''SoulO'' is

Nick Lachey Nicholas Scott Lachey ( ; born November 9, 1973) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, producer, TV personality and host. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees and later starred in the reality ser ...

's debut album as a

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artist, after leaving the boy band 98 Degrees. The album was released in the US on November 11, 2003 on

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. "Could You Love" was recorded earlier by

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on their second album, ''Down For the Get Down'' (2001).

Track listing

# "Shut Up" (Nick Lachey, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Scott Spock) – 3:23 # "Let Go" (Lachey, Christy, Edwards, Spock) – 3:41 # "This I Swear" (David Eriksen, John Reid) – 4:33 # "Could You Love" (Eriksen) – 4:04 # "Carry On" (Lachey,

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) – 3:35 # "You're the Only Place" ( Billy Mann, Walter Afanasieff) – 4:47 # "Can't Stop Loving You" (Lachey, Chambers) – 3:34 # "Edge of Eternity" (Lachey, Chambers) – 3:59 # "It's Alright" (Lachey, Christy, Edwards, Spock) – 3:09 # "I Fall in Love Again" ( Gary Baker, Anthony Little, Kevin Richardson, George Teren) – 4:01 # "Open Your Eyes" (Lachey, Dan Hill, Keith Stegall) – 4:11 # "On and On" (Lachey) – 3:40 # "Think I'm Losing You" (Japan bonus track) # "Uh Huh (Yeah Yeah)" (Japan bonus track)

Singles

* "Shut Up" was the debut single from

's debut solo album ''SoulO''. The single was a commercial failure in the United States, failing to chart. Video directed by Constantine Paraskevopoulos. The first version of the music video featured a group of female dancers (including Kimberly Wyatt from The Pussycat Dolls) dancing around Lachey and featured several close-ups of him. Lachey filmed the video, and later won the right to redo it. The second video featured Dax Shepard and Jennifer Morrison living in a trailer outside of Lachey's real-life home. * "This I Swear" was the second single from

's debut album ''SoulO''. The ballad has lyrics in which he expressed how he felt about the marriage and love he had for his then wife,

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. Part of the song lyrics includes "I will love you, until forever, until death do us part we'll be together". The song was also the

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to the hit reality TV show '' Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica''. It was sent to radio in the United States on September 28, 2003. "This I Swear" reached #11 on the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100. Despite being heavily promoted, the single became Lachey's second single to not chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Chart performance

The album was expected to be successful because the album was released during the popularity of Lachey's television show, '' Newlyweds''. However, despite being heavily promoted, the album debuted at #51 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling only 28,000 copies in its first week. The album was considered a commercial failure, both in terms of sales and chart performance; the album sold 171,000 copies in the United States and stayed on the ''Billboard'' 200 for just 11 weeks.

References

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