Editing Be Not Nobody (section)

{{Infobox album
| name       = Be Not Nobody
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Vanessa Carlton]]
| cover      = Vanessa Carlton - Be Not Nobody.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2002|4|30}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=45|s=57}}
| label      = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| producer   = [[Ron Fair]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Harmonium (Vanessa Carlton album)|Harmonium]]
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Be Not Nobody
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[A Thousand Miles]]
 | single1date = February 18, 2002<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Impact Dates|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|issue=2360|page=38|date=February 8, 2002}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[Ordinary Day (Vanessa Carlton song)|Ordinary Day]]
 | single2date = July 1, 2002<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1459|page=26|date=June 28, 2002}}</ref>
 | single3     = [[Pretty Baby (Vanessa Carlton song)|Pretty Baby]]
 | single3date = December 2, 2002<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1481|page=26|date=November 29, 2002}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusicreview">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/be-not-nobody-mw0000214544|title=Be Not Nobody – Vanessa Carlton|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=November 20, 2015}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev2score = C<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/05/10/be-not-nobody-2/|title=Be Not Nobody|author=Willman, Chris|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=653|date=May 10, 2002|accessdate=August 20, 2017}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vanessacarlton/albums/album/301080/review/5944706/be_not_nobody|title=Vanessa Carlton: Be Not Nobody|author=Hardy, Ernest|date=May 22, 2002|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031013520/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vanessacarlton/albums/album/301080/review/5944706/be_not_nobody|archivedate=October 31, 2007}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/vanessa-carlton-be-not-nobody|title=Vanessa Carlton: Be Not Nobody|author=Cinquemani, Sal|date=May 1, 2002|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|accessdate=August 20, 2017}}</ref>
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'''''Be Not Nobody''''' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Vanessa Carlton]], released on April 30, 2002, through [[A&M Records]].
As of late 2004 the album had sold 1.38 million copies in the US according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]],<ref name="billboard10-7-2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/66184/carlton-finds-harmony-on-sophomore-cd|title=Carlton Finds Harmony On Sophomore CD|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 7, 2004|accessdate=January 7, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine reported in July 2003 that it had sold 2.3 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117889092.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=vanessa+carlton+nobody | work=Variety | title=Vanessa Carlton | date=July 9, 2003 | access-date=April 20, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207003430/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117889092.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=vanessa+carlton+nobody | archive-date=December 7, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref><!-- http://www.vanessacarlton.info/articles/reviews/2004/harmonium-burnmagazine.html --> <!-- <ref>http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12174475 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> --> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine placed Carlton at number twenty-one on its year-end "Top Pop Artists" list for 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/yearendcharts/2002/hsitlparts.jsp |title=Billboard.biz – Music Business – Billboard Charts – Album Sales – Concert Tours<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-05-29 |archive-date=2006-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929012559/http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/yearendcharts/2002/hsitlparts.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

"[[A Thousand Miles]]" was released as the [[lead single]] from the album and reached the top five on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], number one in Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom. ''Be Not Nobody'' was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in June 2002, and [[platinum album|platinum]] in October 2002.<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=vanessa+carlton#search_section RIAA database for Vanessa Carlton]</ref> "[[Ordinary Day (Vanessa Carlton song)|Ordinary Day]]" charted inside the top forty on the US Hot 100. "[[Pretty Baby (Vanessa Carlton song)|Pretty Baby]]" was remixed and released as the album's third and final single in early 2003. After the single's release, subsequent pressings of the album contained the remixed single version of the song in place of its original album version. "Pretty Baby" did not appear on the Hot 100 or the UK top seventy-five, but was nominated for a 2003 [[Teen Choice Award]] for "Choice Love Song".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1915733 |title=Billboard.biz – Music Business – Billboard Charts – Album Sales – Concert Tours<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-05-28 |archive-date=2006-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929013049/http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1915733 |url-status=dead }}</ref>