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Lindy Robbins, Dennis Matkosky, Jess Cates Track listing No.Ĭhris Braide, Andreas Carlsson, Desmond Child As of February 2011, the album has sold 2.8 million copies in the United States. On November 17, 2003, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over two million copies. In its fourth week, the album fell to number eight on the chart, selling 113,000 copies, bringing its four-week total to 1.1 million copies. In its third week, the album fell to number three on the chart, selling 141,000 more copies. In its second week, the album remained at number one on the chart, selling an additional 225,000 copies. This was also the highest-selling debut for a solo artist since Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle in December 1993. This became Aiken's first US number one debut. Measure of a Man debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 613,000 copies in its first week.
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Wade Paulsen of Reality TV World wrote that despite huge sales "Critics have ranged from strongly positive (Billboard) to mixed (Washington Post, which calls the CD a "likable album even without being a particularly good one", and Knight-Ridder), to negative (Associated Press, which refers to the song selections as "insipid"), to scathingly negative (the New York Daily News).
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Instead of the traditional Hollywood types Aiken hired everyday people to play the couples shown in this video.
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"The Way" music video was also directed by Diane Martel. Aiken invited 800 fans to be part of the crowd scene in the video. The music video for "Invisible", directed by Diane Martel, was shot in Hollywood at Hollywood & Highland, a major outdoor shopping center and tourist attraction. "I Will Carry You" is the third single and peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. "The Way" peaked at number one on the Canadian Singles Chart. "The Way"/"Solitaire" was released as the album second single on March 16, 2004. The single was certified gold for digital downloads by the RIAA on March 31, 2006. It peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary and at number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts on January 6, 2004. It was initially released as a promo-only single in September 2003, and only became available as digital downloads much later. "Invisible" is the first single from the album.