Turn It Up (Pixie Lott album)
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Turn It Up is the debut studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by English recording artist Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott
Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...

. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2009 by Mercury Records
Mercury Records
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. The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart
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, before dropping to number thirteen in its second week. Turn It Up has so far spent five weeks in the UK top ten and over fifty weeks in the top forty. The album's first two singles, "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)
Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)
"Mama Do " is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from her debut album, Turn It Up. Written and produced by Mads Hauge and Phil Thornalley, the song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2009 and physically on 8 June 2009 as the album's lead single, spending one week...

" and "Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls (Pixie Lott song)
"Boys and Girls" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott, released as the second single from her debut album, Turn It Up. It was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2009 by Mercury Records as an iTunes EP, followed by an iTunes single on 6 September and a physical...

", both peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

, while subsequent singles "Cry Me Out
Cry Me Out
"Cry Me Out" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from her debut album, Turn It Up . Written by Lott, Mads Hauge, Phil Thornalley and Colin Campise, and produced by Hauge and Thornalley, the song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2009 as the album's third...

", "Gravity
Gravity (Pixie Lott song)
"Gravity" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from her debut album, Turn It Up . Written by Ina Wroldsen, Jonas Jeberg, Mich Hansen and Lucas Secon, the song was released as the album's fourth single on 8 March 2010....

" and "Turn It Up
Turn It Up (Pixie Lott song)
"Turn It Up" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from her debut album, Turn It Up. Written by Lott, Ruth-Anne Cunningham, Jonas Jeberg and Mich Hansen, the track was released as the album's fifth single on 7 June 2010. The song was given a new remix for the single version, adding echo...

" all reached the top twenty. The British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry
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 certified the album double platinum, with sales of over one million copies in the UK.

The album was re-released as Turn It Up Louder on 18 October 2010. It was preceded by the release of "Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow (Pixie Lott song)
"Broken Arrow" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from the re-release of her debut album, Turn It Up Louder . Written by Lott, Ruth-Anne Cunningham and Toby Gad, the track was released on 10 October 2010 as the lead single from the re-release, reaching number twelve on the UK Singles...

" as its lead single, and includes nine other bonus songs. In 2010, it was reported that Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...

 was planning to release Turn It Up in the United States with new songs in early 2011, although nothing has materialised as yet.

Critical reception

Turn It Up received generally mixed reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic
Metacritic
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, which assigns a normalised
Standard score
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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
Weighted mean
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 score of 51, based on 8 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Paul Lester of BBC Music
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 described the album as "[a] classy, if not classic, debut from potential-rich pop newcomer" and stated that the songs on the album "do indeed sound as though they could be farmed out to other RnB starlets. That's a compliment as much as it is a criticism: from the 1960s soul stomp of her number one hit 'Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)' to new single 'Boys & Girls' with its brassy Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl....

-esque production, some of the material here lacks character." Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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 wrote for Allmusic that "[d]espite this fondness for swinging girl group sounds and Pixie's predilection for belting out the songs, Turn It Up doesn't play as a retro-soul throwback, the way Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize...

 or Duffy
Duffy (singer)
Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold...

 do. Lott never attempts to seem wiser than her years, [...] and the production is wisely, slyly modern." Sarah-Louise James of Daily Star remarked that "the photogenic Essex
Essex
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 lass seems to combine the best elements of all our favourite British pop divettes: the smoky growl of Wino, the big sultry pipes of Duffy and the pop sass of Sugababes
Sugababes
The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...

."

Digital Spy
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 music editor Nick Levine commented that "Turn It Up is never dull—Lott has too much natural exuberance for that—but it's a little safe and lacking in surprises", while citing "Gravity", title track "Turn It Up" and "Here We Go Again" as highlights. Dan Cairns from The Sunday Times
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believed that "[b]ar two missteps ('My Love' and 'Nothing Compares'), Turn It Up is superior, infectious, expertly tailored pop that, had it been recorded 30 or so years ago, would very likely now be being praised to the heavens in reissue sections." Dan Gennoe from Yahoo! Music
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 noted that "[t]he sass, swagger, killer hooks and big production have been focused on the obvious chart contenders and the rest of the album is, true to tradition, a lot of middle of the road balladry and overly earnest swaying, also known as filler
Filler (media)
In media, filler is material that is combined with material of greater relevance or quality to "fill out" a certain volume.-Early television:...

." Daily Express
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reviewer Robert Spellman felt that the single "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" "promised what the album hasn't delivered, a sort sultry self-confidence with a pinch of the wreckless that would do Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...

 proud", adding that "corny power ballads such as 'Cry Me Out' and too much half-baked R&B mistakenly attempt to give Pixie depth when she—or rather her writers—should be gunning for surface only." The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
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s Helen Brown referred to Lott as "[f]un and feisty but hard to distinguish from the rest of this year's girl pop pack." In a review for musicOMH
MusicOMH
musicOMH is a United Kingdom-based website which publishes independent reviews, featues and interviews from across all musical genres including classical, metal, rock and R&B.-History:...

, Michael Cragg dismissed the album as "a fairly average pop album being strangled by a talented vocalist who equates loudness with emotion." Imogen Carter from The Observer
The Observer
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compared the album to a Disney
The Walt Disney Company
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 teen-film soundtrack, calling it "cloying and cliche-ridden, particularly the slow numbers."

Chart performance

Turn It Up debuted and peaked at number six on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 on the issue dated 20 September 2009. Following the album's re-release as Turn It Up Louder on 18 October 2010, it rose from number twenty-nine to number nine on 24 October 2010. Since its debut, it has spent eighty-four consecutive weeks on the chart, five of which in the top ten and twenty-three in the top twenty. On 13 August 2010, the album earned a double platinum sales certification from the British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...

 (BPI), and has sold over one million copies in the UK alone. Additionally, it became the UK's fifty-third best-selling album of 2009, and the eighteenth best-selling album the following year.

In Ireland, Turn It Up debuted and peaked at number eighteen on the Irish Albums Chart
Irish Albums Chart
The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...

 for the week of 17 September 2009, remaining on the chart for fifty-five weeks altogether. The album saw modest success across continental Europe, reaching number sixteen in Denmark, number twenty-four on the European Top 100 Albums
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...

 chart, number forty-nine in Switzerland, number sixty in France, number seventy in Austria and Belgium's Wallonia, number eighty-one in Germany, number ninety-two in the Netherlands and number ninety-nine in Belgium's Flanders. In Oceania, it peaked at number eight on the Australian Hitseekers Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
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 and at number thirty in New Zealand.

Singles

"Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)
Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)
"Mama Do " is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from her debut album, Turn It Up. Written and produced by Mads Hauge and Phil Thornalley, the song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2009 and physically on 8 June 2009 as the album's lead single, spending one week...

" was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2009 and physically on 8 June as the album's lead single. It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

, making Lott the first British female solo artist to have a debut single enter atop the chart without previously appearing on a reality show. Follow-up single "Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls (Pixie Lott song)
"Boys and Girls" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott, released as the second single from her debut album, Turn It Up. It was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2009 by Mercury Records as an iTunes EP, followed by an iTunes single on 6 September and a physical...

" was released on 5 September 2009, a week before the album's release. The song debuted at number seventy-three on the UK Singles Chart before climbing to number one the following week, earning Lott her second consecutive chart-topper and breaking yet another record by becoming the biggest leap to the top position in the UK chart history. "Cry Me Out
Cry Me Out
"Cry Me Out" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from her debut album, Turn It Up . Written by Lott, Mads Hauge, Phil Thornalley and Colin Campise, and produced by Hauge and Thornalley, the song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2009 as the album's third...

", released as the third single on 30 November 2009, peaked at number twelve on the UK chart, and was therefore Lott's first single to miss the number-one spot, as well as the top ten. Released as the fourth single on 8 March 2010, "Gravity
Gravity (Pixie Lott song)
"Gravity" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from her debut album, Turn It Up . Written by Ina Wroldsen, Jonas Jeberg, Mich Hansen and Lucas Secon, the song was released as the album's fourth single on 8 March 2010....

" charted at number twenty in the UK, making it her fourth consecutive top twenty single. "Turn It Up
Turn It Up (Pixie Lott song)
"Turn It Up" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from her debut album, Turn It Up. Written by Lott, Ruth-Anne Cunningham, Jonas Jeberg and Mich Hansen, the track was released as the album's fifth single on 7 June 2010. The song was given a new remix for the single version, adding echo...

" was released as the fifth single on 7 June 2010, for which a music video, directed by Nick Frew, was shot in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 on 17 April 2010. The single became her fifth consecutive top twenty hit when it peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart.

"Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow (Pixie Lott song)
"Broken Arrow" is a song by English recording artist Pixie Lott from the re-release of her debut album, Turn It Up Louder . Written by Lott, Ruth-Anne Cunningham and Toby Gad, the track was released on 10 October 2010 as the lead single from the re-release, reaching number twelve on the UK Singles...

" was released on 10 October 2010 as the lead single (sixth overall) from the Turn It Up Louder reissue. The music video was directed by Gregg Masuak, and premiered on Lott's official YouTube
YouTube
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/Vevo
Vevo
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 account on 16 September 2010. The single reached number twelve on the UK chart, giving Lott her sixth consecutive top twenty single. Although it was initially suggested that "Coming Home", a collaboration with American R&B singer Jason Derülo
Jason Derulo
Jason Joel Desrouleaux , better known by his stage name Jason Derülo, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and dancer. After producing records for several artists and writing songs for Cash Money Records, co-founder of the label Birdman, Young Money Entertainment owner Lil Wayne and rapper...

, would serve as the record's next single after it debuted at number fifty-one on the UK Singles Chart based on digital download
Music download
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s alone, Lott later confirmed on her official Twitter
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 page that she was filming a video for "Can't Make This Over". The video premiered on 25 November 2010; however, it was later suggested the single release has been cancelled due to poor airplay.

Track listing

Enhanced CD
The enhanced CD includes a link to a bonus area on Push Entertainment, which can only be accessed by inserting the CD into one's CD/DVD drive, featuring videos of "Boys and Girls" and "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" to watch online, and to download for free.

Turn It Up Louder

(*) denotes additional producer

(^) Early CD editions of the album prior to November 2010 and the iTunes release contain the album version, due to a mix-up at the record company

Personnel

Turn It Up

  • Pixie Lott – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    ; backing vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

     (tracks 1–3, 5, 11)
  • Rich Adam – additional programming
    Programming (music)
    Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...

     (track 9)
  • Beatriz Artola – engineer
    Audio engineering
    An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...

     (track 5)
  • Nick Barr – viola
    Viola
    The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

     (track 6)
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
    Violin
    The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

     (track 6)
  • Kaci Brown
    Kaci Brown
    Kaci Deanne Brown is an American pop and R&B singer. Born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, she moved with her family to Nashville at age 12 in 2001, initially with the intention of developing a career in country music. Instead, she chose a pop career and toured with the Backstreet Boys. At age 17, she...

     – backing vocals, arranger
    Arrangement
    The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...

     (track 9)
  • Ian Burdge – cello
    Cello
    The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

     (tracks 2, 6)
  • Marc Burkhart – assistant engineer (track 3)
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
    Audio mastering
    Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...

     (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7)
  • Cutfather
    Cutfather
    Mich Hedin Hansen better known by his stage name Cutfather is a Danish music producer and songwriter.-Career:He is perhaps best known for his remix of "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison , and the song "Superstar" released internationally by Jamelia in 2003.He has worked with Danish producer...

     – producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

     (tracks 4, 6, 7)
  • Daniel Davidsen – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

     (tracks 6, 7)
  • Calina de la Mare – violin (tracks 2, 6)
  • William Derella – management
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  • Sandrine Dulermo – photography
    Photography
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  • Clare Finnimore – viola (track 2)
  • Jens Gad
    Jens Gad
    Jens Gad is a songwriter, producer and guitarist. He was previously the co-producer for the musical project, Enigma. Currently, he is releasing albums under the name of Jens Gad Presents for his new instrumental work, and also under the name of Achillea, for his new world-influenced music which...

     – drums
    Drum kit
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    , drum engineering (track 9)
  • Toby Gad
    Toby Gad
    Tobias "Toby" Gad is a Los Angeles-based hit producer and songwriter from Germany, perhaps best known for co-writing Fergie's Grammy nominated hit song "Big Girls Don't Cry" as well as co-writing and producing Beyoncé's worldwide #1 hit "If I Were a Boy", and The Veronicas multi-platinum #1...

     – producer, arranger, instrumentation
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     (tracks 3, 9); bass
    Bass guitar
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    , guitar (track 9)
  • Richard George – violin (track 2)
  • Jon Green – guitar, piano
    Piano
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     (track 2)
  • Sophie Harris – cello (track 6)
  • Mads Hauge – producer, engineer, bass, guitar, programming (tracks 1, 2, 5); backing vocals, Pro Tools
    Pro Tools
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     (tracks 1, 2); drums, keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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     (track 1); Wurlitzer
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     (track 5)
  • Mo Hausler – string
    Strings (music)
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     engineer (track 6)
  • Sally Herbert – string arrangements
    String section
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    , string conductor (tracks 2, 6)
  • Jonas Jeberg
    Jonas Jeberg
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     – producer, instrumentation (tracks 4, 6, 7)
  • Anders Kallmark – synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

     (track 1)
  • Joe Kentish – A&R
  • Rick Koster – violin (tracks 2, 6)
  • Greg Kurstin
    Greg Kurstin
    Gregory Allen "Greg" Kurstin is an award-winning American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In 2009 Kurstin received a Grammy Award nomination for Producer of the Year. That same year he won three Ivor Novello awards for his work with Lily Allen, including Songwriters of the Year for "The Fear"...

     – additional producer (track 1)
  • Michael Labica – photography
  • Ryan Laubscher – producer (track 12)
  • Graham Linehy – string engineer (track 2)
  • Miklos Malek – additional synthesizer programming (track 8)

  • Tony Maserati
    Tony Maserati
    Tony Maserati is an American record producer and studio audio engineer who has worked with many mainstream artists including Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Jason Mraz, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, R...

     – mixing
    Audio mixing (recorded music)
    In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...

     (track 3)
  • Everton Nelson – violin (track 2)
  • Mads Nilsson – mixing (track 12)
  • Jackie Norrie – violin (track 2)
  • Louis Odunoye – mixing assistant (track 12)
  • Claire Orsler – viola (tracks 2, 6)
  • Robert Orton – mixing (track 10)
  • Carlos Oyanedel – additional mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8)
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering (tracks 3, 5, 8–12)
  • Marion Raven
    Marion Raven
    Marion Elise Ravn, born 25 May 1984 in Lørenskog, Norway, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, and former child actress. Her surname is of Norse origin, with Ravn meaning Raven, which she adopted as her stage name Marion Raven as well as her trademark raven logo. She was one-half of the now defunct...

     – backing vocals (track 8)
  • RedOne
    RedOne
    Nadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...

     – producer, instrumentation, programming, vocal arrangement, vocal editing, engineer (track 10)
  • Chris Sansom – additional engineer (tracks 1, 2, 5)
  • Johnny Severin – electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , vocal editing, engineer (track 10)
  • Emlyn Singleton – violin (tracks 2, 6)
  • Julia Singleton – violin (tracks 2, 6)
  • Fraser T. Smith
    Fraser T. Smith
    Fraser T. Smith is an English record producer, songwriter, mix engineer and guitarist....

     – additional producer, additional mix (track 5)
  • Phil Smith – baritone saxophone
    Baritone saxophone
    The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...

    , tenor saxophone
    Tenor saxophone
    The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

     (tracks 1, 5)
  • David Sonenberg
    David Sonenberg
    David Sonenberg is known for being the founder of the music management label DAS Communications. Sonenberg also dabbled in the film industry as the producer of the Academy Award winning film When We Were Kings....

     – management
  • Phil Tan
    Phil Tan
    Phil Tan is an Atlanta, GA-based music/audio engineer.He is a 3-time Grammy Award recipient, as mixing engineer for Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" , Ludacris' "Release Therapy" and Rihanna's "Only Girl " .Among the artists on Tan's list of credits: Jill Scott, Jennifer...

     – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11)
  • David Tench – Wurlitzer (track 2)
  • John Thirkell
    John Thirkell
    John Thirkell is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player, who has appeared on hundreds of pop, rock, and jazz recordings. Through the 1980s and early 1990s he was on at least one album in the UK Charts continuously, without a break, for over 13 years...

     – trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

    , flugelhorn
    Flugelhorn
    The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...

     (tracks 1, 5)
  • Phil Thornalley
    Phil Thornalley
    Phil Thornalley is a songwriter-producer who has worked in the music industry since 1978. He is perhaps best known for co-writing the song "Torn" which Natalie Imbruglia later covered to great success for her 1997 debut album, Left of the Middle...

     – producer (tracks 1, 2, 5); drums (track 1); piano (tracks 1, 5); glockenspiel
    Glockenspiel
    A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...

     (track 2); guitar (track 5)
  • Joe Wassell-Smith – design
    Graphic design
    Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

     assistant
  • Paul West – design
  • Jeremy Wheatley – mixing (track 9)
  • Bruce White – viola (tracks 2, 6)
  • Chris Worsey – cello (track 2)
  • Brian Wright – violin (track 6)
  • Ina Wroldsen – backing vocals (track 6)
  • Warren Zielinski – violin (track 6)
  • Peter Zizzo
    Peter Zizzo
    Peter Eric Zizzo is a music producer, musician and BMI award-winning songwriter. Zizzo has authored hits for artists such as Celine Dion,, Jennifer Lopez, Marit Larsen, O.A.R, Jason Mraz, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, M2M , Sir Cliff Richard, Clay Aiken, and Howie Day...

     – producer, arranger, engineer, instrumentation, programming (tracks 8, 11); backing vocals (track 8)

Turn It Up Louder

  • Pixie Lott – vocals; backing vocals (tracks 14, 18, 19)
  • Victoria Akintola – backing vocals (track 19)
  • Fred Ball – vocal production (track 22)
  • Chris Barrett – additional engineer (track 21)
  • Tom Bird – creative director
    Creative Director
    A creative director is a position often found within the graphic design, film, music, fashion, advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well....

  • Mark Bishop – engineer (track 13)
  • David Boyd – engineer, mixing assistant (track 15)
  • Chris Braide
    Chris Braide
    Christopher Braide is an English singer, songwriter, record producer published by Sony/ATV worldwide based in Los Angeles.Producer, Songwriter and Ivor Novello ASCAP and Billboard award winner Christopher Braide has achieved considerable success as a songwriter in the UK and the US. His songs have...

     – producer (track 20)
  • Teemu Brunila – piano (track 22)
  • Ian Burdge – cello (track 14)
  • Paul Canning – backing vocals (track 22)
  • Sirach "Angel" Charles – backing vocals (track 19)
  • Dan Chase – keyboards, programming (track 21)
  • Michael Daley – mixing assistant (track 15)
  • Tim Debney – mastering (track 20)
  • Deekay
    DEEKAY
    DEEKAY is a Danish production/songwriting team founded by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson with other members The Flash, Obi and Josh. The name Deekay comes from the acronym dk, which means Denmark...

     – producers, arrangers, mixing (track 17)
  • William Derella – management
  • Jason Derülo
    Jason Derulo
    Jason Joel Desrouleaux , better known by his stage name Jason Derülo, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and dancer. After producing records for several artists and writing songs for Cash Money Records, co-founder of the label Birdman, Young Money Entertainment owner Lil Wayne and rapper...

     – backing vocals (track 19)
  • Sandrine Dulermo – photography
  • Toby Gad – producer, instrumentation, arranger, engineer (track 18)
  • Matt le Gallez – design assistant
  • Angela N. Golightly – production coordinator (track 15)
  • Jon Green – piano, tack piano
    Tack piano
    In music, the tack piano is a permanently altered version of an ordinary piano, in which tacks or nails are placed on the hammers of the instrument at the point where the hammers hit the strings, giving the instrument a tinny, more percussive sound...

    , glockenspiel (track 14)
  • Zach Hancock – extra vocal production (track 19)
  • Dabling Harward – engineer (track 15)
  • Marli Harwood – backing vocals (track 22)
  • Mads Hauge – producer, guitar, backing vocals, programming, arranger (track 14)
  • Sally Herbert – arranger (track 14)
  • Andrew Hey – guitar, engineer (track 15)
  • Lars Jensen
    Lars Halvor Jensen
    Lars Halvor Jensen is a Danish record producer and songwriter. He has achieved success in many genres of music, particularly pop, rock and R&B and he is the co-founder of DEEKAY Music, a production and publishing company with studios in both Copenhagen, Denmark and Los Angeles, California...

     – additional percussion (track 17)
  • Josh – instrumentation (track 17)

  • Charles Judge – keyboards (track 21)
  • Joe Kentish – A&R
  • Rob Knox – drum programming
    Drum machine
    A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...

     (track 15)
  • Michael Labica – photography
  • Martin Larsson – additional keys (track 17)
  • Harvey Mason, Jr. – producer, music (track 15)
  • Tim McEwan – instrumentation (track 17)
  • Tom Meadows – drums (track 14)
  • Eve Nelson – keyboards (track 21)
  • Everton Nelson – violin leader (track 14)
  • Obi – instrumentation (track 17)
  • Robert Orton – mixing (track 16)
  • Mark Pusey – drums (tracks 18, 22)
  • RedOne – producer, instrumentation, programming, vocal arrangement, vocal editing, engineer (track 16)
  • James F. Reynolds
    James F. Reynolds (mixer)
    James F Reynolds is a British music producer, mix engineer and musician.Reynolds has been in the music production and mixing business for over 15 years...

     – producer, mixing (track 19); additional producer, mixing (track 20)
  • Jay Reynolds – additional producer (track 18); producer (track 22); mixing, programming (tracks 18, 22)
  • Jeff Rothschild – engineer, mixing, programming (track 21)
  • Dave Russell – mixing (track 15)
  • Johnny Severin – electric guitar, vocal editing, engineer (track 16)
  • John Shanks
    John Shanks
    John Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy Award–winning producer.Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17....

     – producer, guitar, bass (track 21)
  • Al Shux
    Al Shux
    Alexander William Shuckburgh is a music producer and songwriter known for producing the song "Empire State of Mind". He is also credited as Alexander Shuckburgh, Al Shuckburgh, Al Shux, or Shux....

     – guitar (track 13)
  • David Sonenberg – management
  • Shari Sutcliffe – contracted production coordinator (track 21)
  • Phil Thornalley – producer, glockenspiel, programming (track 14)
  • Fabien Waltmann – programming (track 22)
  • Oliver Weeks
    Oliver Weeks
    Oliver Weeks is an English composer, arranger, and guitarist.- Education :He grew up in Frome, Somerset, studying first at Frome Community College and then Clare College, Cambridge, where he received a starred First...

     – keyboards (track 18)
  • Paul West – design
  • Bruce White – viola (track 14)
  • Warren Zielinski – violin (track 14)


Weekly charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Hitseekers Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

8
Austrian Albums Chart 70
Belgian Albums Chart
Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...

 (Flanders)
99
Belgian Albums Chart
Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...

 (Wallonia)
70
Danish Albums Chart
IFPI Denmark
IFPI Denmark is the Danish branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Denmark.-Gold and platinum awards:...

16
Dutch Albums Chart
MegaCharts
MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...

92
European Top 100 Albums
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...

24
French Albums Chart
Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique
The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...

60
German Albums Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

81
Irish Albums Chart
Irish Albums Chart
The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...

18
New Zealand Albums Chart
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...

30
Swiss Albums Chart
Swiss Music Charts
The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...

49
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

6


Certifications

Country Certification
United Kingdom
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...

2× Platinum

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
UK Albums Chart 53
Chart (2010) Position
UK Albums Chart 18


Release history

Country Date Label Edition
Ireland 11 September 2009 Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

Standard edition
Netherlands Universal Music
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

Poland
Denmark 14 September 2009
Portugal
United Kingdom Mercury Records
Italy 18 September 2009 Universal Music
Mexico 21 September 2009
Brazil 23 September 2009
Belgium 25 September 2009
Australia 2 October 2009
Spain 6 October 2009
France 26 October 2009
Germany 30 October 2009
United Kingdom 21 December 2009 Mercury Records iTunes
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...

deluxe edition
18 October 2010 Turn It Up Louder
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