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[[File:Showbiz cover art.jpg|right|thumb|Cover art]]
[[File:Showbiz back cover art.jpg|right|thumb|Cover art back]]
[[File:Showbiz disc.jpg|right|thumb|Showbiz CD]]
{{Discobox
| Name = Showbiz 
| Tracks = 
{{drop
|12 
|13 <small>(JP)</small> 
|5 <small>(promo EP)</small>
|6 <small>(Exclusive Advanced Promo, Sampler CD-R)</small>
|2 <small>(US sampler CD)</small>
|4 <small>(US sampler CD-Rs)</small>
}}
| Length = 
{{drop
|49:36
|22:54 <small>(promo EP)</small>
}}
| Recorded = 1999
| Format = CD, double 12" vinyl, 12" vinyl, cassette, minidisc, CD-R <small>(promo only)</small>
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[John Leckie]], [[Paul Reeve]]
| Art = [[Tanya Andrew]], [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Publisher = 
{{drop
|[[Taste Media]], [[Mushroom]]<ref name="mc19990515">
{{cite |
 title = Recording completed | desc=MicroCuts news | date=1999-05-15 | fetch=2006-11-21 | pub = MicroCuts | url=http://microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/05151999-recording_completed.php | dom=microcuts.net | type = ext
}}</ref>
|[[East West Records|East West]] <small>(re-issue)</small>
|[[A&E Records]] <small>(reissue)</small>
|[[Warner]] <small>(vinyl reissue)</small>
|[[Maverick]] <small>(US)</small><ref name="mc19990515"/> 
|[[Naïve]] <small>(FR)</small><ref name="mc19990907">
{{cite | 
 title=Showbiz released in France | desc=MicroCuts news | date=1999-09-07 | fetch=2006-11-22 | pub=MicroCuts | url=http://microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/09071999-showbiz_released_in_france.php | dom=microcuts.net | type=ext
}}</ref> 
|[[Motor]] <small>(DE, TR, UA, RU)</small>
|[[PIAS]] <small>(BX)</small>
|[[Avex Trax|Avex]] <small>(JP)</small>
|[[Sony Music]] <small>(KR, ID, TH)</small>
}}
| CatNumber = 
{{drop
|MUSH59CD <small>(CD)</small>, MUSH59LP <small>(vinyl)</small>, MUSH59MC <small>(cassette)</small>, MUSH59MD <small>(mini disc)</small> 
|5050466888624 <small>(reissue)</small>
|9 4738-2 <small>(US, Gold Stamped Promo)</small>
|NV 3211-1 <small>(FR CD)</small>
|481.2001.20 <small>(BX CD)</small>
|481.2001.23 <small>(BX 2CD Limited Festival Edition)</small> 
|AVCM-65057 <small>(JP CD)</small>
|WPCR-12336 <small>(JP re-release CD)</small>
|547 979-4 <small>([[Motor]] releases)</small>
|547 979-9 <small>(UA CD)</small>
|WB47382 <small>(vinyl re-issue)</small>
|CPT-2430 <small>(KR cassette)</small>
|MUSE 2 <small>(promo EP)</small>
|MUSE 4 <small>(promo)</small>
|NV3217-1 <small>(FR promo)</small>
|DADR1NMS3 <small>(sampler)</small>
}}
| Release = 
{{drop
|4<sup>th</sup> October 1999 <small>(World)</small><ref name="mc19990515"/>
|7<sup>th</sup> September 1999 <small>(FR)</small><ref name="mc19990907"/> 
|28<sup>th</sup> September 1999 <small>(US)</small><ref name="mc19990515"/>
|6<sup>th</sup> November 2006 <small>(re-issue)</small>
|15<sup>th</sup> December 2007 <small>(JP re-issue)</small>
|18<sup>th</sup> August 2009 <small>(vinyl re-issue)</small>
}}
| Chart = 29 <small>(GB)</small>
| Next = Origin of Symmetry
| NextLink = Origin of Symmetry
| single1 = Uno | image1 = Uno.png
| single2 = Cave | image2 = Cave CD1.png
| single3 = Muscle Museum | image3 = Muscle Museum CD1.png
| single4 = Sunburn | image4 = Sunburn CD1.png
| single5 = Unintended | image5 = Unintended CD1.png
| Type = album
| singlescount = 5
}}

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==Information==
{{disco-info |
Showbiz was Muse's debut album, having been recorded between 1998 and 1999. The songs themselves included some of the older songs in Muse's repertoir, dating as far back as 1996. All songs on the album had been witten by 1997. These were among the "fifty or so" that Muse had written before entering the studio.<ref name="xfmdoc">{{cite/xfm20071007}}</ref> The band picked those which they deemed least progressive to make up Showbiz.

[[John Leckie]], who produced the album, started attending Muse's concerts in the latter half of 1998. Leckie was based at [[Sawmills Studio|Sawmills recording studio]], where owner Dennis Smith had given the band free recording time the previous year, from which the [[Muse EP]] resulted. He built up a relationship with the band during this time, coming to say that he'd want to work with the band if ever they could afford him. Leckie had not worked with any bands quite some time prior to doing so with Muse. The recording had finished by the 15th of May 1999.<ref name="mc19990515"/>
}}

==Release==
The booklet which comes with the album does not have lyrics on it, but instead, a line from each song is cited in bold letters. A limited "Festival Edition" was released in the Benelux region featuring a bonus disc with the same content as the Japanese [[Random 1-8 (EP)|''Random 1-8'' EP]], although without the three hidden "[[Sunburn]]" remixes after "[[Do We Need This (song)|Do We Need This]] (live)".

The UK and US promo CDs are held between two pieces of perspex, one engraved with the Muse logo, bolted down the middle. The aforementioned CD originally came with a special perspex spanner. Two other promo CDs, one with alternative artwork, another with a gold promo stamp, were made in the US. A variety of promotional CD-Rs were used to promote the album in the UK, US and Japan. The exclusive advanced promo CD was an European promo used for promoting Showbiz, and contains six faded song samples from the album. 

The album has gone to sell over 300,000 in the UK making it Platinum, and has sold over 700,000 copies worldwide. Whilst the first release was on the [[Mushroom]] and [[Taste Media]] labels in the UK, the album was reissued on CD in 2006 in the UK on [[East West Records]]. ''Showbiz'' was reissued on double 12" vinyl under [[Warner]] in Europe and North America on the 18th of August, 2009 to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the debut album.

==Pre-release==
A large number of different promo CDs were distributed across the world to promote ''Showbiz''. The UK promo came screwed between two embossed perspex plates. Some copies came with a perspex spanner to undo the bolt on the screw. Muse had a box of spare spanners on their tour bus so that anyone with a promo but no spanner could retrieve one for from the band after gigs.

==10th Anniversary Contest==
On the 4th of October, 2009 the [http://muse.mu/news/article/520/showbiz-is-10/?comment-page=1 muse.mu] website announced that 3 lucky fans could win signed copies of ''Showbiz'' if they could guess what "rocker" tried to sign Muse sometime after [[Maverick]] did.

The winners were later revealed to be Luke McCarthy-Reed, Helen Fordyce and Dom Green. The answer was [[Serj Tankian]].

==Track list==
===CD, promos, cassettes===
#[[Sunburn (song)|Sunburn]]
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Fillip (song)|Fillip]]
#[[Falling Down (song)|Falling Down]]
#[[Cave (song)|Cave]]
#[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]
#[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]
#[[Uno (song)|Uno]]
#[[Sober (song)|Sober]]
#[[Escape (song)|Escape]]
#[[Overdue (song)|Overdue]]
#[[Hate This and I'll Love You (song)|Hate This & I'll Love You]]

====BX Limited Festival Edition bonus CD====
#[[Host (song)|Host]]
#[[Coma (song)|Coma]]
#[[Pink Ego Box (song)|Pink Ego Box]]
#[[Forced In (song)|Forced In]]
#[[Agitated (song)|Agitated]]
#[[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]
#[[Fillip (song)|Fillip]] [[Amsterdam Paradiso 2000 (gig)|(live)]]
#[[Do We Need This (song)|Do We Need This]] [[Amsterdam Paradiso 2000 (gig)|(live)]]

===Vinyl===
====A====
#[[Sunburn (song)|Sunburn]]
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Fillip (song)|Fillip]]
====B==== 
<ol start="4">
<li>[[Falling Down (song)|Falling Down]]
<li>[[Cave (song)|Cave]]
<li>[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]</ol>
====C==== 
<ol start="7">
<li>[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]
<li>[[Uno (song)|Uno]]
<li>[[Sober (song)|Sober]]</ol>
====D==== 
<ol start="10">
<li>[[Escape (song)|Escape]]
<li>[[Overdue (song)|Overdue]]
<li>[[Hate This and I'll Love You (song)|Hate This & I'll Love You]]</ol>

===JP CD===
#[[Sunburn (song)|Sunburn]]
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Fillip (song)|Fillip]]
#[[Falling Down (song)|Falling Down]]
#[[Cave (song)|Cave]]
#[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]
#[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]
#[[Uno (song)|Uno]]
#[[Sober (song)|Sober]]
#[[Spiral Static (song)|Spiral Static]]
#[[Escape (song)|Escape]]
#[[Overdue (song)|Overdue]]
#[[Hate This and I'll Love You (song)|Hate This & I'll Love You]]

===JP Promotion Sample===
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]] (Radio Edit)
#[[Sunburn (song)|Sunburn]]
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Fillip (song)|Fillip]]
#[[Falling Down (song)|Falling Down]]
#[[Cave (song)|Cave]]
#[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]
#[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]
#[[Uno (song)|Uno]]
#[[Sober (song)|Sober]]
#[[Escape (song)|Escape]]
#[[Overdue (song)|Overdue]]
#[[Hate This and I'll Love You (song)|Hate This & I'll Love You]]

===Promo EP===
#[[Cave (song)|Cave]]
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]
#[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]
#[[Falling Down (song)|Falling Down]]

===US Sampler CD===
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Uno (song)|Uno]]

===Exclusive Advanced Promo===
'''All tracks are faded samples'''
#[[Sunburn (song)|Sunburn]]
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Fillip (song)|Fillip]]
#[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]
#[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]
#[[Uno (song)|Uno]]

===UK sampler CD-R===
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Sunburn (song)|Sunburn]]
#[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]
#[[Fillip (song)|Fillip]]
#[[Sober (song)|Sober]]
#[[Falling Down (song)|Falling Down]]

===US 4 track promo CD-R===
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Sober (song)|Sober]]
#[[Cave (song)|Cave]]
#[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]

===Other US 4 track promo CD-R===
#[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
#[[Uno (song)|Uno]]
#[[Cave (song)|Cave]]
#[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]


==Showbiz gallery==
<ul class="col"><li><p class="gu" style="font-size:1.3em">'''Display gallery »'''</p></li>
<li class="di"><gallery perrow="6">
File:MD Showbiz Cover.jpg|Mini-disc cover art
File:MD Showbiz Interior and Disc.jpg|Mini-disc interior and disc
File:MD Showbiz Disc Back.jpg|Mini-disc disc back
File:MD Showbiz Back Cover.jpg|Mini-disc back cover 
File:LPShowbiz Cover.jpg|Vinyl cover art
File:LPShowbiz Back Cover.jpg|Vinyl back cover
File:LPShowbiz Interior.jpg|Vinyl interior
File:LPShowbiz Discs.jpg|Vinyl discs
File:LPShowbiz Interior Sleeves.jpg|Vinyl sleeves
File:LPShowbiz Interior Sleeves Back.jpg|Vinyls sleeves back
File:Showbiz 2CD cover Benelux.jpg|BX Limited Festival Edition cover
File:Showbiz 2CD interior and disc 1 Benelux.jpg|BX Limited Festival Edition interior and disc 1
File:Showbiz 2CD interior and disc 2 Benelux.jpg|BX Limited Festival Edition interior and disc 2
File:Showbiz 2CD back cover Benelux.jpg|BX Limited Festival Edition back cover
File:Showbiz UA cover.jpg|UA cover art
File:Showbiz UA back cover.jpg|UA back cover
File:Showbiz Japan Cover.jpg|JP limited edition cover art
File:showbizpro.jpg|UK promo cover art
File:Showbiz US2 Cover.jpg|US promo cover art
File:Goldstamppromo.JPG|Gold stamped promo cover art
File:German Showbiz Promo II.jpg|DE promo cover Art
File:German Showbiz Promo I.jpg|DE promo back cover and CD
File:Showbiz 2 Track Sampler I.JPG|Two track sampler cover art
File:Showbiz 2 Track Sampler II.JPG|Two track sampler back cover
File:Showbiz 2 Track Sampler III.JPG|Two track sampler CD
File:Showbiz Sampler.jpg|Exclusive advanced promo cover art
File:Showbiz CoverCDR.jpg|CD-R cover
File:Showbiz DiscCDR.jpg|CD-R disc
File:Showbiz Sampler Cover and DiscCDR.jpg|UK sampler CD-R
File:Showbiz Acetate Sample 1 II.jpg|Sampler promo CD-R
File:Showbiz Acetate Sample 2 II.jpg|Another sampler promo CD-R
File:Showbiz FR Promo I.jpg|French promo
File:Showbiz FR Promo II.jpg|French promo CD
File:French Promo Acetate Front.jpg|French promo CD
File:Showbiz Promo Acetate FR Back.jpg|French promo CD
File:Showbiz Promo Acetate CD.jpg|French promo CD
File:Showbiz US Promo II.jpg|US Promo cover art
File:Showbiz US Promo I.jpg|US Promo back cover and CD
File:Showbiz US CDR.jpg|US CD-R promo
File:Showbiz US CDR II.jpg|US CD-R promo back cover
File:Showbiz JP Promo.jpg|JP promotion sampler (yellow)
File:Promotion Sampler orange cover Japan.jpg|JP promotion sampler (orange) cover 
File:Promotion Sampler orange interior and disc Japan.jpg|JP promotion sampler (orange) interior and disc
File:MDShowbiz Cover.jpg|Cassette cover art
File:Showbiz Cassette II.JPG|UK cassette back cover art
File:MDShowbiz A Side.jpg|Cassette A side
File:MDShowbiz B Side.jpg|Cassette B side
File:MDShowbiz Turkey Cover.jpg|TR cassette cover art
File:Showbiz Cassette Turkey.JPG|TR cassette back cover art
File:Showbiz Korea CoverMC.jpg|KR cassette cover art 
File:Showbiz Korea Back CoverMC.jpg|KR cassette back cover art 
File:Showbiz Russia Cover.jpg|RU cassette cover art 
File:Showbiz Russia Back Cover.jpg|RU cassette back cover art
File:Showbiz Cassette Indonesia Cover.jpg|ID cassette cover art 
File:Showbiz Cassette Back Cover.jpg|ID cassette back cover
File:Showbiz Cassette Indonesia A Side.jpg|ID cassette side 1
File:Showbiz Cassette Indonesia B Side.jpg|ID cassette side 2 
File:Showbiz thai mc.jpg|TH cassette cover art
File:Showbiz thai mc 2.jpg|TH cassette back cover
File:Showbiz JP Promo Cassette.JPG|JP promo cassette
File:Showbiz Promo Cassette JP I.jpg|Another JP promo cassette front cover
File:Showbiz Promo Cassette JP II.jpg|Another JP promo cassette
File:Showbiz Ukraine Cover.jpg|UA promo cassette cover
File:Showbiz Ukraine Back Cover.jpg|UA promo cassette back cover
File:Muse EPK.jpg|Muse EPK promo VHS 
File:Showbiz EPK2.jpg|EPK promo VHS 
File:Showbiz TP.jpg|Vinyl test-pressing (one of a kind)
</gallery></li></ul>

==See also==
*[[Showbiz (discography)|Showbiz discography]]
*[[Sunburn/Overdue (demo)|Sunburn/Overdue demo]]
*[[:Category:Showbiz-era media|Showbiz-era media]]

==References==
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