I'm Ready (Tevin Campbell album)
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I'm Ready is a 1993 album by R&B singer Tevin Campbell, his second album.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The album sold over 2 million copies, reaching double platinum status, and yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career, the #1 R&B single "Can We Talk". The album produced 3 more charting singles with "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl". To date this has been Tevin's biggest selling album and many considered this album to be the high mark of his career despite the fact he was only 16 when he recorded the album. The album was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards: 1994 Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male ("Can We Talk"), 1995 Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male ("I'm Ready"), and Best Rhythm & Blues Album. Prince was credited as Paisley Park for his contributions to the album as a songwriter, arranger, and producer.
Track listing
- "Can We Talk" (Babyface, Daryl Simmons) – 4:44
- "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" (Burt Bacharach, Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden) – 4:30
- "Interlude" – 0:13
- "The Halls Of Desire" (Prince) – 4:36
- "I'm Ready" (Babyface) – 4:45
- "What Do I Say" (Dakota, Johnny Gill, Walden) – 4:55
- "Uncle Sam" (Prince, Paula Sherield) – 3:57
- "Interlude" – 0:29
- "Paris1798430" (Prince) – 3:37
- "Always In My Heart" (Babyface, Simmons) – 5:40
- "Interlude" – 0:09
- "Shhh" (Prince) – 4:55
- "Brown Eyed Girl" (Campbell, Dakota, Walden) – 3:48
- "Infant Child" (Walden) – 2:42
Charts
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums Chart[2] | 14 |
| US Billboard Pop Albums[3] | 18 |
| US Top Soul Albums (Billboard)[3] | 3 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[4] | ||
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| Billboard Hot 100 | US R&B | |||
| 1993 | "Can We Talk" | 9 | 1 | |
| "Shhh" | — | 8 | ||
| 1994 | "I'm Ready" | 9 | 2 | |
| "Always In My Heart" | 20 | 3 | ||
| "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" | 85 | 22 | ||
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[5] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ Lytle, Craig. Tevin Campbell: I'm Ready > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Tevin Campbell - I'm Ready". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ a b "Tevin Campbell US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "Tevin Campbell US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ "American album certifications – Tevin Campbell – I'm Ready". Recording Industry Association of America.