Brave (Jennifer Lopez album)
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| Studio album by Jennifer Lopez | |||||
| Released |  October 3, 2007 October 4, 2007 October 5, 2007   October 9, 2007 October 9, 2007 October 10, 2007 October 11, 2007[1] October 13, 2007 October 15, 2007 October 15, 2007 October 16, 2007 October 20, 2007 October 25, 2007 |
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| Recorded | 2006–2007 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, dance-pop, funk | ||||
| Length | 47:58 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Producer | Jennifer Lopez (executive), Cory Rooney (executive), Bigg D, Bloodshy & Avant, Chuck Brody, Hit-Boy, Johnny Rodeo, J. R. Rotem, Julio Reyes, Lynn & Wade LLP, Midi Mafia, Ryan Tedder, The Clutch, The Platinum Brothers,Travis Cherry, Warren Felder | ||||
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Brave is the fifth English-language studio album recorded by American R&B singer Jennifer Lopez, released by Epic Records on October 6, 2007 in Australia, October 9, 2007 in North America, and October 15, 2007 (see 2007 in music) in Europe. It reached number 12 on the U.S. Billboard 200 on the first week of release, with 53,000 copies sold. As of December 2007, it has become her lowest selling album.
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[edit] History
[edit] Production
In a MTV News interview while on the music video set for "Me Haces Falta", Lopez promised fans "danceable music" on this album. This album returned Lopez to pop, R&B, and hip hop sound since her previous English-language studio album, Rebirth.[2] She stated the album is "dance, funk, R&B, hip-hop, all that stuff, all mixed up together to make some great pop music".[2] She described Brave as "a little Jamiroquai, a little Sade. It's real feel-good music".[3] Lopez recurited producers such as J. R. Rotem, Bloodshy & Avant, Midi Mafia, and Ryan Tedder.[3][4] On March 27, 2007, on Total Request Live, Lopez stated there are no featured appearances and chose between four uptempo songs for the first single. The first single chosen was "Do It Well". Lopez played a track in Las Vegas in late April and stated she is going on her first tour with a mix of English and Spanish music.
On August 26, 2007, ABC premiered a promo for the fourth season of Desperate Housewives, featuring a snippet of the song "Mile in These Shoes".
[edit] Singles
The first single was "Do It Well", the single was considered somewhat successful, the song has reached the top 10 in Brazil and Italy and the top 20 in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and on a composite United World Chart.
"Hold It Don't Drop It" was released as the second single in UK and Italy only.
The third single was going to be the title track "'Brave", and it was even posted on Michael Haussman's official website that the he finished filming the music video for "Brave". However as of May 2008 the single and the video have not been released. Releasing "Brave" as a single, is most likely scrapped due to low album sales. However the song "Brave" did manage to reach #1 on the South Korean charts, and has managed to stay on the top 5 for more than 15 weeks since it's debut. In Russia, Brave got more airplay, so its peak position is #22 there. It caught #19 position in Bulgaria.
[edit] Track listing
- "Stay Together" (J. R. Rotem, Chasity Nwagbara, E. Kidd Bogart) – 3:31
- "Forever" (Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick "J.Que" Smith, Chauncey Hollis) – 3:38
- "Hold It Don't Drop It" (Kevin Rusto, W. Nuget, J. Lopez, Allen Phillip Lees, T. Dabney, J. Sewell, C. Lissette, Dennis Lambert, Brain Potter) – 3:55
- "Do It Well" (Ryan Tedder, Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson) – 3:05
- "Gotta Be There" (Adam Gibbs, Michael Chesser, Crystal Johnson, Travis Cherry, Leon Ware, Arthur Ross) – 3:57
- "Never Gonna Give Up" (Michelle Lynn Bell, Peter Wade Keusch, J. Lopez) – 4:21
- "Mile in these Shoes" (Chasity Nwagbara, Onique Williams) – 3:16
- "The Way It Is" (Bell, Keusch, Lopez, Robinson, Leone, Rudd) – 3:07
- "Be Mine" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, John Hill, Caleb Shreve, J. Lopez, Bobby Hebb) – 3:20
- "I Need Love" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, John Hill, Shreve, Lopez, Bill Withers), – 3:52
- "Wrong When You're Gone" (Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson, Keri Hilson) – 3:58
- "Brave" (Christian Karrlson, Pontus Winnberg, Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson) – 4:21
- Bonus tracks
- "Do It Well" (featuring Ludacris) (Tedder, Christopher Bridges, Caston, Poree, Wilson) – 3:34
- "Do It Well" [Monto Blanco Radio Mix] (iTunes Bonus Track in some countries) (Tedder, Caston, Poree, Wilson) – 3:03
- "Do It Well" [Ashanti Boyz Remix] (iTunes Bonus Track in some countries) (Tedder, Caston, Poree, Wilson) – 3:42
- "Frozen Moments" (U.S. and Canada iTunes Bonus Track)[5] (Michelle Lynn Bell, Peter Wade Keusch) – 3:45
- Deluxe edition
- "Get Right" featuring Fabolous (music video) – 3:52
- "Hold You Down" featuring Fat Joe (music video) – 4:32
- "Qué Hiciste" (music video) – 4:17
- "Me Haces Falta" (music video) – 3:33
- Target Edition
Comes with exclusive fan package with T-Shirt
- Circuit City Edition
Comes with exclusive free calendar
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Australian Album Chart[6] | 46 |
| Argentina Top 40[7] | 7 |
| Austrian Albums Chart[6] | 35 |
| Canada Top 100[8] | 13 |
| Brazilian Albums Chart[9] | 13 |
| French Top 200 Chart[6] | 28 |
| German Albums Chart[6] | 41 |
| Greek International Albums Chart[10] | 2 |
| Greek Albums Chart[11] | 5 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart[6] | 17 |
| Italian Album Chart[6] | 10 |
| Japan Oricon Albums Chart[12] | 6 |
| Mexican Albums Chart[13] | 36 |
| Polish Albums Chart[14] | 31 |
| Spain Top 100[15] | 21 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[6] | 6 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[6] | 59 |
| UK Albums Chart[6] | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 12 |
| United World Chart[6] | 10 |
[edit] Sales and certifications
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| Chart | Certification | Sales |
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| Russia | Platinum | 20,000 |
| U.S. | 154,000 | |
| United Kingdom | +25,000 | |
| Europe | 175,000 | |
| Worldwide | - | 500,000 |
[edit] References
- ^ Jennifer Lopez - Brave
- ^ a b Rodriguez, Jayson (June 19, 2007) J. Lo promises "danceable music" on next album Retrieved August 7, 2007
- ^ a b ‘Brave’ Ambitions for Jennifer Lopez Retrieved August 7, 2007
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan Lopez Returns To English For 'Brave' New CD Retrieved August 13, 2007
- ^ Beyond Beautiful Jennifer Lopez, "BB Interview- Lynn & Wade, Producers on Jennifer Lopez's Album 'Brave'", Beyond-Beautiful.org, September 14, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Jennifer Lopez - Brave worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
- ^ "Brave's second week Chart Positions
- ^ "Canadian Top 100 Albums
- ^ "Brazil Hot 100 Albums"
- ^ Greek International Albums Chart
- ^ Greek Albums Chart
- ^ "Japan Top 30 Albums"
- ^ Mexican Albums Chart
- ^ "Polish Albums Chart"
- ^ "Spanish Top 100 Albums"
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