Rock Star Supernova | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Rock Star Supernova | ||||||||||
Released | November 21, 2006 | |||||||||
Recorded | May 17 & June 11, 2006 at Pulse Recording California by Karl Egsieker | |||||||||
Genre | Hard rock | |||||||||
Length | 41:02 | |||||||||
Label | Burnett/Epic | |||||||||
Producer | Butch Walker | |||||||||
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Rock Star Supernova is the debut self-titled album by American hard rock supergroup Rock Star Supernova, released on November 21, 2006 through Mark Burnett Productions and Epic Records. The band was formed during the second season of the Rock Star TV series, which was called Rock Star: Supernova. The album received mainly negative reviews and only charted at number 101 on the Billboard 200. However the album charted at #4 on the Canadian Albums Chart and was certified Platinum (over 100,000 units sold).
Rock Star Supernova band members: Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe), Jason Newsted (Voivod and ex-Metallica) and Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns N' Roses) formed the basis of the second season of the Rock Star television program on CBS in the quest to find a lead singer. The show began online on the Rock Star web site on MSN on Monday, July 3 with an Internet exclusive weekly episode and premiered on CBS on July 5, 2006. Votes were cast via the Rock Star website. On September 13, 2006, Lukas Rossi was crowned the winner.
Upon release, Rock Star Supernova entered the Billboard 200 charts at number 101 selling 17,000 copies in the first week. The album also debuted at number 87 in Australia and number 4 in Canada.