Thalía (English-language album)

Thalía is the eighth studio album and third eponymous album by Mexican recording artist Thalía, released on July 8, 2003 by Virgin Records and EMI Latin. It is her first English-language album, and shares a title with Thalía's 1990 and 2002 Spanish-language albums.[4]

This article is about Thalía's third eponymous album, released in 2003. For her eponymous debut album, released in 1990, see Thalía (1990 album). For her second eponymous album, released in 2002, see Thalía (2002 album).

Thalía
Studio album by Thalía
Released	July 8, 2003
Recorded	2002-2003
Genre	Latin pop R&B dance
Length	56:59
Language	English, Spanish
Label	Virgin, EMI Latin
Producer	Davy Deluge, Estéfano, Martin Harrington, Steve Morales, Cory Rooney, Ric Wake
Thalía chronology
Hits Remixed (2003) Thalía (2003) Greatest Hits (2004)
Singles from Thalia (English album)
"I Want You/Me Pones Sexy" Released: July 6, 2003 "Baby, I'm in Love/Alguien Real" Released: November 2, 2003 "Don't Look Back/Toda La Felicidad" Released: 2004 "Closer to You/Cerca de Ti" Released: Fall 2003 "Dance Dance (The Mexican)" Released: 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C [2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Commercial performance

The Japanese release, retitled "I Want You", was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[5] The album entered the charts in South Korea with over 3,000 copies sold in August 2003.[6] In Mexico the album was certified Gold in November 17, 2003.[7] Initially 400,000 of the album were shipped,[8] but it had modest success in the United States, selling 50,000 in the first week of release[9] and 196,000 copies till 2005, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[10] However, after its debut on Billboard 200 at number 11, represented the highest rank by any Latin act in 2003 and the highest since Border Girl by Paulina Rubio on July 6, 2002 which also debuted at 11 and sold 56,000 copies.[9] According to EMI Brasil the album had sold 750,000 copies after three months of release.[11]

Singles

Four singles were released from the album:

• "I Want You": In the United States, it was the album's most popular song, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven in the Mainstream chart. It is her only song to date that has charted within the Billboard Hot 100. In Greece, the song peaked number twenty-five in Top 50 singles sales.[12] The Spanish version of the song, "Me Pones Sexy" was released for the Spanish-languaged audience and also perform quite well on the Latin Charts, peaking within the top ten of the Hot Latin Tracks at number nine.[13]
• "Baby, I'm in Love" was the second single, but performed poorly peaking only #46 in Greece.[14] In Romania the song peaked at #77.[15] The remixed version "The Boris & Beck, Norty Cotto Mixes" peaked at #12 in the Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart and #51 Billboard Hot Singles Sales. "Alguien Real", the Spanish version of the song, did not appear on any of the Latin Charts. The music video (of both English and Spanish version) was directed by Antti Jokinen, and it was shot at CBGB's on the Bowery on July 23, being published on September 20, 2003. In it, Thalía has fun with her friends, going out at night and playing the song in a club, representing the spirit of punk.
• "Don't Look Back": It was released as a remixed single and the "N. Cotto & J. Nevins Mixes" version, did well on Billboard Dance Charts, peaking at #9.[16]
• "Cerca de Ti": The fourth single of the album, peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks. "Closer to You", the English version of the song, was eventually cancelled, however it peaked at #4 on Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Want You" (featuring Fat Joe)	Thalia Sodi/Brenda Russell/Corey Rooney/Davy Deluge/Gregory Bruno/Joseph Cartagena	3:46
2.	"Baby, I'm in Love"	Guy Roche/Kara DioGuardi	3:54
3.	"Misbehavin'"	Cathy Dennis/David Siegel/Steve Morales	3:38
4.	"Don't Look Back"	Ash Howes/Martin Harrington/Rob Davies	3:15
5.	"Another Girl"	C. Dennis/D. Siegel/S. Morales	3:46
6.	"What's It Gonna Be Boy?"	C. Rooney/S. Morales	3:40
7.	"Closer to You"	Thalia Sodi/D. Siegel/Di Marco/Gerina/S. Morales	3:56
8.	"Save The Day"	Thalia Sodi/D. Siegel/K. DioGuardi/Lincoln Browder/S. Morales	3:45
9.	"You and Me"	K. DioGuardi	3:43
10.	"Dance Dance (The Mexican)" (Hex Hector Club Mix) (Extended Version)	Thalia Sodi/A. Shacklock/C. Rooney/Olivier J. C./S. Barnes	8:46
11.	"Me Pones Sexy" ("I Want You") (featuring Fat Joe)	Thalia Sodi/B. Russell/ C. Rooney/D. Deluge/G. Bruno/J. Cartagena	3:46
12.	"Alguien Real" ("Baby, I'm in Love")	G. Roche/K. DioGuardi	3:56
13.	"Cerca de Ti" ("Closer to You")	Thalia Sodi/D. Siegel/Di Marco/Gerina/S. Morales	3:57
14.	"Toda la Felicidad" ("Don't Look Back")	A. Howes/M. Harrington/R. Davies	3:17

Thalía... Selection (Promotional, not for sale)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Want You" (featuring Fat Joe)	Thalia Sodi/Brenda Russell/Corey Rooney/Davy Deluge/Gregory Bruno/Joseph Cartagena	3:42
2.	"Baby, I'm in Love" (Snippet)	Guy Roche/Kara DioGuardi	0:28
3.	"Misbehavin'" (Snippet)	Cathy Dennis/David Siegel/Steve Morales	0:22
4.	"Closer to You" (Snippet)	Thalia Sodi/D. Siegel/Di Marco/Gerina/S. Morales	0:23
5.	"Another Girl" (Snippet)	C. Dennis/D. Siegel/S. Morales	0:24

Japanese limited edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Baby, I'm In Love" (GW-1 Bario Mix)	Guy Roche/Kara DioGuardi	7:39
16.	"Baby, I'm In Love" (Boris & Beck Club Mix)	Guy Roche/Kara DioGuardi	3:39

Japanese limited edition DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Want You" (Music video)	3:43
2.	"Baby, I'm In Love" (Music video)	3:54
3.	"Exclusive Interview" (English)	10:00

I Want You Japanese edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"I Want You" (Pablo Flores Club Mix)	Thalia Sodi/Brenda Russell/Corey Rooney/Davy Deluge/Gregory Bruno/Joseph Cartagena	7:39
16.	"I Want You" (Pablo Flores Import House Mix)	Thalia Sodi/Brenda Russell/Corey Rooney/Davy Deluge/Gregory Bruno/Joseph Cartagena	3:39

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Czech Albums (IFPI Czech)[17]	27
Greece International Albums (IFPI Greece)[18]	3
Japan Albums (Oricon)[19]	10
South Korea International Albums (MIAK)[20]	17
US Billboard 200[16]	11

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[21]	Gold	100,000^^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[22]	Gold	75,000^^
South Korea (RIAK)	—	3,039[23]
United States	—	196,000[10]
Summaries
Worldwide	—	750,000[24]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date
United States	July 8, 2003
Mexico	July 8, 2003
South Korea	August 25, 2003
Brazil	February 2, 2004
Japan (New Editions)	April 27, 2004

References

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