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The Dutchess

The Dutchess is the debut studio album by American recording artist Fergie. It was released on September 13, 2006, by A&M Records and the will.i.am Music Group. Musically, The Dutchess is mainly a hip hop and R&B album that also has roots in reggae, dance and soul. The name is also a references to Sarah Ferguson, the real Duchess of York. They share a surname and nickname of Fergie. The title had media attention.[3]

The Dutchess
Studio album by
Fergie
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2006 (2006-09-13)
Recorded2005–2006[1][2]
Genre
Length58:00
Label
Producer
Singles from The Dutchess
  1. "London Bridge"
    Released: July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)
  2. "Fergalicious"
    Released: October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)
  3. "Glamorous"
    Released: January 23, 2007 (2007-01-23)
  4. "Big Girls Don't Cry"
    Released: May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22)
  5. "Clumsy"
    Released: September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)
  6. "Finally"
    Released: February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25)

Three of the album's songs ("London Bridge", "Glamorous", and "Big Girls Don't Cry") reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "Fergalicious" and "Clumsy" also reached the top five in the US.

Reviews

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic58/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com4/5 stars[5]
Allmusic2/5 stars[6]
Boston Phoenix3/5 stars[7]
Robert Christgau(choice cut)[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[9]
Los Angeles Times2/5 stars[10]
PopMatters2/10 discs[11]
Rolling Stone3.5/5 stars[12]
Slant Magazine2.5/5 stars[13]
Yahoo! Music(7/10)[14]

The Dutchess received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.

Track listings

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Fergalicious" (featuring will.i.am)
will.i.am 4:52
2. "Clumsy"  
will.i.am 4:00
3. "All That I Got (The Make Up Song)" (featuring will.i.am)
 4:05
4. "London Bridge"  
Polow da Don 4:01
5. "Pedestal"  
Board 3:22
6. "Voodoo Doll"  
  • Ferguson
  • Adams
will.i.am 4:23
7. "Glamorous" (featuring Ludacris)
Polow da Don 4:06
8. "Here I Come" (featuring will.i.am)
will.i.am 3:21
9. "Velvet"  
 4:53
10. "Big Girls Don't Cry"  
  • will.i.am
  • Fair[a]
 4:28
11. "Mary Jane Shoes" (featuring Rita Marley and the I-Threes)
will.i.am 3:55
12. "Losing My Ground"  
  • Boldt
  • Fair
 4:08
13. "Finally" (featuring John Legend) (includes hidden track "Maybe We Can Take a Ride")
  • Legend
  • Fair
  • Ridel[a]
 8:26
Total length:
 58:00
Notes

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[28] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[29] 17
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[30] 45
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[30] 63
Canadian Albums Chart[31] 4
Danish Albums Chart[32] 27
Dutch Albums Chart[33] 46
French Albums Chart[34] 44
German Albums Chart[28] 11
Irish Albums Chart[28] 9
Japanese Albums Chart[35] 3
New Zealand Albums Chart[28] 2
Norwegian Albums Chart[30] 17
Polish Albums Chart[28] 14
Portuguese Albums Chart[30] 25
Spanish Albums Chart[30] 93
Swedish Albums Chart[30] 35
Swiss Albums Chart[28] 11
UK Albums Chart[28] 18
US Billboard 200[28] 2
The Dutchess EP
Chart (2008) Peak
position 		Sales/shipments
US Billboard 200[28] 46 14,466

Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Position
Australia (ARIA)[36] 5
Chart (2008) Position
Australia (ARIA)[37] 64

Certifications

Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Argentina Gold[38]
Australia 4× Platinum[39]
Brazil Platinum[40]
Canada 3× Platinum[41]
Denmark Gold[42]
Germany Gold[43]
Japan Platinum[44]
Mexico Gold[45]
New Zealand Platinum[46]
Poland Platinum[47]
Russia 3× Platinum[48]
Switzerland Gold[49]
United Kingdom Platinum[50]
United States 3× Platinum[51]

Preceded by
Time on Earth by Crowded House 		Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
July 30, 2007 – August 20, 2007 		Succeeded by
Where We Land by Damien Leith

The Dutchess Media

  • will.i.am, fellow member of The Black Eyed Peas, is the album's executive producer and produced eight songs.

  • The album's title, The Dutchess, is a play on words from the Duchess of York. (pictured)

  • The album earned Fergie three number one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including two more songs in the top five.

References

  1. ↑ Black Eyed Peas Back In 'Business' (2005-06-11)Billboard.
  2. ↑ Jane Stevenson. CANOE - JAM! - Interview with hip-hop diva Stacy Ferguson (2005-06-05)Jam.canoe.ca.
  3. ↑ Beggy, Carol; Shanahan, Mark (16 November 2006). "Clarke takes a pass on 'Game Plan' shot – The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2006/11/16/clarke_takes_a_pass_on_game_plan_shot/. 
  4. ↑ Reviews for The Dutchess by Fergie – Metacritic. MetacriticCBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ Review: Fergie's The Dutchess. About.com. http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/fergiedutchess.htm. Retrieved 2015-11-19. 
  6. ↑ Review: Fergie's The Dutchess. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r854152. 
  7. ↑ Perry, Kathryn (October 10, 2006). "Fergie - CD Reviews". The Boston Phoenix (Phoenix Media/Communications Group). http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/24519-fergie-the-dutchess/. Retrieved September 17, 2014. 
  8. ↑ Robert Christgau: CG: FergieMSN Music.
  9. ↑ Review: Fergie's The Dutchess. Entertainment Weekly. 2006-09-18. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1535137,00.html. 
  10. ↑ Powers, Ann (September 16, 2006). "Fergie is down with dirty". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/17/entertainment/ca-rack17. 
  11. ↑ Joseph, Mike (October 3, 2006). "Fergie: The Dutchess | PopMatters". PopMatters (PopMatters Media, Inc.). http://www.popmatters.com/review/fergie-the-dutchess/. 
  12. ↑ Fergie The Dutchess Album Review | Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. September 20, 2006. https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11548637/review/11736788/the_dutchess. Retrieved August 31, 2017. 
  13. ↑ Review: The Dutchess'Slant Magazine.
  14. ↑ Gennoe, Dan (October 25, 2006). "Fergie The Dutchess Album Review on Yahoo! Music". Yahoo! Music (Yahoo! Inc.). http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060929/33/20pxc.html/. 
  15. ↑ iTunes - Music - The Dutchess by Fergie (2006-09-19)Itunes.apple.com.
  16. ↑ Pre-order 'The Dutchess' on iTunes and get exclusive content! (2014-03-24)Fergie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  17. ↑ The Dutchess (Clean Itunes Pre-Order) (2006-09-19)AllMusic.com.
  18. ↑ FERGIE: The Dutchess: Deluxe International VersionShazam.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  19. ↑ The Dutchess (Deluxe International... (2006) | Fergie | MP3 Downloads 7digital Norge (2006-09-18)No.7digital.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  20. ↑ iTunes - Music - The Dutchess by Fergie (2006-09-15)Itunes.apple.com.
  21. ↑ The Dutchess (Deluxe UK Version)AllMusic.com.
  22. ↑ プリンセス・ファーギー:THE-DUTCHESS+3-決定版: 音楽 (in ja)Amazon.co.jp.
  23. ↑ プリンセス・ファーギー:THE DUTCHESS~デラックス・エディション(DVD付) [CD+DVD, Limited Edition] (in ja)Amazon.co.jp.
  24. ↑ プリンセス・ファーギー:THE-DUTCHESS+3-決定版 (in ja)Amazon.co.jp.
  25. ↑ The Dutchess (Australia Deluxe Version) (2008-01-14)AllMusic.com.
  26. ↑ Amazon.com: The Dutchess - Deluxe: Fergie: Music. amazon.com.
  27. ↑ プリンセス・ファーギー:THE DUTCHESS~完結盤。(DVD付) [CD+DVD] (in ja)Amazon.co.jp.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.7 28.8 Fergie - The Dutchess - Music ChartsaCharts.us.
  29. ↑ Fergie - The Dutchess - austriancharts.atAustrian Charts. Hung Medien.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 Fergie - The Dutchess World Charts. Ultratop 50Hung Medien.
  31. ↑ Fergie : Charts & Awards : Billboard AlbumsAllMusic.
  32. ↑ Steffen Hung. Fergie - The Dutchessdanishcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  33. ↑ "Dutch Top 100 Albums"
  34. ↑ "France Top 200 Albums"
  35. ↑ ファーギーのプロフィール (in ja). OriconOricon Style.
  36. ↑ ARIA Top 100 Albums 2007Aria.com.au.
  37. ↑ Official ARIA Charts - Top 100 - 2008 | [VanessaAmorosi.net]. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  38. ↑ Intérprete Título - GalardonesArgentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  39. ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 AlbumsAustralian Recording Industry Association.
  40. ↑ Certificados Interna (in pt)Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  41. ↑ Gold & Platinum CertificationCanadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  42. ↑ Guld og platin 2009IFPI Denmark.
  43. ↑ Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('The Dutchess') (in German)Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  44. ↑ Work list of November 2006 and certified goldRIAJ.
  45. ↑ Fergie Gana Disco de Oro en MexicoConteos Del Mundo. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  46. ↑ Top 40 AlbumsRecording Industry Association of New Zealand (Note: The reader must select Chart #1576 - Monday 6 August 7 to show the certification). Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  47. ↑ Platinum certification awards (in pl)Polish Music Charts. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  48. ↑ Gold and Platinum International Albums in Russia – 2005 (in ru). National Federation of Phonogram Producers2M.
  49. ↑ Swiss Award - The Dutchess. Swiss Music ChartsHung Medien.
  50. ↑ Certified AwardsBritish Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  51. ↑ Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - The Dutchess. RIAA. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
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