dc190
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