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Be Not Nobody
Studio albumby
Vanessa Carlton
ReleasedApril 30, 2002(2002-04-30)
Genre
Length45:57
LabelA&M
ProducerRon Fair
Vanessa Carltonchronology
Be Not Nobody
(2002) 		Harmonium
(2004)
SinglesfromBe Not Nobody
  1. "A Thousand Miles"
    Released: February 18, 2002[1]
  2. "Ordinary Day"
    Released: July 1, 2002[2]
  3. "Pretty Baby"
    Released: December 2, 2002[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment WeeklyC[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Slant Magazine[7]

Be Not Nobodyis the debut studio album by American singer-songwriterVanessa Carlton,released on April 30, 2002, throughA&M Records. As of late 2004 the album had sold 1.38 million copies in the US according toNielsen SoundScan,[8]andVarietymagazine reported in July 2003 that it had sold 2.3 million worldwide.[9]Billboardmagazine placed Carlton at number twenty-one on its year-end "Top Pop Artists" list for 2002.[10]

"A Thousand Miles"was released as thelead singlefrom the album and reached the top five on the USBillboardHot 100,number one in Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom.Be Not Nobodywas certifiedgoldby theRIAAin June 2002, andplatinumin October 2002.[11]"Ordinary Day"charted inside the top forty on the US Hot 100."Pretty Baby"was remixed and released as the album's third and final single in early 2003. After the single's release, subsequent pressings of the album contained the remixed single version of the song in place of its original album version." Pretty Baby "did not appear on the Hot 100 or the UK top seventy-five, but was nominated for a 2003Teen Choice Awardfor "Choice Love Song".[12]

Track listing[edit]

All songs were written by Vanessa Carlton, except where noted.

  1. "Ordinary Day"– 3:58
  2. "Unsung" – 4:20
  3. "A Thousand Miles"– 3:57
  4. "Pretty Baby"– 3:55
  5. "Rinse" – 4:31
  6. "Sway" – 3:57
  7. "Paradise" – 4:50
  8. "Prince" – 4:09
  9. "Paint It Black"(Mick Jagger,Keith Richards) – 3:30
  10. "Wanted" – 3:55
  11. "Twilight" – 4:49

UK bonus track

  2. "Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Japanese bonus tracks

  2. "Twilight" (Live) – 4:07
  3. "Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Asian Tour Edition bonus tracks

  2. "A Thousand Miles (Piano & Vocal - Live in Tokyo)" – 4:02
  3. "Ordinary Day (Piano & Vocal - Live in Holland)" – 3:47
  4. "Paradise" (Piano & Vocal Version) – 3:49
  5. "A Thousand Miles" (Live in New York) (Video) – 4:26

Reissues

  2. "Pretty Baby" (single version) – 4:08

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted fromAllMusicand album's liner notes.[13][14]

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Certifications and sales figures forBe Not Nobody
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[41] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[42] Gold 50,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[44] Platinum 250,000[43]
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[46] Platinum 1,380,000[8]

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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