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name	Charmbracelet
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released
recorded	March–September 2002
genre	R&B
length
prev_title	Greatest Hits
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next_title	The Remixes
next_year	2003
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single1	Through the Rain
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single2	Boy (I Need You)
single2date	November 26, 2002
single4	Bringin' On the Heartbreak
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Henson, Enterprise 2, The Record Plant, The Village Recorder, Westlake Audio, The Womb, Studio Atlantis (Los Angeles, California)
SouthSide, Zac (Atlanta, Georgia)
Capri Digital, Capro (Capri, Italy)
Quad, Right Track (New York, New York)
Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas)
Flyte Tyme (Edina, Minnesota)
The Studio (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | genre = R&B | length = | label =
MonarC
Island Def Jam | producer =
Mariah Carey
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Just Blaze
Randy Jackson
Jermaine Dupri
Damizza
Dre & Vidal
James "Big Jim" Wright
Bryan-Michael Cox | prev_title = Greatest Hits | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = The Remixes | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{Singles | type = studio | single1 = Through the Rain | single1date = September 30, 2002 | single2 = Boy (I Need You) | single2date = November 26, 2002 | single4 = Bringin' On the Heartbreak | single4date = June 2, 2003

Charmbracelet is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released in North America on December 3, 2002, through MonarC Entertainment and Island Def Jam. The album was Carey's first release since her breakdown following the release of her film Glitter (2001) and its accompanying soundtrack album. Critics described Charmbracelet as one of Carey's most personal records, following 1997's Butterfly. Throughout the project, she collaborated with several musicians, including Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, 7 Aurelius and Dre & Vidal.

According to Carey, love is the album's main theme, and the songs combine introspective and personal themes with celebration and fun. The album contains a mixture of R&B beats, and the songs incorporate elements of other genres, such as gospel and soul. Compared to Glitter, which featured a variety of sampled melodies from the 1980s, Charmbracelet has a softer hip hop and R&B sound to it. Cam'ron, Jay-Z and Freeway also appear on the album.

Charmbracelet received mixed reviews, with some critics praising Carey's return to her core audience while others criticized the album's production. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, and sold 241,000 copies in its first week. Internationally, the album reached the top-ten in Japan and Switzerland, peaked inside the top-forty in seven other countries, and has sold over three million copies worldwide. Three singles were released to promote the album. The lead single, "Through the Rain" reached number one in Spain and peaked inside the top-ten in Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy and the United Kingdom. In the US, it topped the Hot Dance Club Play chart, but stalled at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. The two following singles failed to make an impact on the charts.

To promote the album, Carey embarked on the Charmbracelet World Tour (2003-2004) and performed on televised programs such as the 30th Annual American Music Awards, Today, The View, the Soul Train Music Awards and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Internationally, she traveled to several countries to promote the record, including a performance on the Brazilian program Fantástico, in addition to several acoustic performances and interviews on MTV Europe and MTV UK.

Background

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Before the release of Charmbracelet, Carey experienced a year of critical, commercial and personal struggles, following the poor reception of her debut film Glitter (2001) and its accompanying soundtrack, as well as her subsequent hospitalization. After divorcing her husband, Tommy Mottola, Carey released Butterfly (1997). With her next release, Rainbow (1999), Carey incorporated elements of R&B and hip hop into her music, particularly on the lead single "Heartbreaker". According to The Sacramento Bee, she attempted to sound more "ghetto". She stopped working with longtime pop producers such as Babyface and Walter Afanasieff, in order to pursue a new sound and audience, and worked with writers Sean Combs and Jermaine Dupri. Controversially, Mottola and executive Benny Medina in 1999 used several songs Carey had written and co-written for Jennifer Lopez. Carey's 2001 film debut Glitter was panned by movie critics, and earned less than eight million dollars at the box office.

Carey's $100 million recording contract was bought out by Virgin Records for $28 million. Carey checked into a hospital in Connecticut, following a controversial appearance on Total Request Live, in which she gave ice cream to fans, left troubling messages on her website and demonstrated what was considered by the media as "erratic behavior". Carey said she had an "emotional and physical breakdown." After a fortnight's hospitalization, Carey flew to Capri, Italy, where she stayed for five months and began writing and producing material for a new studio album about her recent troubles. She was signed by Island Records, and started her own imprint, MonarC Entertainment, for her intended "comeback" release, Charmbracelet.

Development and recording

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Carey started writing songs for the album in early 2002, before she signed the record deal. She decided to rest, traveled to Capri and moved into a recording studio where she could focus on writing and recording without distractions. Most of the album was recorded in Capri, although she traveled to Atlanta, New York and Philadelphia to record some tracks. That year, Carey claimed Charmbracelet to be the "most personal album" she had ever made. She worked with longtime collaborators Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Randy Jackson and other songwriters and producers 7 Aurelius, Just Blaze, Damizza and Dre & Vidal. The opening track and the first track to be written for the album, "Through the Rain", was written by Carey and Lionel Cole, and was co-produced by Jam and Lewis. It was released as the lead single from the album.

Jam, Lewis and Carey also worked "Yours", which Jam said contains "probably one of the best hooks [ever]", and likened it to one of trio's previous collaborations, "Thank God I Found You" (2000). Initially, the song was recorded as a duet with pop singer Justin Timberlake. However, due to contractual complications, it was never released and a solo version was featured on the album. Jam and Lewis produced two more songs, "Wedding Song" and "Satisfy"the latter featuring background vocals from Michael Jacksonwhich were not released on the album.

Carey decided to work with Just Blaze after she heard the song "Oh Boy", which he produced for Cam'ron. Just Blaze and Carey produced "Boy (I Need You)", a remake of "Oh Boy", and "You Got Me". Carey said "Boy (I Need You)" was one of her favorites on the album. "You Got Me" features rap verses from Jay-Z and Freeway, was noted by Carey as a "signature Just Blaze track". Jay-Z was in Capri on vacation, and went to the studio to hear the song and said that he wanted to contribute to it and added rap verses of his own. Dupri produced "The One" and "You Had Your Chance". He said that they wanted to stick to the "same familiar sound" from his previous collaborations with Carey. Carey said "The One" was a personal song, which was about being hurt in past relationships and the uncertainty about forming new ones. Carey decided to experiment with a live band for the album. In April 2002, she met 7 Aurelius and asked him to produce songs for the album. They flew to Nassau, Bahamas and recorded a mixture of mid-tempo and up-tempo tracks and ballads with a live band. 7 Aurelius said that Carey was "an amazing writer" and described the process of recording:

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We did three or four songs in three or four days. The way we was doing it, I had [a horn section] down there along with me. We had the whole room set up with candles, some nice wine[it was] a very good vibe. It was completely stripped down, like 'Mariah Carey Unplugged'. She stripped herself down to her talent. She was really trusting of me and my vision, and I was trusting of who she was. ::

::quote

Randy Jackson contributed to four tracks on the album, and said it was "the most real and honest record she's made. She didn't care what anyone thought of the lyrics. They were only important to her." Carey included a cover of Def Leppard's song "Bringin' On the Heartbreak". During the photo shoot for Charmbracelet at Capri, Carey happened to listen to Def Leppard's greatest hits album Vault (1995), which contains the song, and decided to cover it. In an interview with Billboard, Carey said that the song is "an example of her musical diversity". Jackson also worked on "My Saving Grace", which Carey said describes her thoughts about the writing, recording and mastering process. While working in Capri, Carey's father became ill with cancer and she returned to New York to spend some time with him; he died soon after. In his memory, Carey wrote and produced the song "Sunflowers for Alfred Roy". Carey said that the song represents "his side of the family and is kind of hard to talk about." The song proved to be "very emotional" for Carey, and she sang it only once in the studio. DJ Quik also produced songs for the album, but none of them were included.

Composition

Charmbracelet is primarily an R&B album, though its genre classification has been the subject of some debate. NME remarked that the album is "nominally R&B, much like Tony Blair is nominally a socialist", suggesting a loose adherence to the genre's conventions. Slant Magazine characterized the project as a continuation of Carey's pop-hip-hop fusion, remarking that the album "reprises the singer's now-signature mix of hip-hop and pop, but throws in a few happy surprises along the way".

Songs

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Carey's cover of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak", was recorded using live instrumentation, and was the album's third single.

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Critics considered "Subtle Invitation" to be one of the album's strongest songs because of its "well executed" jazz influence. The song begins with the sounds of people dining, then introduces the strong bassline and drums. Towards the end of the song, Carey belts out the climax. Sarah Rodman from The Boston Herald described it as fascinating and wrote, "it sounds as though Carey is singing in falsetto while still in her chest voice." Critics compared "I Only Wanted" with "My All"'s instrumentation and structure of verse, chorus and guitar solo. According to Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine, Carey makes vague allusions to her ex-husband Tommy Mottola with the line, "Wish I'd stayed beneath my veil".

"Sunflowers for Alfred Roy", one of the album's most personal songs, is named after Carey's father; she makes direct reference to him and a moment they shared at his death bed. The song is backed with a simple piano accompaniment, and Carey recounts a visit with her father in his hospital room: "Strange to feel that proud, strong man / Grip tightly to my hand."

Singles

| filename=Mariah Carey - Bringin' On The Heartbreak.ogg | title="Bringin' On the Heartbreak" | description= A 27-second sample of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak", featuring the guitar solo used to link the second chorus to the song's climax. The bridge is followed by Carey's use of her upper vocal registers. Three singles were released from the album. The lead single, "Through the Rain" was released on September 24, 2002. It received mixed reviews from critics, some of whom said it was too similar to her earlier ballads, such as "Hero" and "Outside", while others praised Carey's vocals in the song. It was one of Carey's poorest-selling US singles, reaching number 81 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, it topped the Hot Dance Club Play charts and reached the top twenty of the Adult Contemporary chart. Outside the US, the single topped the Spanish charts and performed moderately elsewhere, peaking within the top ten in Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy and the UK, and within the top 20 in Ireland, Australia, Norway and Denmark. The music video of "Through the Rain", directed by Dave Meyers, is based on the courtship and eloping of Carey's parents. Scenes of Carey singing in a street when rain starts to fall are juxtaposed with the story of a mixed-race couple who run away from their families, who oppose their relationship.

"Boy (I Need You)", which was released as the second single on November 26, 2002, received mixed reviews from critics. the Netherlands, Ireland and New Zealand. The music video for "Boy (I Need You)" was directed by Joseph Kahn and was filmed at Shibuya and Los Angeles. Initially, "The One" was scheduled to be released as the second single and the music video was shot for that song. However, halfway through the filming, the single was changed to "Boy (I Need You)". Described as "Speed Racer meets Hello Kitty meets me and Cam'ron" by Carey, the video incorporates elements of Japanese culture and features Carey's alter-ego Bianca.

The third single from the album was Carey's cover version of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak", released on November 25, 2003. Though it gained mostly positive reviews, it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but reached number five on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Outside the US, the song saw its highest peak in Switzerland, reaching number 28 and staying on the charts for eight weeks. It also charted in Austria and the Wallonia region of Belgium. The music video for the song was directed by Sanaa Hamri. Another cut from the album, "Irresistible (Westside Connection)" charted at number 81 on the US Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B Songs.

Promotion

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Following the release of "Through the Rain", Carey embarked on several US and international promotional tours in support of Charmbracelet and its accompanying singles. Promotion for "Through the Rain" began at the 2002 NRJ Awards, where Carey performed wearing a long black skirt and denim blazer. Three days before the album's US release, a one-hour program titled Mariah Carey: Shining Through the Rain, in which Carey was interviewed and sang several songs from Charmbracelet and her back catalog, aired on MTV. During the first month after the album's release, Carey appeared on several television talk shows. She launched her promotional tour on Today, where she performed four songs at Mall of America for a crowd of over 10,000. On December 2, Carey traveled to Brazil for South American promotion of Charmbracelet, appearing on the popular television program Fantástico. She sang "My All", and performed "Through the Rain" and "I Only Wanted" wearing a long pink gown. She also made a surprise appearance on Show da Virada, singing "Through the Rain" and "My All", while wearing a short silver dress. On December 3, 2002, Carey appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she performed "Through the Rain" and "My Saving Grace", and gave a highly publicized interview about her hospitalization. Before her breakdown, Carey had been booked for a private interview with ABC's Barbara Walters, executive producer of The View, following Glitters release. Instead of giving Walters the full-coverage interview following Carey's return to the public eye, Island decided Oprah was more appropriate, and changed the appearance. Carey's interview with Matt Lauer on Dateline NBC aired the same evening.

On December 17, Carey performed "I Only Wanted" on The View after guest co-hosting the program. She performed "Through the Rain" alongside a live gospel choir, and wore a long black evening gown. During the performance, images of newspaper headlines reporting Carey's breakdown were projected on a large curtain behind her, with one reading, "When you fall down, you get back up." In mid-February, Carey was the headline performer at the NBA all-star game, which was Michael Jordan's last game. She wore a long, purple, skin-tight Washington Wizards' dress, and performed "Boy (I Need You)", "My Saving Grace" and "Hero", which received a standing ovation and brought Jordan to tears. On March 1, 2003, Carey performed at the Soul Train Music Awards, sporting a retro-curled hairstyle and wearing a burgundy evening gown. She performed "My Saving Grace", and as at the American Music Awards, images of newspaper headlines and inspirational photographs were projected onto a large screen. She performed the album's leading two singles on the British music chart show, Top of the Pops, and a similar set on The Graham Norton Show and Fame Academy. On the latter program, Carey was joined on stage by the show's finalists, who sang the climax on "Through the Rain" alongside her.

Tour

Main article: Charmbracelet World Tour

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To promote the album, Carey announced the Charmbracelet World Tour in April 2003. The tour was her most extensive yet, lasting over eight months and performing 69 shows in venues worldwide. In the United States, the tour was marketed as "An Intimate Evening with Mariah Carey", with concerts being held in smaller venues. Carey expressed a desire to give fans more "intimate", Broadway-influenced shows. In the UK, it was Carey's first tour to feature shows outside London; she performed in Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester. The Charmbracelet World Tour garnered generally positive reviews, with music critics and audiences praising the quality of Carey's live vocals and the production of the shows.

Critical reception

Billboard editor Michael Paoletta praised Carey's return to her core audience. He said that although Carey might have alienated her hip hop followers from her previous three albums, her older fans from the 1990s would be more receptive to the material and her new image.

Rating Charmbracelet two out of five stars, Barry Walters from Rolling Stone wrote that none of the songs were bold, that the lack of hooks made the album weak, and said, "Carey needs bold songs that help her use the power and range for which she is famous. Charmbracelet is like a stream of watercolors that bleed into a puddle of brown."

At the 17th Japan Gold Disc Award in 2003, the album was nominated in the category of Rock and Pop Album of the Year (International).

Commercial performance

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Charmbracelet was initially slated for release in the US on December 10, 2002. However, the date was revised to December 3, 2002. It was released through Island Records and Carey's label MonarC Entertainment. it debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 241,000 units, more than the first-week sales of the critically panned Glitter soundtrack, but fewer than 1999's Rainbow, which sold 323,000 units in its first week. Next week, the album fell to number fourteen, despite selling a further 173,000 units. It stayed on the chart for 22 weeks. Charmbracelet was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million units in the US. , the estimated sales of the album in the US (compiled by Nielsen Soundscan) were 1,166,000 copies which was a slight improvement over the sales of Glitter.

In Canada, the album debuted and peaked on the Canadian Albums Chart at number 30. This placement was a decline in contrast to Glitter, which debuted at number four on the chart. It was certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipments of 50,000 copies. On the week dated December 15, 2002, Chamrbracelet entered the Australian Albums Chart at its peak position of number 42. It exited the chart the next week, becoming one of Carey's lowest charting albums in the country. In Japan, Charmbracelet debuted at number four on the Oricon Albums Chart, its second-highest peak worldwide, and sold 63,365 units in its first week. The album spent another week at number four, and sold 71,206 units. It stayed on the charts for a total of 15 weeks and according to Oricon, has sold 240,440 copies. The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) certified Charmbracelet platinum for shipments of 200,000 copies.

In Austria, the album peaked at number 34 and stayed on the charts for seven weeks. In the Flemish region of Belgium it charted and peaked at number 48 and reached number 28 in the Walloon region of that country. Charmbracelet entered the French Albums Chart at number 20 in the week dated December 7, 2002, spent 30 weeks on the chart and was certified Gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP), denoting shipments of 100,000 units. It reached number 50 in Sweden. In Switzerland, the album peaked at number nine on the Swiss Albums Chart and stayed on the charts for 10 weeks; it was certified Gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at number 52, selling 19,000 copies in its first week. It has sold a total of 122,010 copies as of April 2008. In February 2003, it was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 100,000 copies in the UK. In the Netherlands, the album debuted at number 48, the issue dated December 14, 2002. The following week, it peaked at number 30. It stayed on the charts for 19 weeks, and made two re-entries, one in June 2003 and other in August 2003.

Charmbracelet was certified Gold in both Brazil and Hong Kong by Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD) and IFPI Hong Kong respectively. The album has sold over three million copies worldwide.

Re-release

While preparing for the Asian leg of the Charmbracelet World Tour, Carey announced that Charmbraclet would be re-released with four additional tracks in Europe and Asia on July 26, 2003 – the first day of the North American leg of the tour. Carey included her duet with Busta Rhymes, "I Know What You Want", which was released as a single from his album, It Ain't Safe No More (2002), and became Carey's highest-charting song internationally in 2003, reaching top five peaks in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, the US and the UK. In an interview with Carson Daly, Carey said, "The Busta Rhymes duet ... has become so successful and we always said I would put it on my album as well." The re-release also included "There Goes My Heart", "Got a Thing 4 You" featuring Da Brat and Elephant Man, and "The One (So So Def Remix)" featuring Bone Crusher. The re-released version of the album charted for three weeks on the Oricon album chart in Japan, where it peaked at number 96 on the issue dated July 14, 2003.

Track listing

Notes

"Boy (I Need You)" contains samples of "Oh Boy" by Cam'ron and "Call Me" by Tweet.
"You Had Your Chance" contains a sample of "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You" by Leon Haywood.
"Irresistible (Westside Connection)" contains a sample of "You Know How We Do It" by Ice Cube.
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" is a cover of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" by Def Leppard.

Personnel

Credits for Charmbracelet taken from the album's liner notes.

Mariah Carey – producer, executive producer, vocals, background vocals
Asif Ali – engineer
Florian Ammon – digital editing, audio mixing, vocal engineer
Giulio Antognini – assistant engineer
Bobby Ross Avila – guitar
Rob Bacon – guitar, electric guitar
Karen Elaine Bakunin – viola
Charlie Bisharat – String Quartet, strings
Printz Board – trumpet
Oswald "Wiz" Bowe – assistant engineer
Denyse Buffum – viola
Eve Butler – string quartet, strings
Cam'ron – rap
David Campbell – string arrangements
Darius Campo – string quartet, strings
Shawn Carter – featured artist
Dana Jon Chappelle – engineer, vocal engineer
Susan Chatman – string quartet, strings
Andrew Chavez – assistant engineer
Lionel Cole – piano, synthesizer bass
Larry Corbett – cello
Bryan-Michael Cox – producer
Kenneth Crouch – bass, Fender Rhodes, keyboard
Damizza – producer
Melonie Daniels – background vocals
Vidal Davis – mixing
Mario Diaz de Leon – string quartet, strings
Joel Derouin – string quartet, strings
Vincent Dilorenzo – assistant engineer
DJ Vice – programming
Karen Dreyfus – viola
Jermaine Dupri – mixing, producer
Elizabeth Dyson – cello
Brian Frye – engineer
Matt Funes – viola
Kevin G. – engineer
Armen Garabedian – string quartet, strings
Paul Gregory – assistant engineer, engineer
Kevin Guarnieri – digital editing, engineer
Matt Gunes – viola
Mick Guzauski – mixing
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Dawn Hannay – viola
Andre Harris – mixing
David Ryan Harris – guitar
Steve Hodge – engineer, mixing
John Horesco IV – assistant
Randy Jackson – bass, bass guitar, percussion, producer
Jimmy Jam – guitar, instrumentation, producer
Eric Johnson – acoustic guitar
Just Blaze – instrumentation, producer
Suzie Katayama – cello, string contractor
Gimel "Young Guru" Katon – mixing
Steve Kempster – string mixing, track engineer
Peter Kent – string quartet, strings
Kevin G. – engineer
Ann Kim – violin
Lisa Kim – violin
Myung Hi Kim – violin
Melissa Kleinbart – violin
Soohyun Kwon – violin
Trevor Lawrence – drum programming
Jeanne LeBlanc – cello
John Lemkuhi – percussion, Sound design
Ken Lewis – mixing
Terry Lewis – guitar, instrumentation, producer
Liza Lim – violin
Trey Lorenz – background vocals
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Mario Deleon – strings
Rob Mathes – conductor, string arrangements
Jeremy McCoy – bass
Melanie Daniels – background vocals
Colin Miller – engineer
Ann Mincieli – assistant engineer
Tadd Mingo – assistant engineer
John D. Mitchell – drum programming
Bill Molina – engineer
Billy Odum – guitar
William Odum – guitar
Tim Olmstead – assistant engineer
Suzanne Ornstein – violin
Alyssa Park – string quartet, strings
Sara Parkins – string quartet, strings
John Patitucci – bass
Kelly Price – singing, background vocals
Michelle Richards – string quartet, strings
Steve Richards – cello, strings
Alexander Richbourg – drum programming, vocal programming
Robert Rinehart – viola
Tom Rosenthal – viola
Jeff Rothschild – assistant engineer
Laura Seaton – violin
7 Aurelius – producer, programming
Andrew Sherman – piano
Jaime Sickora – assistant engineer
Dexter Simmons – mixing
Fiona Simon – violin
Carl "Butch" Small – percussion
John Smeltz – engineer, mixing
Dan Smith – cello, strings
Daniel Smith – cello
Xavier Smith – assistant, assistant engineer
Jay Spears – assistant engineer, digital editing
Brian Springer – engineer
Brian Sumner – assistant engineer
Phil Tan – engineer, mixing
Mary Ann Tatum – background vocals
Lesa Terry – string quartet, strings
Michael Thompson – guitar, classical guitar, steel guitar
Jeremy Turner – cello
German Villacorta – assistant engineer
Seth Waldman – assistant engineer
Evan Wilson – viola
John Wittenberg – string quartet, strings
Mary Wooten – cello
Jason Wormer – assistant engineer
James "Big Jim" Wright – producer
Sharon Yamada – violin
Jung Sun Yoo – violin
Bradley Yost – assistant engineer
Antony Zeller – assistant engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2002–2003) | Peak position | Australian Urban Albums (ARIA) | Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) | Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) | European Albums (Top 100) | Japanese Albums (Oricon) | Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 6 | | | | | | | | | 30 | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | ::

::data[format=table] | Chart (2021) | Peak position | UK Albums Sales (OCC) | |---|---|---| | 69 | | | ::

Monthly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2002) | Peak position | South Korean Albums (RIAK) | |---|---|---| | 1 | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2002)	Position	Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
40
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Chart (2003)	Position	Japanese Albums (Oricon)	French Albums (SNEP)	US Billboard 200	US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
53
121
61
40
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Certifications and sales

Release history

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Region	Date	Format(s)	Edition
November 20, 2002	CD	Standard
November 28, 2002
December 2, 2002


title=Albums	magazine=Music Week	page=22	date=November 30, 2002}}
December 3, 2002

CD
December 4, 2002
December 5, 2002	Cassette
December 9, 2002	CD
December 10, 2002
June 30, 2003	Tour
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References

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