Shiver (Jamie O'Neal album)
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Shiver is the debut country album from country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Jamie O'Neal
Jamie O'Neal
Jamie O'Neal is a contemporary country singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States. She was born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia, to parents Jimmy and Julie Murphy, who were also professional musicians...

. Released on October 31, 2000, the album reached its peak of number 14 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart and number 125 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
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. It was certified Gold
Gold
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 by the RIAA for sales of 500,000. The was released through Mercury Nashville Records
Universal Music Group Nashville
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. A total of five singles were released. Of those five, the first two ("There Is No Arizona" and "When I Think About Angels") managed to reach number 1 on the Billboard
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Hot Country Songs
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 chart.

The album also featured a duet with country singer Mark Wills
Mark Wills
Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well...

, who also recorded for Mercury at the time. The track, "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You", was released as a single for Wills, and reached number 31 on the country charts. The song is also available on Wills' studio album, Loving Every Minute
Loving Every Minute (album)
Loving Every Minute is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2001 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two singles: the title track and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" , which peaked at #18 and #31, respectively, on the Billboard Hot...

.

After the release of this album, O'Neal recorded a second album for Mercury, entitled On My Way to You. Although its lead-off single peaked at number 34 in 2003, the album was not released and O'Neal exited Mercury. She then signed to Capitol Records
Capitol Records
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 Nashville to release her next album, 2005's Brave.

Critical reception

Rick Cohoon of Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five, praising O'Neal's voice and the first two singles, but said that the rest of the album "lacks the polish of the pros."

Track listing

Album

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 14
U.S. Billboard 200 125
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 2

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country
Hot Country Songs
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US
Billboard Hot 100
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2000 "There Is No Arizona" 1 40
2001 "When I Think About Angels" 1 35
"Shiver" 21
2002 "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" (with Mark Wills
Mark Wills
Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well...

)
31
"Frantic" 41

Certifications

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