St. Elsewhere (album)
2006 album by Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere is the debut studio album by American soul duo Gnarls Barkley. It was released on April 24, 2006, in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and on May 9, 2006, in the United States, although it was available for purchase one week earlier as a digital download in the US iTunes Store. St. Elsewhere debuted at No. 20 on the US Billboard 200, and peaked at No. 4. It topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart for 39 non-consecutive weeks in 2006 and 2007.
The album's first single, "Crazy", was the first song to become a UK number-one single based solely on downloads. The album was certified double platinum in the US by the RIAA, for shipping 2,000,000 units with "Crazy" receiving an eight-times platinum certification.
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