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"No Air" is a song by American singer

James Fauntleroy II, Harvey Mason Jr., Steve Russell, Erik Griggs and Damon Thomas. It was released in the United States on February 11, 2008, and serves as the second single from Jordin Sparks
, her first album.

"No Air" received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The song reached number one in New Zealand, number three in the United States, and number one in Australia. Also in the U.S, the song has sold 3,596,000 copies, making Sparks first American Idol alumnus to reach the three million mark. Also in New Zealand, the song was the most commercially successful song of 2008. The single is certified Platinum or higher in eight countries.

"No Air" won "Favorite Combined Forces" at the

51st Grammy Awards. Its accompanying music video directed by Chris Robinson won "Best Heartbreak Video" at the 2008 BET Pre-Awards and was also nominated for "Best Female Video" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. "No Air" was covered by American band Boyce Avenue and country singer Rissi Palmer in 2008 and also on the television show Glee
in 2009.

Composition and critical reception

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"No Air" is a pop[2] and R&B song[3] written by James Fauntleroy II, Steven Russell, Erik “Blu2th” Griggs, Harvey Mason Jr., and Damon Thomas. The song was originally written for a male singer, but after Jordin Sparks heard the song and expressed interest in the song, Mason agreed to give it to Sparks on the condition that they make it an event duet record, and suggested Chris Brown as a singing partner.[4]

Having the chord progression of F♯-E-G♯m-B, the song is written in the key of F♯

About.com wrote "from the kickoff of Jordin's echoey vocals it sounds like "No Air" is so light and weepy it needs special effects and production tricks to cover up the fact that there really is not much of a song here.[6] Steve Perkins of BBC Music awarded the song five stars and said "by the time ["No Air"] hits the final stretch, the title actually seems rather prophetic, since Jordin and Chris are yodelling away at the tops of their voices to the extent that you wonder how they're concealing their need to gasp for big lung bucketfuls of precious oxygen every thirty seconds."[7]

The song was nominated at the 2008

51st Grammy Awards,[9] a nomination for the "Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration Award" at the 40th NAACP Image Awards[10] and a nomination for "Best Collaboration" at the 2009 MTV Australia Awards.[11] It also garnered two nominations at the 35th People's Choice Awards for "Favorite Pop Song" and "Favorite Combined Forces", winning the second award.[12] In 2008, Billboard ranked the song twenty-seventh on a special The 40 Biggest Duets of All Time listing.[13]

Chart performance

In the United States, "No Air" entered the

Pop Songs airplay chart, where it reached number two.[17] The song was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[18] making Sparks the first American Idol contestant to reach the three million mark.[19] It has sold 3,596,000 copies in the US as of April 2014.[20]

In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number fifty-eight on the

UK Singles Chart on April 20, 2008 – for the week ending date April 26, 2008 – before dropping twenty-seven places to number eighty-five the next week. In its sixth week on the chart, "No Air" reached its peak position of number three on the chart.[21]

It also reached number three on the

Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), for shipments of 30,000 units.[27][28][29]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Chris Robinson[30] and shot in New York City.[31] The video leaked online on February 20, 2008.[32]

It begins with Sparks playing the

guitars
, and a piano, of which he plays and at the very end when the song's over Sparks is seen sitting on the floor in her house and kneeling her head down in sadness.

At the 2008 BET Pre-Awards, "No Air" won the award for "Best Heartbreak Video".[33] It was also nominated for "Best Female Video" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.

Promotion and covers

Sparks performed "No Air" with

Jesse & Jordin LIVE Tour in the United States.[39]

"No Air" was covered by American country singer Rissi Palmer, for her self-titled album released on October 7, 2008.[40] Released as the first single from the re-release of the album on May 27, 2008,[41] Palmer's rendition of the song spent 15 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number 47.[42]

UK Singles Chart,[46] number sixty-five on the Canadian Hot 100[47]
and the Billboard Hot 100[48] and also at number twenty-nine on the Irish Singles Chart.[49]

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[115] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[116] Platinum 40,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[117]
(Ringtone) 		Gold 20,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[118] Platinum 15,000^
Germany (BVMI)[119] Gold 150,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[120] 2× Platinum 30,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[121] 2× Platinum 20,000*
Sweden (GLF)[122] Gold 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[123] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[124] Platinum 1,000,000*
United States (RIAA)[125]
(Mastertone) 		Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United States February 11, 2008 (2008-02-11) Airplay[126] Jive Records
March 4, 2008 (2008-03-04) Digital download[50]
New Zealand [127] May 17, 2008 (2008-05-17) Digital EP
Zomba Recording
Australia[52] May 20, 2008 (2008-05-20) Digital EP
Sony Music Entertainment
Germany[51][128] May 30, 2008 (2008-05-30) Digital download, maxi single
United Kingdom[129] July 7, 2008 (2008-07-07) CD single

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