True Beauty is the Grammy-nominated and debut studio album by American Idol contestant Mandisa. The first single, "Only the World", was released on May 22, 2007, and the full album was released on July 31, 2007. The album covers a remake of gospel duo Mary Mary's smash hit song "Shackles (Praise You)" (which Mandisa covered on American Idol in the top 11). Although Mandisa stated that it will be a mixture of contemporary Christian music and R&B;,...
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True Beauty is the Grammy-nominated and debut studio album by American Idol contestant Mandisa. The first single, "Only the World", was released on May 22, 2007, and the full album was released on July 31, 2007. The album covers a remake of gospel duo Mary Mary's smash hit song "Shackles (Praise You)" (which Mandisa covered on American Idol in the top 11). Although Mandisa stated that it will be a mixture of contemporary Christian music and R&B;, the iTunes Store has mistakenly billed it as a mainstream R&B; release while billing "Only the World" (the lead single) as a contemporary Christian song.
The album debuted at #1 on the Christian charts and #43 on the Billboard 200 with over 17,000 copies sold in its first week. It broke the Billboard chart record for a female debut in Christian music and is the largest female debut in the history of her label (EMI/Sparrow Records). True Beauty has sold over 150,000 copies as of December, 2008. The album has been on Billboard's Christian...
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