Thursday, September 20, 2007

Digital Album: Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

Breakaway is the second album by Kelly Clarkson, released on 30 November 2004.

It debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart with sales of 250,000 units. After spending 61 consecutive weeks in the top twenty of the Billboard 200, Breakaway descended to number twenty-four. It is only the fourth album in history to stay in the top twenty consecutively for a year. It remained in the top thirty for seventy-four consecutive weeks. It spent 103 weeks on the Billboard 200 (as of 23 November 2006), re-entering the chart (issue date: 3 February 2007) for its 104th week; this was its last eligible week on the chart. It was certified six times platinum (5.83 million sold) in the U.S., and it has sold over 11 million copies worldwide. According to Blender magazine, Breakaway generated more than $100 million in revenue for RCA. The first four singles from the album reached the top ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, with the fifth single peaking at number twelve. Currently, the five singles released have sold over 4.75 million downloads combined in the U.S.

At the 2006 Grammy Awards, Breakaway won in the "Best Pop Vocal Album" category and the single "Since U Been Gone" received the "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" award.

Breakaway was the second best-selling album of 2005 in Australia, with sales of over 450,000 copies in that year, and it was certified six times Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The album ended 2005 as the eighth best selling album in the United Kingdom, with sales of over 950,000 copies; a further 501,000 copies were sold in 2006.

Tracklisting:

01. Breakway
02. Since U Been Gone
03. Behind These Hazel Eyes
04. Because Of You
05. Gone
06. Addicted
07. Where Is Your Heart
08. Walk Away
09. You Found Me
10. I Hate Myself For Losing You
11. Hear Me
12. Beautiful Disaster

1 comment:

  1. I can't seem to download this album, the link seems to just go to a random page, but with no way to download the album. Thanks!

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