Age Ain't Nothing but a Number
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Age Ain't Nothing but a Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||
| Studio album by Aaliyah | |||||
| Released | June 14, 1994 (U.S.) | ||||
| Recorded | 1993 - 1994 | ||||
| Genre | R&B, Neo Soul | ||||
| Length | 48:54 | ||||
| Label | Blackground Records/Jive Records/Arista Records | ||||
| Producer | R. Kelly | ||||
| Professional reviews | |||||
| Aaliyah chronology | |||||
|
|||||
| Singles from Age Ain't Nothing but a Number | |||||
|
|||||
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number was the debut album from Aaliyah, released in 1994. The album debuted at #24 on the Billboard 200 album chart selling 840,000 copies in the first week and moved to a peak position of #18. The album was eventually certified for shipments of three million[1] copies.
Entirely produced and written (save for one cover song) by R. Kelly, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number featured two hit singles, the #5 Billboard Hot 100/#1 R&B hit "Back & Forth" and the top 10 Hot 100/#2 R&B hit "At Your Best (You Are Love)", a cover of a 1976 Isley Brothers single. A hip-hop soul styled remix of "At Your Best" was also released.
The cover art for the album featured Aaliyah in the foreground sporting baggy clothing and Cazal sunglasses. R. Kelly can be seen in the distance, but blurry, background.
In 1995, a rumor surfaced that 15-year old Aaliyah and 27-year old R. Kelly had secretly married. Both camps initially denied the rumor, but VIBE magazine magazine published a copy of their marriage license, which showed that Aaliyah's age had been falsely listed as eighteen. Some claim that this is the reason why the album's third single, "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number", made it to number seventy-five on the Billboard Hot 100. The marriage was annulled a few months later.
Late Rappers Proof & Bugz of D12 makes a cameo appearance in the music video of Age Ain't Nothing but A Number.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs produced and written by R. Kelly, with the exception of "At Your Best", which was produced by R. Kelly and written by Ronald Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley, and Chris Jasper.
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | 1:30 |
| 2. | "Throw Your Hands Up" | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Back & Forth" | 3:51 |
| 4. | "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Down with the Clique" | 3:24 |
| 6. | "At Your Best (You Are Love)" | 4:52 |
| 7. | "No One Knows How to Love Me Quite like You Do" | 4:07 |
| 8. | "I'm So Into You" | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Street Thing" | 4:58 |
| 10. | "Young Nation" | 4:41 |
| 11. | "Old School" | 3:17 |
| 12. | "I'm Down" | 3:16 |
| 13. | "The Thing I Like" (UK bonus track) | 3:24 |
| 14. | "Back & Forth (Mr. Lee & R. Kelly Remix)" (bonus track) | 3:44 |
[edit] Singles
- "Back & Forth" (1994)
- "At Your Best (You Are Love)" (1994)
- "Age Ain't Nothing but A Number" (1994)
- "No One Knows How to Love Me Quite like You Do" (1995)
[edit] Exclusive Europe/Asia singles
- "Down with the Clique" (1995)
- "The Thing I Like" (1995)
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Netherlands Albums Chart[1] | 44 |
| UK Albums Chart | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 3 |
[edit] References
- ^ Album performance. AustrianCharts. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
