Sparks Fly (album)
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| Studio album by Miranda Cosgrove | ||||
| Released | April 27, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2010 | |||
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| Length | 25:18 | |||
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| Billboard | 60/100 |
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Sparks Fly is the debut studio album by American actress and pop singer Miranda Cosgrove. The plans for the album were first announced in July 2008, and the album was released by Columbia Records on April 27, 2010 as a standard edition and a deluxe edition and Epic Records in India and Italy. The album has been preceded by its lead single, "Kissin U" which was co-written by Cosgrove, Claude Kelly and Dr. Luke, who produced it with HitmanKTI, and was released on March 22, 2010. The album sold 36,000 copies in its first week, making its peak No. 8 on the Billboard 200.
The album was met with a generally mixed reception from fans and critics alike. Many fans and critics have stated they find similarities between Cosgrove and fellow singers Avril Lavigne and Miley Cyrus. Aside from its critical performance, Sparks Fly also has performed well commercially, charting in other countries such as Austria and Germany, among others. The album was promoted mainly through live performances, which included a mini-concert on The Today Show. Cosgrove also promoted the album during her "Dancing Crazy Tour", which began January 24, 2011 and ended August 10, 2011.
Cosgrove's musical career first began with her recording the theme song of the Nickelodeon television series iCarly called "Leave It All to Me", on which Cosgrove starred as the title character on the show. The song features her former Drake & Josh cast mate Drake Bell, and was written by Michael Corcoran, one of Bell's band members. Following the success of iCarly, Columbia Records released a soundtrack album of the show on June 10, 2008. The soundtrack album included four songs recorded by Cosgrove that were "Leave It All to Me", "Stay My Baby", "About You Now" and "Headphones On". Cosgrove stated, "Before that, I didn't see myself making an album, but when I spent time in the studio doing the theme song and saw how much fun it was, I wanted to go back."
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