Thank You (Jamelia album)


Thank You is the second studio album by English singer and songwriter Jamelia, first released on 29 September 2003 by Parlophone Records. Recording sessions for Thank You took place from mid-2002 until early 2003 and features production from a variety of record producers including, Colin Emmanuel, Cutfather, Soulshock, Peter Biker, Matt Kent and Cameron McVey among others. It was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2004. Thank You is Jamelia's best-selling album to date, with sales of over three million copies shipped worldwide.

Background

Thank You has received generally positive reviews. At the online music guide Allmusic, the album received a rating of four stars out of five. It also received a generally positive review from the BBC. Commercially, Thank You remains Jamelia's most successful album to date. In the United Kingdom, Thank You reached a new peak of number 4 following its re-release in March 2004, thus becoming Jamelia's highest charting album to date. It has since been certified 2× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 600,000 copies. Elsewhere in the world, Thank You has reached the top twenty in New Zealand and the top forty in Ireland and Switzerland.
The album produced seven singles, all of which attained varying degrees of international chart success. "Bout" was released as the album's lead single In June 2003. It featured guest vocals from American female rapper Rah Digga and reached the top forty in the UK. The follow-up single, "Superstar" became Jamelia's most successful single internationally to date, topping the charts in Australia and New Zealand.
The title track was released as the album's third single in February 2004 and became Jamelia's highest charting single in the UK to date, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Following the single's success, the album was re-released with two additional tracks. "See It In a Boy's Eyes" served as the first single from the re-release and as the album's fourth single overall. It was most successful in the United Kingdom, where it became Jamelia's third consecutive top five hit. "Universal Prayer", a duet with Italian singer Tiziano Ferro, served as the album's fifth single and became Jamelia's first number-one hit in Italy and Spain. The album's final two singles, "DJ" and "Stop!" were released jointly as a double a-side single and became Jamelia's fourth consecutive top ten hit in the United Kingdom.

Track listing

Original release
Re-release
French edition alternate track
International re-release bonus track
Japanese edition bonus tracks

Samples

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart63
Austrian Albums Chart62
Belgian Albums Chart74
French Albums Chart52
Irish Albums Chart21
Dutch Albums Chart84
New Zealand Albums Chart16
Scottish Albums Chart11
Swiss Albums Chart33
UK Albums Chart4
UK R&B Albums Chart2

Certifications

Singles