Call Me Irresponsible (album)

Release

The album's first single, "Everything", peaked at #46 on the U.S. Hot 100, Bublé's highest peaking song until "Haven't Met You Yet" became his first Top 40 hit in 2009. It has also debuted at number 3 on the Canadian BDS Airplay Charts and now holds the record for the highest debut ever on that chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the Australian ARIA Singles chart. Bublé appeared on an American Idol season 6 results show to sing "Call Me Irresponsible" when scheduled singer Tony Bennett, with whom he had collaborated before on the album Duets: An American Classic was unable to attend. On Monday, April 23, 2007, members of Bublé's official fanclub Bungalow B were given an exclusive listening party of the album's tracks and a look at a video clip at "Lost", Bublé's second original song. On this day, his official site was also given a makeover to match his coming album and his official YouTube channel released the video for the lead single. The channel also has behind-the-scenes videos and short snippets of videos used to make various commercials and preview clips. The entire album leaked shortly before its release. This album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2008.

Chart performance

In the U.S., the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and rose to number one in its second week. The only other artists to do this are Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Hilary Duff, N.W.A and Sugarland. The album is currently certified 2× platinum for sales of 2,244,000 copies. In Australia, the single peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart. While the album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number 1 with Bublé selling 37,005 copies of the album in the first week and giving him the highest sales for an album by an international artist in Australia for 2007. The album was also certified Platinum in its first week for shipments of 70,000 copies. The album sold a further 30,634 copies the second week, making Bublé the first artist in Australia for 2007 to sell over 30,000 units two weeks in a row. The album is now certified 5× platinum by ARIA for sales of 350,000 copies. The album rose to number one again on July 2 and 9 and once more on July 22. The album was the best-selling album of 2007 in Australia. The original version of Call Me Irresponsible has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK, but the special edition version has sold over 462,000 copies, making that version the 18th best-selling album of 2007 in the UK. In Europe, the album was certified 2× Platinum by IFPI for shipments of two million copies to date.