Tiffany

***Tiffany*** is the debut self-titled studio album by Tiffany, released on September 15th, 1987.

## Background

Several years earlier, Tiffany began working with George Tobin when they are first met together, with Tiffany coming to his office and singing country songs to him; some tracks are possibly recorded when she was as early as 12 years old. In 1986, when Tiffany was 14-years-old, she signed a contract with MCA. The staff knew someone special would sign the record label. However, shortly after the signage, a long-time problem had occurred with them due to the fear that the singer could not sound as commercial as iconic female singers of the '80s, in which a few of them are under 25. This is later solved when Tiffany finally turned 15. Tiffany has been recording the album for awhile until it was finished by 1987.

## Personnel

* Tiffany – lead and backing vocals
* Chuck Yamek – guitars (tracks 1, 6, 9)
* Dann Huff – guitars (tracks 1, 3-5, 10)
* Carl Verheyen – guitar (track 2)
* John Duarte – keyboards, synthesizers, synthesizer bass (track 7), drum programming
* Richard Elliot – saxophone (tracks 1, 7)
* Steve Rucker – acoustic piano and synthesizers (track 10)
* Willie Arnelas – drums (track 10)

**Production**

* Produced by George Tobin
* Arranged by John Duarte
* Production coordination: Brenda Farrell
* Engineers: John Kerns, Bill Smith
* Assistant engineers: Steve Holroyd, David Means, Bryan Rutter
* Mixing: John Kerns, Bill Smith, George Tobin
* Mastering: Steve Hall

## Singles and reception

In July 1987, Tiffany's debut single, "Danny", was initially released. However, the single failed to chart and is considered unsuccessful. She later embarked a U.S. shopping mall tour called “The Beautiful You: Celebrating the Good Life Shopping Mall Tour ‘87” to support the album. At first, the tour has small audiences; the audience later grew as her popularity and success grew.

In August 1987, radio stations began to play her cover of "I Think We're Alone Now" and quickly became her second single. This single became a commercial success, peaking at #1 on *Billboard* Hot 100 for two weeks and UK Singles Chart for three weeks. A month later, her album was released, and it became another commercial success by early 1988, peaking at #1 on *Billboard* 200 for two weeks; replacing Michael Jackson's *Bad*, which makes her the youngest female artist to earn a #1 album on the chart. This album also peaked at #1 on Canadian Album Charts and RMNZ. On April 5th, 1988, RIAA certified the album "quadruple platinum".

Two months after the album's release, Tiffany's third single "Could've Been" was released, and it became a commercial success by early 1988, peaking at #1 on various charts, including *Billboard* Hot 100 and US Adult Contemporary Charts, making her the youngest artist to have two back-to-back #1 singles. The single later peaked at #4 on the year-end chart of Canada Top Singles and #8 on the year-end chart of *Billboard* Hot 100. By March 1988, her cover of "I Saw Her Standing There" (renamed "I Saw Him Standing There") was released. Unlike the previous two singles, this single peaked at #7 on *Billboard* Hot 100, failing to have commercial success like the previous two. In May 1988, "Feelings of Forever" was released, and it failed to reprise the success of the previous three singles. It is, however, a minor success in the United States and United Kingdom, peaking at #50 on *Billboard* Hot 100 and #52 on UK Singles Chart.

## Music videos

Overall, the album has four music videos, with the first three receiving considerable airplay on MTV: "I Think We're Alone Now", "Could've Been", "I Saw Him Standing There", and "Feelings of Forever".

## Trivia

* The album received mixed ratings by critics.
	+ Bryan Buss of AllMusic rated the album "2 and a half stars".
	+ Robert Christgau rated the album a "B".
	+ *Rolling Stone* rated the album "2 stars".

## References

1. ↑ 1987 Promotional Paperwork on the promo album