Be Not Nobody | ||||
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Released | April 30, 2002 (2002-4-30) | |||
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Length | 45:57 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Ron Fair | |||
Vanessa Carlton chronology | ||||
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Singles from Be Not Nobody | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | C[5] |
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Be Not Nobody is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriterVanessa Carlton, released on April 30, 2002, throughA&M Records.As of late 2004 the album had sold 1.38 million copies in the US according toNielsen SoundScan,[8] andVariety 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]
"A Thousand Miles" was released as thelead single from the album and reached the top five on the USBillboard Hot 100, number one in Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom.Be Not Nobody was certifiedgold by theRIAA in June 2002, andplatinum 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 2003Teen Choice Award for "Choice Love Song".[12]
All songs were written by Vanessa Carlton, except where noted.
UK bonus track
Japanese bonus tracks
Asian Tour Edition bonus tracks
Reissues
Credits adapted fromAllMusic and album's liner notes.[13][14]
Musicians
Orchestra
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[41] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[42] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Japan (RIAJ)[44] | Platinum | 200,000[43] |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[45] | Gold | 7,500‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[46] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[47] | Platinum | 1,380,000[8] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |