Cardboard box (album)
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| Studio album by Mark Forster | |||||
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Publication |
June 1, 2012 |
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| Label (s) | Four Music | ||||
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Format (s) |
CD, download |
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Title (number) |
13 |
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running time |
48:36 min |
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Ralf Christian Mayer |
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Studio (s) |
Tucan Studio, Kornwestheim |
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Karton is the first studio album by German singer Mark Forster . It was released on June 1, 2012 under the Four Music label.
background
The album was recorded in Germany, France and Spain. He worked with Ralf Christian Mayer on the entire album, Sebastian Böhnisch was the co-producer. He toured with the German singer Laith Al-Deen . The tour started in February 2012.
The first single On the Way was released on May 18, 2012 from the album. This was able to place itself in the German single charts up to 49th place and stayed in the charts for a total of 13 weeks. The second single was Zu dir (far away) on October 19, 2012. However, this could only place itself at 64th place in the single charts and, in contrast to the first single, only stayed in the charts for one week.
Track list
| Box (CD, download) | |||
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| No. | title | Songwriter | length |
| 1. | On the way | Mark Forster , Chris Buseck, Johnny Lee Andrews | 3:44 |
| 2. | carton | Ranger | 3:19 |
| 3. | To you (far away) | Forster, Christian Neander , David Juergens | 3:37 |
| 4th | Where is your fire | Ranger | 5:03 |
| 5. | Only you | Ranger | 3:45 |
| 6th | The little things | Forster, Neander, Buseck | 4:21 |
| 7th | she is gone | Andreas Rieke , Michael B. Schmidt , Thomas Dürr , Michi Beck | 4:04 |
| 8th. | Everything will be fine | Forster, Juergens, Elif Demirezer | 3:32 |
| 9. | You're flying away | Forster, Daniel Berlinger | 2:45 |
| 10. | Be happy | Forster, neander | 3:37 |
| 11. | Downhill | Forster, Martin Burkard | 3:37 |
| 12. | You and me | Ranger | 3:16 |
| 13. | So late | Forster, Frank Engelmann | 3:56 |
| Overall length: | 48:36 | ||
Contributors
- Artwork - Julia Schliewe
- Background vocals - Alex Grube, Frank Engelmann, Harun Hazar, Mark Forster, Reiner "Kallas" Hubert, Sebastian Böhnisch
- Bass - Alex Grube, David Deery
- Brass band - Stefan Pahlke
- Cello - Ariane Spiegel, Hagen Kuhr, Rouven Schirmer
- Co-Producer - Mark Forster, Sebastian Böhnisch
- Drums - Reiner "Kallas" Hubert, Roland "Roy" Knauf
- Electronic piano - Christopher Noodt
- Guitar - Alex Grube, Christian Neander, Frank Engelmann, Markus Birkle, Peter Weihe
- Keyboard - Christoph Rau, Christopher Noodt, David Juergens, Mark Forster
- Singing - Mark Forster
- Mastered - Howie Weinberg
- Melodica - Mark Forster
- Mixing - Ralf Christian Mayer
- Photos - Sven Sindt
- Piano - Christopher Noodt, Mark Forster
- Programming, producer - Ralf Christian Mayer
- Viola - Winnie Kübart
- Violin - Andreas Pfaff, Daniela Braun
reception
Charts
The album made it to 45th place in the German album charts. It stayed on the charts for seven weeks. In Switzerland and Austria, it could not place in the charts.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
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45 (7 weeks) | 7th |
Awards for music sales
In November 2017, Karton was awarded a gold record in Germany for over 100,000 units sold.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Germany (BVMI)
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 gold
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100,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold |
100,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart position: Germany
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on November 22, 2017 .