Fireflies (Faith Hill album)

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Fireflies
Fireflies cover
Studio album by Faith Hill
Released Flag of the United States August 2, 2005
Flag of Italy August 26, 2005
Recorded March – November 2004
Genre Country
Length 54:36
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Faith Hill,
Byron Gallimore,
Dann Huff
Professional reviews
Faith Hill chronology
Cry
(2002)		 Fireflies
(2005)		 The Hits
(2007)

Fireflies is the sixth album by country artist and Grammy award winning Faith Hill. The long anticipated album was released on August 2, 2005 which would make it nearly three years after the release of her fifth album, Cry. In its first week, the album sold 329,000 copies, making it the #1 album on both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums chart. "Fireflies" is her third #1 album. It has since gone 2X Platinum. The record is a come back to country music for Faith. On charts, it has shown longevity: in its 100th week on chart, the album was still at #12 on the Country Album Chart.


[edit] Track listing

North American Release

  1. "Sunshine and Summertime" (John Rich, Kylie Sackley, Rodney Clawson) – 3:26
  2. "Mississippi Girl" (Rich, Adam Shoenfeld) – 3:52
  3. "Dearly Beloved" (Fred Wilhelm, Georgia Middleman) – 2:22
  4. "I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore" (Bobby Terry, Kevin Brandt) – 4:00
  5. "Stealing Kisses" (Lori McKenna) – 4:23
  6. "Fireflies" (McKenna) – 4:28
  7. "Like We Never Loved at All" (Rich, Scot Sax, Vicky McGehee) – 4:22
  8. "I Want You" (Bobby Tomberlin, Rivers Rutherford) – 4:06
  9. "The Lucky One" (Brad Warren, Brett Warren, Jay Joyce) - 3:37
  10. "If You Ask" (McKenna) – 4:15
  11. "We've Got Nothing but Love to Prove" (Darrell Scott) – 4:35
  12. "You Stay With Me" (Andrea Stolpe, John Kennedy) – 4:23
  13. "Wish For You" (Craig Wiseman, Darrell Brown) – 3:28
  14. "Paris" (Blair Daly, Gordie Sampson, Troy Verges) – 5:20

Inernational releases omitted "We've Got Nothing but Love to Prove".

[edit] Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2005 Top Country Albums 1
2005 The Billboard 200 1
2005 ARIA Country Albums 4

[edit] Soundscan tracker

As of July 18, 2007, the album has sold 2,132,286 copies in the US.[1] It has been the last time the album has been seen on charts. To date, it has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. On January 13th 2006, it was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA.

Week Date Position Sales Total sales at that point
1 August 10, 2005 #1 329,000 329,000
2 August 17, 2005 #3 124,000 453,000
3 August 24, 2005 #8 73,000 526,000

[edit] References

  1. ^ Billboard Top 200
Preceded by
Now 19 by Various artists		 Billboard 200 number-one album
August 20 - August 26, 2005		 Succeeded by
Chapter V by Staind
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Faith Hill
Albums
Take Me as I Am (1993) • It Matters to Me (1995) • Faith (1998) • Breathe (1999) • There You'll Be: The Best of Faith Hill (international only) (2001) • Cry (2002) • Fireflies (2005) • The Hits (2007)
Number-one singles
"Wild One" (1993) • "Piece of My Heart" (1994) • "It Matters to Me" (1995) • "It's Your Love" (w/ Tim McGraw) (1997) • "This Kiss" (1998) • "Let Me Let Go" (1998) • "Breathe" (1999) • "The Way You Love Me" (2000) • "There You'll Be" (2001) • "Cry" (2002) • "Mississippi Girl" (2005)
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