Erika Jo is the eponymous debut studio album by American country music artist Erika Jo. It was released on June 14, 2005 by Universal South Records, following her win on the third season of Nashville Star in 2005 of which she was the show's first female winner (following Buddy Jewell and Brad Cotter) and the youngest to ever compete on it at just seventeen. Tim DuBois produced the album with Rick Giles and Sixwire member Steve Mandile on all tracks except "I Break Things", which he co-produced with Tony Brown. The album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The track "Love Is" was co-written by Katrina Elam, who released her own rendition as a single in 2006 from her unreleased second album Turn Me Up.

Chart performance

Singles

"I Break Things" was released to country radio immediately after her winning. The track debuted and peaked at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs on May 14, 2005; it however only spent one week in total on the chart. On Radio & Records, the track debuted and peaked at number 49 on the Country Top 50 and number 40 on the Country Indicator chart. The second and final single, a cover of Jessi Colter's "I'm Not Lisa", was released on September 19, 2005. Universal South Records promo chief Michael Powers called it a "sparsely arranged and powerful remake of the Jessi Colter classic." It failed to enter any charts.

Album

Erika Jo debuted at number five on the US Top Country Albums chart on July 2, 2005, with 36,000 units sold first week; it marked the third album by a debut artist to enter the top ten that year. Despite that, the album spent only 16 weeks on the chart. By 2007, the album had just sold 122,000 units, long after Erika Jo had left Universal South.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Tim DuBois, Rick Giles, and Steve Mandile except where noted.

Musicians

Compiled from liner notes.

Charts