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The Power is the debut album by Australian pop singer Vanessa Amorosi, released on 3 April 2000 on CBK Produktions and Transistor Music Australia, and the first such debut by an Australian female to reach number one on the national album chart. It remained for 62 weeks in the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart after its release.[3] An international version was released with different album art and track listing.

Track listing

# The Power (Australian album)[4] Writer Time
01. "U R Mine" Holden, Wiltshire 4:15
02. "Absolutely Everybody" Hicks, Holden, Ingram 3:42
03. "Shine" Amorosi, Holden, Parde 3:53
04. "Have a Look" Amorosi, Holden, Imrei 3:35
05. "Pray for Love" Hicks, Holden, Ingram 3:35
06. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" Amorosi, Holden, Wiltshire 3:45
07. "How Y' Livin'" Amorosi, Holden, Wiltshire 4:01
08. "The Power" Amorosi, Hicks, Holden, Ingram 3:34
09. "I Wanna Be Your Everything" Amorosi, Holden, Imrei 3:36
10. "You Were Led On" Amorosi, Wiltshire 4:42
11. "Pray for Love" (Club Mix) — 3:26
12. "The Power" (Spiced Mix) — 3:33
13. "Absolutely Everybody" (Latino Mix) — 3:27
# The Power (International album)[5] Time
01. "U R Mine" 4:15
02. "Absolutely Everybody" 3:42
03. "Shine" 3:52
04. "I Wanna Be Your Everything" 3:36
05. "How Y' Livin'" 4:01
06. "Everytime I Close My Eyes" 4:03
07. "Pray for Love" 3:34
08. "The Power" 3:34
09. "Steam" 3:47
10. "Turn to Me" 3:36
11. "You Were Led On" 4:41
12. "Have a Look" 3:34

The Japanese 14-track version of The Power features two bonus tracks, "Rise Up" (3:22) and "Second Chance" (3:40).[6][7]

Charts and certifications

Chart (2000/01) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
Australian Albums Chart[8] 1 4× Platinum[9] 280,000 +
Austrian Albums Chart[10] 21
German Albums Chart[8] 7 Gold[11] 100,000 +[12]
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[8] 93
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 15

End of year charts

Year Chart Position
2000 Australian Albums Chart[13] 4
2001 Australian Albums Chart[14] 54
Swiss Albums Chart[15] 96

Release history

Region Date
Australia 3 April 2000
United Kingdom 2 October 2000
Japan 18 October 2000
Germany 27 November 2000

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ MTV Asia review
  3. ^ Australian-Charts.com - VANESSA AMOROSI - THE POWER (ALBUM)
  4. ^ SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT :: Australia :: CD Releases
  5. ^ Amazon.co.uk: The Power: Music: Vanessa Amorosi
  6. ^ Tower.com: The Power (Japan)
  7. ^ Vanessa Amorosi The Power Japan Promo CD ALBUM (184826)
  8. ^ a b c d BishopAudio.com: Details - Chart Success of Vanessa Amorosi & Bishop Audio
  9. ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums
  10. ^ AustrianCharts.at: Vanessa Amorosi - The Power
  11. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Amorosi; 'The+Power')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  12. ^ ifpi.org - International Certification Award Levels
  13. ^ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2000
  14. ^ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2001
  15. ^ IFPI-SWI Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2001 Retrieved 2 April 2010.
Preceded by Australian Albums Chart number-one album
10–16 April 2000 		Succeeded by
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