Full Moon (album)

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Full Moon

Studio album by Brandy
Released	February 25, 2002
Recorded	2000-2001 The Record Planet (Los Angeles, California), Darkchild Studios (Pleasantville, New Jersey), Human Rhythm Studios (Los Angeles, California), The Hit Factory (New York City, New York), The Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	R&B
Length	N/A
Label	Atlantic 83493
Producer(s)	Brandy Norwood, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, Keith Crouch, Mike City, Big Bert, Warryn Campbell
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Brandy chronology
Never Say Never (1998)	Full Moon (2002)	Afrodisiac (2004)

Full Moon is the third album by American R&B-singer Brandy. It was released by Atlantic Records on February 25, 2002 outside North America and on March 5, 2002 in Canada and the United States. Brandy primarily worked with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins on the majority of the album's production and while she recorded with Babyface, Soulshock & Karlin and The Neptunes, none of the songs written with them made the final track listing. Full Moon sold 1.7 million copies in the U.S. and 3.5 million copies worldwide, eventually receiving a Platinum certification in the United States by the RIAA.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Bonus tracks
2 Credits and personnel
- 2.1 Production
3 Charts
4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

#	Title
1.	"B-Rocka Intro"	1:19
2.	"Full Moon"	4:08
3.	"I Thought"	4:29
4.	"When You Touch Me"	5:42
5.	"Like This"	4:32
6.	"All In Me"	4:00
7.	"Apart"	4:27
8.	"Can We"	4:43
9.	"What About Us?"	4:12
10.	"Anybody"	4:10
11.	"Nothing"	4:48
12.	"It's Not Worth It"	4:23
13.	"He Is"	4:21
14.	"Come A Little Closer"	4:32
15.	"Love Wouldn't Count Me Out"	4:19
16.	"WOW"	4:12

[edit] Bonus tracks

#	Title
	"Die Without You" (with Ray-J) (US)	3:56
	"Another Day In Paradise" (with Ray-J) (EU)	4:12
	"I Wanna Fall In Love" (JP)	3:52

[edit] Credits and personnel

Lori Andrews - strings
Larry Gold - cello
Edward Green - strings
Gerald Heyward - drums
Jubu - guitar
Lila Kazakova - strings
Kimbo - violin
Eugene Mechtovich - strings
Patrick Morgan - strings
Michele Nardone - strings
Isaac Phillips - guitar
Robin Ross - strings
Marston Smith - strings
Thomas Tally - strings
Charles Veal, Jr. - strings
Zheng Wang - strings
Joe "Flip" Wilson - piano
Tibor Zelig - strings
Yihuaw Zhao - strings

[edit] Production

Executive producers: Craig Kallmann, Brandy Norwood, Ron Shapiro
Producer: Brandy, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Stuart Brawley, Mike City, Warryn Campbell, Keith Crouch, Jason Derlatka
Vocal producer: Brandy
Vocal assistance: Ray-J
Engieers: Jim Bottari, Stuart Brawley, Reginald Dozier, Jan Fairchild, Thor Laewe, Michael "Wolf" Reaves
Assistant engineers: J.D. Andrew, Kenneth B. Hertz, Michael Huff, Marc Stephen Lee, Steve Robillard, Javier Valverde
Conductors: Suzie Katayama
Mixing: Jon Gass, Brad Gilderman, Manny Marroquin, Dave Pensado, Dexter Simmons
Mastering: Tom Coyne
A&R: Andrew Feigenbaum, Craig Kallman, Brandy Norwood
Design: Thomas Bricker
Art Direction: Thomas Bricker
Photography: Marc Baptiste

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
2002	U.S. Billboard 200	2
2002	Swiss Albums Chart	7
2002	German Top 100	8
2002	Canadian Top 50	8
2002	UK Top 20	9
2002	French Albums Chart	12
2002	Australian Albums Chart	13
2002	New Zealand Albums Chart	14
2002	Swedish Albums Chart	20
2002	Dutch Albums Chart	23
2002	Belgian Albums Chart	26
2002	Austrian Albums Chart	54

[edit] Singles

Cover	Information
	What About Us? Released: February 11, 2002 Writers: Rodney Jerkins, Brandy Norwood, Kenisha Pratt, LaShawn Daniels, Nora Payne Producer: Darkchild Director: Dave Meyers Chart positions: #7 (US), #4 (UK)
	Full Moon Released: June 18, 2002 Writers: Mike City Producer: Miky City Director: Chris Robinson Chart positions: #18 (US), #15 (UK)
	He Is Released: October, 2002 Writers: Warryn Campbell, Harold Lilly, Brandy Norwood Producer: Warryn Campbell Director: - (no video) Chart positions: #78 (US R&B)

[edit] Chart trajectories

Billboard 200
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13
Position	2 (159,420)	7 (77,193)	11 (64,608)	19 (63,852)	18 (45,981)	20 (41,372)	25 (36,164)	33 (32,817)	29 (37,912)	36 (30,528)	40 (30,631)	31 (31,469)	48 (23,657)
Total	159,420	236,613	301,221	365,073	411,054	452,426	488,590	521,407	559,319	589,847	620,478	651,947	675,604