2. Januar 2009
Pussycat Doll Album Doll Domination als Doppel-DC Deluxe Edition

Die Pussycat Dolls haben mit ihrem neuen und zweiten Album “Doll Domination” schon zahlreiche Erfolge erzielt. Unter anderem wurden bisher sie Singles “When I Grow Up”, “Whatcha Think About That” mit Missy Elliot und “I Hate This Part”. An diesem Album haben sogar Darkchild, will.i.am und Ne-Yo mitgearbeitet.

Das Pussycat Doll Album “Doll Domination” gibt es nun auch als Doppel-DC in einer Deluxe Edition.

Die Titel der beiden CD’s sind:

CD: 1
1. When I Grow Up
2. Bottle Pop
3. Whatcha Think About That
4. I Hate This Part
5. Takin’ Over The World
6. Out Of This Club
7. Who’s Gonna Love You
8. Happily Never After
9. Magic
10. Halo
11. In Person
12. Elevator
13. Hush Hush
14. Love The Way You Love Me
15. Whatchamacallit
16. I’m Done

CD: 2
1. If I Was A Man
2. Space
3. Don’t Wanna Fall In Love
4. Played
5. Until U Love U
6. Baby Love
7. Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

Doll Domination is the second studio album from the Pussycat Dolls. The album was released on September 23, 2008. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, with 79,000 copies sold in its first week.

Background and production

The idea for the title of the album came from fans in London, who started saying doll domination when the first album came out.

The tracks on the album have been produced and/or written by R. Kelly, Timbaland, The Clutch, Cee-Lo Green, Lucas Secon,Wayne Hector, Cutfather, Lady GaGa, Jonas Jeberg, Sean Garrett, Darkchild, Kara DioGuardi, Fernando Garibay, Ryan Tedder, and Chase N. Cashe of Zone 4 Inc.

Each of the Dolls have a solo song on a separate bonus part of the album. The Deluxe Edition of the album is also set for a release, with a slightly different cover and five solo songs from each of the dolls, as Jessica confirmed during an interview with NewNowNext. As with PCD, Scherzinger is the only group member to have any songwriting credits on the album.

As with the group’s debut album, Scherzinger singls all lead and background vocals, most tracks from the album feature only her. Thornton is the only other member to contribute additional vocals to the album, in verses, background, and occasional ad-libs.

Promotion

On May 20, 2008, the Pussycat Dolls performed their new single “When I Grow Up” for the first time live on Jimmy Kimmel Live, again at the MTV Movie Awards on June 1, and a third time on So You Think You Can Dance on June 12. The song was released on May 27, 2008.

Other promotions include hosting the 2008 Maxim Hot 100 on VH1. They hit the position number seventeen.

Lead singer Nicole Scherzinger made an appearance in Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious singing “Just Say Yes”. It was planned for her solo album, then rumored to be included on Doll Domination, however it did not make it, now leaving speculation it may appear on Scherzinger’s future solo releases. Scherzinger also stated that the group worked with Dr. Dre and Scott Storch, but the tracks have not made the final selection.

They also performed five songs at a Wal-Mart Soundcheck showcase: “I Hate This Part”, “Take Over the World” and “When I Grow Up” from Doll Domination, and “Buttons” and “Don’t Cha” from PCD.

On October 14th 2008 the group performed at the Sydney Opera House as part of a series of concerts promoting Xbox 360 and its new game Lips. On the 15th of October 2008, the Dolls appeared on Australian TV show Sunrise and performed “When I Grow Up” and their latest single “I Hate This Part”.

World Domimation Tour

The group will be kicking off a tour on January 18, 2009 to promote the album. The tour will have venues only in Europe and Oceania and will be touring North America as the opening act for The Circus Starring: Britney Spears. The tour’s opening act will be Ne-Yo on selected venues in Europe and Lady GaGa on selected venues in Oceania and Europe.

Chart performance

Commercial reception

The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, with 79,000 copies sold in its first week, one notch higher than their first album PCD, which debuted and peaked at number five, and sold 99,000 copies in its first-week sales. In its second week, the album dropped to number 17, and in its third week, it sat at number 30. It spent an astonishingly short 7 weeks in the top 100, compared with their debut which spent almost a year there, but in the week of January 10 2009, it re-entered the top 100 at number 100. The week after, it raised-up at 62.

In the United Kingdom the album has sold 70,000 copies, being certified as Silver.

Two first singles failed charts in Russia however song Hush Hush became a huge hit, topped ?6 on Russian Airplay Chart that helped album get Platinum certification just in three weeks.

Singles

* “When I Grow Up” is the first single from the album was released on 27 May, 2008 to iTunes. It was a hit, peaking at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart,[12] number two in Australia’s Singles Chart, and number three in the UK Singles Chart and number three in the Canadian Hot 100. The video for this single won the Dolls a Video Music Award for Best Dancing in a Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.

* The second single, “Whatcha Think About That”, featuring Missy Elliott was released to iTunes on September 9, 2008, the song was also sent to U.S. radio in September, 2008, while the video premiered in October, 2008. This single proved to be unsuccessful in the U.S., failing to chart and leading to the worldwide release being scrapped.

* The third single (second outside of the U.S.) is “I Hate This Part”. The song was released in New Zealand and Australia on October 7, 2008, and in the U.S. on October 21, 2008. It has reached the top ten in Australia,Turkey,New Zealand, Austria, and Ireland.It reached the top twenty in Canada, Denmark, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Norway, and the United Kingdom.It has so far peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

* The fourth single (third outside of the U.S.) is “Bottle Pop” featuring Snoop Dogg. The song will be released in January 2009. It was confirmed by Pussycat Dolls member Melody Thornton.