Thank You (Jamelia album)

Thank You
Studio album by Jamelia
Released	29 September 2003 1 March 2004 (Version 2) 8 November 2004 (Version 3)
Recorded	2002–2003
Genre	R&B[1]
Length	46:06 (Version 1) 53:59 (Versions 2 & 3)
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Cutfather & Joe, Soulshock, Cameron McVey, Matt Kent, Jimmy Hogarth, Ignorants, Copenhaniacs, Colin Emmanuel (aka C-Swing), Marc 'M2E' Smith, Sylvia Bennett Smith
Jamelia chronology
Drama (2000) Thank You (2003) Walk with Me (2006)
Singles from Thank You
"Bout" Released: 16 June 2003 "Superstar" Released: 15 September 2003 "Thank You" Released: 24 February 2004 "See It in a Boy's Eyes" Released: 12 July 2004 "Universal Prayer" Released: 2 August 2004 "DJ" Released: 1 November 2004

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Thank You is the second studio album by British R&B recording artist 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 (who produced the majority of the album), Cutfather, Soulshock, Peter Biker, Matt Kent and Cameron McVey among others. It was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2004.^[2] 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 #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 (BPI) for sales in excess of 600,000 copies.^[3] 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 Rah Digga and reached the top forty in the United Kingdom. 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 #2 on the UK Singles Chart. Following the single's success, the album was re-released with two additional tracks (three including Jamelia's duet with Italian singer Tiziano Ferro on the single, "Universal Prayer", which was only included on international versions of the re-release). "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

• Bout samples Bill Conti's Gonna Fly Now

Charts

Weekly charts