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Paris
Studio album by Paris Hilton
Released	August 22, 2006
Recorded	2004–2006
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, pop rap, reggae, pop rock, R&B, hip hop
Length	40:05
Label	Heiress Records / Warner Bros.
Producer	Dr. Luke, Fernando Garibay, Greg Wells, J. R. Rotem, Kara DioGuardi, Scott Storch, Sheppard Soloman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Billboard (Positive) link Blenderlink Cluas link Commonsense Media link Entertainment.ie link Entertainment Weekly (B) link The Guardian link Heat [citation needed] Metacritic (57/100) link musicOMH.com link NOW N link The Observer link Planet Sound Q link Rolling Stone link Slant link Sputnik Music link Stylus link Yahoo! Music UK link
Paris Hilton chronology
Paris (2006) Untitled second studio album
Singles from Paris
"Stars Are Blind" Released: June 5, 2006 "Turn It Up" Released: August 15, 2006 "Nothing in This World" Released: September 12, 2006 "Screwed" Released: February 7, 2007

Paris is reality TV star Paris Hilton's debut album, released on her own label, Heiress Records, in association with Warner Bros. Records. The album was released in the U.S. on August 22, 2006. The entire album was posted on AOL Music on August 13, 2006, causing the album to be leaked on the internet before the release date.

Contents 1 History 2 UK CD vandalism 3 Tracklisting 3.1 Standard edition 3.2 Special edition 3.3 iTunes edition 4 Sales and chart performance 5 References 6 External links

Hilton first announced plans to record an album in 2003. In 2004, she met with producer Rob Boldt and began recording demo tracks. While collaborating with Boldt, Hilton came across the song "Screwed". Hilton recorded a demo for the song and began talking about it in many interviews, saying it would be the first single from the album. That same summer, Haylie Duff said in an interview that "Screwed" was actually going to be recorded by her and would be the first single from her album. The two girls began a legal battle for the song.^[1] Not long afterwards, Duff was dropped by her record label which allowed Paris to claim the song as hers.

In 2005, Hilton was signed to Warner Bros. Records for distribution of her album. At that time, Hilton began working with Rob Cavallo, who had produced tracks for Green Day, Jewel, and Alanis Morissette. Initially, the album was planned to have a pop/rock sound. However, Hilton decided to move towards a pop/hip-hop sound after meeting with Scott Storch in Miami. After months of collaboration with Storch, the album was finally complete and ready for release.

Producers for Paris included Greg Wells, Kara DioGuardi, Jane Wiedlin and Scott Storch. Hilton collaborated with Fat Joe and Jadakiss on the song "Fighting Over Me." The first single from Paris, "Stars Are Blind," produced by Fernando Garibay, was released for download on June 20, 2006 and peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100; "Turn It Up" and "Nothing in This World" followed as worldwide singles. All Music Guide commented that the album was "more fun than anything released by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson, and a lot fresher, too." On the whole, critical reception was mixed.^[2]

In August of 2006, British graffiti artist Banksy and hip-hop producer Danger Mouse replaced 500 copies of Paris Hilton's album in British music stores with altered album artwork of Paris Hilton topless with a dog head and a 40 minute instrumental song containing various statements she had made.^[3]

1. "Turn It Up" (Scott Storch, Penelope Magnet, Jeff Bowden, Paris Hilton) – 3:12
2. "Fightin' over Me" (featuring Fat Joe & Jadakiss) (Storch, Magnet, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Jackson, Jackson, Hilton) – 4:01
3. "Stars Are Blind" (Fernando Garibay, Sheppard Solomon, Ralph McCarthy) – 3:56
4. "I Want You" (J. R. Rotem, DioGuardi, Bogart, Gibb) – 3:12 (sampled from "Grease" by Frankie Valli)
5. "Jealousy" (Storch, DioGuardi, Hilton) – 3:40
6. "Heartbeat" (Storch, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander) – 3:43
7. "Nothing in This World" (Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Solomon) – 3:10
8. "Screwed" (DioGuardi, Wells) – 3:41
9. "Not Leaving without You" (Kara DioGuardi, Wells, Hilton) – 3:35
10. "Turn You On" (Storch, Hilton, Jackson, Jackson, Triggs) – 3:06
11. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Stewart, Appice, Hitchings) – 4:34

The special edition featured the same songs as the standard edition, with a bonus DVD, containing:

1. Paris - The Music Special (featuring Making The Album and Behind the Scenes Footage)
2. Jealousy in the Studio

Includes three extra remixes.

1. "Stars Are Blind" [The Scumfrog's Extreme Makeover Edit] – 4:57 (iTunes bonus track)
2. "Turn It Up" [Paul Oakenfold Remix Edit] – 4:59 (iTunes bonus track)
3. "Turn You On" [Claude Le Gache Le Club Edit] – 3:38 (iTunes bonus track)

The album sold 76,000 copies in the first week of release in the US. The album quickly fell out of the chart, however, and was considered a commercial disappointment for Hilton in the United States. As of December 2007, the album had sold over 722,400 copies worldwide.^[4]

Chart (2006) Peak position Australian ARIA Albums Chart[5] 24 Austrian Albums Chart[6] 9 Belgium Albums Chart 18 Brazilian Albums Chart 22 Canadian Albums Chart 4 Colombian Albums Chart 21 Dutch Albums Chart[7] 28 Finnish Top 40 Albums[8] 17 French Top 200 Albums[9] 67 German Top 50 Albums 18 Greek Top 50 International Albums 11 Hungarian Top 40 Albums 40 Italian Top 100 albums 26 Irish Top 100 Albums 27 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart 8 New Zealand Albums Chart[10] 16 Swedish Top 60 Albums[11] 6 Spanish Top 100 Albums 98 Swiss Albums Chart[12] 7 UK Albums Chart 29 Poland ZPAV/OLIS Chart 61 U.S. Billboard 200[13] 6 World Albums Chart[14] 6 ^ "MTV News". Retrieved on 2004-08-12. (English)  ^ Discography - Paris Hilton - Paris CD/DVD Billboard.com ^ "Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank".  ^ New Paris Hilton Album ion the Works. AOL Music News. AOL (2007-07-17). Retrieved on 2007-11-24. “The album got some buzz thanks to the hit single, "Stars Are Blind," and sold more than 600,000 copies.” ^ Paris Hilton - Paris. australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. ^ Paris Hilton - Paris. austriancharts.at. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. ^ Paris Hilton - Paris. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. ^ Paris Hilton - Paris. finnishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. ^ Paris Hilton - Paris. lescharts.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. ^ Paris Hilton - Paris. charts.org.nz. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. ^ Paris Hilton - Paris. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. ^ Paris Hilton - Paris. hitparade.ch. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. ^ Artist Chart History - Paris Hilton - Albums. Billboard 200. Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. ^ GLOBAL ALBUM CHART. United World Chart. Media Traffic (2006-09-09). Retrieved on 2007-11-24. Official Paris album site v • d • e Paris Hilton Albums Paris (2006) Singles "Stars Are Blind" • "Turn It Up" • "Nothing in This World" • "Screwed" Other songs "Jealousy" Films 1 Night in Paris • House of Wax • The Hillz • Bottoms Up • National Lampoon's Pledge This! • The Hottie and the Nottie • Repo! the Genetic Opera Reality TV The Simple Life • Celebrity Apprentice Books Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose • Your Heiress Diary: Confess It All to Me Fragrances "Paris Hilton" • "Just Me" • "Heiress"/"Heir" • "Can Can" Related topics Discography • Heiress Records • Images • Audio samples • Songs