''I Am Chipmunk'' is the debut album by British rapper

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, released on 9 October 2009 by

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. Unknown to many, the album was originally scheduled to have been released the year before: one being 4 May and the other release date being October. It produced four consecutive top 10 singles, including one chart-topper. The album was deemed a success after it debuted at No. 2 on the

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In-line with its record sales, a new platinum edition of the album was released on 3 May 2010 featuring four new songs, including new single "

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" featuring Dutch singer-songwriter

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Singles

* " Beast" was the first single taken from ''I Am Chipmunk'' and featured

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on guest vocals. It reached No. 181Chart Log UK – 2008
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following its release on 8 December 2008. * "

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" was released as the second single from the album on 16 January 2009. The single peaked at No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart and marked Chipmunk's breakthrough. * " Diamond Rings" was released as the third single on 6 July 2009 and featured vocals from upcoming Scottish R&B singer

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. The single peaked at No. 6 in the UK, marking Chipmunk's first top 10 hit. *"

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" was released as the fourth official single on 4 October 2009 and featured vocals from Dayo Olatunji. The single went on to top the UK Singles Chart, marking Chipmunk's first No. 1 single, but also his second consecutive top 10 hit. *"

Look for Me "Look for Me" is the fifth single released from British rapper Chipmunk's debut studio album, ''I Am Chipmunk''. The song was released on 22 November 2009. It features Talay Riley. On 3 December 2009, both Chipmunk and Talay performed the song ...

" featuring vocals from Talay Riley was released as the fifth single from the album on 28 December 2009. The single marked Chipmunk's third consecutive top 10 hit when it managed to peak at No. 7 in the UK. * "

" served as the sixth official single to be released and the first and only single to be released from the Platinum Edition reissue of the album. The single featured vocals from Dutch pop/R&B singer

and was released on 19 April 2010, where it debuted at No. 3, marking Chipmunk's fourth consecutive top 10 hit and his second most successful single behind "Oopsy Daisy". Unknown to many, "Muhammad Ali" was also meant to be a single off his album back when it was recorded in 2008. A video was also shot to support the song; whilst the visuals feature other UK artists such as Ghetts, Frisco, Scorcher and many others.

Track listing

Chart performance

''I Am Chipmunk'' debuted on the

at No. 2 on 18 October 2009 behind

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, but beating off new competition from

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and

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who reached No. 4, 9 and 14 respectively. In its second week on the chart, the album fell 6 places to No. 8. The album spent 8 weeks in the Top 40 albums, before falling to No. 41 on 22 December 2009. Chipmunk chose to re-release the album, with 4 extra tracks, including "

", the lead single from the re-release. The album re-entered the Top 40 on 9 May 2010 at No. 11, before falling out of the Top 40 on 2 July the next month.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Standard edition

Platinum edition

References

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