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''Right Now'' is the debut studio album by Scottish singer Leon Jackson, released on 20 October 2008, via Syco Music and Sony BMG. It was produced by Steve Mac. Jackson described the album as "a mixture in styles of modern jazz with singer-songwriter elements, and a lot of it is really soulful."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://angryape.com/news/2008/09/07/leon-jackson-talks-new-single-and-right-now-album )〕 ''Right Now'' received mixed reviews although the single, "Don't Call This Love", which was released as the album's second single in October 2008, entered the UK Singles Chart at number three and the Scottish Singles Charts at number one, where it remained on the top position for two weeks. ''Right Now'' was a commercial success for Jackson, debuting within the top five in both the United Kingdom and Scotland. ''Right Now'' spent ten weeks within the UK Top 100 Album Charts, and twelve weeks within the Scottish 100 Album Charts. To date, the album has sold 135,892 copies in the UK, becoming Gold certified by the BPI.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Certified Awards )〕 ==Background and release== The first single from the album, "Don't Call This Love", was released on 12 October 2008. Jackson made a guest appearance on the fifth series of ''The X Factor'' the night before, to perform the single. "Don't Call This Love" peaked at #3 in the United Kingdom and #8 in Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Leon Jackson - Don't Call This Love )〕 ''Right Now'' was released 21 October 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Leon’s album’s out now! )〕 It debuted at number 7 on the Ireland Top 75 in the week of 23 October 2008, remaining on that chart for a total of five weeks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Leon Jackson: Right Now )〕 It debuted at #4 on the UK Top 40 Albums chart for the week of 26 October 2008.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Top 40 Albums Archive: Week 50 : 26/10/2008 - 01/11/2008 )〕 The following week, it was at #20 on the chart,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Top 40 Albums Archive: Week 51 : 02/11/2008 - 08/11/2008 )〕 and the week after that, was at #37.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Top 40 Albums Archive: Week 52 : 09/11/2008 - 15/11/2008 )〕 The following week, it slipped out of the Top 40,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Top 40 Albums Archive: Week 01 : 16/11/2008 - 22/11/2008 )〕 but remained in the UK Top 75 chart for six additional weeks.〔 The next two singles from the album, "Creative" and "Stargazing", were released as download-only singles. "Creative", which was released in November 2008, peaked at #94 on the charts for the week of 29 November 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=chartstats )〕 "Stargazing" was released in January 2009, but failed to make any impact on the charts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Stargazing on the Airwaves )〕 The album reportedly only sold 135,892 copies. On 19 March 2009 it was confirmed that Leon Jackson was dropped by his label, Syco/Sony, after poor sales of his album and the lack of success of his most recent singles. The album was recorded from 2007–2008 under the direction of Simon Cowell, head of the Syco/Sony BMG record label, and under the production of producer Steve Mac. In an episode of the Bebo series from Jackson ''Leon's Life'', one episode shows Jackson recording the track "All in Good Time" and how the original high note towards the end of the song was changed to a lower key note because Jackson could not reach the high note well enough on the original version of the song. The album was completed in 2008 and released on 20 October 2008. The single was available to download from midnight after the result of the show on 15 December 2007, and a CD was rush-released mid-week, on 19 December 2007. This is unusual as most new singles are released on a Monday to gain maximum sales for the UK Singles Chart the following Sunday. Exceptions included the previous two ''X Factor'' winners whose singles released in this fashion, in order for them to compete to be the Christmas number-one single, which they all became.〔 A video for the single was made by each of the final four of the series, Jackson, Rhydian Roberts, Same Difference and Niki Evans. However, only the winner's version of the song and video was released. The song ended 2007 as the year's fourth biggest-selling single in the UK and remained number one into 2008. However, this version of the song only managed to stay in the top 40 for seven weeks, despite being at the top of the chart for three weeks. It soon disappeared from the top 100, and was gone by late February. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Right Now (Leon Jackson album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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