Unpredictable
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Unpredictable is Jamie Foxx
's second studio release, and was his first release in eleven years. The album debuted at number two behind Mary J. Blige
's The Breakthrough
on the US Billboard 200
moving 597,000 units in its first week . The album moved to No. 1 the following week, overtaking Blige. The feat made Foxx the fourth artist ever to have won an Academy Award
for acting and to have achieved a No. 1 album on the Billboard charts.
Four singles were released from the album, the title-track "Unpredictable", "DJ Play a Love Song", "Can I Take U Home" and "Extravaganza".
- beaten to #1 by Mary J. Blige with 'The Breakthrough' - moving 597,000 units in its first week.. In its second week, it climbed to number-one despite 77% decrease moving 139,000 units. In its third week slipped to number-three with a 29% decrease moving 93,000 units. In its fourth week sales increased by 2% moving 96,000 units but the album slid another spot down to number-four. In Its fifth week it suffered a 21% decrease, sliding to number-ten moving 75,000 units, bringing the albums US sales to 1,000,000 units. Since it's release the album has been certified double platinum by the RIAA with an excess of 2 million copies.
actual sales 1,980,000
Singles – Billboard (U.S.)
Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
's second studio release, and was his first release in eleven years. The album debuted at number two behind Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
's The Breakthrough
The Breakthrough
The Breakthrough is the seventh studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige, released December 20, 2005, on Geffen Records. The album opened with over 729,000 units in the United States, becoming her highest first week sales of her career, and the second-highest first-week sales by...
on the US Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
moving 597,000 units in its first week . The album moved to No. 1 the following week, overtaking Blige. The feat made Foxx the fourth artist ever to have won an Academy Award
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
for acting and to have achieved a No. 1 album on the Billboard charts.
Four singles were released from the album, the title-track "Unpredictable", "DJ Play a Love Song", "Can I Take U Home" and "Extravaganza".
Track listing
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Unpredictable Unpredictable (song) "Unpredictable" is the title track from Jamie Foxx's second album, Unpredictable and was released as the first single from the album in 2005... " (featuring Ludacris Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings... ) |
3:39 |
| 2. | "Warm Bed" | 3:53 |
| 3. | "DJ Play a Love Song DJ Play a Love Song "DJ Play a Love Song" was the third single off Jamie Foxx's second album, Unpredictable. The song features rapper Twista and was produced by Polow da Don, while the video for the song co-stars America's Next Top Model winner Eva Pigford.The song hit #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and... " (featuring Twista Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds... ) |
4:18 |
| 4. | "With You" (featuring The Game The Game (rapper) Jayceon Terrell Taylor , better known by his stage name Game, formerly The Game, is an American rapper and actor. As a member of G-Unit, he rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album, The Documentary, which earned him two Grammy Award nominations... & Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school... ) |
4:20 |
| 5. | "Can I Take U Home Can I Take U Home "Can I Take U Home" was the fourth and final U.S. single from Jamie Foxx's second album, Unpredictable. It reached #48 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in May 2006. It was not released outside the U.S. The official remix features rapper Chamillionaire.-Charts:-External links:*... " |
4:15 |
| 6. | "Love Changes" (featuring Mary J. Blige Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has... ) |
4:30 |
| 7. | "Extravaganza Extravaganza (song) "Extravaganza" is a single by R&B artist Jamie Foxx and the second taken from his album Unpredictable. It features Kanye West. It peaked at #52 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in October 2005 and also peaked at #43 on the UK Singles Chart.... " (featuring Kanye West Kanye West Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and... ) |
4:15 |
| 8. | "Three Letter Word" | 4:42 |
| 9. | "Get This Money" | 4:31 |
| 10. | "VIP" | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Do What It Do" | 4:03 |
| 12. | "Storm (Forecast)" | 4:27 |
| 13. | "U Still Got It (Interlude)" (featuring Common Common (rapper) Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. , better known by his stage name Common , is an American hip-hop artist and actor.... ) |
2:47 |
| 14. | "Heaven" | 3:54 |
| 15. | "Wish U Were Here" | 4:13 |
| 16. | "This Love" (Bonus Track) | 3:27 |
Commercial performance
Unpredictable debut at number-two on the US Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
- beaten to #1 by Mary J. Blige with 'The Breakthrough' - moving 597,000 units in its first week.. In its second week, it climbed to number-one despite 77% decrease moving 139,000 units. In its third week slipped to number-three with a 29% decrease moving 93,000 units. In its fourth week sales increased by 2% moving 96,000 units but the album slid another spot down to number-four. In Its fifth week it suffered a 21% decrease, sliding to number-ten moving 75,000 units, bringing the albums US sales to 1,000,000 units. Since it's release the album has been certified double platinum by the RIAA with an excess of 2 million copies.
Critical reception
"Unpredictable" has received generally mixed or average reviews from music critics.- "E! Online" - 7.5 out of 10 -"Whether he makes it all work via his musical skills or chameleonic acting ability, we don't know, but it does work."
- "Rolling Stone" - 6 out of 10 - "When the album works, it's because of Foxx's easy charm and A-list confidence."
- Paste magazine" - 3 out of 10 - "It's better to be the imitation Ray Charles than the poor man's R. Kelly."
- "Q Magazine" - 4 out of 10 - "The voice that set such a spark to (Kanye) West's (#1 hit single) Gold Digger should be capable of more than this exaggerated comedy sex routine."
- Alex Petridis of the British newspaper the guardian was also not impressed with "Unpredictable" saying: "Unpredictable resembles another legendary thespian's venture into pop, William Shatner's 1968 opus The Transformed Man, in that you start to wonder whether Foxx is actually serious or not."
Charts
Album – Billboard (U.S.)actual sales 1,980,000
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
1 |
| 2006 | U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
1 |
Singles – Billboard (U.S.)
| Year | Song | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Unpredictable" (featuring Ludacris Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings... ) |
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
8 | ||
| 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 ... |
16 | ||
| "Extravaganza" (featuring Kanye West Kanye West Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and... ) |
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
52 | |
| 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 ... |
43 | ||
| 2006 | "DJ Play a Love Song" (featuring Twista Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds... ) |
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 45 | ||
| "Can I Take U Home" | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 48 |
External links
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20051229/en_music_eo/18046
- http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001804431