Brave (Jennifer Lopez album)

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Brave
Brave cover
Studio album by Jennifer Lopez
Released October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04)
(see release history)
Recorded 2006–2007
Genre Pop, R&B, dance-pop, funk
Length 47:58
Label Epic
Producer 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, Oak
Professional reviews
Jennifer Lopez chronology
El Cantante
(2007)		 Brave
(2007)
Singles from Brave
  1. "Do It Well"
    Released: September 18, 2007
  2. "Hold It Don't Drop It"
    Released: January 14, 2008

Brave is the fifth English-language studio album, and the sixth studio album overall by American pop singer Jennifer Lopez, released on Epic Records on October 6, 2007 in Australia, October 9, 2007 in North America, and October 15, 2007 in Europe. It debuted at number twelve on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 53,000 copies sold in its first week. It became Lopez's least successful album to date, selling just 600,000 units worldwide to date.

Contents

[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.[1] She stated the album is "dance, funk, R&B, hip-hop, all that stuff, all mixed up together to make some great pop music".[1] She described Brave as "a little Jamiroquai, a little Sade. It's real feel-good music".[2] Lopez recurited producers such as J. R. Rotem, Bloodshy & Avant, Midi Mafia, and Ryan Tedder.[2][3] 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 was 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 lead single, "Do It Well", was considered somewhat successful; it reached the top ten in Italy and the top twenty in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Norway.

"Hold It Don't Drop It" was released as the second single in certain European territories only.

The third single was set to be the title track "Brave", and it was even posted on Michael Haussman's official website that filming of the music video for the single had completed. However, neither the single nor the video ever surfaced.

Plans for the re-release of "Brave" have most likely been canceled due to low album sales. However, the song did manage to top the South Korean chart, and held its place inside the top five for more than twenty-three weeks since its debut. The song also reached number seven on the Russian Airplay Chart[4] and number fourteen in Ukraine.[5] Due to digital sales, "Mile in These Shoes" charted in Finland at number sixteen on the singles chart[6] and number fourteen on the download chart.[7]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Stay Together" (Jonathan Rotem, Chasity Nwagbara, Evan "Kidd" Bogart) – 3:31
  2. "Forever" (Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick "j.Que" Smith, Chauncey Hollis) – 3:38
  3. "Hold It Don't Drop It" (Kevin Risto, Waynne Nugent, Jennifer Lopez, Allen Phillip Lees, Tawana Dabney, Janet Sewell, Cynthia Lissette, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) | Contains a sample of Tavares' "It Only Takes a Minute" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 3:55
  4. "Do It Well" (Ryan Tedder, Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson) | Contains a sample of Eddie Kendricks' "Keep on Truckin'" (Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson) – 3:05
  5. "Gotta Be There" (Adam Gibbs, Michael Chesser, Crystal Johnson, Travis Cherry, Leon Ware, Arthur Ross) | Contains a sample of Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (Leon Ware, Arthur Ross) – 3:57
  6. "Never Gonna Give Up" (Michelle Lynn Bell, Peter Wade Keusch, Lopez) – 4:21
  7. "Mile in These Shoes" (Chasity Nwagbara, Onique Williams) – 3:16
  8. "The Way It Is" (Bell, Keusch, Lopez, Rhonda Robinson, Gennaro Leone, Bruce Rudd) | Contains a sample of Great Pride's "She's a Lady" (Gennaro Leone, Bruce Rudd) – 3:07
  9. "Be Mine" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, John Hill, Caleb Shreve, Lopez, Bobby Hebb) | Contains a sample of Paul Mauriat's "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:20
  10. "I Need Love" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, Hill, Shreve, Lopez, Bill Withers) | Contains a sample of Bill Withers' "Use Me" (Bill Withers) – 3:52
  11. "Wrong When You're Gone" (Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson, Keri Hilson) – 3:58
  12. "Brave" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson) – 4:21
Deluxe Edition - Bonus DVD
  1. "Get Right" (featuring Fabolous) (Video) – 3:52
  2. "Hold You Down" (featuring Fat Joe) (Video) – 4:32
  3. "Qué Hiciste" (Video) – 4:17
  4. "Me Haces Falta" (Video) – 3:33
Bonus track
  1. "Do It Well" (Remix featuring Ludacris) (Bonus track on all editions) – 3:34
iTunes bonus tracks
  1. "Do It Well" (Monto Blanco Radio Mix) (iTunes bonus track in some countries) – 3:03
  2. "Do It Well" (Ashanti Boyz Remix) (iTunes bonus track in some countries) – 3:42
  3. "Frozen Moments" (Bell, Keusch) (Canadian iTunes bonus track)[8] – 3:45
Target (U.S.) edition
  • Includes exclusive fan package with T-shirt.
Circuit City edition
  • Includes exclusive free calendar.

[edit] Credits and personnel

  • Pedro Alfonso – Violin, Viola
  • Jim Annunziato – Engineer
  • Scott Barns – Make-Up
  • Michelle Lynn Bell – Producer, Vocal Arrangement
  • Michelle Bell – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Big D – Producer
  • Chuck Brody – Producer
  • CFOS – Mixing Assistant
  • Travis Cherry – Producer
  • Clutch – Producer
  • Brandon Creed – A&R
  • Alec Deruggiero – Engineer
  • Warren "Oak" Felder – Producer
  • William Garrett – Keyboards, Engineer
  • Larry Gold – Conductor, String Arrangements
  • Alexei Hay – Photography
  • John Hill – Producer, Mixing
  • Keri Hilson – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Hit Boy – Programming, Producer, Instrumentation
  • Peter Wade Keusch – Synthesizer, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Vocal Arrangement
  • Gelly Kusuma – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
  • Jennifer Lopez – Executive Producer
  • Manny Marroquin – Mixing
  • Julie Ann Marsibilio – A&R
  • Josh McDonnell – Guitar, Engineer
  • Keith Naftaly – A&R
  • Candice Nelson – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Chasity Nwagbara – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Ken Paves – Hair Stylist
  • Philosophy – Producer
  • Herb Powers – Mastering
  • Julio C. Reyes – Engineer, String Arrangements, Vocal Producer
  • Jared Robbins – Mixing Assistant
  • Corey Rooney – Executive Producer, Brass Arrangement, Vocal Producer
  • José Juan Sánchez – Engineer
  • Ryan Santomauro – A&R
  • Sizzler Ponderosa – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Chris Soper – Mixing Assistant
  • Corey Stocker – Engineer
  • Bruce Swedien – Mixing
  • Ryan Tedder – Programming, Producer, Instrumentation
  • Mike Tschupp – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
  • Peter Wade – Synthesizer, Guitar, Programming, Mixing
  • Chasity Wagbara – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Bruce Waynne – Producer, Engineer
  • Daniel Werner – A&R
  • Monique Williams – Vocals (bckgr)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[9] 46
Austrian Albums Chart[9] 35
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders)[9] 36
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) 18
Canadian Albums Chart[10] 13
Dutch Albums Chart[9] 24
French SNEP Albums Chart[9] 28
German Albums Chart[9] 41
Greek International Albums Chart[11] 2
Greek Albums Chart[12] 5
Hungarian Mahasz Albums Chart 17
Italian FIMI Albums Chart 10
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[13] 6
Mexican Albums Chart[14] 36
Polish Albums Chart[15] 31
Spanish Albums Chart[16] 21
Swedish Albums Chart[9] 59
Swiss Albums Chart[9] 6
UK Albums Chart[9] 24
U.S. Billboard 200 12

[edit] Sales and certifications

Chart Sales (certification)
Europe 300,000+
France 15,000+
Italy 21,000+ (silver)
Japan 70,000+
Russia 40,000 (2× platinum)[17]
United Kingdom 30,000
United States 200,000
Worldwide 600,000+

[edit] Release history

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Rodriguez, Jayson (June 19, 2007) J. Lo promises "danceable music" on next album Retrieved August 7, 2007
  2. ^ a b ‘Brave’ Ambitions for Jennifer Lopez Retrieved August 7, 2007
  3. ^ Cohen, Jonathan Lopez Returns To English For 'Brave' New CD Retrieved August 13, 2007
  4. ^ "Airplay Detection TOPHIT 100 WEEKLY (30/06 – 06/07/2008)". TopHit. http://www.tophitru.com/airplay_week.shtml?week_st=1214856000. Retrieved on 2008-11-07. 
  5. ^ "ФДР ТОП 40" (in Ukrainian). FDR Radiocentr. http://fdr.com.ua/chart/top_40/. Retrieved on 2008-11-07. 
  6. ^ "finnishcharts.com – Jennifer Lopez – Mile In These Shoes". FinnishCharts.com. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=367486&cat=s. Retrieved on 2008-11-07. 
  7. ^ "Latauslista.fi: Jennifer Lopez – Mile In These Shoes" (in Finnish). Latauslista. http://latauslista.fi/osta/jennifer+lopez/mile+in+these+shoes. Retrieved on 2008-11-05. 
  8. ^ Beyond Beautiful Jennifer Lopez, "BB Interview- Lynn & Wade, Producers on Jennifer Lopez's Album 'Brave'", Beyond-Beautiful.org, September 14, 2007.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jennifer Lopez - Brave worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
  10. ^ "Canadian Top 100 Albums
  11. ^ Greek International Albums Chart
  12. ^ Greek Albums Chart
  13. ^ "Japan Top 30 Albums"
  14. ^ Mexican Albums Chart
  15. ^ "Polish Albums Chart"
  16. ^ "Spanish Top 100 Albums"
  17. ^ Russian Gold and Platinum Certifications


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