Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

This article is about the Gwen Stefani album. For her backup dancers who use the same names, see Harajuku Girls.

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Love. Angel. Music. Baby. is the debut solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani, released on November 12, 2004 by Interscope Records. After making guest appearances on songs by other artists during her time with No Doubt, Stefani began recording solo material in early 2003. Originally planned as a small side project for Stefani, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. eventually grew into her first solo album, following No Doubt's hiatus. Stefani co-wrote every song on the album, while collaborating with numerous writers and producers, including Linda Perry, Dallas Austin, The Neptunes, André 3000, and Dr. Dre.

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. was designed as an updated version of a 1980s record, and was influenced by artists such as early Madonna, New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Debbie Deb, and Club Nouveau. The album has a diverse musical style that incorporates genres such as synthpop, dance-pop, dance-rock, new wave, hip hop, and R&B. Most of the songs on the album are thematically focused on fashion and wealth. The album introduced the Harajuku Girls, four backup dancers who dress in Stefani's interpretation of the youth fashion trends of Harajuku, a district in Tokyo, Japan.

The album was met with generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 309,000 copies, eventually peaking at number five. It earned multi-platinum certifications in several countries, and has sold seven million copies worldwide. The album spawned six singles, and garnered six Grammy Award nominations in 2005 and 2006, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. In support of the album, Stefani embarked on the Harajuku Lovers Tour in 2005, visiting 42 dates across North America.

Background and development

During Stefani's time with No Doubt, she began making solo appearances on albums by artists including Eve and Moby. In the production of its fifth studio album, Rock Steady (2001), No Doubt collaborated with Prince, The Neptunes, and David A. Stewart on different songs and had Mark "Spike" Stent mix the album. While the band was on tour to promote the album, Stefani listened to Club Nouveau's 1987 single "Why You Treat Me So Bad" and considered recording material that modernized 1980s music. She approached No Doubt bassist and former boyfriend Tony Kanal, who had introduced her to music by Prince, Lisa and Cult Jam, and Debbie Deb, and they talked about producing songs from Kanal's bedroom.

In early 2003, Stefani began recording solo material. She stated that she was considering recording singles to be used on soundtracks, later playing Jean Harlow in The Aviator; continuing her series of collaborations; or releasing an album under the pseudonym GS. Jimmy Iovine, chairman and co-founder of Interscope, convinced Stefani to produce a complete studio album. During her first sessions with Linda Perry, Stefani's combination of self-consciousness and writer's block resulted in an unfruitful attempt. On the second day, the two wrote a song about Stefani's writer's block and fear to make her solo album, which became "What You Waiting For?", the lead single.

When the two began working on a song that Stefani stated was too personal, she left to visit Kanal. He played her a track on which he had been working and which became "Crash", the album's final single. The two tried to write new material, but gave up after two weeks. They did not return to work until six months later, when Stefani began collaborating with other artists, commenting, "If I were to write the chorus of 'Yesterday' by the Beatles, and that's all I wrote, that would be good enough to be part of that history." Stefani resumed work with Linda Perry, who invited Dallas Austin, and many other artists, including Outkast's André 3000, The Neptunes, and Dr. Dre. Stefani announced the album's release in early 2004, marketing it as a "dance record" and a "guilty pleasure".

Composition

Music and lyrics

Many of the songs are about fashion and wealth

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. takes influence from a variety of 1980s genres to the extent that one reviewer commented, "The only significant '80s radio style skipped is the ska punk revival that No Doubt rode to success". Several songs employ synthesizer sounds characteristic of music from the 1980s. The album combines music genres such as synthpop, dance-pop, dance-rock, soul hip hop, R&B, and disco. New wave, present in some of No Doubt's later work, continues to be incorporated into Love. Angel. Music. Baby., drawing comparisons to The Go-Go's and Cyndi Lauper. Stefani cited Club Nouveau, Depeche Mode, Lisa Lisa, Prince, New Order, The Cure, and early Madonna as major influences for the album.

Like pop albums of the 1980s, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. focuses primarily on money, with songs such as "Rich Girl" and "Luxurious" that feature descriptions of riches and wealth. The album contains several references to Stefani's clothing line, L.A.M.B., and alludes to contemporary fashion designers such as John Galliano, Rei Kawakubo, and Vivienne Westwood. Stefani also released a series of dolls named the "Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Fashion Dolls", designed after the costumes from her tour. Although Stefani intended for the album to be a light dance record, she stated that "no matter what you do, things just come out." The album's opening track "What You Waiting For?" discusses her desire to be a mother and in 2006, she and her husband, Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, had a son named Kingston Rossdale. The fourth track "Cool" discusses Stefani's friendship with Kanal after he ended a romantic relationship with her in 1995.

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. introduced the Harajuku Girls, an entourage of four Japanese women whom Stefani referred to as a figment of her imagination. The Harajuku Girls are discussed in several of the songs, including one named after and entirely dedicated to them. They appear in most of the music videos produced for the album and those for Stefani's second album The Sweet Escape (2006). Love. Angel. Music. Baby. includes various styles of music. Many songs are influenced by electro beats designed for club play. Producers Austin and Kanal incorporated R&B into the song "Luxurious" which contains a sample of The Isley Brothers' 1983 single "Between the Sheets". Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis incorporate new jack swing, a fusion genre of R&B that the pair had developed and popularized during the mid-1980s.

Songs

The first track from the album "What You Waiting For?" combines genres of synthpop, new wave, dance-rock, and funk, Lyrically the song discusses Stefani's fears of beginning a solo career. The next track "Rich Girl" is a collaboration between rapper Eve that explores dancehall and ragga music. The song drew comparisons to the No Doubt album Rock Steady. The Neptunes produced track "Hollaback Girl" combines old school hip hop with dance music, It was rumored to be written as a response to a derogatory comment that grunge musician Courtney Love made, referring to Stefani as a cheerleader. The fourth track "Cool" is a midtempo love song featuring a synthpop and new wave production. The song was compared to Cyndi Lauper and Madonna songs from the 1980s.

The fifth track "Bubble Pop Electric" is an electro song featuring André 3000's alias Johnny Vulture. It tells of the two having sex at a drive-in movie which drew comparisons to the 1978 film Grease. "Luxurious" is an 90s inspired slow jam R&B song that lyrically talks about the desire to be rich in love, simultaneously comparing her lover with luxuries. The seventh track "Harajuku Girls" is a synthpop song that was described as a tribute to Tokyo's street culture. "Crash" is an electroclash song that uses automobile metaphors to describe a relationship, The ninth track from the album "The Real Thing" was described as a vintage europop song while the following track "Serious" was described as a synthpop song influenced by Madonna's work during the early 1980s. "Danger Zone" is an electro-rock song that was widely interpreted to be written about Gwens husband having illegitimate child however, it had been written before the discovery. The closing track "Long Way to Go" discusses interracial dating and is an outtake from André 3000's The Love Below (2003).

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	C+
The Guardian
NME	8/10
Pitchfork Media	5.1/10
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Stylus Magazine	C
USA Today
Yahoo! Music

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. received generally positive reviews from contemporary pop music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 22 reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the album "intermittently exciting and embarrassing", concluding that it is "stranger and often more entertaining than nearly any other mainstream pop album of 2004." Jennifer Nine of Yahoo! Music praised the album as "the hottest, coolest, best-dressed pop album of the year" and found it to be "sleek, shimmery, and dripping with all-killer-no-filler musical bling". Stylus Magazine's Charles Merwin opined that Stefani was a contender to fill Madonna's role, "[b]ut not enough to get seriously excited about her as the next great solo female careerist." Lisa Haines of BBC Music was more emphatic, stating that Stefani rivaled Madonna and Kelis, while dubbing the album a "stunning and stylish effort that showcases Gwen's credentials as a bonafide pop goddess."

Despite stating that Stefani "shamelessly plunders" 1980s music, Krissi Murison of the NME referred to the album as "one of the most frivolously brilliant slabs of shiny retro-pop anyone's had the chuzpah to release all year." John Murphy of musicOMH found the album "enjoyable, if patchy", but commented that it was too long. Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield described the album as "an irresistible party: trashy, hedonistic and deeply weird." The magazine later placed the album at number 39 on its list of the top 50 albums of 2004. Robert Christgau gave the album a three-star honorable mention () and wrote, "Turns out the problem wasn't ska per se—it was No Doubt." Edna Gundersen of USA Today called the album "[f]un, fizzy, frivolous", while noting that Stefani's "caffeinated electro-pop amounts to little more than sly channeling of Lisa Lisa at a disco revival." Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times viewed it as a "clever and sometimes enticing solo debut that doesn't quite add up."

The album was generally criticized for its large number of collaborations and producers. The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan argued that although "others lend a hand [...] it's very much Stefani's show"; however, most others disagreed. Jason Damas of PopMatters compared the album to a second No Doubt greatest hits album, and Pitchfork Media's Nick Sylvester felt that the large number of collaborators result in sacrificing Stefani's identity on the album. Anthony Carew of Neumu expressed that the album's fragmentation kept it from being "a bright-and-shiny pop-music tour-de-force". Most reviewers held that the collaborations prevented the album from having a solidified sound. Eric Greenwood wrote for Drawer B that "Stefani tries to be all things to all people here", but that the result "comes off as manipulative and contrived." Entertainment Weekly's David Browne shared this opinion, stating that the album "is like one of those au courant retail magazines that resembles a catalog more than an old-fashioned collection of, say, articles."

Many reviewers focused on the album's light lyrical themes. Entertainment Weekly called the references to Stefani's clothing line "shameless" and stated that "each song becomes akin to a pricey retro fashion blurb", and Pitchfork Media quipped that "the Joker's free-money parade through Gotham City was a much more entertaining display of wealth, and he had Prince, not just Wendy & Lisa." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine commented that the album's "fashion fetish [...] gives the album a sense of thematic cohesiveness" but that the "obsession with Harajuku girls borders on maniacal". The Guardian disagreed with this perspective, arguing that "her affinity with Japanese pop culture [...] yields a synthetic sheen [...] that works well with the other point of reference, hip-hop."

Commercial performance

Stefani performing on the Harajuku Lovers Tour in 2005

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling 309,000 copies in its first week. On the issue dated June 18, 2005, the album climbed to a new peak position of number five with 83,000 copies sold. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album triple platinum that December, and had sold four million copies by May 2009. At the Billboard Music Awards, Stefani won the Digital Song of the Year award for "Hollaback Girl" and the New Artist of the Year Award, and she performed "Luxurious" with Slim Thug at the event. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, Stefani received a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "What You Waiting For?" and performed "Rich Girl" with Eve. At the next year's awards, Stefani received five nominations for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

The album had similar success in Europe. After entering the UK Albums Chart at number 14 with sales of 45,484 copies, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. peaked at number four in its 25th week on the chart, on May 15, 2005, selling 21,271 copies. The album was certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on September 16, 2005, and had sold 1,013,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of February 2007. The album was listed as the twentieth best-selling album of 2005 in the UK. It also reached the top 10 in Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden, and the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) certified the album platinum in May 2005, denoting sales in excess of one million copies across Europe.

In Australia, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. topped the ARIA Albums Chart for two consecutive weeks in February 2005 and spent 56 weeks on the chart. It ended 2005 as the fourth best-selling album, and was certified quadruple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 280,000 copies. The album peaked at number three for two non-consecutive weeks on the Canadian Albums Chart, and was certified five-times platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in April 2006 for sales of over half a million copies. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. had sold seven million copies worldwide as of November 2006, and became the 12th best-selling album globally of 2005.

Singles

Stefani performing on the Harajuku Lovers Tour in 2005

"What You Waiting For?" was released as the lead single from Love. Angel. Music. Baby. on September 28, 2004. The single was commercially successful, topping the chart in Australia and reaching the top ten in several countries including the UK, France, Netherlands, New Zeeland and Sweden . It was certified gold in the United States and was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 47th Grammy Awards. "Rich Girl" featuring Eve was released as the albums second single on December 14, 2014 and became Stefanis first top ten hit as a solo artist in the US when it peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. Elsewhere the song performed equally as successfully as the lead single. "Rich Girl" was certified gold in the US and it received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 47th Grammy Awards. "Hollaback Girl" was released as the third single on March 15, 2005. It became the album's best-selling and most popular single while also becoming the first single to sell one million copies in the US through digital download. The song peaked at number one in the US within six weeks of its release, making it the fastest-rising single to reach the top in 2005. "Hollaback Girl" received Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year nominations at the 48th Grammy Awards. "Cool" was released as the fourth single from the album on July 5, 2005. The song was moderately successful on the charts, reaching the top ten in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the top twenty in Denmark, Ireland, Norway, the UK and the US. "Luxurious" was released as the fifth single in October 2005. The single version features rapper Slim Thug The song was less successful than the previous singles from the album, in the US it peaked at number 21. "Crash" was not originally planned as a single but due Stefani pregnancy, her second solo album was delayed and the song was released as the sixth and final single from the album on January 24, 2006.

Impact

The success of the album's urban contemporary-oriented songs in the adult contemporary market allowed for the success of other artists while Stefani was pregnant and later recording The Sweet Escape. Nelly Furtado's third album Loose was released in June 2006 and was primarily produced by and written with hip hop producers Timbaland and Danja. Furtado's reinvention from a worldbeat singer-songwriter was to Stefani's previous forays into urban contemporary music. In his review of Loose, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone stated that Timbaland aimed to "produce an omnipop multiformat blockbuster in the style of [Love. Angel. Music. Baby.]—but without Gwen." The Black Eyed Peas member Fergie released her solo debut album The Dutchess in September 2006. The cholas that accompanied Fergie in some of her music videos were viewed as derivatives of the Harajuku Girls and Stefani's "Luxurious" music video. The album's lead single "London Bridge" was paralleled to "Hollaback Girl" and the third single "Glamorous" to "Luxurious". Fergie refuted accusations of piggybacking on Stefani's music, stating that "this is all so ridiculous [...] The Peas and I make music we love, and for others to speculate is their problem."

Harajuku Lovers Tour

Main article: Harajuku Lovers Tour

Stefani embarked on the Harajuku Lovers Tour on October 16, 2005 to promote Love. Angel. Music. Baby. The tour consisted of only one leg, running for 42 dates across North America, ending on December 21, 2005. The hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, rapper M.I.A., and singer Ciara accompanied Stefani as opening acts for her tour. The tour was met with varying responses from contemporary critics, who despite praising Stefani's vocals, were critical of other aspects of the show such as its musical material. According to Billboard, the tour grossed $22 million from 37 shows, 20 of which sold out. A video album of the concert titled Harajuku Lovers Live was released on DVD on December 4, 2006.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What You Waiting For?"	Gwen Stefani Linda Perry	Nellee Hooper	3:41
2.	"Rich Girl" (featuring Eve)	Mark Batson Jerry Bock Kara DioGuardi Mike Elizondo Eve Sheldon Harnick Chantal Kreviazuk Stefani Andre Young	Dr. Dre	3:56
3.	"Hollaback Girl"	Stefani Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo	The Neptunes	3:19
4.	"Cool"	Stefani Dallas Austin	Austin Hooper[a]	3:09
5.	"Bubble Pop Electric" (featuring Johnny Vulture)	André Benjamin Stefani Seven	Vulture	3:42
6.	"Luxurious"	Stefani Tony Kanal Ronald Isley O'Kelly Isley Rudolph Isley Ernie Isley Marvin Isley Chris Jasper	Hooper Kanal	4:24
7.	"Harajuku Girls"	Stefani James Harris III Terry Lewis James Quenton Wright Bobby Ross Avila Issiah J. Avila	Jimmy Jam Lewis Mark "Spike" Stent[a]	4:51
8.	"Crash"	Stefani Kanal	Kanal	4:06
9.	"The Real Thing"	Stefani Perry GMR	Hooper Stent[a]	4:12
10.	"Serious"	Stefani Kanal	Kanal Stent[a]	4:48
11.	"Danger Zone"	Stefani Austin Perry	Hooper Austin	3:37
12.	"Long Way to Go" (with André 3000)	Benjamin Stefani	André 3000	4:34

International bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"The Real Thing" (Wendy and Lisa Slow Jam Mix)	3:35
14.	"What You Waiting For?" (Elevator Mix) (UK and Japan only)	4:06
15.	"What You Waiting For?" (video – director's cut) (Japan only)

Deluxe edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"What You Waiting For?" (Jacques Lu Cont's TWD Mix)	8:04
2.	"What You Waiting For?" (Jacques Lu Cont's TWD Dub)	8:21
3.	"What You Waiting For?" (Live from LAUNCH.com)	3:43
4.	"Harajuku Girls" (Live from LAUNCH.com)	4:37
5.	"Hollaback Girl" (Hollatronix Remix by Diplo)	2:45
6.	"Cool" (Photek Remix)	5:49
7.	"Hollaback Girl" (Dance Hollaback Remix by Tony Kanal)	6:52

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

• Gwen Stefani – vocals, creative direction
• Rusty Anderson – additional guitar (track 1)
• André 3000 – keyboards, mixing, production, vocals (tracks 5, 12); guitar, programming (track 5)
• Bobby Ross Avila – guitar, keyboards (track 7)
• Dallas Austin – drums, keyboards, production (tracks 4, 11)
• Mark Batson – keyboard bass, keyboards (track 2)
• Warren Bletcher – assistant engineering (tracks 5, 12)
• Chipz – programming (track 6)
• Jolie Clemens – art direction, layout
• Andrew Coleman – recording (track 3)
• Lisa Coleman – keyboards (track 9)
• Greg Collins – recording (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11); mixing (tracks 5, 12); electric and slide guitar (track 9)
• Sheldon Conrich – keyboards (track 6)
• Cindy Cooper – packaging coordination
• John Copeland – logo, border and type illustrations
• Ian Cross – recording (track 7)
• Cutmaster Swiff – cuts
• Dr. Dre – mixing, production (track 2)
• Mike Elizondo – guitar, keyboards (track 2)
• Eve – rap (track 2)
• Nick Ferrero – assistant engineering (tracks 5, 12)
• Jason Finkel – assistant engineering (track 3)
• Francis Forde – assistant engineering (track 2)
• Nicole Frantz – art coordination, photography
• John Frye – recording (tracks 5, 12)
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• GMR – French spoken word (track 6)
• Simon Gogerly – recording (tracks 6, 9, 11); programming (track 6)
• Lee Groves – mix programming (tracks 6, 8–10); keyboards (tracks 8–10)
• Cesar Guevara – assistant engineering (tracks 4, 11)
• Rob Haggett – assistant engineering (tracks 1, 4, 6–11)
• Doug Harms – assistant engineering (tracks 4, 11)
• Peter Hook – bass (track 9)
• Nellee Hooper – production (tracks 1, 6, 9, 11); additional production (track 4)
• Ray Ibe – website direction
• Jimmy Iovine – A&R
• Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri – recording (track 2)
• IZ – drums, percussion (track 7)
• Jimmy Jam – bass, production (track 7)

• Tony Kanal – keyboards, production, programming, synthesizers (tracks 6, 8, 10)
• Rouble Kapoor – assistant engineering (track 2)
• Kevin Kendricks – keyboards, piano (track 12)
• Nick Knight – photography
• Jason Lader – programming (tracks 4, 6, 9, 11); additional engineering (track 6)
• Terry Lewis – production (track 7)
• Sam Littlemore – programming (track 1)
• Aidan Love – programming (tracks 6, 9, 11)
• Matt Marrin – recording (track 7)
• Naomi Martin – backing vocals (track 7)
• Wendy Melvoin – guitar (track 9)
• Aaron Mills – bass (track 12)
• Kevin Mills – assistant engineering (tracks 1, 4–6, 9, 11, 12)
• Colin "Dog" Mitchell – recording (tracks 6, 8, 10)
• The Neptunes – production (track 3)
• Pete Novak – recording (tracks 5, 12)
• Tomoe Ohnishi – illustration coordination
• Mimi (Audia) Parker – backing vocals (track 1)
• Ewan Pearson – programming (tracks 9, 11)
• Linda Perry – guitar, guitar recording, keyboard recording, keyboards (track 1)
• Glenn Pittman – assistant engineering (tracks 5, 12)
• Tony Reyes – bass, Line 6 guitar (tracks 4, 11)
• Ian Rossiter – recording (track 1); assistant engineering (tracks 6, 9, 11)
• Seven – additional vocals (track 5)
• Paul Sheehy – assistant engineering (track 4)
• Rick Sheppard – MIDI, recording, sound design (tracks 4, 11)
• Shinjuko – illustrations
• Jaime Sickora – assistant engineering (tracks 2, 5, 12)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 1, 4, 6–11); additional production (tracks 7, 9, 10)
• Bernard Sumner – backing vocals (track 9)
• Sean Tallman – assistant engineering (tracks 5, 12)
• Phil Tan – mixing (track 3)
• David Treahearn – assistant engineering (tracks 1, 4, 6–11)
• John Warren – assistant engineering (track 5)
• Mark Williams – A&R
• Brad Winslow – assistant engineering (track 2)
• James "Big Jim" Wright – keyboards (track 7)
• Zoey – backing vocals (track 7)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004–05)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	1
Austrian Albums Chart	12
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	20
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	33
Canadian Albums Chart	3
Czech Albums Chart	15
Danish Albums Chart	10
Dutch Albums Chart	14
European Top 100 Albums	5
Finnish Albums Chart	3
French Albums Chart	19
German Albums Chart	11
Greek Foreign Albums Chart	3
Irish Albums Chart	5
Italian Albums Chart	24
Japanese Albums Chart	36
Mexican Albums Chart	9
New Zealand Albums Chart	5
Norwegian Albums Chart	6
Scottish Albums Chart	5
Spanish Albums Chart	35
Swedish Albums Chart	8
Swiss Albums Chart	17
UK Albums Chart	4
US Billboard 200	5

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
Australian Albums Chart	89
UK Albums Chart	79
Worldwide	36

Chart (2005)	Position
Australian Albums Chart	4
Austrian Albums Chart	44
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	41
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	71
Danish Albums Chart	53
Dutch Albums Chart	46
Finnish Albums Chart	54
French Albums Chart	56
German Albums Chart	31
Mexican Albums Chart	48
New Zealand Albums Chart	14
Swedish Albums Chart	34
Swiss Albums Chart	33
UK Albums Chart	20
US Billboard 200	6
Worldwide	12

Chart (2006)	Position
US Billboard 200	98

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–09)	Position
Australian Albums Chart	49
US Billboard 200	72

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)	Gold	20,000^
Australia (ARIA)	5× Platinum	350,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)	Gold	15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)	5× Platinum	500,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)	Gold	20,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)	Gold	21,944
France (SNEP)	Gold	179,200
Germany (BVMI)	Gold	100,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)	Gold	10,000^
Ireland (IRMA)	3× Platinum	45,000^
Italy (FIMI)	Platinum	100,000*
Japan (RIAJ)	Gold	100,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)	Gold	50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2× Platinum	30,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)	Platinum	40,000*
Russia (NFPF)	Platinum	20,000*
Sweden (GLF)	Gold	30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)	3× Platinum	1,013,000
United States (RIAA)	3× Platinum	4,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Edition	Label	Ref.
Italy	November 12, 2004	Standard	Universal
Netherlands	November 19, 2004
Japan	November 21, 2004
Australia	November 22, 2004
France
Germany
United Kingdom			Polydor
Canada	November 23, 2004		Universal
United States			Interscope
Sweden	November 24, 2004		Universal
Germany	October 14, 2005	Deluxe
Netherlands	October 21, 2005
France	December 12, 2005
Japan	January 18, 2006