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Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B; (also known as R&B; and sometimes described as mainstream R&B;) is a music genre of western popular music. Although the acronym “R&B;” originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B; is today most often used to define a style of African...
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Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released on September 19, 1989 by A&M; Records. Despite demands from A&M; executives for material similar to her previous album Control (1986),...
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- Sep 19, 1989
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- 3,873.493 s (64.55822 min )
Justified
Justified is the debut album by American pop singer Justin Timberlake. Released during the hiatus of the group *NSYNC, the album signaled Timberlake's desire to craft a more mature image than that of a "boy band member". The album features guest...
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- Nov 5, 2002
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- 3,803.133 s (63.38555 min )
Like a Prayer
Like a Prayer is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 21, 1989 by Sire Records. The RIAA certified it Quadruple Platinum on July 16, 1997, recognizing four million shipments in the U.S. - making it her...
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- Mar 21, 1989
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- 3,075.64 s (51.2607 min )
Dangerous
Dangerous is a studio album by Michael Jackson, released on November 26, 1991. It became his second to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, where it spent the next four consecutive weeks. In the space of 17 years, the album has sold over 32...
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- Nov 13, 1991
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- 4,629.8 s (77.163 min )
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (usually shortened to HIStory) is a double (and the ninth) album by Michael Jackson, released on June 16, 1995. The first disc is his first hits collection, whereas the second is his studio album. HIStory is...
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- Jun 16, 1995
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- 4,300.933 s (71.68222 min )
Blood on the Dance Floor
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Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix is a remix album by Michael Jackson. The album is made up of eight remixes from Jackson's previous studio album HIStory, and five new songs. Jackson was heavily involved with the production of the new...
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- May 20, 1997
Journey through the Secret Life of Plants
Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" is an album by Stevie Wonder, originally released on the Tamla Motown label on October 30, 1979 (see 1979 in music). It is the soundtrack to the documentary The Secret Life of Plants,...
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- Oct 30, 1979
First Love
First Love is the official debut album by Hikaru Utada, released on March 10, 1999.
First Love is the best-selling album in Japanese music history. It sold over 7.65 million (estimated by Oricon), or 8.53 million (estimated by RIAJ) copies in Japan...
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- Mar 10, 1999
Distance
Distance is the second album released by Japanese-American J-pop singer Hikaru Utada, released on March 28, 2001 in direct "competition" with A Best by Ayumi Hamasaki.(see 2001 in music).
Distance is the 4th best-selling album in Japan of all time...
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- Mar 28, 2001
Bad Hair Day
Bad Hair Day is the ninth album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1996. (see 1996 in music). It includes the hit single, "Amish Paradise", a parody of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise".
Yankovic had three main parody ideas that were refused. They...
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- Mar 12, 1996
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- 2,535.24 s (42.254 min )
Flying Without Wings
"Flying Without Wings" is a song by Westlife, from their self-titled debut album. The song became an instant hit in the United Kingdom and many parts of the world. The song became the group's third UK number 1 single. It is also one of Westlife's...
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- 2000
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released in 1992. It contains 19 singles from her albums Kylie, Enjoy Yourself, Rhythm of Love and Let's Get To It, as well as 3 songs recorded specifically for inclusion on...
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- Sep 1992
Fanmail
FanMail is the third studio album by American girl group trio TLC. As with previous album CrazySexyCool (1994), the group re-teamed with Babyface, Dallas Austin, and Jermaine Dupri on the album's production and the album features the computer voice...
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- Feb 23, 1999
How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?
How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? (How Late Do You Have To Be Before You Are Absent?) is a double album by George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars, released September 6, 2005 on Clinton's label The C Kunspyruhzy. The album also featured release in...
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- Sep 6, 2005
1999
1999 is the fifth album by Prince, released on October 27, 1982. It was his first top ten album on the Billboard 200 charts in the United States (peaking at number 9) and became the fifth best-selling album of 1983. 1999 was Prince's breakthrough...
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- Oct 27, 1982
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- 4,236.4 s (70.607 min )
Shaft
Shaft is a 2000 American action-crime film directed by John Singleton, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Busta Rhymes, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Mekhi Phifer and Christian Bale. This film is technically not a remake of the...
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- Jun 6, 2000
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative is the first greatest hits album by pop singer Britney Spears. The album was released on November 1, 2004 in Japan, on November 8, 2004 around the world and on November 9, 2004 in the United States and Canada.
The set...
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Stankonia
Stankonia is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released October 31, 2000 on La Face Records. The album reached number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart , selling over 530,000 copies the first week of its release. Stankonia received...
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- Oct 31, 2000
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- 4,399.893 s (73.33155 min )
Ultimate Kylie
Ultimate Kylie is the third compilation album by Australian dance-oriented pop singer–songwriter Kylie Minogue. It was released in November 2004 by Parlophone Records.
Spanning two CDs, the album contains work from all nine of her studio albums plus...
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Secrets
Secrets is the second studio album by American R&B; singer–songwriter Toni Braxton, released in the United States on June 18, 1996 by LaFace Records. After selling eight million albums domestically of her debut album, earning a bevy of awards...
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- Jun 18, 1996
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- 3,301 s (55.02 min )
The Heat
The Heat is the third studio album by American R&B; singer–songwriter Toni Braxton, released in the United States on April 25, 2000 by LaFace Records. This album marked Braxton's departure from her ballads in favor of a more urban sound. Most of the...
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- Apr 25, 2000
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- 2,922.267 s (48.70445 min )
Mind, Body & Soul
Mind, Body & Soul is the second studio album by English soul singer–songwriter Joss Stone, released in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2004 by Relentless Records. It is Stone's most successful album to date in the United Kingdom, where it debuted...
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- Sep 15, 2004
Forever Your Girl
Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 62 weeks from its release to hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting...
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- Jun 13, 1988
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- 2,677.96 s (44.6327 min )
Just Whitney
Just Whitney… is the fifth studio album by American pop/R&B; singer Whitney Houston, released by Arista Records on December 10, 2002 (see 2002 in music) in North America. The album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 chart with first week...
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- Dec 10, 2002
Booty Call
Booty Call is a 1997 comedy film, written by J. Stanford Parker (credited as Bootsie) and Takashi Bufford, and directed by Jeff Pollack. The film stars Jamie Foxx (in his film debut), Tommy Davidson, Tamala Jones, and Vivica A. Fox.
Booty Call is...
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- Feb 25, 1997
Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast
Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast is the first OutKast greatest hits album, released on LaFace/Arista Records in 2001. The compilation consists of five tracks from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, one from ATLiens, and three each from the break-out...
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- Dec 4, 2001
The Velvet Rope
The Velvet Rope is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released October 6, 1997 by Virgin Records. Prior to the album's release, Jackson renewed her recording contract with Virgin Records for unprecedented $80 million...
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- Oct 7, 1997
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- 4,536.027 s (75.60045 min )
Faith
Faith is George Michael's first solo album, released in October 1987 via Columbia Records/Epic Records. The album is considered by some to be one of the greatest albums in pop music history, and won several awards including the Grammy Award for...
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- Jan 1, 1987
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- 3,484.627 s (58.07712 min )
That's So Raven
That's So Raven is the soundtrack album to the Disney Channel original series of the same name. The album includes songs sung by the show's star, Raven-Symoné and its theme song. A mixed review by the ParentCenter Family Entertainment Guide called...
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- May 18, 2004
The Emancipation of Mimi
The Emancipation of Mimi is the tenth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released by Island Records on April 4, 2005, and in North America on April 12, 2005. The album focuses on several R&B-related; genres, ranging from 1970s...
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- Apr 4, 2005
Butterfly
Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American pop/R&B; singer Mariah Carey, released on September 16, 1997 in the U.S on Columbia Records. Butterfly was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA and has sold an estimated 17 million copies worldwide. In...
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- Sep 16, 1997
Running Time:
- 3,439.467 s (57.32445 min )
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson is the self-titled debut album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released in 1982 by A&M; Records. Jackson's career as a recording artist was established by her father and manager Joseph Jackson, who arranged her recording...
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- Sep 21, 1982
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- 2,337.76 s (38.9627 min )
Design of a Decade 1986/1996
Design of a Decade 1986/1996 is the first greatest hits album by American R&B;/pop singer Janet Jackson, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). It was certified double platinum by the RIAA in 1995, and has since sold nearly 10 million copies...
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All for You
All for You is the seventh studio album (tenth overall) by American R&B-pop; singer Janet Jackson, released in the United States on April 24, 2001 by Virgin Records. Unlike The Velvet Rope, which saw Jackson tackling darker issues like domestic...
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- Apr 24, 2001
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- 4,381.733 s (73.02888 min )
Damita Jo
Damita Jo is the eighth studio album (eleventh overall) by American R&B-pop; singer–songwriter Janet Jackson, released in the United States on March 30, 2004 by Virgin Records. The album takes its title from Jackson's middle name. This is Jackson's...
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- Mar 30, 2004
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- 3,912.893 s (65.21488 min )
Undeniable
Undeniable is the second (and first independently released) studio album by American singer Raven-Symoné. Although her first album was full of kid-rap, she used this album to display her vocal ability while still holding true to her roots in rap....
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- May 4, 1999
The Proud Family
The Proud Family is a soundtrack album for the show of the same name. A combination of both original tunes by the characters in the show, popular Contemporary R&B; hits by popular music artists such as Alicia Keys, India.Arie, and Solange & Destiny...
The Best of Sade
The Best of Sade is the first greatest hits album (fifth overall) by the English group Sade, released in the United Kingdom on 12 November 1994 and in the United States on 26 November 1994 by Epic Records.
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- Apr 3, 2001
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- 4,452.56 s (74.2093 min )
Somebody's Watching Me
"Somebody's Watching Me" is the debut single by R&B; artist Rockwell, released on the Motown label in 1984. The song's lyrics relate the narrator's paranoid fear of being followed and watched. It featured former Motown artists Michael Jackson on...
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- May 1, 2006
We Belong Together
"We Belong Together" is a song recorded by Mariah Carey for her tenth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) and released as the album's second single in 2005. Written and produced by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, and Johntá Austin, the...
I Care 4 U
I Care 4 U is a compilation album by the late American singer Aaliyah, released posthumously by Blackground Records on December 10, 2002 in the United States. Along with her hit singles, a number of shelved tracks were included on the album,...
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- Dec 10, 2002
Diamonds and Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls is Prince's thirteenth album, which was released in 1991. It was the first Prince album to be officially co-credited with the The New Power Generation, and spawned many hit singles, including "Gett Off", "Cream", "Money Don't...
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- Oct 1, 1991
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Are You Gonna Go My Way is the third studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on March 9, 1993 by Virgin Records America. It was recorded at Waterfront Recording Studios, Hoboken, New Jersey. It became Kravitz's first Top 20...
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- Mar 9, 1993
Elephunk
Elephunk is the third studio album by American hip hop band The Black Eyed Peas. Released on June 24, 2003, the album charted at number 14 on the American Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry...
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- Jun 24, 2003
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- 3,579.373 s (59.65622 min )
Daydream
Daydream is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on October 3, 1995 by Columbia Records as the follow-up to Carey's commercially successful 1993 album Music Box and 1994 holiday album Merry Christmas. Daydream...
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- Sep 19, 1995
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- 2,804.333 s (46.73888 min )
Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton is the self-titled debut album by American R&B; singer–songwriter Toni Braxton, released in the United States on July 13, 1993 by LaFace Records. It spent two non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200 and has sold over eight million...
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- Jul 13, 1993
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- 3,235.747 s (53.92912 min )
More Than a Woman
More Than a Woman is the fourth studio album by the First Lady of LaFace Toni Braxton, released in the United States on November 19, 2002 by Arista Records. It was certified gold by the RIAA in late 2002.
Most of the songs were written by Braxton,...
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- Nov 19, 2002
Snowflakes
Snowflakes is the first Christmas album (fourth overall) by American R&B; singer–songwriter Toni Braxton, released in the United States on October 23, 2001 by Arista Records. Along with the traditional Christmas songs "The Christmas Song" and "Have...
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- Oct 23, 2001
Running Time:
- 2,589.667 s (43.16112 min )
Platinum & Gold Collection
Platinum & Gold Collection, released in 2004, is the second greatest hits compilation by Toni Braxton, following Ultimate Toni Braxton released in 2003. It is a budget CD with fewer songs than Ultimate, but it has the remix versions of some songs....
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- Oct 12, 2004
Love Symbol
The fourteenth album by Prince, officially titled as the unpronounceable symbol , was released as a double vinyl or single CD, on October 13, 1992. The album has been referred to as the The Love Symbol Album, Symbol or as O(+>, an ASCII...
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- Oct 13, 1992
The Black Album
The Black Album is a Prince record that was originally planned for release on December 7, 1987, as the follow-up to Sign o' the Times. Referred to as The Funk Bible by preceding press releases, and in a hidden message within the album itself, the...
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- Nov 22, 1994
Monkey Business
Monkey Business is the fourth album by the Black Eyed Peas in their crossover from soul to pop, released in various countries in late May to early June 2005 (see 2005 in music).
The album was certified three times Platinum by the RIAA in the U.S....
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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits is the eleventh album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on December 4, 2001 by Columbia Records. It is a greatest hits double album: CD 1 is primarily a collection of Carey's hits from 1990 to 1995, while...
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- Dec 4, 2001
Running Time:
- 3,562.133 s (59.36888 min )
Number 1's
#1's is the eighth album by American pop/R&B; singer Mariah Carey, released by Columbia Records in Europe on November 16, 1998. Carey's first compilation album, it comprises her first thirteen number 1 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and...
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- Nov 17, 1998
Running Time:
- 4,400.4 s (73.34 min )
Number 1's
#1's is Mariah Carey's sixth DVD/video release. It's a collection of the music videos of her U.S. number-one singles (songs that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100) up to that time. The DVD was released in December 1999.
A year before this,...
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- Dec 14, 1999
Running Time:
- 4,500 s (75 min )
Around the World
Around the World is Mariah Carey's fifth DVD/home video release. The DVD showcases Carey traveling around the world as she explores and performs in various locations such as New York, and on her Butterfly World Tour in Hawaii, Japan, Taiwan and...
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- 3,600 s (60 min )
Emotions
Emotions is the second studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on September 17, 1991 by Columbia Records. It is primarily composed of strong ballads and dance music - written by Carey herself, Walter Afanasieff,...
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- Sep 17, 1991
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- 2,824.667 s (47.07778 min )
Fantasy:Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden
Fantasy: Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden is Mariah Carey's fourth DVD/home video release. It presents Carey performing live at the Madison Square Garden on October 10, 1995. The home video was originally released in early 1996, and the DVD was...
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- 3,540 s (59 min )
Rainbow
Rainbow is the ninth album and seventh studio album by American pop/R&B; singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on November 2, 1999 by Columbia Records. Rainbow has been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA. and has sold an estimated 12...
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- Nov 2, 1999
Running Time:
- 3,349.24 s (55.8207 min )
Charmbracelet
Charmbracelet is the twelfth album and ninth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on December 3, 2002 by Island Records. It was her first album on the label and was also her first following the release of her...
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- Dec 3, 2002
Running Time:
- 3,876.707 s (64.61178 min )
