Every Day Is a New Day

Every Day is a New Day
Studio album by Diana Ross
Released May 4, 1999
Recorded 1998-99
Genre R&B, urban adult contemporary, soul
Length 54:54
Label Motown
Producer Arif Mardin, Gen Rubin, Malik Pendleton, Chuckii Booker
Diana Ross chronology
Voice of Love
(1996)Voice of Love1996		 Every Day is a New Day
(1999)		 Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross
(2001)Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Every Day is a New Day is a studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released in 1999 on the Motown label. It was released around the same time as the television motion picture, Double Platinum, in which Ross co-starred with Brandy. In the film, some of the album's tracks were performed by Ross' character.

Background

Every Day is a New Day was Ross' final contractual album released during her second Motown tenure, her final Motown studio effort until the label released her previously-shelved jazz standards album, Blue, in 2006 and would also be Ross' last studio album of new material for another seven years.

On this album, Ross continued to contribute to compositions, co-writing bonus tracks "Free (I'm Gone)" and "Drop the Mask", the former once again addressing "the divorce album" issue with lyrics of romantic dissension. These tracks were only on the Japanese edition of the album. Every Day Is a New Day was released in the UK with slightly different cover graphics and an amended track listing.

Chart performance and single releases

Every Day Is a New Day peaked at #108 on the Billboard 200, and #71 in the UK Albums Chart. It also reached #47 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. A critical success in the US, the album produced her final hit single of the 1990s in the UK, "Not Over You Yet", which was remixed and became a Top 10 hit, peaking at #9 in the UK Singles Chart. Another remix of "Until we meet again" reached #2 on the US dance charts. "Sugarfree", the final US single, received urban adult airplay. The album sold around 100,000 copies in the US.[2]

Promotion

Ross continued to have a much more vibrant recording career outside of the US, though her popularity on the touring circuit in the US remained vibrant. She delivered several television specials throughout the millennium years.[3] UK TV promotion for the album included the ITV special An Audience with Diana Ross. On the special, along with past hits, the songs Ross performed from Every Day Is a New Day were "He Lives in You" and the single "Not Over You Yet", recreating elements of the music video with choreography. Singer Boy George duetted with her on the number one single "Upside Down".

Track listing

US Version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."He Lives in You"Mark A. Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Lebonhang MorakeArif Mardin4:51
2."Love Is All That Matters"Diane WarrenArif Mardin4:08
3."Until We Meet Again"Denise Rich, Gen RubinRic Wake, Gen Rubin4:27
4."Got To Be Free"Malik Pendleton, Nicole Johnson‘Zavy Kid’ Malik Pendleton4:14
5."Not Over You Yet"Malik Pendleton, Kenneth Kelly‘Zavy Kid’ Malik Pendleton5:03
6."So They Say"Charles Pendleton, Mary Brown‘Zavy Kid’ Malik Pendleton5:12
7."Every Day Is a New Day"Malik Pendleton, Juanita Wynn, Tracey Anderson‘Zavy Kid’ Malik Pendleton5:55
8."Sugarfree"Chuckii Booker, Tami BookerChuckii Booker4:46
9."Someone That You Loved Before"Diane Warren, Eric CarmenArif Mardin3:48
10."Hope Is An Open Window"Christopher Ward, Tim Tickner, Diana RossDaryl Simmons4:56
11."Carry On" (Remix)Eric BeallSteve Skinner, Arif Mardin, Bobby Guy, Ernie Lake3:43
12."Until We Meet Again" (Hex Hector Remix)Denise Rich, Gen Rubin 8:04
Total length:54:47

Charts

Album

Chart Position
US Billboard 200 108
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 47
UK Albums Chart 71

Singles

Single Chart Position
"Until We Meet Again" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 2
"Until We Meet Again" Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 39
"Not Over You Yet" UK Singles Chart 9
"Sugarfree" Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Chart 121

References

  1. ↑ "Diana Ross: Every Day Is a New Day". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "THE SUPREMES, DIANA ROSS, STEVIE WONDER and RAY CHARLES.....USA album sales". Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ask Every Day Is A New Day - Diana Ross". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
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