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{{Infobox album
| name = Jennifer Paige
| type = studio
| artist = [[Jennifer Paige]]
| cover = JenniferPaigealbum.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 11, 1998
| recorded = April 1996–Summer 1997
| venue =
| studio = [[Abbey Road Studios]] ([[London]]), [[Electric Lady Studios]] ([[New York City]])
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<ref name="Billboard_August 1, 1998"/>
| length = 44:06
| label = * [[Edel SE & Co. KGaA|Edel]]
* [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]
| producer = * Jimmy Bralower
* Andy Goldmark
* Jamie Houston
* [[Wayne Kirkpatrick]]
* J.D. Martin
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Positively Somewhere]]
| next_year = 2001
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Jennifer Paige
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Crush (Jennifer Paige song)|Crush]]
| single1date = June 9, 1998
| single2 = [[Sober (Jennifer Paige song)|Sober]]
| single2date = February 19, 1999
| single3 = [[Always You (Jennifer Paige song)|Always You]]
| single3date = July 12, 1999
}}
}}
'''''Jennifer Paige''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by American singer [[Jennifer Paige]]. It was released on August 11, 1998 through a joint venture between [[Edel SE & Co. KGaA|Edel America]] and [[Hollywood Records]]. Largely written and produced by Andy Goldmark, along with additional production from [[Wayne Kirkpatrick]], Jimmy Bralower, J.D. Martin, and Jamie Houston, the album is a [[pop record]] that sports primarily midtempo tracks as well as handful of sumptuous ballads. Paige envisioned hopeful songs with elements of "old-school singing" for her debut.<ref name="Billboard_August 1, 1998"/>
Upon its release, the album earned positive reviews from music critic. Commercially, ''Jennifer Paige'' charted moderately, reaching number three on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s US [[Heatseekers charts|Top Heatseekers]] chart, but surpassed Gold status in Canada and went on to sell 900,000 units internationally.<ref name="WWsalesJP"/> The album was preceded by it lead single "[[Crush (Jennifer Paige song)|Crush]]," which became a international top ten hit and peaked at number one in Australia and New Zealand. In 1999, two further singles, "[[Sober (Jennifer Paige song)|Sober]]" and "[[Always You (Jennifer Paige song)|Always You]]" were released.
==Background==
Raised in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], Paige began singing at age of eight in coffeehouses and restaurants and playing piano at ten.<ref name="Billboard_March 12, 1999">{{cite magazine|last=Bell|first=Carrie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6A0EAAAAMBAJ |title=Live At Narm '99|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 12, 1999 |accessdate=June 19, 2025}}</ref> After her highschool graduation, she joined a top 40 cover band and went on the road, singing in casions and hotels for two years.<ref name="Billboard_August 1, 1998">{{cite magazine|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8wkEAAAAMBAJ|title=Live At Narm '99|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=August 1, 1998 |accessdate=June 19, 2025}}</ref> In 1996, after meeting [[Crystal Bernard]], who advised her to move to [[Los Angeles]],<ref name="Billboard_August 1, 1998"/> Paige decided to relocate to [[California]] to launch a professional career in music.<ref name="Billboard_March 12, 1999"/> Though she initially struggled to make a living there,<ref name="Billboard_August 1, 1998"/> a dance remix one of her early demo recordings, a cover of [[Aretha Franklin]]'s "[[Chain of Fools]]" (1967), garnered attention from German record label [[Edel SE & Co. KGaA|Edel Records]],<ref name="Billboard_August 1, 1998"/> whose executives were looking to expand to North America and signed Paige as their first overseas act in October 1997.<ref name="Billboard_August 1, 1998"/> Through Edel, she intensified work on her debut album along with songwriter-producer Andy Goldmark.<ref name="Billboard_March 12, 1999"/> When "Crush" began receiving airplay, [[Hollywood Records]] offered to co-finance the project.<ref name="Billboard_August 1, 1998"/>
==Promotion==
"[[Crush (Jennifer Paige song)|Crush]]" released on June 16, 1998, as the first single from her debut album. "Crush" was an international hit that peaked at number three on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]],<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/artist/Jennifer-Paige/chart-history/HSI "Jennifer Paige Chart History (Hot 100)"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''.</ref> earned a [[RIAA certification|Gold]] certification from the [[Recording Industry Association of America]],<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Jennifer+Paige&ti=Crush&format=Single&type=#search_section "American single certifications – Jennifer Paige – Crush"]. ''[[Recording Industry Association of America]]''.</ref> and sold 700,000 by the end of 1998.<ref name="ussales">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75|title=Best-Selling Records of 1998|magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications Inc.|volume=111|number=5|page=75|date=January 30, 1999|access-date=May 31, 2015|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> It reached number one in three countries: Australia (two weeks),<ref>[https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jennifer+Paige&titel=Crush&cat=s "Jennifer Paige – Crush"]. [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Top 50 Singles]].</ref> Canada (five weeks)<ref>[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7926&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7926.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7926 "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7926."] ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]''. [[Library and Archives Canada]]. Retrieved November 5, 2018.</ref> and New Zealand (one week).<ref>[https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Jennifer+Paige&titel=Crush&cat=s "Jennifer Paige – Crush"]. [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|Top 40 Singles]].</ref> In Australia, the song is certified 2× Platinum for more than 140,000 copies shipped,<ref>{{cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=1998}}</ref> while in New Zealand it is certified Gold for sales of over 5,000.<ref>[https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1999-02-12 "New Zealand single certifications – Jennifer Paige – Crush"]. [[Recorded Music NZ]].</ref> In Europe "Crush" reached number four in France and the United Kingdom,<ref name="charts">[https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Jennifer+Paige&titel=Crush&cat=s "Jennifer Paige – Crush"] (in German). [[Ö3 Austria Top 40]].</ref><ref name="uk">[https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19980912/7501/ "Official Singles Chart Top 100"]. [[Official Charts Company]].</ref> going Gold in both countries,<ref>[http://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/?categorie=Singles&interprete=Jennifer+Paige&titre=Crush "French single certifications – Jennifer Paige – Crush"] (in French). [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]].</ref><ref>[https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1582-1929-1 "British single certifications – Jennifer Paige – Crush"]. [[British Phonographic Industry]].</ref> and number six in Ireland,<ref>[http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=title&placement=Crush "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Crush"]. [[Irish Singles Chart]].</ref> the Netherlands and Norway.<ref name="charts"/> It also became a top-ten hit in Austria, Walloon Belgium, Denmark, Hungary and Spain,<ref name="charts"/><ref name="den">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-11-07.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=15|issue=45|page=16|date=November 7, 1998|access-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name="hun">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-10-17.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=42|page=14|date=October 17, 1998|access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="spa">{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|___location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> and it reached the top 20 in [[Flanders]], Germany, Iceland, Sweden and Switzerland.<ref name="charts"/><ref name="ice">{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2972536#page/n10/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 284 Vikuna 6.8. – 13.8. 1998)|newspaper=[[Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=11|date=August 7, 1998|access-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref>
"[[Sober (Jennifer Paige song)|Sober]]" was released on February 19, 1999, as the second single released from ''Jennifer Paige ''. It failed to chart in the United States but managed to enter top 70 in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Released on July 12, 1999, third and final single "[[Always You (Jennifer Paige song)|Always You]]" reached number six on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s US [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Dance/Club Play]] chart.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/1999-09-04/dance-club-play-songs Billboard Dance Club Play Songs (4 September 1999)] Billboard.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.</ref> The same year, two tracks from the album — "Crush” and "Busted" — were featured on the soundtrack for the 1999 American romantic comedy film ''[[Simply Irresistible (film)|Simply Irresistible]]''.<ref name="Billboard_March 12, 1999"/> The song "Somewhere, Someday" was later covered by boy band [['N Sync]] for 1999's ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie (soundtrack)|Pokémon: The First Movie]]'' soundtrack.
==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last=Sunao |first=Jaime |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r368206|pure_url=yes}} |title=Jennifer Paige – Jennifer Paige |publisher=AllMusic |date=August 11, 1998 |accessdate=November 16, 2010}}</ref>
}}
[[AllMusic]] editor Jaime Sunao Ikeda rated the album three ouf of five stars. He noted that Paige "unleashes a voice with great development potential" on ''Jennifer Paige'' "that holds its own with a solid pop effort, and splendidly provides her own background vocals on most tracks as well. Definitely one of the brighter pop talents to emerge in quite a while. Standout tracks on this fine debut release include the first single "Crush," "Get to Me," "Somewhere, Someday," and the stellar "Let It Rain"."<ref name="AllMusic"/> ''Billboard'' editor Paul Verna wrote: "Set up by the runaway success of its first single, "Crush," this debut album by new-comer Jennifer Paige threatens to make a strong chart impact and launch a promising career. Although there are no other tracks on the album with the immediate appeal of "Crush" [...] cuts such as breezy pop number "Get to Me," ballad "Always You," funk workout "Busted," and melodrama-soaked ballad "Let It Rain" have the potential to make their presence felt at pop and AC radio. A young singer with the goods for mainstream success."<ref name="Billboard_August 15, 1998">{{cite magazine|last=Verna|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwoEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews & Previews: Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=August 15, 1998 |accessdate=June 19, 2025}}</ref>
==Commercial performance==
In the United States, ''Jennifer Paige'' debuted at numebr 168 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billbaord'' 200]] in the week of August 29, 1998.<ref name="Billboard200"/> It eventually peaked at number 139 the following week.<ref name="Billboard200"/> By February 2000, the album had sold 300,000 units domestically.<ref name="WWsalesJP"/> In Canada, ''Jennifer Paige'' was certfified Gold by [[Music Canada]] on May 20, 1999.<ref name="MusicCanada"/> In 1999, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported, that ''Jennifer Paige'' had sold 900,000 copies worldwide.<ref name="WWsalesJP"/>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Jennifer Paige'' track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 44:06
| title1 = [[Crush (Jennifer Paige song)|Crush]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|Andy Goldmark|[[Mark Mueller]]|Berny Cosgrove|Kevin Clark}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Jimmy Bralower}}
| length1 = 3:19
| title2 = Questions
| writer2 = {{hlist|Jennifer Paige|Goldmark|Mueller}}
| extra2 = Goldmark
| length2 = 4:14
| title3 = [[Always You (Jennifer Paige song)|Always You]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Goldmark|J.D. Martin}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Get to Me
| writer4 = {{hlist|Paige|Goldmark|Martin}}
| extra4 = Goldmark
| length4 = 4:00
| title5 = Busted
| writer5 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller}}
| extra5 = Goldmark
| length5 = 3:48
| title6 = [[Sober (Jennifer Paige song)|Sober]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Goldmark|[[Wayne Kirkpatrick]]}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Kirkpatrick}}
| length6 = 4:05
| title7 = Between You and Me
| writer7 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Jamie Houston}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Houston}}
| length7 = 4:00
| title8 = Let It Rain
| writer8 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller|Jason Hess}}
| extra8 = Goldmark
| length8 = 4:14
| title9 = Just to Have You
| writer9 = {{hlist|Paige|Goldmark|Mueller}}
| extra9 = Kirkpatrick
| length9 = 4:16
| title10 = Somewhere, Someday
| writer10 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller}}
| extra10 = Goldmark
| length10 = 3:58
| title11 = Always You
| note11 = bonus remix
| writer11 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| length11 = 4:04
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Hong Kong special edition CD
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Crush
| writer1 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller|Cosgrove|Clark}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Bralower}}
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Always You
| note2 = radio mix
| writer2 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = Questions
| writer3 = {{hlist|Paige|Goldmark|Mueller}}
| extra3 = Goldmark
| length3 = 4:15
| title4 = Get to Me
| writer4 = {{hlist|Paige|Goldmark|Martin}}
| length4 = 4:01
| title5 = Busted
| writer5 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller}}
| extra4 = Goldmark
| length5 = 3:48
| title6 = Sober
| note6 = radio edit
| writer6 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Kirkpatrick}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Kirkpatrick}}
| length6 = 4:04
| title7 = Between You and Me
| writer7 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Houston}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Houston}}
| length7 = 4:00
| title8 = Let It Rain
| writer8 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller|Hess}}
| extra8 = Goldmark
| length8 = 4:15
| title9 = Just to Have You
| writer9 = {{hlist|Paige|Goldmark|Mueller}}
| extra9 = Kirkpatrick
| length9 = 4:17
| title10 = Somewhere, Someday
| writer10 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller}}
| extra10 = Goldmark
| length10 = 3:56
| title11 = Always You
| note11 = the Hex Hector mix
| writer11 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin|[[Hex Hector]]{{ref|A|[A]}}}}
| length11 = 4:03
| title12 = Always You
| note12 = the ballad mix
| writer12 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| length12 = 4:13
| title13 = Always You
| note13 = original album version
| writer13 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Martin}}
| length13 = 4:06
| title14 = Crush
| note14 = David Morales club mix
| writer14 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller|Cosgrove|Clark}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Bralower|[[David Morales]]{{ref|A|[A]}}}}
| length14 = 7:14
| title15 = Crush
| note15 = Tiefschwarz Hollywood extended
| writer15 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Mueller|Cosgrove|Clark}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Goldmark|Bralower|[[Tiefschwarz]]{{ref|A|[A]}}}}
| length15 = 8:04
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Hong Kong special edition VCD
| title1 = Always You
| note1 = music video
| title2 = Crush
| note2 = music video
| title3 = Sober
| note3 = music video
| title4 = Making of 'Sober' music video
| title5 = Questions and Answers
| title6 = Asian Tour Footage
}}
'''Notes'''
*<sup>{{note|A|[A]}}</sup> denotes additional producer(s)
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Jennifer Paige''
|-
!Chart (1998)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|44|artist=Jennifer Paige|album=Jennifer Paige|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 June 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|41|chartid=7038|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 19, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|73|artist=Jennifer Paige|album=Jennifer Paige|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 June 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|41|artist=Jennifer Paige|album=Jennifer Paige|id=2873|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 June 2017}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])
| style="text-align:center;"|70
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|40|artist=Jennifer Paige|album=Jennifer Paige|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 June 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|67|artist=Jennifer Paige|album=Jennifer Paige|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|139|artist=Jennifer Paige|album=Jennifer Paige|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 June 2017|refname="Billboard200"}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Top Heatseekers]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=allmusiccharts>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com:80/artist/jennifer-paige-mn0000841870/awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517075641/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jennifer-paige-mn0000841870/awards|archive-date=17 May 2016|title=Jennifer Paige - US Charts|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|}
== Certifications and sales ==
{{certification Table Top|format=3col|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Jennifer Paige''}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Jennifer Paige|artist=Jennifer Paige|award=Gold|relyear=1998|certyear=1999|format=3col|refname="MusicCanada"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|nocert=true|salesamount=300,000|salesref=<ref name="WWsalesJP">{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/308397366|title=Networking: Growing pains slow down edel's rhythm --- german music label wants to expand in U.S. but remain independent --- churning new hits and staying in tune with shareholders is a tough act|date=February 9, 2000|access-date=September 20, 2022|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|first=Charles|last=Goldsmith|id={{ProQuest|308397366}} |url-access=subscription|page=25}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|artist=Jennifer Paige|title=Jennifer Paige|type=album|salesamount=900,000|salesref=<ref name="WWsalesJP"/>}}
{{certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Jennifer Paige}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:1998 debut albums]]
[[Category:Jennifer Paige albums]]
[[Category:Hollywood Records albums]]
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