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Paris Hilton Returns to Album Charts for First Time in 18 Years

Her new album, Infinite Icon, debuts at No. 38 on the Billboard 200.

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Paris Hilton

Brian Ziff

Eighteen years after releasing her debut self-titled studio album, Paris Hilton is back on Billboard’s album charts with her follow-up project Infinite Icon.

The album debuts at No. 38 on the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 21) with 18,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (ending Sept. 12), according to Luminate. It features A-list collaborations with Meghan Thee Stallion, Rina Sawayama, Meghan Trainor and Sia.


Her first album, Paris, reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in September 2006, and included “Stars Are Blind,” her debut single that climbed to No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 a month prior.

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While Hilton hasn’t charted an album since then, she hasn’t been totally absent from the charts. She’s charted three songs on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, all since 2013: “Good Time” featuring Lil Wayne (No. 19 peak in 2013), “High Off My Love” (No. 35; 2015) and “B.F.A. (Best Friend’s Ass)” with Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike (No. 45; 2019). She’s also released other collaborations with Sia, Steve Aoki, Kim Petras and Lil Wayne, among others.

For Infinite Icon, Hilton recruited a team of top-level producers and songwriters to pull the project together. Jesse Shatkin is credited as a producer on all 12 of the album’s tracks. He’s previously worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Ellie Goulding, among others. Notably, he co-producer Sia’s “Chandelier” and One Direction’s “Perfect,” which both reach the top 10 of the Hot 100 (at Nos. 8 and 10, respectively).

Greg Kurstin worked on Hilton’s Sia collaboration “Fame Won’t Love You.” Kurstin is perhaps best recognized for his work with Adele (including her No. 1s “Hello” and “Easy On Me”), but he’s also produced and written songs for Kelly Clarkson (including her No. 1 “Stronger [What Doesn’t Kill You]”), P!nk, Tate McRae, Miley Cyrus and Halsey. He’s also spent 14 total weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers chart.

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Alex Frankel is also credited as a producer on six songs from Infinite Icon. Frankel is half of the synthpop indie duo Holy Ghost!, and has also worked on music with fellow indie acts the Juan MacLean and U.S. Girls.

Other producers on the project include Kid Harpoon, Banx & Ranx, Dallas Caton, House of Wolf and Naliya.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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