The Dana Owens Album

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The Dana Owens Album
Cover album by Queen Latifah
Released September 28, 2004 (U.S.)
Recorded 1999
Genre Jazz
Length 68:12
Label Interscope
Producer Ron Fair, Tal Herzberg, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin, Mervyn Warren
Professional reviews
Queen Latifah chronology
She's a Queen: A Collection of Hits
(2002)		 The Dana Owens Album
(2004)		 Trav'lin' Light
(2007)

The Dana Owens Album is the first all-singing album (sixth overall) by American singer Queen Latifah, released on September 28, 2004 (see 2004 in music) in the United States on Interscope Records. Unlike Latifah's previous hip hop/R&B-oriented efforts, this album presents a jazz vocal performance. Even though she has sung songs and choruses during her rap career, she has never put out a full singing album before. The album's title—Latifah's real name—indicates the different style of music contained on the album. It is her best-selling album to date, becoming her first album to surpass sales of half a million copies. Moreover, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Album" in 2005.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Baby Get Lost" (Leonard Feather) – 3:42
  2. "I Put a Spell on You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 3:08
  3. "Simply Beautiful" (Al Green) – 4:11
  4. "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" (Bill Withers) – 3:53
  5. "Moody's Mood for Love" (James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:59
  6. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) – 2:55
  7. "California Dreamin'" (John Phillips, Michelle Phillips) – 3:42
  8. "Hard Times" (Stony Browder, August Darnell) – 5:21
  9. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Gail Fisher, Vincent Levy, Joe Zawinul) – 3:27
  10. "Hello Stranger" (Barbara Lewis) – 3:00
  11. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:04
  12. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:25

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Chart (2004) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 16
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 11
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums 16
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 16

[edit] Singles

Single Chart (2005) Peak
position
"Simply Beautiful" U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 15
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Queen Latifah
Studio albums
All Hail the Queen (1989) • Nature of a Sista (1991) • Black Reign (1993) • Order in the Court (1998) • The Dana Owens Album (2004) • Trav'lin' Light (2007)
Compilation albums
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