JoJo (album)

***JoJo*** is the debut studio album by American singer JoJo, released on June 22, 2004, by Da Family Entertainment, Blackground Records, and Universal Records.

## Critical reception

_JoJo_ received generally mixed reviews from music critics.

### Notes

- signifies an additional producer
- signifies a co-producer
- The track list for the Japan limited reissue, is the exact same as the European reissue and UK edition with the only difference being that the track "Butterflies" is placed as track 15 for the Japan release and is listed as a bonus track.

### Sample credits

- "Breezy" contains replayed elements from "Something for Nothing" by MFSB.
- "Homeboy" contains elements from "Chasing Me into Somebody Else's Arms" by Scherrie Payne.
- "Use My Shoulder" contains replayed elements from "Happy" by Surface.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of _JoJo_.

### Musicians

- JoJo – vocals
- The Underdogs – all music
- Bink! – all music, programming
- Soulshock and Karlin – arrangement, all instruments
- Eric Jackson – guitar
- Sean Hurley – guitar
- Michael Thompson – guitar

### Technical

- Kwamé "K1 Mill" – production
- Eric Schlotzer – recording
- Jermaine Fray – recording assistance
- Dexter Simmons – mixing ; additional production
- Vincent Herbert – mixing ; production ; additional production ; executive production
- Donnie Whittemore – mixing assistance
- The Underdogs – production
- Dave "Natural Love" Russell – recording, editing, mixing
- Dabling "Hobby Boy" Harward – recording, editing
- Kevin Mahoney – recording assistance, editing assistance
- The Co-Stars – production
- Balewa Muhammad – production
- Franny Graham – recording
- Mike City – production
- Bink! – production
- Reggie Burrell – production
- Ronald Burrell – production
- Soulshock and Karlin – production
- Soulshock – mixing
- Brian Morgan – production
- G.P. – co-production
- Young Freak – co-production
- Joanna Levesque – co-production
- Tre Black – production
- Barry Hankerson – executive production
- Jomo Hankerson – executive production
- Gene Grimaldi – mastering

### Artwork

- Stacey "Swade" Wade – art direction, design, photography
- Thomas Delisle – photography

### Weekly charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2004–2005)|scope="col"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|86||||
|13||||
|23||||
|style="text-align:center;"|7|||
|30||||

### Year-end charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2004)|scope="col"|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|92||||
|84||||

|scope="col"|Chart (2005)|scope="col"|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|132||||
|95||||

## Release history

|scope="col"|Region|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Edition|scope="col"|Label|scope="col"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|June 22, 2004|rowspan="6"|Standard||align="center"||||||
|June 29, 2004|Universal|align="center"||||||||
|July 19, 2004||align="center"||||||||
|September 6, 2004|Mercury|align="center"||||||||
|October 4, 2004|rowspan="2"|Universal|align="center"|||||||
|October 21, 2004|align="center"|||||||||
|December 21, 2018|Re-recording|Clover Music|align="center"|||||||
|September 24, 2021|Standard (streaming)|Blackground|align="center"|||||||

### Charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2019)|scope="col"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|41||||
|13||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: JoJo
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: JoJo (singer), JoJo
- **recorded**: 2003–2004
- **studio**: * Sony Music Studios, Sony (New York City)
* The Underlab (Los Angeles)
* Unsung (Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, California)
* Battery (New York City)
* Soulpower (Los Angeles)
* Westlake Recording Studios, Westlake (West Hollywood, California)
* Larrabee North (Universal City, California)
- **genre**: * Pop music, Pop
* Hip hop music, hip hop
* Contemporary R&B, R&B
- **label**: * Da Family
* Blackground Records, Blackground
* Universal Records (defunct record label), Universal
- **producer**: * Bink (record producer), Bink!
* Rheji Burrell, Reggie Burrell
* Ronald Burrell
* The Co-Stars
* G.P.
* Vincent Herbert
* Kwamé, Kwamé "K1 Mill"
* JoJo (singer), Joanna Levesque
* Mike City
* Brian Alexander Morgan, Brian Morgan
* The Clutch, Balewa Muhammad
* Soulshock and Karlin
* Tre Black
* The Underdogs (production team), The Underdogs
* Young Freak
- **next title**: The High Road (JoJo album), The High Road
- **next year**: 2006