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According to Billboard.com, Danity Kane's sophomore release "Welcome to the Dollhouse" is the #1 Album in the country. This is the second #1 album in as many records for the ladies. This album, according to Nielsen SoundScan has sold 236,000 copies in the first week of release.
Congratulations the the girls of Danity Kane. Beating the first week sales of their self-titled debut in 2006, which sold 234,000 copies. Also, "Welcome to the Dollhouse" celebrates the second biggest sales week of the year, second to Jack Johnson's "Sleep Through the Static". This is a very impressive feat, being that album sales have been tough to come by for major artists.
March 26, 2008 is officially "Danity Kane Day" according the The Wild 94.9, a radio station in San Francisco. The girls will be in the studio celebrating the success of the new album, "Welcome to the Dollhouse". The festivities begin at 6pm Pacific with a live chat with the girls at Wild949.com. There will be a signing to follow at Best Buy, an on-air interview and a CD release party at Club Aura. For more information on Danity Kane Day click here.
Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson reviews Danity Kane's "Welcome to the Dollhouse", check it out here. You can also leave some feedback for the review.
Danity Kane will be appearing at the Best Buy at 1717 Harrison Street in San Francisco on March 26. The event starts at 6:30 PM.
Here is the producer list for "Welcome to the Dollhouse". Our release production history page is now up to date with this album.
1. "Welcome to the Dollhouse"
Produced by Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson.
2. "Bad Girl"
Produced by Danja.
3. "Damaged"
Produced by Stereotypes. Co-produced by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Mario Winans.
4. "Pretty Boy"
Produced by Danja.
5. "Strip Tease"
Produced by Danja.
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DJBooth.net has a review of "Welcome to the Dollhouse".
Check out video from Danity Kane's appearance on the CW11 in New York. They sang a little bit of "Damaged".
In honor of the Making the Band 4, Season 2 finale (Sunday, March 23 from 8-10 PM ET on MTV), we're going to give away 3 copies of "Welcome to the Dollhouse" during the show! We'll give them away at 8:30 PM, 9:00 PM and 9:30 PM (all times Eastern). It'll be a random draw. How can you get your name in that drawing? It's not hard... but, read carefully. First, take a look at these questions:
1. What rapper is featured on the remix to "Got Me Going" by Day 26?
2. What is the bonus track offered on the Target exclusive version of "Welcome to the Dollhouse"?
3. What track on "Welcome to the Dollhouse" is Missy Elliott featured on?
4. Who is "Got Me Going" produced by?
5. What is the 8th track on Day 26's self titled debut?
You have to answer these correctly. But, that's not all. You also must link to a Bad Boy Blog article where I mentioned the answer. This is pretty easy, really (hint: look at the categories in our menu to the right and go to the ones that make sense). After you get all of this information together, you must send it to me via e-mail at patrick@ifroggy.com with the subject "Welcome to the Dollhouse Giveaway". Please do not leave it in a comment as it will not be entered. So, let me give you an example of what this should look like.
If one of the questions was "What is the release date of Day 26's album?", I could offer this answer:
What is the release date of Day 26's album?
March 25
http://www.badboyblog.com/item/2008/2/13/day-26-album-pushed-back
I included the correct answer and a link where it was mentioned in an article on Bad Boy Blog. Do that for the five questions above, send it in and you are entered.
Here are some basic rules:
One entry per person. Repeat entries will be thrown out. Bad Boy Blog staff members are ineligable as are their immediate families. Winner's first name and last name initial will be displayed on Bad Boy Blog. Entries must be received by 8:00 PM ET on Sunday, March 23, 2008. Once a winner is e-mailed, he or she will have 72 hours to respond to the initial e-mail. If they do not, another winner will be selected from the remaining entries.
Good luck!
According to this press release:
On Tuesday, March 18th, Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon, and Aundrea will appear live on "TRL" to herald the arrival of "WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE." The week will also see visits to MTV's "The Big Ten" and "Sucka Free," as well as BET's "106 & Park." Additional upcoming TV performances include the nationally syndicated "Tyra Banks Show" and Fox's "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" (check local listings).
Via So Hood Magazine.
Danity Kane's sophomore effort, "Welcome to the Dollhouse", has been released today. Though it didn't get added until the last minute, the iTunes exclusive version (that we reported exclusively on earlier this month) is now available. The Target exclusive features another track called "Make Me Sick". If you want to get the regular version, you can pick it up at Amazon.com.
The San Francisco Chronicle has an interview with Aubrey O'Day.
Q: This album includes the songs "Striptease," "Ecstasy" and "Lights Out." Were you feeling frisky in the studio?
A: We wrote six songs on this album and a few of the ones you mentioned are the ones that we wrote. We're very proud of that fact because we took control over the way we wanted this album to come out. Is it heavily sexual? Absolutely not. You happened to mention the songs that are a little more edgy, but nothing is a blunt sexual statement. It's more of a tease. Everything is like, "I'm a woman, hear me roar. And if you want to hear me roar, you may have to come prove to me you're worthy." I think that's a good message to send to women.
Watch below for the video to Danity Kane's "Damaged". You'll notice that it features a longer version of the song than has been previous released, with a little more from Diddy as well as a producer tag at the end. This is the album version of the song.
Danity Kane's MySpace reports that Danity Kane will be making an in store appearance at Best Buy in New York (529 5th Avenue) on March 18. ou have to buy the album to receive a wrist band that will get you into the event.
You can listen to snippets from all of the tracks on "Welcome to the Dollhouse" over at Amazon.com.
Via kingofny2000 at UKMIX.
DJBooth.net has an interview with D. Woods of Danity Kane.
In February, in a Bad Boy Blog exclusive, we revealed the track listing to Danity Kane's "Welcome to the Dollhouse". I cautioned, in the article, that there might be a few changes. But, really, there is only one: an intro from Diddy. We also now have clarity on the iTunes version. Here's the tracklisting on the main version:
1. "Welcome To The Dollhouse" featuring Diddy
2. "Bad Girl" featuring Missy Elliott
3. "Damaged"
4. "Pretty Boy"
5. "Strip Tease"
6. "Sucka For Love"
7. "Secret Place Interlude"
8. "Ecstasy" featuring Rick Ross
9. "2 of You"
10. "Lights Out"
11. "Picture This Interlude"
12. "Poetry"
13. "Key To My Heart"
14. "Flashback Interlude"
15. "Is Anybody Listening"
16. "Ain’t Going (Hidden Track)"
As we reported, the Target version adds "Make Me Sick" as track number 16, before the "Ain't Going" hidden track. I had also mentioned that the iTunes version had three mentions of "Damaged" and two mentions of "Show Stopper" and I guessed that one of the mentions of "Damaged" would be a video and speculated that the others could either be a remix or a placeholder for something else. Well, it turns out all of the song titles were right.
The iTunes version will add:
16. "Show Stopper (Dave Aude Club Mix)"
17. "Show Stopper (Solitaire Club Mix)"
18. "Damaged (Acappella)"
All of these tracks slot in before the hidden track, "Ain't Going" with the two "Show Stopper" mixes being available only if you buy the whole album. Finally, the video for "Damaged" will also be available.
From their MySpace:
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We'll also be on KBBT at 9PM.
I received a copy of the "Bad Boy Sampler 08" which features snippets of tracks from the upcoming albums from Danity Kane ("Welcome to the Dollhouse") and Day 26 ("Day 26"), along with an intro, interlude and outro from Diddy.
The Danity Kane portion of the sampler features "Damaged", "Pretty Boy", "Bad Girl", "Striptease" and "Poetry". "Damaged", of course, I've already heard in full as it is featured in the Bad Boy Blog audio player. So, check that out. But, here are some quick thoughts on what I heard.
I really like "Damaged". Very catchy, great vocals - I think it's a terrific single. Really, I haven't been as excited about a single as I am with "Damaged" and "Got Me Going" (from Day 26) since Diddy released "Last Night". A great track.
After that, "Bad Girl" would be my current favorite. Again, very catchy. The track has a unique sound, created by The Runners. The snippet doesn't include Missy Elliott's part. But, what I did hear, I liked.
"Striptease", I was unsure of when I first heard it. But, as I listened to it, it grew on me. Yet another catchy, up beat track. I like the production from Danja behind "Pretty Boy", with it's dramatic (and yet, squeaky) sound, but the vocals on this one don't strike me as much as they do on the other tracks. But, I only heard about a minute of it. It has potential and we'll see what the rest sounds like.
Though it's listenable, the one track I can't really see myself getting into is "Poetry". One of those slow tracks the group was so down on in the last episode of Making the Band, it just doesn't fit within my personal taste.
But, overall, I'm very much looking forward to "Welcome to the Dollhouse". What I heard in the sampler sounds very promising in the group's quest for a worthy follow up to their self titled debut. I'll have my thoughts on the Day 26 portion of the sampler later today.
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