Taylor Hicks (album)

Taylor Hicks
A grey-haired man wearing a dark suit, sitting on some steps. The artist's name is colored white and written in cursive.
Studio album by
Taylor Hicks
ReleasedDecember 12, 2006
RecordedOctober–November 2006
StudioEMBLEM/Castle Oaks (Calabasas, California)
GenrePop, blues rock
Length41:14
LabelArista
ProducerMatt Serletic
Taylor Hicks chronology
Under the Radar
(2005) 		Taylor Hicks
(2006) 		Early Works
(2008)
Singles from Taylor Hicks
  1. "Just to Feel That Way"
    Released: February 5, 2007
  2. "Heaven Knows"
    Released: May 28, 2007

Taylor Hicks is the eponymous major label debut album by the American Idol fifth-season winner of the same name. The album was released on December 12, 2006 in the United States by Arista Records in association with 19 Recordings Limited, nearly seven months after Hicks won the reality-talent competition in May. Hicks coined the phrase "modern whomp" to describe the album's sound—an amalgam of soul, blues, funk, and Cajun influences with a contemporary twist.[1] The first single from the album was the ballad "Just to Feel That Way".

The album debuted at the number two spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 298,000 copies in its first week.[2] Within one month of its release, Taylor Hicks was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping over one million copies. However, over a year later it had reached sales of only about 700,000 copies, making it the second lowest selling debut album by an American Idol winner, after Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze's debuts.[3] The album has sold 704,000 copies as of December 2010.[4]

  1. ^ Newsome, Melba (December 6, 2006). "Overnight Star? Well, It's Been a Long Night". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 23, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2006.
  2. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (December 27, 2006). "Taylor Hicks Unveils 2007 Tour Plans". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
  3. ^ Barnes, Ken (January 16, 2008). "Daughtry chief chart beneficiary as overall sales slide". USA Today. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  4. ^ Mansfield, Brian (December 8, 2010). "Idols maintain chart presence with guest appearances, compilations". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 20, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2010.