Free Yourself

Free Yourself
Studio album by Fantasia Barrino
Released	November 23, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	51:00
Label	J
Producer	Louis Biancaniello, Craig Brockman, Bryan-Michael Cox, Clive Davis, Jermaine Dupri, Missy Elliott, Sean Garrett, Jazze Pha, Rodney Jerkins, Harold Lilly, Ric Rude, Soulshock & Karlin, Underdogs, Sam Watters, Nigel Wright
Fantasia Barrino chronology
Free Yourself (2004) Fantasia (2006) Singles from Free Yourself "Truth Is" Released: December 7, 2004 "Baby Mama" Released: May 3, 2005 "Free Yourself" Released: June 1, 2005 "It's All Good" Released: 2005 "Ain't Gon' Beg You" Released: 2005

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Free Yourself is the debut album by American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino, which was released on November 23, 2004. The album was a great success for Barrino, selling over 240,000 units in its first week, and reaching number eight on the United States Billboard 200 chart. Free Yourself is certified platinum in the US and has been nominated for more than twenty awards, four of which were Grammy Awards.

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Singles

The album had a series of hit singles with "Truth Is", "Baby Mama", and the title track, "Free Yourself", being huge R&B hits. With two of those songs reaching number one on the US Adult R&B Airplay chart, one being "Truth Is" which achieved a record stay at number one on the chart for a female artist at fourteen weeks. "It's All Good" was a Club hit reaching the top 10, and "Ain't Gonna Beg You" received radio airplay.

Track listing

1. "Ain't Gon' Beg You" – 4:14 (Damon Thomas, Harvey Mason Jr., Antonio Dixon)
2. "Free Yourself" – 4:18 (Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott)
3. "Truth Is" – 3:55 (Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Carsten Schack, Alex Cantrell)
4. "Selfish (I Want You to Myself)" (featuring Missy Elliott & Jazmine Sullivan) – 3:24 (Missy Elliott)
5. "Summertime" – 2:46 (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin)
6. "Baby Mama" – 4:15 (Barbara Acklin, Vito Colapietro, Neely Dinkins, Harold Lilly, Eugene Record)
7. "Got Me Waiting" – 3:51 (Ciara Harris, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox)
8. "It's All Good" – 4:05 (Rodney Jenkins, Ricky Lewis, Sean Garrett)
9. "You Were Always on My Mind" – 3:43 (Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson Thompson)
10. "Good Lovin'" – 3:53 (Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott)
11. "Don't Act Right" (featuring Jazze Pha) – 4:03 (Phalon Alexander, Charles Pettaway, Johnta Austin, Zachary Wallace)
12. "This Is Me" – 3:33 (Damon Thomas, Harvey Mason Jr., Antonio Dixon)
13. "I Believe" – 5:00 (Louis Biancaniello, Tamyra Gray, Sam Watters)

Awards

• 2006: ASCAP R&B/Hip-Hop Awards: "Free Yourself"
• 2006: ASCAP R&B/Hip-Hop Awards: "Truth Is"